tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post4020569764143868592..comments2024-03-27T01:19:56.698-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: Porky Pig on Sunset BoulevardYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-34815738401846762502014-08-27T17:42:50.304-07:002014-08-27T17:42:50.304-07:00"Both were named for Colonel Marty Fiedler, a..."Both were named for Colonel Marty Fiedler, a huge promoter of women’s baseball."<br /><br />Given that bit of info I never heard of before, I'm also surprised to see nothing comes up for this guy at all. This is the first post that shows up on Google too. Quite sad really if there's nothing currently commemorating his memory at all. Seems no different from the names of local people who shaped my town's history over the years that simply vanish because people forgot the efforts they contributed that meant something I feel I can only appreciate at all.<br /><br />"The second car to your right is a 1936 Studebaker Dictator Coupe. You can tell by the bat-wing rear window. Evidently the people at Studebaker didn’t think that “Dictator” was a really poor choice for a name in the ‘30s."<br /><br />The things that history tarnishes forever.<br /><br />"And this frame is about the clearest one of a sign post in the whole scene."<br /><br />Damn those were fine-looking signs. LED's do nothing for me.<br /><br />"The bench and the traffic light are gone, too, but the palm tree that was next to them has grown a bit."<br /><br />Thank god they didn't cut that down then. My town had one street that was just lined with trees on each boulevard that had to get the axe when they upgraded the power lines recently or some other junk. It was pretty sad to see a neighborhood transform so quickly in my lifeitme.<br /><br />"Thus ends our little tour down Sunset Boulevard of 1940, just one of the delightful things in this great Friz Freleng cartoon. The combination of live action and animation, the staff cameos, Daffy’s singing and dancing, even Leon Schlesinger’s acting make this a terrific cartoon by any standard."<br /><br />And further I keep looking at photographs of Toledo of this period as well, since I have a lazy eye for that sort of thing.Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-42740920846135869602014-08-26T12:31:30.659-07:002014-08-26T12:31:30.659-07:00Thanks for pointimg out various and sundry locatio...Thanks for pointimg out various and sundry locations in the toon! Now I'll know what to look for when I watch it again and have the chance to slow down the DVDAndy Deckernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-46814004526781029452014-08-25T17:29:52.737-07:002014-08-25T17:29:52.737-07:00Thanks for the guided tour--enhances the pleasure ...Thanks for the guided tour--enhances the pleasure of reviewing a great, classic cartoon. I agree with your assessment.<br /><br />Another great post! Thanks!scarecrow33https://www.blogger.com/profile/10552306802823617940noreply@blogger.com