Preston Blair Animation

Preston Blair (1908 - 1995) animated some of the most iconic scenes at Disney and MGM. He also wrote the famous "Animation" book series.

Music: "stepping stones" by general fuzz

Thanks to Mark Kausler, Devon Baxter, and Hans Perk for helping me identify the scenes!

Clips used:
0:00 - Screwball Squirrel (1944)
0:31 - Pinocchio (1940)
1:03 - Red Hot Riding Hood (1943)
1:13 - Screwball Squirrel (1944)
1:26 - Batty Baseball (1944)
1:39 - The Whalers (1938)
1:47 - Swing Shift Cinderella (1945)
1:52 - Jerky Turkey (1945)
2:01 - Blitz Wolf (1942)
2:20 - Fantasia (1940)
2:51 - Swing Shift Cinderella (1945)
2:58 - Fantasia (1940)
3:05 - Blitz Wolf (1942)
3:15 - Fantasia (1940)
3:54 - Bambi (1942)
4:22 - Who Killed Who? (1943)
4:48 - The Pointer (1939)
5:01 - The Shooting of Dan McGoo (1945)
5:12 - Beach Picnic (1939)
5:18 - Blitz Wolf (1942)
5:30 - Wild and Wolfy (1945)
5:39 - Fantasia (1940)
5:46 - The Shooting of Dan McGoo (1945)
5:55 - Fantasia (1940)
6:05 - Red Hot Riding Hood (1943)

[MrJohnffrey]

One of the most versatile animators, it's amazing that he did Red's dancing without the use of a performance model he said in one interview he did it all from scratch.

[stripedhyenuh]

Doing wild takes while exerting perfect control over the flow of action, Blair was the king of that shit. If you want to draw cartoons or animate, you seriously need to download a PDF of Advanced Animation, the original one with the Disney and MGM characters.

[thetimturnershow]

I purchased his animation book not too long ago… and it is truly a worthy purchase, not just for learning how to animate a character, but also basic drawing as well.

[officialanneboonchuy]

For some reason I kind of find Disney and Tex Avery related because for instance look at the wolf, he looks like a traditional Disney bad guy that would pick on Mickey just like Pete.

[Atheneastro]

I had to study two cartoon performances for an essay in my first year of my BA animation course, and Red Hot Riding Hood dancing in 'Wild and Woolfy' was one of them.

[olifromsolly]

2:20 that chair's transformations are so accurate they could be CG

[ZacharyNoah]

1:25-1:39
"KILL THE UMPIRE!!! GET HIM OUT OF THERE!!! KILL THE UMPIRE!!! KILL THE UM--"
[gunshot]
[military taps]

[desvendandoaculturapop]

basically he animated all red dance scenes

[desvendandoaculturapop]

his animation at disney it's a little more fluid than mgm but it's still good

[showman]

is there one about don bluth? I would really like to know all he worked on.

[jampanz]

Preston Blair, that you know about cartoon book.

[dillonwright]

I think those alligators and hippos return in Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas.

[gluttonousmaximus]

Did he design Tom & Jerry's character model around mid-1945?

[noir]

0:49 Amazing animation but that looked kinda laggy for some reason. Maybe it's the video?

[FrizFreddy]

Where did you get the Bambi drafts from?

[bobbyslater]

Great animation but that electronic music track sucks.