Whoa, this is great! I never knew anyone ever animated Annie in something pretty close to Harold Gray's actual drawing style----hatching and all! Sure, Annie selling hairspray is a stretch, but it's more than made up for by the goons she takes out while doing so.
I'm amazed this came from Hanna-Barbera duing the 60s, when most of their animation was starting to get "Scooby Doo" stiff. Just goes to show that commercials had much better production values than the shows they interrupted.
Yeah, that's a great series. Too bad they don't reprint all the early Sunday strips though, but I read they're planning to collect them in a separate volume.
Odd, yes... But the animation of Little Orphan Annie and Sandy is actually very good and right on character (unlike the crooks, who seem more like standard Hanna-Barbera than characters of Harold Gray). Possibly a little bit too squash-and-stretch-cartoony a few places, but for Hanna-Barbera in the 1960s I find this pretty impressive. I'm not sure it really fits Annie's personality to be selling hair spray though, but I love the way she handles the bad guys;)
i acually think it matches perfectly, annie's trademark is her curly hair, i wish she would style her hair with any other of those styles than just curly.
Whoa, this is great! I never knew anyone ever animated Annie in something pretty close to Harold Gray's actual drawing style----hatching and all! Sure, Annie selling hairspray is a stretch, but it's more than made up for by the goons she takes out while doing so.
I'm amazed this came from Hanna-Barbera duing the 60s, when most of their animation was starting to get "Scooby Doo" stiff. Just goes to show that commercials had much better production values than the shows they interrupted.
Marbles471 1 month ago
that is a cute commercial! LOVE Orphan Annie she is cute! its my favorite musical!
maleficentdiva 1 year ago
Wow, that was cool! I wonder who was doing Annie's voice?
TheManhattanThrush 2 years ago
Yeah, that's a great series. Too bad they don't reprint all the early Sunday strips though, but I read they're planning to collect them in a separate volume.
Mesterius1 3 years ago
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Odd, yes... But the animation of Little Orphan Annie and Sandy is actually very good and right on character (unlike the crooks, who seem more like standard Hanna-Barbera than characters of Harold Gray). Possibly a little bit too squash-and-stretch-cartoony a few places, but for Hanna-Barbera in the 1960s I find this pretty impressive. I'm not sure it really fits Annie's personality to be selling hair spray though, but I love the way she handles the bad guys;)
Mesterius1 3 years ago
i acually think it matches perfectly, annie's trademark is her curly hair, i wish she would style her hair with any other of those styles than just curly.
zitalee2 2 years ago
Oh? So you mean you'd prefer Annie to change/wary her hair style, rather than have curls all the time?
Mesterius1 2 years ago
@Mesterius1 "I'm not sure it really fits Annie's personality to be selling hairspray"
I agree, I can see her selling Ovaltine but hairspray? not really.
cha5 1 year ago
odd, very odd
TIPTON340 3 years ago
I didn't know Hanna-Barbera did a Little Orphan Annie animation circa 1969-1970!
heine71 3 years ago