=v= In the DVD audio commentary for the pilot episode of _Futurama_, Matt Groening mentions an old Donald Duck cartoon in which Donald goes to a Coin-Op Machines of the Future exhibit (or somesuch) and puts coins in some machines which then hurt him.
=v= Does this ring a bell with anyone? Does anyone know the title of this feature, and where I might see it?
=v= This was an inspiration for the 25-cent Suicide Booths in _Futurama_. <_Jym_>
possibly "A good time for a dime?"
"Jym Dyer" wrote in message news:[email]...
Bill Newkirk wrote:
Yeah, that's the one.
http://disneyshorts.toonzone.net/years/1941/goodtimeforadime.html
Donald goes to a carnival. He visits a nickelodeon and tries to watch a film of Daisy doing the Dance of the Seven Veils, but the machine keeps stopping just before she gets to the last veil. He also has a bad experience with a coin-operated plane.
=v= Yeah, but that's not "coin-op machines of the future" and the machines don't hurt him (not physically, at least), do they?
=v= Is there such a Donald Duck short or is Groening's memory a little blurry about this one? <_Jym_>
On 17 Jul 2004 09:32:25 -0700, Jym Dyer wrote:
Probably the 1937 Disney short "Modern Inventions". Donald goes to a future inventions exhibit and sees all kinds of machines (like one that gives him a hair cut). The machines take money and Donald uses a coin on a string to fool the machines to work for free. There's also a robot butler that takes Donald's hat.
This short is on the new "The Chronological Donald Volume One" DVD that was released by Disney this spring as part of their "Disney Treasures" collection.
This may slipping off topic here, but do you know if they have plans to release more Donald shorts on DVD ?
Freddy Paulsen wrote:
Most likely yes, since the Disney Treasures DVDs come out in waves and they've already had two sets of Mickey cartoons and will have more in the next wave. Also, the "On the Front Lines" set had a few more Donald shorts from WWII, including the never-before-released "Der Fuehrer's Face" where Donald dreams he's a Nazi.
Sci-fi fans might also appreciate the "Tomorrowland" DVD, which collects some great Disney shows on space travel from the fifties, with a lot of cool animations of bullet-shaped spaceships, wheel-shaped space stations and weird Martian life. Also includes "Our Friend the Atom" which I think might have been part of Matt Groening's inspiration for that educational film about nuclear power featuring "Smilin' Joe Fission" in an early Simpsons episode. There's an audio review of this DVD from NPR here:
http://www.npr.org/features/feature.php?wfId=3205009
Jesse