This is wonderful you can tell they recycled some animation obviously, but for its time this is absolutely and positively without a doubt ahead of its time
C'est incroyable...il a fallu attendre les années 1930 pour avoir des personnages aussi bien dessiné de la part de Disney... Ce dessin-animé a été une grande inovation technique et je comprend pourquoi!
@igabrielaleos You know what animation was before someone like Winsor McCay came along? It was an idea. It was a series of pictures with no expression or plot. If this is boring to you, then you're either a god damn retard, or you were born in 2000.
@StudioHizu Hi actually you were spot on, this post was made by my son , who had a graphics homework and had to watch this video, and indeed he was born in 2000! its hard for kids this age to really understand how technology has developed since then.
Gertie is freaking evil! First she throws Jumbo and then she destorys the poor sod! After that she destroys and entire ecosystem by drinking all the water in that lake! She truly is the first Mr. Evil XD
I saw this, and Winsor's Little Nemo today in my history of animated films course. I absolutely adore Gertie. She is such a sweetheart--though I admit her temper seems to be her downfall--poor Jumbo. xD
The reason that some people say this is better than more recent animation is that 1. It has fun with itself, exaggerating behaviors, and showing things that do not presently (or in some cases never did) exist.2. All of the characters are constantly in motion (takes more effort in longer cartoons) 3. It's not a derrivative "Disney" plot (not invented until Snow White) so it comes accross as original.
@Firebrdsuite I agree, I just don't like the way that they came to define what kinds of plots and characters animated feature films could and could not do, especially in the 90s. These days, they get out of it by switching to CG for films like WAL-E and go to cel when making traditional plots like "The Princess and the Frog." I realize now that what I said in my last comment was unfair, as this is not a feature film. I have no problem with Disney shorts.
A lot of today's animation may be technologically and technically more advanced, but none gives me that warm fuzzy feeling this one did. Gertie is adorablee xDD
i tought that mccay himself appears feeding him a apple?? where is that at?? i have a animation book that saids he does?? does anyone know what happened to that part??
@lisachineserooster McCay himself would perform on stage as the animation played in the background. He would throw a real apple at the screen, and Gertie would catch the animated version. Of course, only the animated parts are shown in this video. For the finale, McCay would go behind the screen and appear as his animated self on the projection as seen at the end.
Though not the first cartoon, this is one of the first to recieve critical acclaim. Gertie is adorable; she has the emotional responses of a human child. I wonder how long it took Winsor McCay to make this? Probably a few years, with the extremely limited film technology of the time.
This animation is so inspiring. Its almost crazy how much better it is than most ridiculous cartoons out there nowadays. The art of animation was new in the early 1900s and people knew how to use it back then! I absolutely adore this classic animation. :3
@Ninjaz93 Are you kidding? Do you have any idea how FAR we've come since this? Yes, Gertie the Dinosaur is an inspiration for animators today, but don't fucking insult them by saying a dancing dinosaur with no principles is technically better than the stuff that came after it.
@MollytheLookout Sure animation has come far, but at what cost? Yes, while it is technically more advanced, the quality of it, today more than ever, is absolute shit. Animation has been cheapened to such a sad extent.
So yes, A well animated dancing dinosaur with no principles IS actually better than the stuff being shelled out today. Maybe not as much in later animation eras (30s, 40s, etc.) but definitely this era, and perhaps some earlier ones. But judging by what you said, you seem content.
@MollytheLookout I'm an animation student right now, and you clearly have no idea what you're talking about. This dinosaur uses their drawings backwards and forwards, and is the quality of a first year student today. Any animation that does not use the 12 principles is a shitty animation.
@MollytheLookout Right. The quality of a first year student TODAY. This was almost 100 years ago and this man was a pioneer to what you are studying today. You say an animation that doesn't use the 12 principles isn't good? What do you expect from this man? To magically know what exactly animation is to be like 100 years in the future? Jeez. Just enjoy the beginnings of animation and stop dogging it. I would expect a student to have more appreciation for this.
@Ninjaz93 Clearly you missed my previous posts. I wasn't "dogging" the quality of this animation for its time. I was defending today's animation to someone else who said that this is lightyears better than animation today. This film pioneered animation, and I applaud it. My entire point is that we've advanced since then.
@MollytheLookout I'm aware of who you were talking to and what you were saying. It doesn't add up. You say Gertie has no principles and any animation that has no principles is crap, therefore, you said that Gertie is crap, no? But, seeing as you are a student, I'm sure you know an abundance, and I'm not going to argue. I agree with MrAnon. We've greatly improved in animation, however, compared to some that do have your principles, I, personally, would chose Gertie over Cartoon Network today.
@MollytheLookout I'm a former animation student myself, and this DOES use a lot of the 12 principles. Slow in slow out, anticipation, secondary motion, most of them are there. I can't pick out any squash and stretch, but they're definitely mostly there. You're right that animation has made massive strides, but it's also made some leaps backwards, as people look for cheaper, easier ways to do it. A lot of modern cartoons don't use the 12 principles, either.
@MollytheLookout Also, you don't have to curse and assume I'm insulting all animation out there. If I didn't love animation today, I wouldn't be writing a paper on its improvements or be watching this clip.
Cute character they should make a modern series for young children. It would be less annoying than Dora the explorer. Yes a silent character that doesn't repeat itself 20 times in a row.
I've never grew up with cartoons in the 1910's, just ones made from the 30's to 50's and the 90's and some 80's and I'm born in 1991. I seen some 60's cartoons as well such as the Yellow Submarine back in junior high school.
This was not only the first cartoon to star a dinosaur, it was the first to use an animal of any kind as the star. Earlier cartoons merely used animals as supporting characters to human stars. I've seen bits & pieces of this in various dinosaur programs, but this is the 1st time I've seen the whole thing.
This was before Disney perfected Cell animation for Snow White. As a result McCay had to draw the same background for EVERY SINGLE FRAME! The attention to detail and the massive amount of activity here is just mindblowing!
The quality of the animation was better than some of the early Disney. And certainly better than a lot of what pretends to be animation today. Not that I'm thinking of Beavis or South Park, mind you. I'm just saying...
Animation sure has come a long way. These days most animated movies and television shows depend on CGI only, butfor me no CGI compares to animated cartoons.
Man, I never heard of this until my animation teacher told us about one of the frist animations. I wonder how people back then reacted to this sort of stuff.
I think cartoonists would just be blown away by how far cartoons and animation have come. Especially with the 3D animation that's apart of most movies now.
How cute. We have a statue replica of her in Disney's Hollywood Studios as a tribute to Winsor. He is what made Disney become a cartoonist. Such a cute cartoon. Winsor was a truly talented man.
Haha that is such a GOOD cartoon!!! And so advanced for its time!!! To think that this was made less than fifteen years after the very first cartoon!! What a great find. :D
@zakopako82 This was made before cels (transparent sheets that have the moving parts of a cartoon) were invented so everything, even the background, is redrawn for each frame. So, yeah. That's why it looks so jittery and old school.
@zakopako82 -Yes he does. I was just reading that the cartoon has 10, 000 cells for the 5min b/c like musicsnafu said, the background was redrawn for each scene!
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Cornolmez 2 days ago in playlist Flash/Animation
Wow. It' was advanced for its age AND cute!
TheLedFloyd69 4 days ago
Sucks.
mandervong17 5 days ago
...I wish MY pet Dino could eat a tree...
Broockle 6 days ago
He does that Dougie pretty clean..
TheMrWezza 6 days ago
that is amazing,
K1ngofblackops 1 week ago
I still think the animation in this cartoon is unbelievably good. Talk about revolutionary.
Guigley 2 weeks ago
this mankind is embarrassing... anyway nice post, thx.
Koetaification 2 weeks ago
This is wonderful you can tell they recycled some animation obviously, but for its time this is absolutely and positively without a doubt ahead of its time
SchizophrenicMpd 3 weeks ago
Your great-grand dads must have enjoyed this
cardboardsnail 3 weeks ago
C'est incroyable...il a fallu attendre les années 1930 pour avoir des personnages aussi bien dessiné de la part de Disney... Ce dessin-animé a été une grande inovation technique et je comprend pourquoi!
voldy2 1 month ago
this video is so crap. i have to watch it for hw for graphics!!!! so BORING!!!!!!!
igabrielaleos 1 month ago
@igabrielaleos You know what animation was before someone like Winsor McCay came along? It was an idea. It was a series of pictures with no expression or plot. If this is boring to you, then you're either a god damn retard, or you were born in 2000.
StudioHizu 1 month ago 3
@StudioHizu Hi actually you were spot on, this post was made by my son , who had a graphics homework and had to watch this video, and indeed he was born in 2000! its hard for kids this age to really understand how technology has developed since then.
igabrielaleos 1 month ago
3:06 FATALITY!
thunderblackbird072 1 month ago
gertie, you bad girl! lawl
infinityperson 1 month ago
this was the first animation!! so cool!!!
peaceoutsuckersss 2 months ago
@peaceoutsuckersss this was actually the first to have a character with a personality, the first animation was "Humorous phases of funny faces"
AverageJo12O 1 month ago
I'm listening to MGMT's "Time to Pretend" at the same time creeeeepy...
MegaOrcinusOrca 2 months ago
@SlapstickCoyote my guess would be sometime on Toonheads?? mid to late 90s if so...
tourettes1992 2 months ago 2
I've been a fan of Little Nemo for a long time , but I hadn't actually seen Gertie. Pretty spectacular imagination he had.
theobscurelily 2 months ago
she ate a tree.....
mother of god
geniusmrlai 3 months ago
@geniusmrlai makes me wonder how much they knew about dinosaurs in 1914
tourettes1992 2 months ago
@SlapstickCoyote They would play things like this in the late night Back in the early-mid 90s
TheBen 3 months ago
Great! Eats like a cow and moves the tail like a dog! hahaha
Claulitz 3 months ago
Gertie's head are look like Kermit the Frog's head. And I saw her in the old video, "More Dinosaurs" with Gary Owen and Eric Borgman!
42whatelse 3 months ago
Gertie is so adorable!
MachineintheSky 3 months ago 3
@MachineintheSky yess
EmoBoiii93 2 months ago
Pretty impressive animation for 1914.
MDthornton83 3 months ago 13
Anybody notice some inappropriate behavior at 3:00? lol
MrJonavo 4 months ago
in glorious 120p
xxkomebackkidxx 4 months ago
I wonder if anyone else noticed Gertie's cameo in a recent Simpson's episode (last year or so)
aptspire 4 months ago
@aptspire i did!
whale0melette 2 months ago
4:26-4:28 FOURWINGED LIZARD?! WTF?!
foxgirl47 4 months ago
Ever see a dino cry? 2:08
foxgirl47 4 months ago
what did the sea serpent do? XD i cldnt see
foxgirl47 4 months ago
Man I give Winsor McCay props, this cartoon is about 5 mins, meaning he drew almost 7,200 drawing! O_o
Macfullmetal36O 4 months ago 4
Was the animator for this recruited for that new Terra Nova series? Looks so damn similair... Gertie had a $20mil budget too I bet...
jsullivan05 5 months ago
@SlapstickCoyote Thats what I wanna know! :O
DarkWolf3399 5 months ago
sdfghjkljhgdfsadef ITS SO CUTEE
YvieTucker 5 months ago
Gertie is freaking evil! First she throws Jumbo and then she destorys the poor sod! After that she destroys and entire ecosystem by drinking all the water in that lake! She truly is the first Mr. Evil XD
lonelostwolf0 5 months ago
1:20 Everyday I'm shufflin
statusisaway 5 months ago
What? Did she just launch a boulder and kill a mammoth? THAT'S AWESOME. Gertie goes H.A.M.
tpd9qc 5 months ago
ah cartoon network... when you cared about quality...
TheMstweet 5 months ago
Watched this today in my History of Illustration class. This is freaking wonderful.
Indigokitteh 5 months ago
that was a small pumpkin. :P
SantaFishes101 5 months ago
that was a small pumpkin. :P
SantaFishes101 5 months ago
Imagine the endless reruns Cartoon Network had in 1914
Hijfblog 5 months ago
Why is the dinosaur so evil to that mammoth, damn that dinosaur!!!
TheTrolzXD 5 months ago
Is very cute
androide675 6 months ago
Mori de ternura <3
tompiswobblez 6 months ago
fenomenal!!
madamisima 6 months ago
24 no me gusta?? :S
ignorantees!!
BOYTILL 6 months ago
@BOYTILL no saben apreciar una buena animación
madamisima 6 months ago
This plot is so random...
wkunzelman1 6 months ago
I saw this, and Winsor's Little Nemo today in my history of animated films course. I absolutely adore Gertie. She is such a sweetheart--though I admit her temper seems to be her downfall--poor Jumbo. xD
HowlingMonki 6 months ago
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Boes1993 6 months ago
@farfromshowbiz He At Least The Cartoons Of Today Are Better Then Justin Bieber
Boes1993 6 months ago
I love to watch Gertie drink water and dance around. ha ha.
TheTwillerZone 6 months ago
Gertie's theme rocks!
RangerofBlenderland 6 months ago
The reason that some people say this is better than more recent animation is that 1. It has fun with itself, exaggerating behaviors, and showing things that do not presently (or in some cases never did) exist.2. All of the characters are constantly in motion (takes more effort in longer cartoons) 3. It's not a derrivative "Disney" plot (not invented until Snow White) so it comes accross as original.
gentlerat 7 months ago
@gentlerat Disney's great!
Firebrdsuite 6 months ago
@Firebrdsuite I agree, I just don't like the way that they came to define what kinds of plots and characters animated feature films could and could not do, especially in the 90s. These days, they get out of it by switching to CG for films like WAL-E and go to cel when making traditional plots like "The Princess and the Frog." I realize now that what I said in my last comment was unfair, as this is not a feature film. I have no problem with Disney shorts.
gentlerat 6 months ago
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kitsunechan90 6 months ago
halirious
tyrantking000 7 months ago
Wow old cartoons, you just cant beat them
CherryBootielicious 7 months ago
I didn't realize that Gertie was such a jerk and so annoying.
RobbyArt 7 months ago
Love the humor in her tossing the elephant into the water like that.
setsunasamachan 7 months ago
@kosmosuf duh? The comment is a joke, hence the likes.
Scythemantis 8 months ago
This was on Cartoon Network? The only thing you see on there today is Adventure Time!!
mobobber 8 months ago
A lot of today's animation may be technologically and technically more advanced, but none gives me that warm fuzzy feeling this one did. Gertie is adorablee xDD
arcturian627 8 months ago
i tought that mccay himself appears feeding him a apple?? where is that at?? i have a animation book that saids he does?? does anyone know what happened to that part??
lisachineserooster 8 months ago
@lisachineserooster McCay himself would perform on stage as the animation played in the background. He would throw a real apple at the screen, and Gertie would catch the animated version. Of course, only the animated parts are shown in this video. For the finale, McCay would go behind the screen and appear as his animated self on the projection as seen at the end.
BalikX 8 months ago
2011 and this still makes me smile...
RCBolso90 8 months ago
That's over 97 years ago, since the cartoon was released in February 1914.
SniperWarfareOhio 8 months ago
Though not the first cartoon, this is one of the first to recieve critical acclaim. Gertie is adorable; she has the emotional responses of a human child. I wonder how long it took Winsor McCay to make this? Probably a few years, with the extremely limited film technology of the time.
31operafan 8 months ago
Long live Gertie the dinosaur!!!!!
TheCheesepiecheese 9 months ago
R.I.P Gertie
mangidotua 9 months ago
In memory of Jumbo, 1900 - 1914.
WalrusForPresident 9 months ago 80
Aww don't cry! here catch this pumpkin! lol!!!
thepieroxmysox 10 months ago
For being unable to make a single sound, Gertie had quite a lot of personality.
JanusHoW 10 months ago
@ Ninjaz93 I agree! Man, old cartoons were the best. ^^
ThePhoenixGal 10 months ago
This animation is so inspiring. Its almost crazy how much better it is than most ridiculous cartoons out there nowadays. The art of animation was new in the early 1900s and people knew how to use it back then! I absolutely adore this classic animation. :3
Ninjaz93 11 months ago
@Ninjaz93 Are you kidding? Do you have any idea how FAR we've come since this? Yes, Gertie the Dinosaur is an inspiration for animators today, but don't fucking insult them by saying a dancing dinosaur with no principles is technically better than the stuff that came after it.
MollytheLookout 10 months ago
@MollytheLookout Sure animation has come far, but at what cost? Yes, while it is technically more advanced, the quality of it, today more than ever, is absolute shit. Animation has been cheapened to such a sad extent.
So yes, A well animated dancing dinosaur with no principles IS actually better than the stuff being shelled out today. Maybe not as much in later animation eras (30s, 40s, etc.) but definitely this era, and perhaps some earlier ones. But judging by what you said, you seem content.
MrAnon00 10 months ago
@MollytheLookout I'm an animation student right now, and you clearly have no idea what you're talking about. This dinosaur uses their drawings backwards and forwards, and is the quality of a first year student today. Any animation that does not use the 12 principles is a shitty animation.
MollytheLookout 10 months ago
@MollytheLookout
An animation student huh? *sigh* that explains a lot, right there...
You got a long way to go, and even more to learn, "student".
MrAnon00 10 months ago 2
@MollytheLookout Right. The quality of a first year student TODAY. This was almost 100 years ago and this man was a pioneer to what you are studying today. You say an animation that doesn't use the 12 principles isn't good? What do you expect from this man? To magically know what exactly animation is to be like 100 years in the future? Jeez. Just enjoy the beginnings of animation and stop dogging it. I would expect a student to have more appreciation for this.
Ninjaz93 10 months ago
@Ninjaz93 Clearly you missed my previous posts. I wasn't "dogging" the quality of this animation for its time. I was defending today's animation to someone else who said that this is lightyears better than animation today. This film pioneered animation, and I applaud it. My entire point is that we've advanced since then.
MollytheLookout 10 months ago
@MollytheLookout I'm aware of who you were talking to and what you were saying. It doesn't add up. You say Gertie has no principles and any animation that has no principles is crap, therefore, you said that Gertie is crap, no? But, seeing as you are a student, I'm sure you know an abundance, and I'm not going to argue. I agree with MrAnon. We've greatly improved in animation, however, compared to some that do have your principles, I, personally, would chose Gertie over Cartoon Network today.
Ninjaz93 10 months ago
@MollytheLookout I'm a former animation student myself, and this DOES use a lot of the 12 principles. Slow in slow out, anticipation, secondary motion, most of them are there. I can't pick out any squash and stretch, but they're definitely mostly there. You're right that animation has made massive strides, but it's also made some leaps backwards, as people look for cheaper, easier ways to do it. A lot of modern cartoons don't use the 12 principles, either.
AshenGarden 9 months ago 4
@MollytheLookout Also, you don't have to curse and assume I'm insulting all animation out there. If I didn't love animation today, I wouldn't be writing a paper on its improvements or be watching this clip.
Ninjaz93 10 months ago
JAJA EL MAMUT SE LA MAMO AL DINOSAURIO
PokeCarlos117 11 months ago
beautifully drawn. this is remarkable
adrianlindsaylohan 11 months ago 2
Lol the way they made the pumpkin so small was cute.
amkd215 11 months ago 2
@amkd215 it was originally referred to as an apple but they later changed it to pumpkin to be more relative to Gertie's size :)
SLASHERHEATH 11 months ago
Cute character they should make a modern series for young children. It would be less annoying than Dora the explorer. Yes a silent character that doesn't repeat itself 20 times in a row.
TheErikaliciosa 11 months ago 3
@TheErikaliciosa Yes!! Definitly!!!!!!
thepieroxmysox 10 months ago
It`s like a tamagotchi.
Poor Jumbo.
Concheria1 11 months ago
Haha Gertie vs Jumbo GERTIE FINISH HIM!!! FATALITY!!!
PedoBear31 1 year ago 2
Cryptozoology novel see video book trailer
dltanner99 1 year ago
at 3:43 Gertie's head looks a lot like Kermit the frog
SuperMrCRAZYMAN 1 year ago
@SuperMrCRAZYMAN Perhaps an influence.
gentlerat 7 months ago
Winsor interactively performed along with Gertie in front of the screen. Could this be described as the 1st example of Augmented reality?
jamesmcsparron 1 year ago
i like how the animation goes throughout the entire scene,
rickoise 1 year ago
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jagarendumflicka 1 year ago
This makes my eyes hurt
jommyland 1 year ago
Gertie ate a rock, a tree, stood still against a sea serpent's attack and threw a mammoth by its tail into a lake. Gertie is badass.
JacobIsBritish 1 year ago 40
This is amazing , I would never imagine being able to do something like that , let alone with a 1914 camera :D
betastate 1 year ago
wow this came out 100 years ago!!
timothymothy2 1 year ago
those graphics were so intense.
Better than Avatar
teacupika 1 year ago 4
OMG SOOOOO OLDDDDD
TiffanyWizz 1 year ago
@TiffanyWizz Just like your mum.
SporeGalaEdit 1 year ago
I cannot believe I just watched all of this.
FakersInc 1 year ago
THIS ISNT DISNEY ITS CARTOON NETWORK RETARD
shadofdaknight44 1 year ago
Это ГЕНИАЛЬНО! HAllO for Russia! I`t is genius!!!
alejandroDe7 1 year ago
@farfromshowbiz fucking dumb shit! lol
GrantGarciaRojas 1 year ago
gertie the dinosaur came out in 1909 and was actually one of the first animated films.
DiggerD007 1 year ago
@DiggerD007 mccay was still doing vaudeville chalk talks back then but frequently used animated sequences on stage starting around 1911
el6caballo6oscuro6 1 year ago
Actually Gertie the dinosaur was one of the first animated films and it came out in 1909 not 1914.
DiggerD007 1 year ago
REVOLUTIONARY!!!
chyman 1 year ago 2
Nearly 100 years after it's creation and this animation captivated me more than it's modern successors. . . how sad for today, but good for Gertie!
haddockseyes 1 year ago
cartoonnetwork
clarknaruto 1 year ago
awesome...live history
PersonaSospechosa 1 year ago
awesome...
PersonaSospechosa 1 year ago
Take a guess what brought me here. Yes, TV Tropes...
Kreloar 1 year ago
I've never grew up with cartoons in the 1910's, just ones made from the 30's to 50's and the 90's and some 80's and I'm born in 1991. I seen some 60's cartoons as well such as the Yellow Submarine back in junior high school.
HamonLord 1 year ago
Man I thought courage the cowardly dog was old school. lol.
(courage is my fav cartoon.) XD
killmekitten 1 year ago
can't believe i have to watch this and write 3 page essay about gertie lol
espn2harry1 1 year ago
@espn2harry1 Yeah, because we wouldn't want to tear you away from Jersey Shore or MTV. Sheesh.
Dallasdeckard 1 year ago
@Dallasdeckard i dont watch jersey shore lol
espn2harry1 1 year ago
Never mind that sea serpent? It's easier said than done, man!...
bagi365 1 year ago
gertie is the best
gyt26 1 year ago
love his mind
seapockets 1 year ago
this isn't too bad really
Whiteyy191 1 year ago
Gertie don't hurt jumbo... *mammoth is sent flying off*
maximusdarkultima 1 year ago
All the new cartoon network shows SUCK!
DannyRebus 1 year ago 4
This was not only the first cartoon to star a dinosaur, it was the first to use an animal of any kind as the star. Earlier cartoons merely used animals as supporting characters to human stars. I've seen bits & pieces of this in various dinosaur programs, but this is the 1st time I've seen the whole thing.
Bobhodge50 1 year ago
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wow this was nearly 100 years ago!
phattown213 1 year ago
This music is so delightfully stupid. <3
Ilbrethladwen 1 year ago
just like the cartoons as today
zarak3992 1 year ago
This was before Disney perfected Cell animation for Snow White. As a result McCay had to draw the same background for EVERY SINGLE FRAME! The attention to detail and the massive amount of activity here is just mindblowing!
steinway112 1 year ago
What happened to Jumbo
31415equalspi 1 year ago
The quality of the animation was better than some of the early Disney. And certainly better than a lot of what pretends to be animation today. Not that I'm thinking of Beavis or South Park, mind you. I'm just saying...
Hikikomori013 1 year ago
4:55 she's drunk dinosaur LOL awsomness
ValisHD 1 year ago
That was a pumpkin? Omg xD Huge dino.
Arden808 1 year ago
Cartoon Network?
Milkman26789Z 1 year ago
I was so frightened by this particular moving picture, I nearly jumped out of my bustle. That young lad, Winsor McCay must be a mad genius.
Lulubellwilley 1 year ago 3
@Lulubellwilley
LOL
ThePoopcornMachine 1 year ago
Animation sure has come a long way. These days most animated movies and television shows depend on CGI only, butfor me no CGI compares to animated cartoons.
Hiyasha 1 year ago 2
They had animation...this good...in 1914...my mind has been blown!
eMuse5 1 year ago
@eMuse5 yeah look at those keyframes
ValisHD 1 year ago
cool
DanielGargill 1 year ago
Man, I never heard of this until my animation teacher told us about one of the frist animations. I wonder how people back then reacted to this sort of stuff.
rila 1 year ago
Gertie is such a precious dinosaur =D
sharinganqueen 1 year ago 4
lol serious munchies eh gertie?
murphy341 1 year ago
never got bored to watch this vaudeville act (applied for 80 years ago when McCay made this) not kidding!
thaihoang1509 1 year ago
It's sad how many people haven't heard of McCay. He basically invented American animation
Tareltonlives 1 year ago 2
2SIKK REMEMBER WHO WE ARE !!
wborojosh 1 year ago
Hellllo josh :)
ElliotYid 1 year ago
i love this film hello RAJVIA how are today :)
wborojosh 1 year ago
I think cartoonists would just be blown away by how far cartoons and animation have come. Especially with the 3D animation that's apart of most movies now.
banzai18 1 year ago 2
How cute. We have a statue replica of her in Disney's Hollywood Studios as a tribute to Winsor. He is what made Disney become a cartoonist. Such a cute cartoon. Winsor was a truly talented man.
Maddiebp 1 year ago 26
lol i love it when she throws jumbo in the water
myfajahas400children 1 year ago
Gertie sure has some rhythm with her dance moves! lol!
Freebleeper 1 year ago 2
@Freebleeper better than justin beibers
Bronstarcast 1 year ago
Haha that is such a GOOD cartoon!!! And so advanced for its time!!! To think that this was made less than fifteen years after the very first cartoon!! What a great find. :D
mightyzebra 1 year ago 2
This film was made in 1914
It's almost 100 years old!
benjabby 1 year ago
I can't imagine having to re-draw this over and over and over again thousands of times! wow
ylwapple45 1 year ago 5
every time the dinosaur moves over the background he has to draw it again? or he has some trick?
zakopako82 1 year ago
@zakopako82 This was made before cels (transparent sheets that have the moving parts of a cartoon) were invented so everything, even the background, is redrawn for each frame. So, yeah. That's why it looks so jittery and old school.
musicsnafu 1 year ago
@zakopako82 -Yes he does. I was just reading that the cartoon has 10, 000 cells for the 5min b/c like musicsnafu said, the background was redrawn for each scene!
Lecy1982 1 year ago