Monday 6 October 2014

Twirl of the Groundhog

Grover Groundhog shines a lamp against the wall as a spotlight and does a snappy little song and dance at the start of “One Meat Brawl” (released 1947). Grover does a nice little double twirl to Warren Foster’s and Carl Stalling’s “A Groundhog and His Shadow.”



Let’s see...tiny skull, big jowls. Must be a Bob McKimson cartoon. No animators are credited.

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  1. :) "Wife and 72 children"...:) Stan Freberg is the voice of the groundhogm if I'm correct.:)One of McKimson's very early cartoons.

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    1. Mel Blanc provided his singing voice though in this scene. 🎶🎙️

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  2. I believe Art Davis animates the first part of the dance, and Rod Scribner takes over at some point during the twirl! Maybe this was done to mask the change?

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  3. This is Charlton Woodchucks' forefather (Animaniacs reference).

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