Old McDonald Has A Film

Background: Old McDonald Had A Film is a children's animation subsidiary of Three Little Monkeys Producers. It is based in Parsippany, New Jersey and is a small-scale family-friendly oriented film company. Like it's subsidiary, the name also derives from a traditional children's song.

1st logo

(2015-Present)

The Logo: In a 3d background in the storybook heartland, possibly farms nearing the Appalachians, we see a cartoon farmer tending to cows, milking them for dairy products. On the other end are three kids playing baseball. The pitcher, a slightly overweight boy, is quite adept at keeping farm animals safe. A volracious looking possum sneaks into the pig pen and with luck, the kid jumps on it and carries it into the woods. The woods is then animated with the farm house standing out on hills, possibly slops of manure with the golden cursive text spelling out Old McDonald.

SFX/FX: Sounds of farming; Several kids playing baseball; Opossum chitter; Chirping small birds; Breathtaking computer animation.

Music: A tuneful choir of children singing the first verse "Old McDonald Had A Farm".

Availability: Very common; Seen on the Rory Chawdwarck's Benjamin Muttston series of films and his children's spin offs. Also seen but not bearing the same logo on films from Old McDonald are film series Jarid Chaisuoine: Number One Cheese (action), Two Of A Kin With Alice Moustraune (dramedy), Bonds Of Bravery (adventure), The Psychedelic Mice (comedy), Timbres Dog (musical), Sweet Friendships With Scaredy Beast (comedy)among others.

Editor's Note: The logo is lengthly but it would be come off as boring to some and all those who wish the movie just started already. For those who long for a very short cartoon that is as lengthly as a 60 minute logo, this is the key. About that pitcher carrying the possum, it might indicate protection of crops against hungry pests but the image of pest deaths might traumatize some who don't understand about death or leaving animals alone which is why the kid likely set it free in the deep forest among trees, both for reasons of SPCA specifications and censorship ethics on animated depictions of deaths among living beings and creatures. This also was the premise because this is a children's animation division and we just love to see everybody happy, no matter how old they are.