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Quasi at the Quackadero
Quasi at the Quackadero is a 1975 animated short by Sally Cruikshank. This cartoon follows two anthropomorphic ducks and a pet robot at an amusement park where phenomena such as time travel, telepathy, and reincarnation are exhibited as sideshow attractions. In 2009, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
Plot.
The short starred Quasi, characterized by one writer as "an infantile duck with buck front teeth, thick glasses and a red cape"
"to experiment in animation and do TV commercials when there was work". By the end of summer 1972, Cruikshank was head animator there. In 2009, she recalled of her time with Snazelle,
At Snazelle, Cruikshank began developing her best-known work, "Quasi at the Quackadero" (1975), working titles of which included "I Walked with a Duck", "Hold That Quasi", and "Quasi Quacks Up". The 10-minute, 35mm short, with 100 watercolor backgrounds and