tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post8228104358853752975..comments2024-03-27T01:19:56.698-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: Guess Who (Created Me)?Yowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-72807780096645404042011-10-23T12:14:45.492-07:002011-10-23T12:14:45.492-07:00JL, i think "The Loan Stranger" used tha...JL, i think "The Loan Stranger" used that early theme song and also "The Screwdriver" but with different lyrics. I don't remember seeing "Ration Bored" with this song. (Which i wishing being the official Woodpecker's theme.)Martin Juneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00193943985570930659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-18432611132726924122011-10-22T19:42:57.436-07:002011-10-22T19:42:57.436-07:00Hi, JL. I know they used the song again in the car...Hi, JL. I know they used the song again in the cartoons themselves, but it was never used as a theme as far as I know. The cartoons open with that Calker woodwind-hopscotch music until 'The Woody Woodpecker Song' was used late in the '40s.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-8400162161972024032011-10-22T18:58:13.898-07:002011-10-22T18:58:13.898-07:00Woody's initial theme did return in two later ...Woody's initial theme did return in two later cartoons, with revised vehicle-related lyrics, "Ration Bored" and "Hot Rod Huckster" (Hardaway actually sings the song better than Grace, IMHO, though neither does it as good as Mel).<br /><br /><br />Also when Lantz talks about his animation staff having to "go back to art school to brush up on anatomy," it is interesting that as a cheater on Miss X, her nose was eliminated by Matthews and Culhane in the frontal shots, presumably to save from having to move it in perspective (something that also turns up in other animated drawings of realistic women). As for the rest of the body, thankfully, the Hays Office still let a lot of really good stuff get through...J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com