See, that shows you how much I know {why don't I catch up on more of the KFS cartoons??}. Yes, as many as five animators (including Kneitel) worked on the TV Popeyes, yet they still looked a lot cheaper than the theatrical cartoons they were making at the time. The "Myskery Melody" story unfolded in several months of 1937 Sunday strips.
Winston Sharples contributed very little "new" music for the KFS TV Popeye series, relying on the "package" of production cues he and Hal Seeger had gathered from most of his 1952-'59 Paramount soundtracks...
In 1961, Paramount's New York studio [under Seymour Kneitel] was quite busy with their projects for King Features, theatrical releases and occasional commercial work. But the animation was at a bare minimum- no more than one or two animators worked on a single cartoon....and most of them were with the studio since the Fleischer era {Al Eugster, Tom Johnson, et. al.} Martin Taras had previously defected to CBS Terrytoons' studio at the same time Dave Tendlar did in 1958, but was back by 1961.
"no more than one or two animators worked on a single cartoon..."
Not true, at least on the KFS Popeyes, where sometimes even 5 animators would be credited (1 de facto director and 4 animators).
BTW, the animators you listed, Al Eugster and Tom Johnson, weren't in the studio anymore. Eugster left in 1957 (he returned in 1964). Johnson died in 1960 and didn't work on any of the KFS Popeyes.
George Germanetti, a veteran animator who forked for Fleischer and FS/PCS since the early 1930s in Bowsky's, Tendlar's, Kneitel's, Johnson's, Tyer's, Eugster's and many more units, animated the scene at 4:05. It looks like the scenes from 3:22 to 4:05 could also be his work, but Popeye and Pappy's mouth look weird. Maybe there was another animator with a similar style.
Anyways, the animators in these KFS Popeyes are really hard to break down because of the low-budget style.
The animation may have looked cheaper than Paramount's theatricals but they
still produced the best of the Popeye TV-cartoons.
Fgrandinetti 7 months ago
@Fgrandinetti I like the HB ones a little more.
Dinosaurprince 2 weeks ago
See, that shows you how much I know {why don't I catch up on more of the KFS cartoons??}. Yes, as many as five animators (including Kneitel) worked on the TV Popeyes, yet they still looked a lot cheaper than the theatrical cartoons they were making at the time. The "Myskery Melody" story unfolded in several months of 1937 Sunday strips.
fromthesidelines 7 months ago
Winston Sharples contributed very little "new" music for the KFS TV Popeye series, relying on the "package" of production cues he and Hal Seeger had gathered from most of his 1952-'59 Paramount soundtracks...
fromthesidelines 7 months ago
In 1961, Paramount's New York studio [under Seymour Kneitel] was quite busy with their projects for King Features, theatrical releases and occasional commercial work. But the animation was at a bare minimum- no more than one or two animators worked on a single cartoon....and most of them were with the studio since the Fleischer era {Al Eugster, Tom Johnson, et. al.} Martin Taras had previously defected to CBS Terrytoons' studio at the same time Dave Tendlar did in 1958, but was back by 1961.
fromthesidelines 7 months ago
@fromthesidelines
"no more than one or two animators worked on a single cartoon..."
Not true, at least on the KFS Popeyes, where sometimes even 5 animators would be credited (1 de facto director and 4 animators).
BTW, the animators you listed, Al Eugster and Tom Johnson, weren't in the studio anymore. Eugster left in 1957 (he returned in 1964). Johnson died in 1960 and didn't work on any of the KFS Popeyes.
ParamountCartoons 7 months ago
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2005dave 7 months ago
PAL.
George Germanetti, a veteran animator who forked for Fleischer and FS/PCS since the early 1930s in Bowsky's, Tendlar's, Kneitel's, Johnson's, Tyer's, Eugster's and many more units, animated the scene at 4:05. It looks like the scenes from 3:22 to 4:05 could also be his work, but Popeye and Pappy's mouth look weird. Maybe there was another animator with a similar style.
Anyways, the animators in these KFS Popeyes are really hard to break down because of the low-budget style.
ParamountCartoons 7 months ago