{"id":2968,"date":"2021-04-04T19:11:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T01:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/?p=2968"},"modified":"2023-03-12T19:57:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T01:57:01","slug":"land-of-the-midnight-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/?p=2968","title":{"rendered":"Land of the Midnight Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8220;Many of the passengers made the entire trip by rail.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Land of the Midnight Fun\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"525\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player.html?video=x2iuhcn&#038;\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Supervision by Fred Avery; Story by Melvin Millar; Animation by Charles McKimson; Musical Direction by Carl W. Stalling. A Merrie Melody released on September 23, 1939.<\/p>\n<p>Before we begin, I must insist you watch this if you haven&#8217;t done so already:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Space Jam: A New Legacy \u2013 Trailer 1\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/olXYZOsXw_o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Now that you&#8217;re properly hyped, (and if you aren&#8217;t, then you aren&#8217;t living properly. Try again.) we can move on to today&#8217;s feature.<\/p>\n<p>Time for a ocean voyage up north. As a cold loather, I can&#8217;t fathom <em>why <\/em>anyone would want to subject themselves to such an excursion, but I might as well follow and see if we can scrounge up a few good jokes. Considering Avery thought bringing back the &#8220;fairy boat&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/blog-1\/2020\/10\/11\/buddys-showboat\/\"> joke<\/a> was a good idea, I&#8217;m apprehensive. (And I don&#8217;t buy the narrator&#8217;s claim of this being &#8220;educational.&#8221; That penguin on the title card already disproves that theory.)<\/p>\n<p>Actually, maybe Tex is already proving me wrong. For when we take a peek under the Atlantic waters, we see an abundance of sea life, that is drawn fairly realistically! A battery of barracuda, a pair of swordfish, a float of tuna! Oh, and a can of salmon. There&#8217;s even life above the waves; witness the castaway on a raft. The boat tries throwing him a line, but he throws it back. Seeing as how he has a woman on board, he&#8217;s fine thanks. (That situation actually sounds like a decent basis for a novel. DIBS!)<\/p>\n<p>When the ship arrives at Nome, (parallel parking, no less) we get to see some &#8220;Eskimo humor.&#8221; The caricatures are a bit outdated, and the lifestyle seems to be composed of outdated stereotypes, but don&#8217;t worry. None of them are gutbustingly hilarious, so you don&#8217;t have to feel guilty. There&#8217;s one native sitting in cramped igloo, a woman putting lipstick on her nose, (yeah, okay. She&#8217;s kind of cute.) and a telephone pole for the dogsleds.<\/p>\n<p>So, if that&#8217;s what the humans are doing, what are the animals up to? Chicken&#8217;s lay eggs encased in ice, a timber wolf constantly yelling his namesake, and a&#8230;. penguin.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a penguin in Alaska.<\/p>\n<p>The clearly North American Alaska.<\/p>\n<p>Come on, Fred! You&#8217;re insulting my zoology cred! And to go even further, you state that the birds live entirely on fish! No, I don&#8217;t care if science hadn&#8217;t dis-proven these claims in the 30&#8217;s. By that logic, I should be okay with every racist caricature that gets shown on the screen. Happily for me, the last fish on the penguin&#8217;s menu turns the tables and eats it. Thus leading me to believe that it was just an invasive species that got nipped in the bud. Thank goodness.<\/p>\n<p>Before the tour ends, we take a peek at the nearby night club. There&#8217;s no hurry, as the nights are a good six months up here. We get some nice rotoscoped skating, courtesy of one of the natives. But the tour has to end sometime, so we head back down to New York. (Wait, did we really sail over the Arctic circle to get here? Eat it, Nautilus!) However, due to heavy fogs, the boat somehow ends up on top of the Trylon. (We&#8217;re kings of the world!)<\/p>\n<p>Favorite Part: That wolf. Not only is he being voice by Avery, doing that infectious laugh I know and love so well, but he even takes the time to comment on how silly the gag is. (Darn it, Tex. I can&#8217;t stay mad at you.)<\/p>\n<p>Personal Rating: 3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Many of the passengers made the entire trip by rail.&#8221; Supervision by Fred Avery; Story by Melvin Millar; Animation by Charles McKimson; Musical Direction by Carl W. Stalling. A Merrie Melody released on September 23, 1939. 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