4GEMWORKS COMPLETE FOUR COLOR EMPORIUM
Four Color 1051

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Four Color #1051 Universal
Grade: 9.2
Page Quality: OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
Pedigree: File Copy
Certification #: 0625966010
Owner: 4GEMWORKS

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: 4GEMWORKS COMPLETE FOUR COLOR EMPORIUM
Date Added: 5/2/2012
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

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Walt Disney’s Donald in Mathmagic Land 11/59 File Copy Donald in Mathmagic Land is a 27-minute Donald Duck featurette released on June 26, 1959.

Cover Art: Tony Strobl
Script: Don Christensen (adaptation)
Pencils: Tony Strobl
Inks: Steve Steere

This is the single best copy of even graded to date. 02/13. I originally bought this copy graded, as is, from Heritage Auctions.


Table of Contents
1. 1. Mathematics and You
2. 2. Donald in Mathmagic Land
Donald Duck
3. 3. The Secret of the Wizard's Trick
Donald Duck
4. 4. Mind-Reading Stunt
Huey, Dewey and Louie
5. 5. Donald Duck's Double Talk
Donald Duck
6. 6. Mathmagic ... Pyramid Puzzle
Donald Duck Also the back cover of this copy


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I remember seeing this fiolm in elementary school as a kid. This was one of Disney’s greatest films of all times for the school market and was the first show on Walt Disney’s show: Disney‘s Wide World of Color. Here is a bit more from Wikipedia:

Donald in Mathmagic Land is a 27-minute Donald Duck featurette released on June 26, 1959. It was directed by Hamilton Luske. Contributors included Disney artists John Hench and Art Riley, voice talent Paul Frees, and scientific expert Heinz Haber, who had worked on the Disney space shows. It was released on a bill with Darby O'Gill and the Little People. In 1959, it was nominated for an Academy Award (Best Documentary - Short Subjects).[1] In 1961, two years after its release, it had the honor of being introduced by Ludwig Von Drake and shown on the first program of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color. The film was made available to schools and became one of the most popular educational films ever made by Disney. As Walt Disney explained, "The cartoon is a good medium to stimulate interest. We have recently explained mathematics in a film and in that way excited public interest in this very important subject."[2]
Entrance
Donald Duck, holding a hunting rifle, passes through a doorway to find that he has entered Mathmagic Land. This "mighty strange" fantasy land contains trees with square roots, a stream flowing with numbers, and a walking pencil that plays tic-tac-toe. Interestingly, a geometric bird recites (almost perfectly) the first 15 digits of pi. Donald soon hears the voice of the "True Spirit of Adventure" (Paul Frees), who will guide him on his journey through "the wonderland of mathematics".
Donald is initially not interested in Mathmagic Land, believing that math is for "eggheads". When "Mr. Spirit" suggests a connection between math and music, though, Donald is intrigued. First, Donald discovers the relationships between octaves and string length. Next, Donald finds himself in ancient Greece, where Pythagoras and his contemporaries are discovering these same relationships. Pythagoras (on the harp), a flute player, and a double bass player hold a "jam session" which Donald joins after a few moments using a vase as a bongo drum. Pythagoras' music is, as the Spirit explains, the basis of today's music, and that music would not exist without "eggheads".

Games
Donald learns that mathematics applies not only to nature, architecture, and music, but also to games, including chess, baseball, football, basketball, hopscotch, and three-cushion billiards. Donald even volunteers the game Tiddlywinks, but the Spirit does not pursue this option. Themes of Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass are scattered throughout the chess scene; Carroll himself was both a writer and a mathematician. The extended billiards scene, which features a non-speaking live actor, describes the calculations involved in the game's "diamond system," and Donald finally learns how to do the calculations but in an exorbitant way with hitting ten cushions in one shot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_in_Mathmagic_Land
 
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