Monday, 19 March 2018

Blow the Man Up

The Ub Iwerks’ ComiColor short Sinbad the Sailor tries to end with a gag involving exploding cigars. First, Sinbad, then his parrot are caught in the blasts.



Carl Stalling received a musical credit on this cartoon, but the score seems really pieced together. There are no animation credits.

This cartoon was released June 26, 1935. Only a few days earlier, Paramount had announced that it would be releasing a two-reeler starring Popeye taking on Sinbad. The Popeye cartoon is superior in every way to the Iwerks effort.
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2 comments:

  1. Hans Christian Brando20 March 2018 at 17:45

    I always wondered why the Fleischers spelled it "Sindbad." I imagine to avoid a conflict with this one.

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  2. Hans Christian Brando20 March 2018 at 17:47

    Anyway, the ComiColors are at least as good as most of Fleischer's so-called Color Classics.

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