Saturday 10 September 2016

CARTOON COMPLETIST - Alfred P Sloan Foundation


That itch to get the complete set of things - including cartoons.


The Alfred P Sloan Foundation underwrote 3 cartoons which were mostly lectures on capitalism



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By Word of Mouse (1954)

  • Slight retelling of Country Mouse/City Mouse with German Mouse/American Mouse.
  • Mice chased by Sylvester the Cat.
  • Includes a lecture on the economics of mass production and mass consumption.




Heir-Conditioned (1955)

  • Features Sylvester the Cat & Elmer Fudd.
  • Fudd lectures Sylvester on the importance of investment for the economy.


Yankee Dood It (1955)

  • Based on the fairy tale "The Shoemaker & the Elves."
  • Features Sylvester the Cat & Elmer Fudd.
  • Fudd lectures the shoemaker on capitalism and mass production.

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