Friday, 15 March 2013

King Philippe the Floppe

UPA’s “Punchy De Leon” features a king with an outrageous design by Bill Hurtz. He’s almost all head and much of that is his mouth.



Here are a few of the frames of some smear animation of the king grabbing an earthen jug and exclaiming “Magnifico!” Did Pat Matthews worked on this? (Late note: see the comments for the answer)



Look at the different positions of the Fox’s fingers. The designs may be stylised, but the movement’s not.

The king orders the Fox and Crow to get the Fountain of Youth. Just one of the drawings.



This was the last Fox and Crow cartoon. UPA decided it would rather make stuff like “Ballet-Oop” and “Bringing Up Mother.”
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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous15 March 2013 at 19:34

    Most of the animation for the King was probably done by Bill Melendez, but Pat Matthews style is recognizable on the Crow in the first King sequence of this cartoon.

    Asim.

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  2. Yowp16 March 2013 at 03:57

    Thanks for the note, Asim. I've heard the same thing from at least one other person.

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  3. Chris Sobieniak16 March 2013 at 11:36

    This was the last Fox and Crow cartoon. UPA decided it would rather make stuff like “Ballet-Oop” and “Bringing Up Mother.”

    They never saw the potential in stylized funny animals!

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