"Chemistry Lesson" Terrytoon with Farmer Gray

[freethoughtmusic]

Cool, that's some good shine the old boy's brewing. I want some.

[cherry8128]

love these cartoons as a kid i would be mesmerized lol

[1952kid]

Thanks for putting this on. For some reason i remember mostly cats and tons of mice,when i think of Farmer Grey. And i really think little kids would watch these again at 7am in the morning.

[yaknbo]

52kid, I do, too. I also remember a lot of stabbing and "one drop" blood effects or art in the frame to suggest they were stabbed. WEIRD. The psychedelic occurred right in front of our eyes......

[Susie79925]

You made me think of a much happer time in my life. When people were kinder and most did not lie, when you gave your word it ment something ,Very sad for the children starting out to miss all of this. Hoping for some turning the clock back just a little. Thank You SOOOO very much for putting these cartoons up, you made many smile. Wishing you the very best Mr. Scott. Susie(50 something)

[Juliaflo]

Anyone who thinks these cartoons belong on cable or DVD, say AMEN.

[zootdroop]

AMEN!

[ThaRapture1]

@Juliaflo ...AMEN.

I'M BRINGIN IT ALL BACK STAY TooNED.

[ftsjr]

I LOVE animation from the 20's and 30's. It was so basic and innocent. It's much more appealing than the computer generated, and anime crap thats out today.

[Banania212]

I could not agree more!!!

The computer generated stuff is sickeningly ugly and downright scary- I would think it would give a kid nightmares. Add to that the extreme and graphic violence and an often very cynical and ultra-satiric attitude that has no place in cartoons meant for children-terrible.

[TheDragonfighter666]

@ftsjr i couldn't agree more im 22 and like these cartoons more than the stuff that came on when was a kid

[fromthesidelines]

Commonwealth Pictures acquired a majority of Paul Terry's silent "Farmer Al Falfa" {aka "Farmer Gray", for reissue purposes} cartoons of the '20s, reissuing them for TV [and home movie use] in the '50s, using stock cues from the Thomas J. Valentino music library to "synchronize" them. This one, featuring a science-fiction theme, was originally produced in 1922!

[prchristman]

I was born in 1952, and watched these cartoons regularly. Though I haven't seen them in more than 40 years, I remembered the opening music and a few other passages to a note.

In retrospect, these were relics of the silent cartoon age more than funny cartoons. OK in that sense, but the characters were overly cute and the stories uninteresting. This one was better than most, but give me Warner Brothers.

[paulterryfan]

I was born in 1950 and used to wake up every Saturday morning to Farmer Gray cartoons, (as I called them) To this day I have never gotten the music out of my head. What a surprise to re-visit my youth! Thanks so much Mr.Scott! The music makes the video!

[55102]

where did this beautiful music come from?

[MisterScott99]

It apparently came from the Thomas J. Valentino stock music library. The company is still in business but I'm not sure what it would take to have them look the pieces up. One comment at my "A Cat's Life" Terrytoon said he found discarded 78 rpm records at a New York sale labeled Thomas J. Valentino and containing this very music. It's been conjectured that the pieces are little-known works of music students circa 1900.

[55102]

thanks for the information

[SteveCarras]

BMI and ASCAP's website (cause YouTube doesn't seem to allow URL listings!) list Valentino with doing some music (by a "Georse S.,Chase", yeah right, chase music...) for the early pre-Hoyt Curtin-score Hanna-Barbera (Y'know, the ones with Capitol Hi-Q music..but Capitol themselves encompassed many libraries.Roger Roger also worked for Valentino and he too is listed on the above websites for doing music for HB.

[cartoonsonfilm]

I'm surprised nobody has googled DVDs of this material. There are millions of baby boomers who remember this stuff and a small fraction of it is in fact available (and i don't mean low-res youtube videos)

[alanrowekelly]

Wow! I thought i'd "never" see thesecartoons again or hear that wonderful background scoring that I remember so well - note for note - from my childhood - 40 years later has not changed these wonderful toons for me at all - a rush of great memories - thank you for posting these!

[conewells]

THANK YOU, MR. SCOTT!!

[Mariopreciado]

What a flashback!!! Made me travel back in time... decades. Oh, waooo. THANK YOU

[luudnoma]

Oh god.. these musics full my heart of happiness and brings me a nice memory of my childhood.Many thanks MisterScott99 for post them..many,many thanks.