When in the 40s the animation become more sophisticated ( you can see in this cartoon how the animation looks like the one used by Fleischers in them same years ) they started to develope the formula cartoons ( not unlike Famous studios ) .
This cartoon still shows some inventive , but many of the gags , as well as the ending sequence , reveal to be greatly inspired by " Farmer Al Falfa's Ape Girl " .
Ironically ,this 1940 cartoon include also many gags that will be later reused in 1945 " Mighty Mouse and the Pirates " .
I will update this post with other pictures in the following days .
In the meanwhile , enjoy some screenshots that show gags and situations coming from the Ape Girl cartoon and some other sequences and ideas that will return in the Mighty Mouse epic .
Yours Truly ,
Duck Dodgers
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At least the character designs are good. I guess they kept copying ideas from earier cartoons. Any more examples.
ReplyDeleteSCHWING!!
ReplyDeleteEr...I mean..."sexy" and "Terrytoons" aren't usually found in the same sentence, but I have to say that the sceen shots here, at least, give lie to that theory! This cartoon looks like it ranks right up there with "Red Hot Riding Hood" and any of Betty Boop's more risque entries! (and the lead female is better drawn than the one in "Ape Girl"!)
There are too many examples to tell you , Nic .
ReplyDeleteLike reused gags, plots,sequences, animation and even soundtrack !
I'm afriad these maybe the reasons why Paramount does not want to put these on television.
ReplyDeleteDo you mean the risquè entries ?
ReplyDeleteNope , the reasons are the many copyright troubles plus the fact that the owners of the rights of these cartoons do not even know that they own a great library of animated classic shorts .
No, I meant that Paramount isn't showing the Terrytoons because they think they're infearior(sic)than the Disney cartoons and Looney Tunes.
ReplyDeleteOh no , not for that !
ReplyDeleteThey are plain ignorant of the value of animation and they do not understand the great potential of their animation library .
Yeah you're right. I really want to see more (The Magic Pencil comes to mind).
ReplyDeleteHere you have a comment that the great artist Milton Knight emailed me :
ReplyDeleteDear Duck,
The bulk of this cartoon is a reworking of A STONE AGE ROMANCE (a sound
Aesop's Fable made by Terry for Van Beuren release in 1929-30), all
wrapped up with a "happy ending" bow borrowed from APE GIRL.
The concept of the athletic, primitive woman goes back to Terry's silent
days; Farmer Al Falfa courted one in BONEHEAD AGE from the late 20s.
Of the 30s Terry product, I personally find the shorts from between 1930
and '33 to be the most interesting. They tend to be unpredictable,
lively, well-staged, and the very early ones make a great use of
black-and-white contrasts. Later 30s entries tend to take the Disney-ish
approach of sitting back and watching the character animation, but all
too often it isn't worth watching!