Channel Frederator Blog

Let’s look at the roots of modern stylized animation with this UPA commercial directed by Art Babbitt in the 1950’s. This award-winning short commercial was censored at the time due to the implications of what happens behind closed curtains. Babbitt was particularly proud of this commercial, and for him was one of the tentpoles of his animation career after Disney’s.

Remember - this was the man who animated Gepetto, Snow White’s Queen, Fantasia’s Mushrooms and pretty much single-handedly developed Goofy, all before leading the 1941 strike at the studio.

Enjoy!
-Jake