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Subject: George Washington Dixon

  • Happy Thanksgiving: "Turkey in the Straw," Donald Duck and Some Messed-Up Minstrel Shit

    Surely the same as thousands - millions? - of other American children, this 1935 Walt Disney cartoon was Rocks Off's first exposure to the spirited American folk melody "Turkey in the Straw." And probably to Donald Duck, making one of his first onscreen appearances ever - note the elongated bill and ample ass acreage. (He was that feisty from the jump, apparently.) Hats off to whoever integrated Donald's piccolo "Turkey" into Rossini's William Tell Overture so well, too.Curious, Rocks Off did

    November 27, 2008