you definitely notice the difference in quality when they lowered budgets, my fave noveltoon cartoons would have to be the herman and friends collection of cartoons
This is almost like a "cheater" cartoon for the Paramount staff, which was loaded down with TV production work in 1963, with the King Feature Beetle Bailey and Snuffy Smith cartoons and the new Casper episodes for ABC. Reviving the bouncing ball and using ultra-limited animation turned out a short for hardly any cost at all (the cost of hiring the singers was probably more than the animation budget).
This was the last of what had been the studio's legendary "Screen Song" series, which stretched as far back as Max Fleischer's original productions in the '30s, and Famous/Paramount's "revival" from 1946 through '54 [the last three years as "Kartunes"]. Because they didn't own the rights to the "Screen Song" title, they couldn't use it or have the hobo say, "Say, why not follow ME to that Big Rock Candy Mountain? Just follow the Bouncing Ball..!".
@fromthesidelines Actually, the "Screen Songs" became the "Kar-Tunes" after a lawsuit between Max Fleischer and Paramount around 1949, and the studio lost the rights to the series name, as with the gimmick altogether.
I've noticed that walk cycle too. Especially after the studio changed its name in 1956 from "Famous" to "Paramount." That was also the year they greatly lowered their budgets.
I just realized that even since a kid, I never cared for Famous Studios' atypical character "walk cycles", as 1:09 will show. Popeye moved like that too... Was this a Seymour Kneitel thing? Just curious...
R.I.P. Screen Songs.
TeamRocket2010 1 month ago
that was awesome my uncle use to hop trains in the 40s
crow672008 1 month ago
A minor victory for Flesicher, to be sure, 'rodrigo'. "Screen Songs" officially became "Kar-Tunes" in 1951.
fromthesidelines 4 months ago
awful.
diddymuck 7 months ago
I LOVE THIS SONG AND CARTOON!!!! :)
Lindsay10210 1 year ago
HEY THIS IS A NOVELTOON NOT A SCREEN SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DID'NT THEY PLAY THE NOVELTOON THEME?!
TeamRocket2010 1 year ago
i am with hobo.
rgawer2 1 year ago
is it my imagination, or is the lyrics to this song surreal in a similar way to Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds?
thegalaxybeing 2 years ago
looove it anyway!! thanks!!
431516020205 2 years ago
yeah good point.
monkeyspunk88 2 years ago 2
Casper was not one of my faves anyway--the only character I liked besides HErman and Katnip was BABY HUEY
RockinEd 2 years ago
Just as Popeye was moving to TV
RockinEd 2 years ago
Candy mountain charley
Viddude882 2 years ago
you definitely notice the difference in quality when they lowered budgets, my fave noveltoon cartoons would have to be the herman and friends collection of cartoons
monkeyspunk88 2 years ago
This is almost like a "cheater" cartoon for the Paramount staff, which was loaded down with TV production work in 1963, with the King Feature Beetle Bailey and Snuffy Smith cartoons and the new Casper episodes for ABC. Reviving the bouncing ball and using ultra-limited animation turned out a short for hardly any cost at all (the cost of hiring the singers was probably more than the animation budget).
John80220 2 years ago
It's pretty lightweight for a Seymour Kneitel cartoon
xlcub 2 years ago
This was the last of what had been the studio's legendary "Screen Song" series, which stretched as far back as Max Fleischer's original productions in the '30s, and Famous/Paramount's "revival" from 1946 through '54 [the last three years as "Kartunes"]. Because they didn't own the rights to the "Screen Song" title, they couldn't use it or have the hobo say, "Say, why not follow ME to that Big Rock Candy Mountain? Just follow the Bouncing Ball..!".
fromthesidelines 2 years ago
@fromthesidelines Actually, the "Screen Songs" became the "Kar-Tunes" after a lawsuit between Max Fleischer and Paramount around 1949, and the studio lost the rights to the series name, as with the gimmick altogether.
rodrigoarayap1995 4 months ago
I've noticed that walk cycle too. Especially after the studio changed its name in 1956 from "Famous" to "Paramount." That was also the year they greatly lowered their budgets.
shadejford 2 years ago
I just realized that even since a kid, I never cared for Famous Studios' atypical character "walk cycles", as 1:09 will show. Popeye moved like that too... Was this a Seymour Kneitel thing? Just curious...
musicom67 3 years ago
That dog "growl" at 1: 47 was the most hilarious thing I've seen all week.
Seriously, how the hell did they come up with such a lame sound effect?
NobleApple 3 years ago
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NobleApple 3 years ago
that's great - thanks for posting!
pjacobo 3 years ago