tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post6056766197910068078..comments2024-03-28T11:45:24.378-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: Torch Song CelebritiesYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-32208343851664129922012-10-24T07:36:24.077-07:002012-10-24T07:36:24.077-07:00Earl Duvall actually replaced Tom Palmer, not Friz...Earl Duvall actually replaced Tom Palmer, not Friz.Andy Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111397147007918085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-47669266590302152782012-10-24T05:42:09.057-07:002012-10-24T05:42:09.057-07:00They'd worked together at Disney so I suspect ...They'd worked together at Disney so I suspect they got along. Palmer was there until Van Beuren shut down, I believe.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-41842656185350837422012-10-23T23:44:56.045-07:002012-10-23T23:44:56.045-07:00Palmer went on to work with Burt Gillett at Van Be...Palmer went on to work with Burt Gillett at Van Beuren - that must have been fun...Stephen Persinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03966891011244598233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-3947346023405198852012-10-23T10:41:21.879-07:002012-10-23T10:41:21.879-07:00It's a fascinating cartoon mainly because of w...It's a fascinating cartoon mainly because of what the Warner Bros. studio was to become in part because this short was such a train wreck, and the fact that the cartoon doesn't seem to know what it wants to be, other than a bunch of strung-together gags with radio as the only link. <br /><br />And as you noted, the drawing style here (and on "Buddy's Day Out") doesn't even look like a cartoon from the studio -- the safecracker does look a bit like the bad guy who would show up in the early Buddy cartoons, so that could be one of the spots where Friz came in and 'punched-up' the short to the point where Leon would accept it (meanwhile, from a trivia standpoint, the cartoon was the first Merrie Melodie to use "That's All, Folks!" as the end tag, so I suppose that was something Tom Palmer got right).J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-53465969925392948982012-10-23T08:26:44.471-07:002012-10-23T08:26:44.471-07:00Yeah this was a dumb one (the 7 earths bugged me t...Yeah this was a dumb one (the 7 earths bugged me too).<br /><br />Just noticed there's an ABC Radio News tab at the bottom of this blog, never saw that before.Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.com