The Pirates! The Pirates! The Pirates! is a series of five comedy books following a group of pirates on their adventures. It is written by British author Gideon Defoe and was published starting in 2004 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. The fifth book "The Pirates! in an Adventure with the Romantics" was released in 2012, and was published by Bloomsbury Publishing. Aardman Animations in partnership with Sony Pictures Animation loosely adapted "The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists " into a 3D stop-motion animated film internationally titled "The Pirates! Band of Misfits". Released on 28 March 2012, and directed by Peter Lord, the
Escalation (1968 animated film) and images of the Playboy Bunny, bare breasts, hot dogs, John Wayne, Doris Day, Coca-Cola, Aunt Jemima, Lassie, Superman, Little Orphan Annie, and other people and products are seen on the screen amidst images and sounds of explosions. The cartoon fades out by having the statue crack into pieces, accompanied by images of an atomic bomb explosion. The gradual enlargement of Johnson's nose brings up images of Pinocchio, whose nose grew longer when he lied. Kimball worked on the 1940 Disney adaptation of "Pinocchio". Escalation (1968 animated film) Escalation is a 1968 animated short film, directed by Disney animator Ward