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Drawn: The Story of Animation

HowStuffWorks and Cartoon Network

Tv & Film

4.8 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Cartoons have gone through a number of identity shifts in terms of their intended audience. How did a medium initially aimed at adults become such an essential part of childhood, and then blossom again as a genre full of adult-oriented content? How has animation for kids included grown-ups in the humor, and why has animation made just for adults gotten so popular?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You know what that is.
0:04.0	An ice cold beer.
0:07.0	What's different?
0:09.0	It's Budweiser.
0:11.0	Food longer for a refreshing, smooth taste.
0:15.0	Like no other.
0:20.0	Cheers to that. Budweiser, like no other.
0:22.3	Cheers to that.
0:25.3	Budweiser, like no other.
0:26.8	Please drink responsibly.
0:28.8	For the facts, visit drinkaware.com.uker. Okay.
0:32.9	Hi, I'm Holly Fry.
0:34.7	And this is Drawn, the story of animation.
0:38.3	One of the things that's come up a lot on the podcast is the childhood memories that I have
0:43.8	of watching cartoons and that our guests have of watching cartoons and how those memories are
0:48.3	really treasured. In fact, that's a lot of the reason many of the people were featuring
0:52.3	got into animation in the first place.
0:55.3	But cartoons and animation weren't always the realm of children.
0:59.3	A lot of early animation was made with grown-ups in mind.
1:02.8	A lot of early animators in the U.S. came from the print cartoon industry and vaudeville.
1:07.6	They had been making funny entertainment that didn't necessarily exclude kids, but it wasn't
1:12.6	really aimed at them either. And that carried right over into their animated work. And almost
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