Friday, 21 August 2020

Duck Tales, Er, Tail

A sight-gag pun in Real Gone Woody (1954), the cartoon where Woody Woodpecker and Buzz Buzzard are stereotypical ‘50s high schoolers. Woody combs his hair into a duck tail.



Gil Turner, La Verne Harding and Bob Bentley are the credited animators. Ray Jacobs and Art Landy provide some great settings and Clarence Wheeler was inspired to write both Guy Lombardo and Johnny Ray musical parodies. This may be my favourite cartoon directed by Paul J. Smith.
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5 comments:

  1. Mike T.21 August 2020 at 07:37

    Of course it's a good cartoon. It was written by Mike Maltese.

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  2. Anonymous21 August 2020 at 07:56

    Biggest mistake Lantz made was demoting Don Patterson and keeping Paul Smith as a director - imagine what Patterson could have done with Meltese's stories!!

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  3. top_cat_james21 August 2020 at 10:02

    Anything to distract Winnie from the sexy human legs he reveals later in the cartoon.

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  4. J Lee21 August 2020 at 11:43

    Smith's first 18-24 months of directing really wasn't all that bad, even when he wasn't working with Maltese. Once you get past "Niagara Fools" or so in 1956, the quality level drops off a cliff.

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  5. Dave K23 August 2020 at 05:11

    Yup, this is my favorite Paul J. Smith cartoon too!

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