These are weirdly strange gifs, but fun. They are a form of animation that has been around for quite some time. When TPP was a kid, his younger sister got a bunch of kiddie phonograph records of nursery rhymes and songs that included gifs. You'd put a faceted mirror in the center and as the record turned, the gif was animated. Yes, that's surely tough for many of you to imagine especially if you have no idea at all what 78 rpm means. Ah, a bit of searching and here's the exact items, the Red Raven Movie record and magic mirror. It was pretty amusing trying to figure out exactly how this worked, but it was much loved by my sister. As soon as you see the record you'll see the similarity to the gifs shown at the link above. What a blast from the past! Funny what triggers old memories.
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