Paavo Nurmi..easy way out, that out skiier.! Next time, though, expand on some of these obscure performers so we won't have to waste time looking it up on YouTube!:) Anyway, great puns in this...
Artie Auerbach portrayed a Yiddish-flavored character named "Mr. Kitzel" on Al Pearce's radio show in the late '30s and early '40s [he was later a part of "THE ABBOTT & COSTELLO (radio) SHOW", and finally on Jack's Benny's radio and TV shows from 1946 through '64]. His most famous catchphrase was "Hmmmm, eh- could be!" [5:50].
Incidentally, the "gabby catcher" routine previously appeared in Freleng's "Boulevardier from the Bronx" (1936) and "Porky's Baseball Broadcast" (1940).
This was Friz's version of a Tex Avery "spot gag" short (Mike Maltese also wrote for Avery at the time). "Sloppy Joe's" [3:45] was a famous "watering hole" in Florida, with Ernest Hemingway one of its most frequent patrons [Joseph Cotten's "Jed Leland" also refers to it the same year in "Citizen Kane", when he's trying to remember the name of Charles Foster Kane's "fortress" in Florida- "What's it called? El Dorado? Shangri-La? Sloppy Joe's....? Oh, yeah...XANADU"]. It's still in business.
"Paavo Numri"? With all apologies to Friz, there's no running gag like Tex, say, had [though his return in 19409, "Baseball Bugs", certain;y had one.]
The drawing here is much handsomer than in most Freleng cartoons.
Julian9ehp 1 month ago
I don't care if this is a One-Shot cartoon, CN needs to air this one sometime next week with the AAP logo intact.
TeamRocket2010 7 months ago
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this happens to be one of my favorite warner bros. cartoons ever!!!!!!!!!
michaeljackson155 9 months ago
Paavo Nurmi..easy way out, that out skiier.! Next time, though, expand on some of these obscure performers so we won't have to waste time looking it up on YouTube!:) Anyway, great puns in this...
SteveCarras 1 year ago
Paavo Nurmi I found out who he was. You may have to explain more. Born 1897, d.1973, was Olympic runner.
SteveCarras 1 year ago
Artie Auerbach portrayed a Yiddish-flavored character named "Mr. Kitzel" on Al Pearce's radio show in the late '30s and early '40s [he was later a part of "THE ABBOTT & COSTELLO (radio) SHOW", and finally on Jack's Benny's radio and TV shows from 1946 through '64]. His most famous catchphrase was "Hmmmm, eh- could be!" [5:50].
fromthesidelines 1 year ago
Incidentally, the "gabby catcher" routine previously appeared in Freleng's "Boulevardier from the Bronx" (1936) and "Porky's Baseball Broadcast" (1940).
fromthesidelines 1 year ago
This was Friz's version of a Tex Avery "spot gag" short (Mike Maltese also wrote for Avery at the time). "Sloppy Joe's" [3:45] was a famous "watering hole" in Florida, with Ernest Hemingway one of its most frequent patrons [Joseph Cotten's "Jed Leland" also refers to it the same year in "Citizen Kane", when he's trying to remember the name of Charles Foster Kane's "fortress" in Florida- "What's it called? El Dorado? Shangri-La? Sloppy Joe's....? Oh, yeah...XANADU"]. It's still in business.
fromthesidelines 1 year ago
"Paavo Numri"? With all apologies to Friz, there's no running gag like Tex, say, had [though his return in 19409, "Baseball Bugs", certain;y had one.]
SteveCarras 1 year ago
wonderful cartoon...thanks !
alex9920iasi 1 year ago
My favorite part has to be when the guy does the crawl!
glowworm2 1 year ago
great toon bud..thanks!!
flipside1545 1 year ago
FIRST! I remember this cartoon.
FlukeDogg08 1 year ago
@FlukeDogg08 Me too! Especially the ping-pong scene!
Kartoonkid95 1 year ago