After spending a considerable amount of time reflecting on the subject, I guess I found a possible meaning of the ending. The film is a parody of the Phantom of the Opera (Lon Chaney's version), capped off by a truly anticlimactic ending, in which Chaney threatens the mob with a secret weapon he would have in his fist to show at the end that there was nothing in it at all: a bad joke indeed. In fact, this is one of the most subtle endings in the history of animation. Almost imperceptible.
A couple of Walter Lantz's Oswald cartoons were included in a Woody Woodpecker DVD collection (this being one of them), making this one of those rare time where the post-Disney Oswald cartoons got any kind of restoration.
Old movies and cartoons were filmed in analog reels, they don't even have a resolution, remaster them properly, they can look like a movie filmed today.
AnimeXtremex Nope. Mickey Mouse's first cartoons debuted in 1928. Oswald was created before Mickey in 1927 by Universal when Walt Disney and his animation partner Ub Iwerks worked for the studio. However, Walt Disney lost the rights to use Oswald and Universal kept making cartoons after he and Ub left. This is one of those toons.
PrePubesent Memeuries I believe that by 2004 movie toasty salt means The Phantom of the opera, which is an adaptation of a musical of same name. And the musical itself is an adaptation of The Phantom of the opera (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) novel by Gaston Leroux.
oam391 oh, O didn't know there was a movie adaptation of the phantom of the opera! Thank you, I would have never known that! I did know this was very similar to the phantom of the opera just not the movie part that's why i was so confused.
PrePubesent Memeuries Yeah, there are actually quite a few movie and tv adaptations, although I don't remember how many. I've seen the 2004 adaptation, one with Lon Chanley sr. (from 1925 if I remember correctly) and an animated one, I don't remember which year it is from though. Edit: And I've also read the book.
CRYPTIC ENDING Phantom: What does the chicken say when it lays a square egg? Lucky: I don't know. Phantom: Slaps Lucky in the face very hard. Luck: Ouch! Phantom: Ouch is correct. The chicken in the enigmatic puzzle reacted in physical terms of pain, not in mental terms of surprise or disbelief. Maybe there is some kind of trope or analogy implied by the story.
I love the way other studios continually poked fun at Disney's dominance in the early days, using a character resembling Mickey Mouse in their cartoons to do various misdeeds.
Kinda funny how Walter Lantz made a cartoon riff on The Phantom of The Opera with this since Universal's silent 1925 movie version was released five years prior. He did the same thing again with King Klunk(1933).
This was made after Charles Mintz took the rights of Oswald from Disney. The head of Universal didn't like what Mintz did, so he kicked him out and told Walter Lanz to make Oswald cartoons. You may know Walter Lanz as the creator of Any Panda, Chilly Willy, and Woody Woodpecker. Lanz asked Disney if he was fine with Walter making Oswald cartoons. Disney agreed, and that is where this area of Oswald cartoons started,
Suzanna Alcantara I think she's more upset that she can't sing or has stage fright and is "tongue tied," but I suppose she could be jealous. Oswald’s voice changed based on whoever was available to voice the character in a given cartoon. Sometimes he sounds like a discount Mickey Mouse and sometimes like a regular guy. Oftentimes he had a different talking voice than his singing voice in each cartoon, which I find pretty funny. In Walter Lantz' later cartoons he sounded like a little kid consistently.
Suzanna Alcantara He calls her "Kitty." Ortensia was the name given to her by Disney after they got Oswald back in 2006. Her oldest known name (from one of the lost Disney cartoons) was actually "Sadie," but she's had a lot of different names if you watch more Oswald cartoons after Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks left Universal.
Sinister Sweet oh, i see, thanks for explaining, I couldn't really understand what he was saying when he called her name, maybe because of his "voice"...Huh, last question, how come the phantom fell in love with Ortensia/Sadie.....2 seconds after meeting her?
Ok, so at this point and time I believe Walt Disney was fired from the Oswald series, and this episode seems like almost a direct copy of Disney's Skeleton Dance, they even used Mickey Mouse in this short (which couldn't even be possible unless universal knew what Walt was doing at 1:26)
They kept the animal-character design very mus=ch the same even after Walt Disney left, so similarities are expected. Yes, this cartoon is from after Walt left.
I can see why Oswald the Lucky Rabbit fell into obscurity. After Walt Disney left, Universal Studios did not do Oswald any justice in terms of writing for his cartoons.
I wouldn't be surprised if it were Judge Doom actually. They both take extreme measures to hide their identity and not have it exposed and have very rude and typically overtly evil personalities. I wouldn't be surprised if that's where Doom started.
I don't know but Wasteland and this story have giant potencial I think that we just have to wait. Its all about time when somebody will decide to make this. :) I will not lose hope.
@XxJayden EditsxX Disney Left universal. Walter Lantz did this mouse cameo and cartoon. Disney helped make Mickey cartoons. Disney got fired and lost the rights to Oswald cause of Charles mintz The asshole. Who went on to create Krazy Kat and Scrappy.
