Best of Brazil: Tico Tico no Fubá

Here’s a fun little blast from the past. Walt Disney once came to Brazil with a team of animators as part of a good-will trip designed to shore up South American support for the Allies in World War II. The result was the movie The Three Caballeros, and Zé Carioca, Brazil’s very own Disney character….

This video from 1971 is the intersection of two of my passions: Brazil, and trains. Needless to say, I think it’s a tragedy that this railroad no longer exists. For those interested in learning more, here’s an interesting article about Col. George Church (who fought for the Union, not the Confederacy, as the narrator erroneously…