This Disney short is director Ward Kimballs' tribute to car culture of the late 1960s, also focusing on one young mans' trials and tribulations as he goes through the steps of becoming a licensed driver with his own car.
Narrated engagingly by young Disney star Kurt Russell, this is an often VERY funny short that would often get shown during drivers' ed courses. One of my favorite parts was the young lead using a "simulator" to test his handling of a vehicle on busy streets. It was just hysterical when the machine controlling the eight simulators started to break down. Kimball also utilizes a very avant-garde approach; the short is mostly live-action, but uses various animation techniques that are highly striking, and add to the overall mirth.
What is far and away one of the brightest sequences involves a used car salesman (Spencer Quinn) shamelessly extolling the "virtues" of various lemons, in a priceless parody of a standard used-car TV ad. The guy speaks at a speed of roughly a mile a minute!
You also get to see a variety of very colorful and interesting cars, some of which were decorated in the most garish ways possible, for a contest held by Disney.
The often hilariously ridiculous music score is just the icing on this particular cake, which ANY person eager to start experiencing driving (and even their parents) can easily appreciate.
Eight out of 10.
Narrated engagingly by young Disney star Kurt Russell, this is an often VERY funny short that would often get shown during drivers' ed courses. One of my favorite parts was the young lead using a "simulator" to test his handling of a vehicle on busy streets. It was just hysterical when the machine controlling the eight simulators started to break down. Kimball also utilizes a very avant-garde approach; the short is mostly live-action, but uses various animation techniques that are highly striking, and add to the overall mirth.
What is far and away one of the brightest sequences involves a used car salesman (Spencer Quinn) shamelessly extolling the "virtues" of various lemons, in a priceless parody of a standard used-car TV ad. The guy speaks at a speed of roughly a mile a minute!
You also get to see a variety of very colorful and interesting cars, some of which were decorated in the most garish ways possible, for a contest held by Disney.
The often hilariously ridiculous music score is just the icing on this particular cake, which ANY person eager to start experiencing driving (and even their parents) can easily appreciate.
Eight out of 10.