#uncle walt

[poetrybylila]

i don’t care if it’s cliché to love the dead poet’s society. it’s a brilliant story and if loving it is wrong, i’ll never be right.

[memoryaqua]

Mermaids in "Uncle Walt"

"Uncle Walt" is a short film project made by animation student Robert Swarthe in 1964. The short is a dark and vulgar (for 1964 at least) parody of Disney. After decades of being kept from the public, the full short is now available on YouTube.

Since this is pre-Ariel, these mermaids must be spoofing the Neverland mermaids. The presence of Tinker Bell seems to make this clear.

Update: Got some slightly better screencaps.

[muttonchopsalley]

The infamous controversial 1964 Disney parody fan film. Uncle Walt, by Robert Swarthe has finally surfaced!

[tylercuddletail]

So I did see Uncle Walt

So yeah! I did see Uncle Walt and it felt like a 60s YTP mixed with Newgrounds Flash Animation.

But there are also a lot of racist streotypes and content that made me realize that I really only like the Disney's Renaissance and Post Renaissance movies for the most part because they are far less racist than the older works(Post-Renaissance especially since there was more of a focus on BIPOC characters getting more positive uplifting roles(Especially Native Americans and Hawaiians) even if the voice actors aren't of that race most of the time sadly).

I also think the Ren and Stimpy episode where Stimpy makes an animated short with the moral of "Don't meet your heroes" might be inspired by this film.

Still crazy this film predicted internet culture without the internet.

[decotome]

𓏵𓏵⠀𖥻 UNWALTGIJINKA ◟ 𓉸⠀

（　 UN－ WALT －　GEE － JIN －　KUH )

（ ［　UN ］　CLE －　　WALT －　GIJINKA ）

[Pt: unwaltgijinka. Pronounced un -walt - gee- jin - kuh. A mixture of the words un from uncle, walt and gijinka]

𓏵𓏵⠀𖥻 A gender connected to the lost media 「　Uncle Walt　」 and gijinkas 、　being a identity relating to 「　Uncle walt　」　and being a gijinka 、　or otherwise a 「 Uncle Walt　」　gijinka ！　This label can be used in any way ！　◟ 𓉸⠀

[pt: a gender connected to the lost media “Uncle Walt” and gijinkas, being a identity relating to “Uncle Walt” and being a gijinka, or otherwise a “Uncle Walt” gijinka! This label can be used on any way!]

𓏵𓏵⠀𖥻 TAGS ：　@radiomogai ◟ 𓉸⠀

[pt: tags: radioliom (link to its blog)]

𓏵𓏵⠀𖥻 CREDITS ：　gender system by @kiruliom 、　dividers by @selysie （　recolored ）　◟ 𓉸⠀

[pt: credits: gender system by kiruliom (link to kir blog), dividers by selysie (link to snow’s blog)]

Note: the Uncle Walt lost media has heavy content, such as racist, suggestive, and overall disturbing and offensive imagery. I do not support the offensive parts of this lost media, nor do i condone it. If you want to learn more, take note of these things.

[disneyphile]

Walt Wednesday!

[usssnarfblat]

"Uncle Walt," an unauthorized cartoon short made by an animation student in 1964, featured Disney characters in sleezy and offensive situations. Supposedly the footage has been found, but the holders won't release it to the public. They didn't give any reason, but stated that it was not related to legal issues or money.

Warning: mildly NSFW images below.

Some people feel this was all a sham; that the person claiming to have the video never really did find it, and just strung everybody along for attention. Obnoxious though that might be, it's better than some other possibilities.

If the people who found the short are telling the truth, it begs the question of what's so bad about it that someone so dedicated to finding this short would decide to suddenly put the lid on it when they finally found it. It can't be for the racism; Walt Disney's racist history and Nazi connections are common knowledge. Is there something in this short that's worse than all that? If so, I don't think I want to try speculating on what that could be.

That said, there are more innocent possibilities. Maybe the short contains something politically or religiously inflammatory, and now just isn't the best time. Or maybe it just contains personal information of some kind; perhaps the student who made included references to people he knew in real life, and this is just to protect their privacy.

Here's the Lost Media Wiki's article on the topic

Screenshots from the above link:

[octaviasdread]

sometimes the family is a depressed theatre kid, a sarcastic secret poet, a bisexual disaster sax virtuoso, a desperate hopeless romantic, a submissive human calculator, a cinnamon roll that looks like a noodle, a misunderstood friend with golden boy issues, a surrogate dad, and a sweaty-toothed uncle’s portrait in class, and I think that's beautiful