tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post7212661313825157835..comments2024-03-27T01:19:56.698-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: Merry Christmas To KittyYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-40133905430757713502012-01-07T06:22:10.361-08:002012-01-07T06:22:10.361-08:00It is from the Tendlar-Golden-Reden-Taras unit. Co...It is from the Tendlar-Golden-Reden-Taras unit. Confirmed by Bob Jaques.The Crazy HRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06176439759514388577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-45037589304363863742011-12-23T15:02:28.189-08:002011-12-23T15:02:28.189-08:00Leonard Maltin used this as an example of why H&am...Leonard Maltin used this as an example of why H&K made "Tom and Jerry nonchalant by comparison"[1980, "Of Mice and magic"]. <br /><br /><br />Other early 1950-1962 Famous/Novletoon/Harveytoons shorts that year were "Casper's Spree under The Sea" - also the first official Casper, just like "MMY"'s the first Herman-Katnip pairing, and ersatz Herman [Arnold Stang] as turkey, and human Katnip [Syd Raymond]as farmer, in "Voice of the Turkey".StevePokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-51298684204944777492011-12-23T10:47:32.622-08:002011-12-23T10:47:32.622-08:00It's the first H&K pairing and also the ol...It's the first H&K pairing and also the oldest Noveltoon in the 1950-62 Harvey package. I wonder if it also was the first one to receive new titles, and the film editors just botched the transfer and blocked everything out, before opting for the eventual re-filmed style of new credit opening and new title page copyright, with the actual animators credits sandwiched in-between.<br /><br />If I had to guess, I'd say the cartoon's from the Tendlar-Taras-Reden unit, which had been handling Herman's most recent shorts before this, was the studio's go-to group for painful cartoon violence, having just kicked off the Baby Huey series, and paired Katnip immediately after this with Buzzy for the first time. (Tendlar had been using a black cat design as Herman's adversary, but this being a Christmas cartoon, may have decided a red cat would be more festive for the occasion. Of course in guessing about the credits, I need to remember what Felix Unger once noted on The Odd Couple, <i>"When you assume, you make an ass out of you and me."</i>)J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com