Date: September 24, 1997
From: Beespad@aol.com
Where do I find out more about the cartoon that had Genie & Abu in it?
Was it a Hanna-Barbera cartoon?
What was the name of the show?
Of utmost importance - what did Abu say?!?
Was it Yaffle Daffle, Yabble Dabble, or Yapple Dapple?
To settle a long time bet please reply.
Sincerely,
B. Wilson
Hi,
The cartoon you're referring to was Hanna-Barbera's Jeannie, loosely based on the live-action I Dream of Jeannie series.
Here's an image of Babu, the genie, from his appearance on Scooby's All Star Laff-a-Lympics series. Click HERE for a RealAudio file of Babu saying "Yapple Dapple".
Jeannie appeared on CBS-TV from September 9, 1973 through August 30, 1975. This cartoon spin-off told the story of High School teenager Corey Anders (voiced by Mark Hamill of Star Wars) who discovers a lamp containing Jeannie (voiced by Julie McWhorter) and her bumbling assistant Babu (voiced by Joe Besser, Curly Joe in the later Three Stooges shorts).
Date: September 23, 1997
From: Maubast@AOL.com
Great to find you folks!
I am trying to verify a syndicated Toon from the 1960's called The Funny
Company. I recall most of all major character in the show was a little
blonde in a violet colored dress called Shrinking Violet, who could change
size at will. I believe her voice may have been done by June Foray. Mattel
even issued a ragdoll-type talking doll of Violet with lips that moved.
I am running a tiny Toonhead Trivia competition on AOL and would love to
verify this Toon. I do remember that I saw it on WDSU-TV in New Orleans.
Thanks so much!
Linda A. Walsh
Toonhead Trivia Challenge
Hi Linda,
Look no further. Check out The Toon Tracker Funny Company Page.
To which Linda replied:
Ron,
WOW!!!
Not only did I check it out, but I went to the ToonTracker RealAudio Page
and it blew me away!!! I take of my vintage Ub Iwerks toon gloves and
salute you for a job well done! And I will be sure to tell my fellow
Toonheads to check your sites out for themselves.
thanks so much!
Linda
Date: September 21, 1997
From: pilgram@hawaiian.net
Thanks for the blast from the past. I originally found your page through
http://www.metacrawler.com searching for Clutch Cargo as I have a 16mm
reel titled Pirate Isle. It's not a complete adventure though. It is the
first half. Is this stuff still available? and maybe you can point me in
a direction to finding the other half or maybe someone who needs the
first half???????
I had a great time with the 50's stuff. Do you remember a cartoon
with a scarecrow and a crow that sat on his sholder and and a
cartoon named Bosco?
Aloha from Kauai
Jim Pilgram
Hi Jim,
Glad you enjoyed the pages. For information on Clutch Cargo episodes available on video, check out Streamline Pictures. They have several tapes available that you can order over the internet through their home page.
I'm not aware of a commercial source for 16mm films of Clutch. You may have an old TV distribution print.
Your scarecrow question eludes me. If you could perhaps provide me with a little more info I might be able to fill in the blanks.
As for Bosko, he had a very interesting history. Originally created by Hugh Harman and Rudolph Ising for their 3 minute pilot film, Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid, in 1929, the short caught the interest of Leon Schlesinger of the Pacific Art and Title compamy. He signed a deal with Warner Brothers and Bosko became the star of the first Looney Tunes cartoon, Sinkin in the Bathtub. Harman and Ising took the Bosko character with them in 1933 when they left Schlesinger to work for MGM.
Date: September 20, 1997
From: jboynton@earthlink.net
Amazing site. Many thanks for much fun and memories.
Here's the question. I found a 16mm Krazy Kat cartoon
in a junk store. It's from 1913, King Features Syndicate.
I'm guessing it wasn't distributed for home use, but there
couldn't have been that many theaters in 1913. Could there?
Or does the copyright refer to Krazy Kat material in general?
Thanks, and you're doing an awe-inspiring job.
Well, thanks for the kind words on the site. I really enjoy doing it.
As for the film you found, it definately wasn't produced in 1913, but there's a good possibility that it was originally produced shortly after that.
King Features Syndicate is owned by the Hearst Corporation, and in 1915 Hearst established the Hearst International Film Service. As part of their effort to promote their newspaper comics, Hearst put together a crew of animators, including Gregory LaCava and Frank Moser from the Raoul Barre studio (early Mutt and Jeff cartoons), to create animated versions for inclusion in their weekly newsreel features for theaters. Sixteen year old Walter "Woody Woodpecker" Lantz got his start in the business at the Hearst Studio.
In addition to Krazy Kat, the Hearst Studio put out cartoons featuring Happy Hooligan and the Katzenjammer Kids. The studio closed in 1918, but the Hearst characters were licensed to others. In 1919 International Film Service made Krazy Kat cartoons for J. R. Bray. There were other Krazy Kat cartoons in the 1920's and 1930's, so the one you found could be from any one of these incarnations. If you are able to provide me with a title, or to any of the screen credits I may be able to track down the date.
After sending this reply out, Jennifer Boynton e-mailed me back:
I'm beginning to think you don't sleep. Okay. The title is
"Grass Cutting." After carefully unspooling a little of the film, all I
can read on the title frames are "Columbia Pictures Presents" and
"Distributed by Exclusive Movie Products." The cartoon starts
immediately after the titles, so maybe the credits are at the end.
(I don't have a 16mm projector and have never seen the film.) Its box,
which has a great cover graphic, says "Distributed by Excel Movie
Products," and both the box and film have a "4002" on them.
One more question, and then I'll stop bugging you. I've got another
cartoon (also a junk store purchase) that has no credits or title frames.
The only words in the film are "Gold Discovered in Alaska." It's black and
white and filled with these weird little animals loping across the snow and
mountains. At the end, two pointy-faced animals (mice?) kiss.
(They don't look like the traditional Disney style, but what do I know.)
The sole identifier is at the end, which says it's a Pathegrams film.
I realize this is pathetically little to go on. I'm not trying to
stump you.
I'm just curious if this rings a bell.
Thanks, and I'm gone.
You're right, I very seldom sleep. I work third shift and have a hard time wasting daylight hours with sleep (I drive my wife crazy, bless her heart!)
Columbia distributed the Krazy Kat shorts produced by the Charles Mintz studios from 1929 through 1939. The individual cartoons carried no director credits. Ben Harrison and Manny Gould did virtually every one through the late 1930's, with Allen Rose and Harry Love taking over towards the end.
Excel Movie Products distributed home versions of the Columbia theatrical cartoons with new titles. I haven't been able to locate a listing of their titles, so I am unable to tell for sure when your cartoon was originally produced, but it would have been between 29-39.
That second cartoon was probably one of the early Paul Terry cartoons. Pathe distributed his Farmer Alfalfa/mice (umbrella title: Aesop Fables) cartoons from 1920 through 1929. I don't have a title list for these early Terry cartoons, but for further info see Toon Tracker's Terrytoons Page.
Date: September 18, 1997
From: johnson@neo.lrun.com
Do you know where I can find the Scrooge cartoon on video tape
Starring Mr. Magoo
Dan Johnson
Hi Dan,
Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol is available on tape from Paramount Home Video. Watch for it soon as video retailers like Suncoast Pictures begin displaying their Christmas titles. It's also available by mail order through Facets Whole Toon Catalog. They can be reached at 1-800-331-6197.
For more pictures of Magoo, and a complete history, check out Toon Tracker's Mr. Magoo Page.
Date: September 18, 1997
From: Waubeek@AOL.com
I would like a picture of the cartoon charactor Tweedy
Bird....but I can't find one. Know where I could look for this?
Tami
Hi Tami,
Here's one for starters. Some other good places to look would be The Ultimate Tweety Page or Jon Cooke's Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Page.
Date: September 16 , 1997
From: apkieswetter.@ com. au
Could you please give me some information on the H-B 1972 TV
series WAIT TILL YOUR FATHER GETS HOME. Which was allegedly the first
'adult' animated TV show.
Andrew Kieswetter.
Hi Andrew,
Wait Til Your Father Gets Home has a very interesting genesis. It began as a one-shot animated segment on Paramount's Love American Style series on ABC-TV in 1972. Entitled "Love and the Old-Fashioned Father", it served as the pilot for this 1972-74 series. The pilot was purchased by the NBC owned stations to help fill up the then new FCC prime-time access rule time slots.
The series was loosely based on the All in the Family sitcom and showcased the generation gap clashes between dad Harry Boyle (voiced by Tom Bosley) and his three modern day kids, Chet, Alice and Jamie. In it's second year, the show featured many celebrity guest voices, including Don Knotts, Phyllis Diller, Don Adams, Rich Little, Jonathon Winters and Monty Hall. This was around the same time that many of these stars also lent their voices to another Hanna-Barbera cartoon, The New Scooby Doo Movies. Other voices included Joan Gerber as Irma Boyle, Kristina Holland as daughter Alice, Lennie Weinrib as son Chet, Jackie Haley as youngest son Jamie, and comedian Jack Burns as the vigilante neighbor Ralph.
Originally syndicated by Rhoades Productions, this Hanna-Barbera cartoon has recently shown up in the US on the Cartoon Network.
I hope this helps.
Date: September 15 , 1997
From: jwlintz@shellus.com
What an amazing collection of information you have assembled! Much
thanks for your time and effort. Although it is not much to go on,
perhaps you might recall the name of a cartoon series that ran daily in
the early morning hours in the New York area in the late 1950's. It
featured very simply drawn animals, rodents and occasional humans.
There was no dialog but classical type music played in the background.
I watched this over and over as a youngster, simply because there was
nothing else on for kids at 6:30 in the a.m.
Jim Lintz
Hi Jim,
I'm glad you enjoy the pages. It's nice to be able to provide some diversion for others in these way too hectic times.
The cartoon you were wondering about sounds like the silent Aesop's Fables cartoons which were produced between 1921 and 1929 by Paul Terry for Fables Studios and originally released by Pathe Film Exchange. The cartoons were retitled Terryland by Commonwealth Films in the early 1950's and released to television with added sound effects and music.
The majority of the cartoons featured Terry's Farmer Alfalfa character (also known as Farmer Gray) and appeared on "TV Tots Time" on the ABC eastern network between 1950 and 1952. After the network run the cartoons were syndicated through 1972, at which time they were withdrawn from distribution.
Hi Max,
Colonel Bleep is available on VHS tapes from:
Streamline Pictures,
P.O. Box 691418,
West Hollywood, CA 90069.
Their on-line catalog lists the following:
"
COLONEL BLEEP v.1&2
Vintage 1950's pop nostalgia - classic! The first color cartoon
made for TV. Ren & Stimpy-esque animation style.
30 MINUTES * $14.98"
Check out Streamline Picture's web site for Colonel Bleep and
other animated classics like Clutch Cargo and Space Angel.
You can also find out more information on Colonel Bleep at
Animation and cartoon Heaven .
Date: September 9, 1997
From: bmcgee12@sprynet.com
Hi,
My Name is Brian McGee, and I was wondering if you could help me find pics,
clips, and/or sound bits of a Hanna Barbera cartoon called Johnny Bravo. I
think it is a relatively new cartoon and it airs at night on the Cartoon
Network. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Brian
Hi Brian,
I've added a Johnny Bravo Animated GIF to the Toon Tracker Picture Archive.
Then, check out The Johnny Bravo Home Page.
There's also an article on-line about Johnny Bravo at Mania's web site.
I hope this helps.
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