Supervising Animator
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Nov 7, 2011, 5:20 PM
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Bonfires
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Though Guy Fawkes Day has came and went (11/5), what cartoons contained a Bonfire...or even Guy Fawkes?
Because what I know is that Loopy de Loop made his theatrical debut ON Guy Fawkes Day!
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Thank God for kids who love obscure things-Lee Hazelwood (1929-2007)
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Research Guru / Moderator
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Nov 7, 2011, 6:36 PM
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Reminding me of the British children's rhyme:
"Remember, remember the fifth of November.
Gunpowder, Treason and Plot.
I see no reason why Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot."
One Fawkes-themed cartoon is Bonfire Night, a 1980s episode of Yorkshire Television's The Raggy Dolls.
The Raggy Dolls explain the significance of November 5 to Claude, and set out to watch the fireworks display. Claude is captured by some boys who are planning their own bonfire in an abandoned paint factory. They tie Claude to a rocket, and light their bonfire, oblivious of the sparks, which set the factory alight. Hi-Fi calls the Fire Brigade, but before they arrive, a spark sets off the boys' box of fireworks and drives them away. In the commotion, the Raggy Dolls free Claude, just before a spark ignites the rocket.
Bonfires, Broomsticks was one of Mary Norton's two books on which the 1971 Disney movie Bedknobs And Broomsticks was based.
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"Oh boy." -- Allan Sherman
(This post was edited by eminovitz on Nov 7, 2011, 6:36 PM)
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