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YPSmitGimmick
05-20-2001, 07:55 PM
In “The Encyclopedia of animated Cartoons I found this Information about the redrawn ”Radio & Television Packager” Cartoons (at “Television Cartoon Series”):

WHEN FUNNIES WERE FUNNY
Series of original black-and-white silent cartoon favorites - the Little King, Mutt and Jeff, Felix the Cat and others - newly colorized with soundtracks (music and sound effects) added and packaged for syndication. A Radio and Television Packagers Production. Color. Half-hour. Premiered: 1974. Syndicated.
The Book listed 40 cartoons. I can identify only a few of this cartoons. Can someone identify more cartoons? Many of the others looks like a Terrytoon.


Accidents Won't Happen (with Mutt and Jeff)
--- Dog Missing (with Mutt and Jeff)
Egyptian Daze (with Mutt and Jeff )
The Invisible Revenge (with Mutt and Jeff )
--- Mixing In Mexico (with Mutt and Jeff )
Oceans Of Trouble (with Mutt and Jeff )
Soda Jerks (with Mutt and Jeff )
They Shall Not Pass (with Mutt and Jeff )
--- When Hell Froze Over (with Mutt and Jeff )
Where Am I? (with Mutt and Jeff )
--- The Adventures Of Mutt And Jeff And Bugoff
--- Art For Art's Sake (with the Little King) (Van Beuren 1934)
--- The Steadfast Tin Solder
--- The Villain Pursues Her (=Sinister Stuff, Van Beuren 1934, Cubby)
--- Toy Shop (=We’re in the Money, WB 1933)
--- Ain't Nature Grand (WB 1933, Bosko)
--- Barnyard Frolic (=Moonlight for Two, WB 1931, Goopy Geer)
Batter Up
--- Big City
--- Bosko's Woodland Daze (WB 1933, Bosko)
--- Chinese Lanterns
--- Cinderella
--- Country Boy Rabbit (=Country Boy, WB 1935)
Jack Frost
--- Love Bugs
--- Lumberjack
--- Magazine Rack (=I like Mountain Music, WB 1933)
--- Music And Charm
--- Off To The Races (=Up’s n’ Downs, WB 1930, Bosko)
--- On Duty (=One more Time, WB 1931, Foxy)
--- Puss 'N' Boots
--- Mr. Do-All (with Felix the Cat)
--- Sunken Treasure (with Felix the Cat)
--- The Inventor (with Felix the Cat)
--- Misses His Swiss (with Felix the Cat)
--- Tuning In
Double Performance
--- Tbe Under Dog
--- Spring Cleaning
--- The Dancing Bear


--- mean I have a copy of this cartoon (but only german dubbed and in PAL system).
I also have a redrawn cartoon “The Mail Pilot” which is not listed here (maybe not a R&TVP cartoon).

Patrick McCart
05-20-2001, 10:49 PM
I think I know why they thought the Bosko and Foxy cartoons were silent...the sound was on Vitaphone discs!

The only way to find out what the original cartoon was is to find the silent versions and compare.