Shorts! Puppetoons: Ali Baba and The Forty Thieves & Aladdin and the Magic Lamp

Though traditional, 2D animation was the norm for animated shorts in the 1930s, they weren't the ONLY things being made. George Pal was also out there, creating shorts using a fascinating form of stop-motion which involved a great many carved wooden figures. His 1930s work was primarily comprised of advertisments, but they're fascinating nonetheless. Do these old works still hold up, even if the things they advertise are no longer relevant? Listen to find out!