Saturday Night Comedy Video Open Thread

Saturday Night Comedy Video Open Thread

By NB Staff (Bio | Archive)
December 27, 2008 - 19:37 ET

Tonight's theme: old-time cartoons, and a history of how they came about.

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The phone lines are open!

Our first entrant is an absolutely astounding classic from Max Fleischer circa 1934 embedded right.

And another from Fleischer that is supposedly the first Popeye (circa 1933):

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Wow! Betty Boop's first animated appearance (1930):

Wow! This is the original "Felix the Cat" from 1919, although his name was Tom:

Four years later, Felix appears, but still in silence:

And with a voice in 1930:

This is the first animated feature to use synchronized sound (1926 by Max Fleischer):

Although this isn't Mickey Mouse's first animated appearance, it gets such credit because of its popularity (1928):

The first animated color feature was released by Disney in 1932:

The following year, Disney treated Americans to something really special:

Porky Pig Learns About Patriotism in "Old Glory" (from me, WTH)

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Thanks for these treats.

December 27, 2008 - 21:21 ET by ThatDude

Thanks for these treats. Brings back fond memories even if I lament the direction most cartoons have taken. The creativity shown in these is absent in current children's programming.

The greats in animation

December 27, 2008 - 22:42 ET by BobAnthony

That Popeye cartoon was indeed Popeye's debut in 1933 with Betty Boop. The first voice of Popeye was William Costello, or Red Pepper Sam as heard on the radio. Mae Questel was Olive Oyl for most of the run. Those early Popeyes were made in New York and the background and tone reflect in those cartoons. In 1936, Costello got into a bickering match with Paramount/Fleischer and was fired. The man who took over was imitating Costello and was just some go-between.

He was Jack Mercer, and from 1936 up until his 1985 death, he served as Popeye's voice, complete with the adlibbed mumbling that endeared him to Popeye fans like myself. A suggestion, go out and get the Popeye cartoons on DVD from Warner. They feature the black and white era with three 20-minute color features. You will find out this info and more! Eight DVDs in three volumes.

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I don't know about the rest

December 28, 2008 - 03:00 ET by thebutlerdidit

I don't know about the rest of you, but the Porky learns about patriotism is the way I think is should be taught. These people who want to do away with the pledge, ugh, I just get sick thinking about all our forefathers had to go through just for that right, and people want to throw it away, like it is some horrible thing. Some act as if we should be ashamed to be patriotic. Sorry, I just don't get it.

Good stuff, but who the

December 28, 2008 - 06:56 ET by DontFeedTheTrolls

Good stuff, but who the heck has the time to watch all these?

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Noel, Warner, A Question

December 28, 2008 - 12:17 ET by nofate

Pardon a technologically challenged old fart, but what are "PM's"? I've seen them referenced several times, most recently when Noel chided PT for not alerting him to a tip, and PT's response was (paraphrasing) "I did- check your morning PM's".

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