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    Image of Trystero Trystero
    10/28/09

    In reply to 1929 "Skeleton Dance" Is Classic Spooky Graveyard Goodness
    Two things:
    1): I had no idea that "Skeleton Dance" was the first Silly Symphony

    2): If I was a kid in 1929, this would have blown my mind. It's like a medieval plague painting come to life. #horror
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    10/28/09

    In reply to 1929 "Skeleton Dance" Is Classic Spooky Graveyard Goodness
    awesome.i love this cartoon.it is great to watch stoned or tripping #horror
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    Image of ShadowStaarr ShadowStaarr
    10/28/09

    In reply to 1929 "Skeleton Dance" Is Classic Spooky Graveyard Goodness
    Homer Simpson: I share your xylophobia!

    Lisa Simpson: No, Dad, you mean "xenophobia". Xylophobia would be the fear of xylophones.

    Homer Simpson: I *am* afraid of xylophones. It's the music you hear when skeletons are dancing! #horror
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    10/28/09

    @ShadowStaarr: :D ha!
    THATS what i was gonna post! i always imagine skeletons dancing when I hear the xylophone now! #horror
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    Image of CarrerCrytharis CarrerCrytharis
    10/28/09

    In reply to 1929 "Skeleton Dance" Is Classic Spooky Graveyard Goodness
    Totally awesome skeleton stop motion. #horror
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    Image of Cal Hawks Cal Hawks
    10/28/09

    In reply to 1929 "Skeleton Dance" Is Classic Spooky Graveyard Goodness
    On of my favorite shorts of all time. Classic Disney is the bomb. #horror
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    Image of starjade starjade
    10/28/09

    In reply to 1929 "Skeleton Dance" Is Classic Spooky Graveyard Goodness
    This is great Disney. Also good, and slightly more spooky, "Night on Bald Mountain" in "Fantasia" by Mussorsky. Absolutely terrifying when you are 8 or 9. #horror
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    Image of Ben Koca Ben Koca
    10/28/09

    In reply to 1929 "Skeleton Dance" Is Classic Spooky Graveyard Goodness
    I remember watching this when I was a kid and loving it. Ahh memories. #horror
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    Image of heatstroke heatstroke
    10/28/09

    In reply to 1929 "Skeleton Dance" Is Classic Spooky Graveyard Goodness
    Ub Iwerks is the master of vintage animation and this is still one of my favorites from him. I still get chills thinking of the Pin Cushion Man from his "Balloon Land" cartoon.

    Also, fans of this wonderful piece will appreciate Iwerks' 1937 piece, "Skeleton Frolic" which is basically an extended and colorized version of "Skeleton Dance" #horror
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    Image of armyofchuckness armyofchuckness
    10/28/09

    In reply to 1929 "Skeleton Dance" Is Classic Spooky Graveyard Goodness
    Wow...flashbacks to watching the old cartoons on the Disney Channel back in the 80s. That was before it became the High School Montana Suite Life Channel.

    Get off my lawn! #horror
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    10/28/09

    In reply to 1929 "Skeleton Dance" Is Classic Spooky Graveyard Goodness
    Ah, classic. #horror
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    Image of renee.tomcanin renee.tomcanin
    10/28/09

    In reply to 1929 "Skeleton Dance" Is Classic Spooky Graveyard Goodness
    My father turned me onto this cartoon when I was 5 or 6. It is not a Halloween without it!
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    Image of Sunshineyness Sunshineyness
    10/28/09

    In reply to 1929 "Skeleton Dance" Is Classic Spooky Graveyard Goodness
    I love this short. Too cute.

    It makes me pine for the olden times when they'd show short cartoons with every movie... #horror
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    10/28/09

    In reply to 1929 "Skeleton Dance" Is Classic Spooky Graveyard Goodness
    To continue the musical Halloween theme here's some of Tim Burton's creations set to "Dead Man's Party" by Oingo Boingo. Not my video, just something I came across on YouTube. #horror
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    10/28/09

    @The Architect of Tartaros: I have always really liked this song and this is brilliant combining it with TB's work. Good find. #horror
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    10/28/09

    @LittleDragon: Yeah, I thought the guy did a great job syncing the lyrics with the clips/mouth movements. And seeing as Danny Elfman was the lead singer/songwriter for Oingo Boingo it's a perfect fit. Oh, and to give credit were it's due, the creator's YouTube name is 'weareactualsize'.
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    Image of Vulcan Has No Moon Vulcan Has No Moon
    10/26/09

    In reply to Storyboards Reveal More You Know About Joe's Violent Cartoon Rebirth
    Soooo.....what do you think the producers will do if "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is repealed? #gijoe
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    Image of Belabras ate my dingo! Belabras ate my dingo!
    10/25/09

    In reply to Storyboards Reveal More You Know About Joe's Violent Cartoon Rebirth
    Best treatment of G. I. Joe to date. No question. #gijoe
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    Image of M1A1D M1A1D
    10/25/09

    @Belabras ate my dingo!: The only way they could have made it better was having 1980s SGT Slaughter kick Branden F'ing Frasers sorry ass in a cutscene. #gijoe
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    Image of CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton) CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton)
    10/26/09

    @Belabras ate my dingo!: Yes! Saw this months ago before GI Joe: revenge of Cobra was released, and this blew me away!

    Why couldn't the movie be as good as this? No Warren Ellis perhaps? #gijoe
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