Tuesday, 26 February 2019

Jivin' Shoemaker

“When the old couple saw all the shoes finished, they were very happy, and danced with glee,” we learn from storyteller Daws Butler in The Peachy Cobbler.



The shoemaker go from being shaky and feeble to a couple of jive turkeys.



This is from Tex Avery’s The Peachy Cobbler, a 1950 MGM release animated by Walt Clinton, Grant Simmons and Mike Lah, with the story by Rich Hogan.

Oh, happy 111th birthday, Tex. You’re still my favourite cartoon director.
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5 comments:

  1. Pokey26 February 2019 at 06:53

    Oh..HAPPY BIRTHDAY TEX!:)

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  2. J Lee26 February 2019 at 07:37

    The Mr. Kitzel-ish ending following the jive dance was a little bit of a weak one for Avery, though -- Freleng and Maltese had the better end take on the Shoemaker & the Elves bit five years earlier, where the irked Elves nail the Shoemaker into his bed and the littlest one steals his golf clubs.

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    1. Yowp27 February 2019 at 00:49

      I guess Tex was going for the tried and true. He ended The Blitz Wolf the same way. More or less the cartoon with multiple Droopys was a variation on it (which Joe Barbera purloined for Rustler Hustler Huck).

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  3. Errol26 February 2019 at 11:14

    Happy Birthday to one of the all time greats! Totally agree. He was and is one of my favorite cartoon directors.

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  4. rnigma27 February 2019 at 10:15

    This aired often when I was a kid, and the "shoe striptease" stands out in my memory.

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