"Monkey Doodle" (1931) Les Elton

[RecordKing44]

This doesn't make sense but jacques kopfstein is beast

[TheVillageFarmer]

I typed in "Pop culture reference" and got this.

The fuck?

[MrLowzano]

this is a trip

[memechose16]

why does the tiger sounds like a steam engine train... i think he has laryngitis.

[BarnacleGooseInvalid]

yeah the other day i was in the arabian jungle with my camel dog and we had to run down this really straight path from this fucking tiger

then the jazz band started up

[VoodooSyndrome]

5:15-5:30 is the story of my life

[pucksterz12]

Was LSD invented at this time yet? who in their right mind would put the effort and energy into making sucha freakish nonsensical animation as this, especially with primitive film making techology that they had; but although this is thoroughly entertaining today after smoking mega bowls.

[edsquidful]

Wonderfully odd!

[toonint]

Now this you don't see any day

[WSenator1]

This is what we saw on early television 1950s and early 60s) when they were trying to fill up as much time as possible with unsalable movies on this new technology. For all the Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, Tex Avery, etc. you got about three of these things. On the other hand, without the "fill up" mentality, we wouldn't have gotten "unprofitable" old films like the Wizard of Oz, Laurel and Hardy, the Little Rascals - and LT's and MM's.

[MichaelJenkins86]

WTF happened at 5:15-5:30????

[CastleOfButterflies]

that seems like alot of work to put an almost 9 minute cartoon together. Must've taken like 10 years or somethign.

[Iminurheadluv]

They sure did a lot of drugs in the 1930's.

[melbrooksjew]

WTF the dog sounded like a dolphin at 3:11 hmmm?

[ericberner]

didn't Les Elton animate this thing mostly, if not all by himself?

[joeymasong]

haruhi suzumiya cried that was a stupidest cartoon i'll have ever seen

[sxdxmike]

those monkey tits are hot!

[Vitanola]

"Joyous Nights" by Caesar Carcas?

Well, I suppose that if one seized her carcass, one would have a joyous night!

[biryanifan]

And Vitanola wins a cigar!

[santasxgirlfriend]

is this where the low low pants fad got started?

[kalindoscopy]

the world back then was amazing..

[Myrriad]

This is from the DVD 'Cultoons, Volume 1' from Thunderbean animation. It's available on Amazon. It's full strange things, though this one is high on the list! There's another film by Les Elton on the collection as well. The silent parts of this are from a silent print that had scenes edited out of all the sound prints....

(Steve Stanchfield- Thunderbean)

[problem49]

One of the most warped, disturbing things I've ever seen.

[wiylady]

the cartoon seems as if it cut and pasted together

[Manusturbo]

From archival footage, yes.

The original appears to be very well thought-out and animated though.

[emtube]

So totally off the scale of normalcy that it is impossible to tell if it is inspired or incompetent...ordinary values do not apply.

Somehow, I think I'd have died a poorer man if I'd never seen this, but why, I couldn't say.

[grandpoobarr]

fucking shit man that monkey at the begining scared me to death.

[grandpoobarr]

on second thought i find this whole cartoon terrifying.

[1sprinkles1]

you can see the monkeys boobs!

[chriswyatt]

This sort of stuff can give you nightmares.

[HomeoftheGoodGuys]

You're right! Including this intro to a cartoon, it will give you nightmares even more. Simon the Monk's face will open his mouth into the screen and freak you out! This intro will give kids nightmares.

[Furienna]

Oh, these old black and white cartoons are so weird! They almost freak me out even.

[blm9276]

i guess i have watched to many old merry melodies and loony tunes to find this bizarre/weird! The cartoon back then were for adults and usually had a political/moral statement...

[disco79]

Well the carton would make sense if the damn sound didn't keep disappearing for all the dialogue sequences. It looks like it was deliberate. It may have been muted for some post 1934 release as it seems like some Pre-Code sort of humor is going on.

[cartoonsonfilm]

It's not exactly deliberate. Those sequences were obviously taken from silent home movie prints. In other words, yes, those portions were cut from later sound prints.

[smurfswacker]

I'd love to know more about this incredibly weird cartoon. When was it released? Though some of the animation is weak, some of the drawing (especially the tiger) is quite good. Are those supposed to be bare-breasted "native" babes, or are they wearing iron bras with built-in nipples? Totally bizarre...

[Myrriad]

This Video is from the Thunderbean DVD "Cultoons, Volume 1". We did the restoration fo this film, restoring sequences that never appeared in the theatrical version (that's why they're silent). Collin Kellogg, Mark Kauler and Chris Buchman were kind enough to lend Thunderbean their material... Steve Stanchfield

[ProductionX]

After watching these, I don't know whether to say it was brilliant or excellent! It's just totally beyond my comprehension! I only wish we had those parts of the soundtrack that are no longer there in the restored scenes, kinda made me wonder what type of lines could've been said in those scenes.

[dandu386]

What a weird cartoon! It's also from the same distributor that distributed the later Felix cartoons from 1927-1931 those were pretty weird as well by the way.

[RatPfink66]

The past, like the universe, is not only stranger than we imagine...it is stranger than we CAN imagine.

[natethefighter]

It's bizarre... like someone animated this cartoon in their sleep...