A wee, little brain teaser... [Archive]

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Sogturtle

11-30-2002, 08:46 AM

Okay brainth... It'th that time again...!!!

Are ya ready??? Are you SURE ...???

Okay then!!

What (I say what) was the first Herman the mouse cartoon...?? ;) :D :bosko:

Thad Komorowski

11-30-2002, 09:12 AM

I'd probably say "The Henpecked Rooster", but Soggy wouldn't make the question THAT easy...;)

BTW, Soggy, is this thread somewhat inspired by new avatar, or is it just ironic...;)

Thad

Sogturtle

11-30-2002, 09:20 AM

Originally posted by Thad K
I'd probably say "The Henpecked Rooster", but Soggy wouldn't make the question THAT easy...;)

BTW, Soggy, is this thread somewhat inspired by new avatar, or is it just ironic...;)

Thad

Thad~

Good try, but woe and alas no banana... :D

And no, nothing to do with avatars. This one I "thunk" up for you'uns last week.

Jerry Beck

11-30-2002, 12:46 PM

It wouldn't be a 1924 Aesop's Film Fables, would it?

Sogturtle

11-30-2002, 03:21 PM

Originally posted by Jerry Beck
It wouldn't be a 1924 Aesop's Film Fables, would it?

Hi Jerry (and all de gang)~

I was thinking in the Sound-Era actually, since the numbers of readers with major exposure to Silent cartoons is pretty darn small. In point of fact I meant (but forgot) to put in this key line after the question... "Multiple right-anwers may be possible". Thank you Br'er Beck!!

rex racer

11-30-2002, 10:49 PM

Wouldn't happen to be a certain mouse character who appeared in the end of the 1939 Fleischer cartoon "The Fresh Vegetable Mystery"? He was a "tough guy" mouse who spoke with the NY slang of the "Dead End " or Bowery Boys gang.

Boy Wonder

12-01-2002, 11:39 AM

Sogturtle

12-02-2002, 04:09 AM

Originally posted by rex racer
Wouldn't happen to be a certain mouse character who appeared in the end of the 1939 Fleischer cartoon "The Fresh Vegetable Mystery"? He was a "tough guy" mouse who spoke with the NY slang of the "Dead End " or Bowery Boys gang.

Hey Rex~

I like the "proto-Hoiman" (as I'd term it) of 1939's "The Fresh Vegetable Mystery". The odds are pretty high that's where the early-Famous studio got the character for their famed mouse, since they inherited and borrowed other stuff from the Fleischer days (Hunky & Spunky, Raggedy Ann).

Buuuuuut none of the mice in TFVM are heard using the name "Herman"... ;)

Sogturtle

12-04-2002, 01:18 AM

Hmmmmm... I reckon I'll have to post the answer to this puppy real-soon-like... (Iffffff I could come up with a good clue then I would post it first.) Hmmmm...

rex racer

12-04-2002, 02:59 AM

Hmmm, I'll take another crack at it....

Well if the name and not the attitude is the key here, would a certain late 1941 MGM 'toon attributed to Hugh Harmon be the one? Seems there's a little mouse fella called Herman by his mama that trys to save his grandpappy from being chomped by the threshing machine. The Field Mouse

Sogturtle

12-04-2002, 09:27 AM

Originally posted by rex racer
Hmmm, I'll take another crack at it....

Well if the name and not the attitude is the key here, would a certain late 1941 MGM 'toon attributed to Hugh Harmon be the one? Seems there's a little mouse fella called Herman by his mama that trys to save his grandpappy from being chomped by the threshing machine. The Field Mouse

...Taaaaadaaaaaa!!!! Excellent Rex!!! I hereby crown thee "Rex, king of the racers"... It'd be a kick to find out evidence of a connection between the two Hermans, buuuuut it almost certainly was pure coincidence despite the rarity of the name "Herman" in America (unless of course a member of Hugh's staff wound up on the Famous payroll). As for the source of the name for the 1941 Harman & Pabian mouse, I'd strongly suspect it's an in-joke/tribute to one Herman Ising.