As it turned out, Daffy had stumbled upon an obscure reference to a 1929 patent application for a revolutionary new animation technique. The application, filed by a then-unknown animator named Walt Disney, described a method for creating synchronized sound in cartoons. The cryptic code, Daffy explained, was a fractional reference to the patent's filing number.
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: Don’t chase 100% completion obsessively — some shorts are lost or in legal limbo (e.g., Herr Meets Hare edited versions). Aim for “watchable chronological history” instead. As it turned out, Daffy had stumbled upon