tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364805792882783170.post3889587199074769747..comments2023-11-03T09:20:52.837-04:00Comments on Disney Film Project: Lonesome GhostsRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126059549015204825noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364805792882783170.post-31311630842832755132010-03-21T14:27:31.990-04:002010-03-21T14:27:31.990-04:00Another brief comment on this cartoon is that it&#...Another brief comment on this cartoon is that it's recently been featured on the official Disney website and although it's only small on screen, it seems to have received a new restoration.Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17701967442508380462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4364805792882783170.post-4022973580799884032010-03-21T14:20:21.112-04:002010-03-21T14:20:21.112-04:00One of the bonfide colour classics. I think every ...One of the bonfide colour classics. I think every one likes this cartoon! No wonder - it's a great premise for a cartoon and it never falls short of its potential.<br /><br />Did you notice the sign on the door that read "Ajax Ghost Exterminators"? This is the first cartoon that 'Ajax' was used as the name for a brand for a product or service in the Disney shorts. It pops up with just enough frequency for Disney shorts fans to notice, but never caught on quite like the 'Acme' name in the Warner Bros. cartoons. Still some one on the Mouse Works cartoons picked up on it - in that series the Ajax name was overused and appeared on anything and everything. An attempt to create a Disney 'Acme', perhaps?<br /><br />I wonder if this short inspired the idea for 'Ghost Busters'. Although I can think of plenty of ghost cartoons, this is the first cartoon I know of where characters are offering a service to rid a house of ghosts – a fun, cartoony spin on exorcisms. Also Goofy's line in this cartoon "I ain't uh-scared of no ghosts" is enormously similar to the line in the Ghost Busters song: "I ain't afraid of no ghosts". Could it be a direct reference or merely a coincidence?Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17701967442508380462noreply@blogger.com