tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post1305862618912706470..comments2024-03-28T11:45:24.378-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: TobyYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-29668143527317504282021-12-08T00:47:42.659-08:002021-12-08T00:47:42.659-08:00In regards to "Toby the Tar," the word &...In regards to "Toby the Tar," the word "Tar" is a slang for "sea dog" in Western oceanic cultures. But as far as I know, Toby doesn't really have anything to do with being a sailor.Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12557407721242648820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-74595863046944932982021-11-15T23:06:42.769-08:002021-11-15T23:06:42.769-08:00The common ancestor of both Toby and the mature Bi...The common ancestor of both Toby and the mature Bimbo is the very first, as-yet-unnamed Bimbo in the Screen Songs BEDELIA and THE PRISONER'S SONG—both in early 1930—who shows all the visual "tells" of being animated by Toby's Dick Huemer and Sid Marcus, and even has a puff of hair on his head like Toby later would.<br /><br />Once created, Toby continues to evolve in a Bimboish direction—eventually getting a girlfriend who, suspiciously, is a little more humanlike than he is.ramapithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751343744514656549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-6045180866209912332021-11-03T11:59:49.881-07:002021-11-03T11:59:49.881-07:00It could be the negatives vanished or the cartoons...It could be the negatives vanished or the cartoons themselves were forgotten. My guess is they became property of Columbia when it took over the Mintz operation. But as Columbia never released them, it may never have known about them.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-17044269605625667622021-11-02T15:42:43.964-07:002021-11-02T15:42:43.964-07:00I wonder why the Toby cartoons were never released...I wonder why the Toby cartoons were never released to the non-theatrical market. So many shorts like these survive mainly because they were widely distributed in 16mm to the rental market or in 8mm for home use. Heck, I would have bought 8mm Toby cartoons.Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-64504946547623062842021-11-01T21:24:49.256-07:002021-11-01T21:24:49.256-07:00You're right. The Fleischer cartoons always ha...You're right. The Fleischer cartoons always have something unexpectedly odd happening in them, the Tobys less so. But I still like them. A shame cartoons got away from that style of humour. Thanks, Uncle Walt.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-37492411871432189892021-11-01T18:24:47.184-07:002021-11-01T18:24:47.184-07:00The Fleischers out-Toby'd Toby with Bimbo, who...The Fleischers out-Toby'd Toby with Bimbo, whose own days were numbered (and who wouldn't have lasted as long as he did if it hadn't been for Betty Boop).Hans Christian Brandonoreply@blogger.com