UPA hadn’t outlawed squash and stretch when this cartoon was released in 1949.
Pat Matthews apparently did this scene. Willie Pyle, Rudy Larriva and Art Babbitt are the other credited animators.
Friday 24 November 2017
Ragtime Bear Jump
The Ragtime Bear tries sneaking across the room but hears the sleeping Mr. Magoo stir. He jumps into the air and pretends to be a bear rug. Here are the drawings.
UPA hadn’t outlawed squash and stretch when this cartoon was released in 1949.
Pat Matthews apparently did this scene. Willie Pyle, Rudy Larriva and Art Babbitt are the other credited animators.
UPA hadn’t outlawed squash and stretch when this cartoon was released in 1949.
Pat Matthews apparently did this scene. Willie Pyle, Rudy Larriva and Art Babbitt are the other credited animators.
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First Magoo cartoon. He looked a lot more detailed and older than he did later. In the beginning, the UPA style of him wasn’t present.
ReplyDeleteThis was made at a time when UPA had to earn both their critical plaudits and their audience support. Once they got to the point where critical plaudits were more important than audience support, you ended up with too much animation designed to impress more than entertain, and a decade after this cartoon came out, all the plaudits in the world couldn't save UPA from being replaced by Loopy de Loop shorts (which also may not have been fan favorites, but were way cheaper for Columbia to bankroll).
ReplyDeleteIt made sense for Harry Cohn to say "We own part of an animation studio. What do we need UPA for?" Especially since it was apparent Columbia did not want to spend money.
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