Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for May 24, 2008
May 17, 2008
May 31, 2008
Transcript:
Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling The League of Public Domain Properties Pinocchio: Is past time for him to come-a join our team! Where is he? Robin Hood: Surely he's being held prisoner! Snow White: We have to rescue him! Pinocchio: Little Mermaid! You swimma the moat and lower the bridge! Grazie! Little Mermaid: Yes, Pinocchio! Pinocchio: Herclues! Get the gate! Hercules: XPPRR! SMASH Snow White: Lawyers and lobbyists! Hordes of them! Robin Hood, SHOOT! Robin Hood: Right-o! Quasimodo: Snow White! Climb up my hump et into ze window! Voila! Snow White: There you are! We built this empire for you, and now you're free to join us! Mickey Mouse: I ain't goin' nowhere, toots! I'm gonna extend my copyright here FOREVER! GUARDS! Snow White: Oh, CENSORED!
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They discussed this in Adam Ruins Everything a while ago, and how Disney lobbying to extend copyright limits so Mickey won’t enter public domain left a lot of other work from around that time in limbo.