The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists is the first book in The Pirates! series by Gideon Defoe dealing with a hapless crew of pirates. It was published in 2004 by Orion Books (). The book was adapted into a stop-motion film by Aardman Animations. The book is set in 1837, and follows the adventures of "The Pirate Captain" and his crew of unorthodox pirates. They meet a young Charles Darwin and Mister Bobo, a highly trained and sophisticated "man-panzee", who have been exiled from London by a rival scientist. Having sunk 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