Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Generation-O.mp3 Author Koren Stembridge Air Date 12/8/2000 Generation O Transcript Here’s Karen Stembridge on the Internet to tell us about a new generation – “Generation O.” One of my happiest childhood memories is of curling up in the big chair in the living room Saturday mornings to watch cartoons. Armed […]
When was the last morning you heard a Saturday morning cartoon open with background music from Leo Delibes’s opera Lakme?
That’s the voice of Sterling Holloway (who later would play Winnie-the-Pooh) here as the stork who’s delivering a big bundle of joy to Mrs. Jumbo on the circus train. Today’s the birthday of Walt Disney’s “Dumbo” which had its premier in 1941.
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Barishnikovs-Favorites.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/19/2000 Barishnikov’s Favorites Transcript There’s a series of 13 animated films for children called “Stories from My Childhood,” that is available on video tape and DVD. The collection of films is hosted by Mikhail Baryshnikov, and it’s based on a program that’s run on […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Princess-Mononoke.mp3 Author Elaine Needelman Air Date 10/22/1999 Princess Mononoke Transcript Today, Elaine Needelman has a review for us of an enormously popular animated film from Japan that promises to draw American audiences into its magical spell. Next week, on October 29th, the Japanese film, “Princes Mononoke” is finally being released […]