"My 3 months in traction were the happiest of my life." Priceless. If a young Woody Allen made a cartoon it wouldn't have been much different than this. Thanks for keeping these gems alive.
why is it always fat women portrayed as bossy and crude? ive never meant a woman like this, but when you see a fat woman in a cartoon with a small husband shes always a bitch....
@Montork I think it has something to do with gender roles. When you think of a typical husband and wife, the husband tends to be more stocky and tall, and the one in charge. Thus, the fact that the wife has a larger stature is metaphorical for her being "in charge" of the relationship. It also explains the emasculated husband :D
So there you go, the answer to a question you asked a whole year ago :P
This is actually a parody of the Alfred Hitchcock movies (which had been released mostly by Paramount over the previous decade) and the "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" TV show. The Noveltoons/Modern Madcaps done in the 50s and early 60s by Irv Spector (and starting in 1960, with Eddie Lawrence) tend to be more adult and a lot darker in tone than your average Paramount cartoon release of the time.
Like an episode of Tales From The Crypt, except nobody dies...well, except for that elephant...and the alligator. No animals were harmed in the making of this film. Except for that fly...he deserved it.
There just wasn't enough of a demand for "wide-screen" cartoons among theater owners by 1960, 'Ino'. Almost all of the major studios' cartoon divisions were operating on tight budgets {Paramount's, I believe, was the "tightest"}, and releasing their product in "full screen" (while some feature films were shown in "wide-screen') became the rule. There were exceptions: DePatie-Freleng's first "Pink Panther" cartoon, "The Pink Phink" (1964), was filmed in "wide-screen'...
Say fromthesidelines-Walt Disney Productions is another exception whenever Disney used a ratio of 1.66:1, 1.75:1 (a common ratio Disney uses between 1957 and 1986) or full-screen (another common ratio from Disney).
In answer to your queries, 'Ino': 1) Paramount discontinued using Technicolor for their theatrical cartoons after 1959 [which "cheaper" color process they used, I have no idea- I'm guessing "DeLuxe", as CBS Terrytoons used when THEY ceased filming in Technicolor around the same time], and 2) Paramount NEVER used "VistaVision", or any wide-screen process, in their theatricals {apparently it was too expensive to utilitze, and they had tight budgets}, so they stayed in "standard ratio" to the end.
Oh I FINALLY get it fromthesidelines-Paramount, Warner Bros., Universal, Columbia (after 1957 from using Cinemascope), 20th Century Fox (after 1964 from using Cinemascope), United Artists, and Metro-Goldwyn Mayer (returning to animation in 1961) decided to use the full-screen format in order to balance the budgets during the making of their cartoon shorts.
Most of the "wives" in these later Paramount cartoons were usually depicted as "shews" or "battleaxes", with the husband usually a meek, mild-mannered "schlump".
2 things that confused me fromthesidelines: 1. Where are the word "Technicolor" go in the post-1958 shorts and 2. Are the Paramount shorts from 1955 to 1967 originally in full-screen format or they used "Vista-Vision" (aspect ratio 1.85:1)?
Well it's that kind of humour that was at least a hell of a lot better than "Johnny Test". Although you're right: I can't believe they produced a cartoon like this.
"My 3 months in traction were the happiest of my life." Priceless. If a young Woody Allen made a cartoon it wouldn't have been much different than this. Thanks for keeping these gems alive.
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LOL! Be careful what you wish for...
dwtsf 4 months ago
why is it always fat women portrayed as bossy and crude? ive never meant a woman like this, but when you see a fat woman in a cartoon with a small husband shes always a bitch....
Montork 1 year ago
@Montork I think it has something to do with gender roles. When you think of a typical husband and wife, the husband tends to be more stocky and tall, and the one in charge. Thus, the fact that the wife has a larger stature is metaphorical for her being "in charge" of the relationship. It also explains the emasculated husband :D
So there you go, the answer to a question you asked a whole year ago :P
akjk1212 1 month ago
That Machine gun probably would have been useless against Zenida. What a bitch. This was a great cartoon.
gkchvh 1 year ago
Eddie Lawrence recorded the famously odd routine, "The Old Philosopher" and, if I remember correctly painted, too.
Is Myron Moe Szyslak's Dad?
gilgamess 1 year ago
rare!! thanx!!
431516020205 2 years ago
haha, owned in the end.
eexot 2 years ago
This is actually a parody of the Alfred Hitchcock movies (which had been released mostly by Paramount over the previous decade) and the "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" TV show. The Noveltoons/Modern Madcaps done in the 50s and early 60s by Irv Spector (and starting in 1960, with Eddie Lawrence) tend to be more adult and a lot darker in tone than your average Paramount cartoon release of the time.
John80220 2 years ago
Like an episode of Tales From The Crypt, except nobody dies...well, except for that elephant...and the alligator. No animals were harmed in the making of this film. Except for that fly...he deserved it.
ninjaman1986 2 years ago 3
Wow-this cartoon is funny as hell! I'm shocked they managed to produce such a short as late as the 60s!
LOved the part with the elephant!
glowworm2 2 years ago
this is terrible like a car crash i just cant look away.
Montork 2 years ago
There just wasn't enough of a demand for "wide-screen" cartoons among theater owners by 1960, 'Ino'. Almost all of the major studios' cartoon divisions were operating on tight budgets {Paramount's, I believe, was the "tightest"}, and releasing their product in "full screen" (while some feature films were shown in "wide-screen') became the rule. There were exceptions: DePatie-Freleng's first "Pink Panther" cartoon, "The Pink Phink" (1964), was filmed in "wide-screen'...
fromthesidelines 2 years ago
Say fromthesidelines-Walt Disney Productions is another exception whenever Disney used a ratio of 1.66:1, 1.75:1 (a common ratio Disney uses between 1957 and 1986) or full-screen (another common ratio from Disney).
lno2k6 2 years ago
In answer to your queries, 'Ino': 1) Paramount discontinued using Technicolor for their theatrical cartoons after 1959 [which "cheaper" color process they used, I have no idea- I'm guessing "DeLuxe", as CBS Terrytoons used when THEY ceased filming in Technicolor around the same time], and 2) Paramount NEVER used "VistaVision", or any wide-screen process, in their theatricals {apparently it was too expensive to utilitze, and they had tight budgets}, so they stayed in "standard ratio" to the end.
fromthesidelines 2 years ago
Oh I FINALLY get it fromthesidelines-Paramount, Warner Bros., Universal, Columbia (after 1957 from using Cinemascope), 20th Century Fox (after 1964 from using Cinemascope), United Artists, and Metro-Goldwyn Mayer (returning to animation in 1961) decided to use the full-screen format in order to balance the budgets during the making of their cartoon shorts.
lno2k6 2 years ago
Most of the "wives" in these later Paramount cartoons were usually depicted as "shews" or "battleaxes", with the husband usually a meek, mild-mannered "schlump".
fromthesidelines 2 years ago
2 things that confused me fromthesidelines: 1. Where are the word "Technicolor" go in the post-1958 shorts and 2. Are the Paramount shorts from 1955 to 1967 originally in full-screen format or they used "Vista-Vision" (aspect ratio 1.85:1)?
lno2k6 2 years ago
1) No idea.
2) All the Paramount cartoons from 1955 to 1967 were shot in full frame, just like "Popeye the Sailor".
dondonp12004 2 years ago
She's tougher than an elephant!
Kartoonkid95 2 years ago
This cartoon..... so morbid, so cynical, so dark, so disturbing, so disgusting, so creepy.......... yet so brilliant and so funny! I LOVED IT!!!!!
Irv Spector for the world!
MatthewtheY 3 years ago 5
I can't imagine why this didn't make it into any of the syndication packages that aired on the local stations I used to watch after school.
Lectronimo 3 years ago 2
Perchance, was this post intended as irony? ;-)
MatthewtheY 3 years ago
They probably didn't air it because the wife was drinking beer. That's a no-no.
vozpit 2 years ago
Well it's that kind of humour that was at least a hell of a lot better than "Johnny Test". Although you're right: I can't believe they produced a cartoon like this.
1aundulxaldin 2 years ago