Prod. 2003 - Seq. 2 - Run Along Now...

When Neil Gabler in his book about Walt speaks of the expensive opening of Pinocchio, this was the actual bit he meant, Sequence 2, "Going to School." The scenes 1.01 to 1.06 seamlessly show us the Alpine village that Pinocchio was carved into using the Multiplane camera in a way so intricate that these scenes alone cost more that a whole short film - wasn't it around $115,000?
Thorington C. "Thor" Putnam (1911-2001), the layout artist, must have gotten some grey hairs from this sequence. And I bet sequence director Wilfred "Jaxon" Jackson didn't hear the end of this, either!

There is some nice acting by Art Babbitt, Milt Kahl and Les Clark.
I always thought the scene with Pinocchio turning, body only, was particularly funny and a good reminder that he was not a real boy...By the way, if you think I am spreading this stuff thinly, I can only say that it is hard to come up with something new each day, especially here from Denmark! I'd think it's better than nothing...