My Daddy the Astronaut (1967) Poster

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8/10
Al Eugster Colors Within The Lines
boblipton3 April 2023
I don't know who narrated this cartoon from the period just before Paramount closed down the animation department, but it sounds like a little girl telling the story about how her daddy went to the moon and became a hero, but didn't fare so well at the amusement park.

Seamus Culhane is credited as co-director, but it's Al Eugster's work all the way, and he certainly committed to the aesthetics of the situation, finishing each cel with a crayon, even the Paramount logo at the beginning. It's certainly an amusing story, and Eugster's designs are spot-on for a cartoon with this title. Lots of fun!
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10/10
My Daddy the Astronaut is one of the best of the Shamus Culhane-directed cartoons from Paramount cartoon studios
tavm4 March 2009
Warning: Spoilers
Just watched this Paramount Fractured Fable on YouTube. Made in the waning days of the Famous/Paramount cartoon studios, this Shamus Culhane-directed cartoon was unique in that it was basically done in a style of a child's crayon drawing as animated by Al Eugster. With accompaniment from Winston Sharples' harmonica and an unknown child's narration, this was a very amusing tale of one boy's father who becomes an astronaut after initially flying planes and then after all those physical test rides and the spaceship journey without any sickness involved, when he takes his son to a carnival the dizziness starts! That's all I'll say except how the irony continues as the boy keeps mentioning how fine he is during the rides while his dad keeps getting sicker and sicker! So on that note, I highly recommend My Daddy the Astronaut.
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