Little Broadcast is a George Pal Puppetoon that features a long-haired musical conductor trying to play his music but keeps getting interrupted by a very loud MC who keeps complaining that the maestro is drowning his voice. There's also another band that plays "The Rhythm is Hot in Harlem" that depicts stereotypical natives dancing up a storm along with, I think, some inanimate objects that keep jumping up and down so much that they bring the show to a halt just as the maestro was about to begin his overture...Since this is a public domain short, the print I saw wasn't very clear and I can't help but think that I missed some parts either due to sloppy editing or gradual wear and tear. I did enjoy what I saw, however, so on that note go seek this one out if you love George Pal and are an animation buff overall.
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The Little Broadcast is a musically charming George Pal Puppettoon
tavm26 November 2006
Warning: Spoilers
Big Puppets
boblipton21 April 2003
There are three great names in stop-motion: Willis O'Brien, who practically invented the field from scratch in the 1910s, and whose best-known efforts are 1925's THE LOST WORLD, 1933's KING KONG and 1949's MIGHTY JOE YOUNG; his sometimes assistant and successor, Ray Harryhausen, whose animations have yet (2003) to be equaled by computer work; and George Pal, an émigré Hungarian who brought a gaudy sense of showmanship and a cartoon sensibility to the field. There was no need for stop-motion figures to mimic life, and his didn't. They are cinematic, cartoonish and just right.
If you associate stop-motion with Gumby & Pokey or Mr. Bill shorts on Saturday Night Live, this is what you need to show you what's happening: a series of musical pieces ranging from classical etudes to "The Rhythm is Hot In Harlem" and houses that assemble themselves. Look out for it.
If you associate stop-motion with Gumby & Pokey or Mr. Bill shorts on Saturday Night Live, this is what you need to show you what's happening: a series of musical pieces ranging from classical etudes to "The Rhythm is Hot In Harlem" and houses that assemble themselves. Look out for it.
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