The Good Scout

[Cartman]

Did anyone notice that one of the scouts lining up at the beginning of the cartoon looked a lot like Bosko? :bosko:

[David Gerstein]

Yes, I noticed.
(BTW, *I* know you're talking about an Iwerks Willie Whopper cartoon because I've seen it too, but are most people on our wavelength? In your letter, you forgot to mention what kind of cartoon THE GOOD SCOUT is!)

[Jack]

Yes, I noticed.
(BTW, *I* know you're talking about an Iwerks Willie Whopper cartoon because I've seen it too, but are most people on our wavelength? In your letter, you forgot to mention what kind of cartoon THE GOOD SCOUT is!)
I've noticed it too, and I think I made a thread about it once. It's really uncanny how much that kid looks like Bosko, almost like it was intentional.

[Cartman]

Yes, I noticed.
(BTW, *I* know you're talking about an Iwerks Willie Whopper cartoon because I've seen it too, but are most people on our wavelength? In your letter, you forgot to mention what kind of cartoon THE GOOD SCOUT is!)

I probably should have been more specific. But yes, I was talking about an Iwerks Willie Whopper cartoon. I don't know any other cartoon titles that have the name THE GOOD SCOUT. I guess the only one that comes close is Disney's GOOD SCOUTS with Donald and his nephews.

[Davesnothere]

Do ya mean like the fella to the left of this message? http://forums.toonzone.net/images/smilies/bosko.gif

[Sogturtle]

Fellers~

It's NOT a co-inky-dinky :p ... At Iwerks a number of talented animators or worse yet, director/animators were heading for the door in '34 (and '35). While Harman-Ising was in turmoil (lack of a releasing studio) in '33 and the release year of '34, causing many animators to finally reach the desperation point of going elsewhere (hunger makes you do things...). Getting specific... These two meshed with Norm Blackburn and Robert Stokes quitting Harman-Ising and joining Ub, and then Shamus Culhane hightailing it for Van Beuren and a few months later Grim Natwick edged over to Disney... What this all boils down to is that Ub's directing teams were destroyed in 1934 and former Harman-Ising loyalists Norm Blackburn and Robert Stokes got the opportuninty to direct a few cartoons for Ub Iwerks... And guess which one is among them ;) *(as if you didn't know ;) )? That's right "The Good Scout"! Sooooo the Turtle translation ? ...It's a loving in-joke betwixt the two guys and for the benefit of Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising...

[Frank Flood]

Fellers~

It's NOT a co-inky-dinky :p ... At Iwerks a number of talented animators or worse yet, director/animators were heading for the door in '34 (and '35). While Harman-Ising was in turmoil (lack of a releasing studio) in '33 and the release year of '34, causing many animators to finally reach the desperation point of going elsewhere (hunger makes you do things...). Getting specific... These two meshed with Norm Blackburn and Robert Stokes quitting Harman-Ising and joining Ub, and then Shamus Culhane hightailing it for Van Beuren and a few months later Grim Natwick edged over to Disney... What this all boils down to is that Ub's directing teams were destroyed in 1934 and former Harman-Ising loyalists Norm Blackburn and Robert Stokes got the opportuninty to direct a few cartoons for Ub Iwerks... And guess which one is among them ;) *(as if you didn't know ;) )? That's right "The Good Scout"! Sooooo the Turtle translation ? ...It's a loving in-joke betwixt the two guys and for the benefit of Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising...


So after Natwick, Culhane, Al Eugster and Berny Wolf left the Iwerks shop, who directed and animated on the films that Iwerks produced throughout the rest of the 1930's? Other than, of course, the Schlessinger / Iwerks / Clampett / Jones collaborations. Some of Ub's early Color Rhapsodies have a decidedly unique look to them.

[Cartman]

Some of Ub's early Color Rhapsodies have a decidedly unique look to them.

The correct term for those would be Comicolor. The Color Rhapsodies were produced by Columbia Studios.

[Sogturtle]

The correct term for those would be Comicolor. The Color Rhapsodies were produced by Columbia Studios.


Wellllll actually you're both correct... Ub made his own Comicolor toons until Pat Powers pulled the rug out from him. He then managed to reopen and independently made Color Rhapsodies for Mintz/Columbia (plus the two Porky toons). If Mintz and Columbia couldn't get and hold Disney, then get the next best thing...Iwerks!