“The subject for today is melody,” as Professor Owl stated at the beginning of 1953’s Adventures in Music: Melody. This cartoon short was intended to be the first in a series of educational shorts, yet only one additional follow-up was released… the Academy Award®-winning Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom. Melody is a film of “note” because it is the first cartoon to be filmed in 3D. The film also brought harmony to audiences at Disneyland, where it was shown as part of the 3D Jamboree in the Fantasyland Theater in 1956. In 3D, the Mouseketeers introduced both Melody and the Donald Duck short Working for Peanuts. And now, as Jimmie Dodd said at the end of the film, “Sure hope you enjoyed our 3D Jamboree and that you’ll tell your friends to come and see us, oh, and by the way, please leave your 3D glasses in the lobby.”
