Bopin' Hood

Crazy beatnik cartoon. One of my all time favorites. I recorded this off KTVT in the early 80s and digitized it in 2009 for the benefit of all mankind. Dig it!

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• beatnik
• cartoon
• modern
• madcap
• boppin
• seymour
• kneitel
• irving
• spector
• jack
• ehret
• john
• gentilella
• robert
• owen
• carl
• meyer
• mercer
• winston
• sharples

[pfordsq]

I remember that one , too. That was in the 50's , of course when Popeye cartoons SUCKED!!! They never showed Fleischer cartoons when I was a kid.

[donnarose1time]

Oh come on! The dialog in that Popeye cartoon is priceless, especially Brutus' poem, "Ode to an Onion." Yeah, of course the animation was kind of sucking by the fifties...

[pfordsq]

Too much. I love how the princess suddenly looks like a junkie when she hears the Be - Bop. And how Robin saves the King's life , but what of the two soldiers who went through the wall , heading for ye old royal cobblestone pavement? HMMMM. I used to watch all these cartoonson Ch. 11 KTVT...I remember Hashi Moto had a " Rock'n'Roll' cartoon. LAME! In other words , I'd love to see it again.

[donnarose1time]

Heheh - glad you liked it. Somebody's put up Popeye's "Coffee House" which is really good too. Olive turns into a Beatnik!

[LadyDeirdre]

The King may love fine classical music, but he cannot perform it.

[bigg34691]

The King plays "Square Music!!!" 

[jerbojones]

@donnarose1time ktvt was the shit in the 80s. Mighty Heroes, Popeye, Go-Bots, Bravestarr, Three Stooges man I watched it all.

[rayandreina]

Actually, the King's music IS positive: positively cheesy! -- hence, the name Squaresville!

[rayandreina]

The year was 1961, not '60. Sorry! But I still love the king being so adamant about his cheesy violin solos as (supposedly!) the greatest music that ever was! o x-D

[rayandreina]

The opening violin music really wasn't all that bad; but it wasn't particularly good, either! "Cra-zee, man! I dig you the most!" "Oh, don't bug me, pops! How can I swing with all that yellin' goin' on?!" And the final request, in return for saving His Majesty's life?  "Car-azy, Pops! But you're not goin' to like it!" o x-D (LOL!)

[shadejford]

@pfordsq Thanks for telling me which documentary on which it was featured. I've only seen the Popeye collection featuring the late '30s cartoons and that has a good extra showing the similarities between Popeye and Superman.

[pfordsq]

Frankie Avalon recorded "Gee Whiz Willikers Golly Gee " , it turns out.

[pfordsq]

@shadejford The Popeye Documentary was one of the extras on the early Fleischer Popeye DVD set. It just seems like , by the early - mid 60's , Beats were on their way out , but I know they still existed . Also , cartoon writers , like TV Comedy writers , were'nt always up to date on these things , and , for that , we should thank them.

I've seen several Foghorn Leghorns , lately , but not "Gee whiz willikers , golly gee....". Great stuff.