Late Night Black & White- 8/20/01

[NickM]

"The Blow Out" (WB- Released 4/4/36)
"With Poopdeck Pappy" (Fleischer- Popeye- Released 11/15/40)
"Betty Boop's Ker-Choo" (Fleischer- Betty Boop- Released 1/6/33)
"Polar Pals" (WB- Released 6/3/39)
"Old Smokey" (MGM- Captain and the Kids- Released 9/3/38)
"Alona on the Sarong Seas" (Famous- Popeye- Released 9/4/42)

They're starting to show more B&W Famous Popeyes, a nice change of pace indeed. But I've seen that Betty Boop cartoon about one too many times.... oh well.


And that's it....
NickM

The Bosko and Buddy crisis continues...

[lislebartman]

I wouldn't consider not broadcasting Buddy cartoons a crisis, but to each their own.

What about some more WB Looney Tune one-shots, like "Saps in Chaps", "Hobby Horse-Laffs", "Gopher Goofy" or the ever-elusive B & W version of "Puss 'N' Booty"? I'd rather see those than Buddy!:p

[Mike]

Originally posted by NickM
"The Blow Out" (WB- Released 4/4/36)
"With Poopdeck Pappy" (Fleischer- Popeye- Released 11/15/40)
"Betty Boop's Ker-Choo" (Fleischer- Betty Boop- Released 1/6/33)
"Polar Pals" (WB- Released 6/3/39)
"Old Smokey" (MGM- Captain and the Kids- Released 9/3/38)
"Alona on the Sarong Seas" (Famous- Popeye- Released 9/4/42)

Actually not a bad selection today. Haven't seen "Blow Out" or "Alona on the Sarong Seas" in a long time. And even the overplayed Betty Boop at least wasn't an overplayed Betty Boop with Pudgy.

Mike

[Mibbitmaker]

Yeah, at least it was pre-code (and THAT was only shown coz it didn't have any risque parts :(

The 2nd Popeye was still Fleisher, I belive. The Famous b&w opening theme is different, goofier (I like it)

Yeah, it was a good selection.

[Joe Tully]

All of the PD Betty's have the risque stuff chopped out anyways. There's several things missing from CN's version of Is My Palm Read. In the original, you can see Betty's outline when the light comes from behind her at one point, there's a part where Bimbo sees her past in the crystal ball as a baby (with no clothes on! Oh the horror!) and a part where a wave turns into a hand and...eh...caresses Betty.

I don't think that anything was missing from Betty Boop's
Ker-choo though, but I admittedly fell asleep partway through last night. That's a pretty safe one, though, for pre-code.

[lislebartman]

The version of "Is My Palm Red?" that CN plays is the redrawn version with the color turned off! Maybe that's why it throws you off. Maybe the edits you are referring to were made when it was redrawn.

[Mike]

Originally posted by Mibbitmaker
The 2nd Popeye was still Fleisher, I belive. The Famous b&w opening theme is different, goofier (I like it)


No, it was Famous. One of the last B&W Famous ones, I believe, as it was from 1943. The director was I. Sparber. During the Fleischer years, the director was always credited as Dave Fleischer, whether he personally did the directing or not. Also, Jack Mercer was credited as one of the writers. I don't think he ever got a writer's credit during the Fleischer years.

Mike

[Bobby B]

Originally posted by Mike
. Also, Jack Mercer was credited as one of the writers. I don't think he ever got a writer's credit during the Fleischer years.


Jack Mercer did get story credit on 3 late Fleischer Popeyes: "Fleets of Stren'th" (with Dan Gordon), "Olive Oyl and Water Don't Mix" (with Jack Ward), and "Baby Wants a Bottleship" (with Jack Ward).

[Bobby B]

Originally posted by Mibbitmaker
The 2nd Popeye was still Fleischer, I belive. The Famous b&w opening theme is different, goofier (I like it)


The first 2 Famous Popeyes reused the Fleischer opening titles. "Alona on the Sarong Seas" has no credit for Fleischer or Famous on the title card, though "You're A Sap, Mr. Jap" does still say "A Max Fleischer Cartoon", at least on the aap print.

[Argus Sventon]

That card with the words, "A MAX FLEISCHER CARTOON" or "A FAMOUS STUDIOS PRODUCTION", was done by aap because Paramount had a title card with "Paramount Presents A MAX FLEISCHER CARTOON" in the early 40's.

When aap refilmed the titles, they must have made the mistake.