April 5, 1997
From: DNAGeorge@aol.com
Winky Dink and You. Any info out there on this very old, obscure children's show?
Probably not really a cartoon in the strict sense, but it did have a character (name?)
that was animated. It's been a very long time since I saw it, so I could be
confused. Thanks for the great site.
The answer to this question has been turned into a new Toon Tracker Wiky Dink and You page.
April 4, 1997
From: Rocketsdog@aol.com
what was the name of the cartoon charcter with the beard on Clutch
Cargo cartoon?
Please respond back to me I have a debate with my boss
on his name .
thank you
John P. AKA Rocketsdog@aol.com
The bearded character on Clutch Cargo was Swampy, voiced by Hal Smith. Hal Smith also portrayed Otis Campbell, the drunk on The Andy Griffith Show. He also voiced Goliath, the dog on Davey and Goliath and the King in the Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey segment of The Peter Potamus Show among many other voices.
April 2, 1997
From: henry@unix.asb.com
When I was a small child I watched a show based in Newark, NJ called
Junior Frolics. The cartoons had several characters, the only one I remember is
Farmer Gray who was always being bothered by mice.
These cartoons were silent in black and white. I believe they were Paul
Terry cartoons. I'm also looking for the background music that was played
during these cartoons.
Can you help me with this request?
Thank's, Henry
These were part of a syndicated package of cartoons distributed by Commonwealth Films beginning in 1951. The Farmer Grey cartoons were actually old silent Farmer Alfalfa cartoons, with new titles, sound effects and music added by Commonwealth. The Farmer Alfalfa cartoons included in the package were produced between 1921 and 1929 by Paul Terry while at Fables Studio, and originally released to theaters by Pathe Film Exchange. Also included in the package were over 300 silent Aesop's Fables cartoons by Terry, renamed Terryland cartoons by Commonwealth, and two series of cartoons animated by Ub Iwerks, Flip the Frog and Willie Whopper. These were done by Iwerks between 1930 and 1936 for Celebrity Pictures. Another retitled cartoon was Tales of the Genie. This series consisted of the Comicolor cartoons produced by Iwerks and the Rainbow Parade cartoons, produced between 1930 and 1936 by Burt Gillett at the Van Beuren Studios.
The music was from generic music libraries which were used by distributers selling the old silent features and cartoons to television. You can usually find some of these cartoons included in video collections of old public domain cartoons in the discount bins at Wal-Mart, K-Mart and other department stores. They will include the stock music tracks. One such tape is 'Farmer Grey and Other Cartoon Classics' from the Congress Video Group. It is out of print, but will occasionally show up in the discount bins.
April 2, 1997
From: speers@speers.ie
please post any information on UPA and particularly on the
work of zachary schwartz when the company was still called
Industrial Films and Poster Services
Information on UPA could fill a book, so to conserve space, check out the UPA chapter in Leonard Maltin's Of Mice And Magic. It should be available in most larger public libraries
For information on Zachary Schwartz and his work with the company Click Here.
April 1, 1997
From: theresa@vdot.net
I have many requests. No one I talk to seems to remember
a cartoon named Krazy Kat. It was a comic strip but was also
on tv. It starred Ignat Mouse, who would throw bricks at Krazy Kat
who was the female cat in love with Ignat. I can't remember the police
officer's name who would arrest Ignat. Do you have anything on it???
Was also interested in a wave file. Looking for the opening theme
song to speed racer cartoon. I'm into cartoon trivia. I have many
unanswered quetions and can't seem to find people who know the answers
or who I'm talking about. Let me know if you know any. Trivia:
Tennessy Tuxedo, what was the zookeepers name?
Dudley Do Right, what was the Colonels name? If You can help I'd appreciate it.
Thanks for Making my day. I LOVE THIS SITE!!!!!!
The Krazy Kat cartoons were part of a trio of comic strips brought to television by King Features in 1963. The other two were Beetle Bailey and Snuffy Smith.
Krazy Kat was based on the classic George Herriman comic strip which ran in newspapers from 1911 until Herriman's death in 1944. The television cartoons were more faithful to the strip than earlier attempts at animating it: a 1916 to 1918 Hearst produced series, a series beginning in 1919 and produced by J.R. Bray, a 1925 to 1927 series produced by Bill Nolan, a 1927 to 1929 series by Manny Gould and Ben Harrison and a 1929 to 1940 series from Charles Mintz.
The 1963 television cartoons were produced under contract for King Features by the Paramount Cartoon Studios (several of the cartoons were also released theatrically by Paramount). Krazy Kat, set in Kokonino Kounty, told the story of an outrageous love-hate relationship between Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse. Ignatz responded to Krazy's affections by pelting her with bricks. Offisa Pupp. the local lawman, would wind up tossing Ignatz in jail, even though to Krazy each brick from her "li'l ainjil" was a missile of love.
The surrealistic setting of sparse Western landscape, abstract cathedrallike mountains and mysterious vegetation, were straight out of Herriman's strip. Krazy Kat was voiced by Penny Phillips and Paul Frees provided the voice of Ignatz.
Tim Prost has the Speed Racer theme available. He will e-mail it to you upon request. He has many other old TV themes available on-line through his TV Theme Song Central page. In the meantime, the words to the Speed Racer theme can be found at The Speed Racer Page. This site also has the theme in au format - Click Here to hear it.
The zookeeper on Tennessee Tuxedo was Stanley Livingston. Inspector Fenwick commanded Dudley and the Royal Canadian Mounties.
March 31 1997
From: AutoBdyGuy@aol.com
I have been searchiing since I was a little kid to find someone that could
help me find episodes of the Gigantor cartoons from the early '60's. It was a
fantastic cartoon for it's time and I'm hoping you can help me.
Thanks,
Mark C. Sr.
Videos of the original Gigantor series are available through The Whole Toon Catalog from Facets Multimedia. They have 8 volumes listed in their current catalog. They have a toll-free phone number, 1-800-331-6197, and will send out free catalogs.
Other pages on the web
include a review of a resin Gigantor model with a picture at
http://www.gremlins.com/steve_goodrich/gigantor_review.html.
The Anime, Manga and Japanimation site lists the individual Gigantor videos and offers them for sale over the internet.
UPDATE - GIGANTOR WAS ADDED TO THE TOON TRACKER PICTURE ARCHIVE ON APRIL 14, 1997 !
March 30, 1997
From: bonita@MIS.Net
I have been looking everywhere for Broomhilda. Any suggestions? I would appreciate it and so would my fingers. Thanks, Bonita
Broom Hilda, voiced by June 'Rocky' Foray, appeared in 1971's Archie's TV Funnies on CBS-TV. Produced by Filmation Associates, Broom Hilda was resurrected in 1978 for Filmation's Fabulous Funnies series on NBC-TV. Broom Hilda was based on the newspaper comic strip of the same name.
March 30, 1997
From: bbrook@interlog.com
Hello i'm looking for acartoon called Colonal Bleep(maybe pronounced blip) Used to see it every morning on a show called Rocketship 7 out of Buffalo.This was in the early 60's. Can you help me find the Colonal? Please! Thanks Regards Bruce B.
Colonel Bleep, produced in 1957 at Miami's Soundac Studios, is featured on the GREAT Animation and Cartoon Heaven site. This page also features up to date news on animation, and many super articles.
Video tapes of Colonel Bleep can be ordered over the internet through Streamline Pictures.
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March 29, 1997
From: me [x@earthlink.net]
I can't find any pictures of Spike the Bulldog, from the Tom and Jerry
cartoons, anywhere on the internet. Why is he so hard to find? And do
you know where I can browse to find him?
There are at least two that are found at the Non-Stick MGM Page
Click Here For Pic 1 and Click Here For Pic 2
March 27, 1997
From: Lockjaw [ix.netcom.com]
There are some old 80's Cartoons that I cant find any where. I would
relly like to find them .Im sure they were on nickeloden,in the mid-80's
but all I can remeber is that it was about some chirldren tring to find
there lost city. Can you help?
You must be talking about "The Mysterious Cities of Gold". It featured three kids searching through old temples in Central and South America, in pursuit of the the lost city of gold. It was an imported cartoon, a joint French/Japanese production Go to The Mysterious Cities of Gold page for more info and some pictures and sound files.
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