When I was in second grade, "Scrappy" came on TV early in the morning before we headed off for school. This "ghost" episode "scared" all of us. Everyone kept asking: "Did you watch Scrappy this morning?"
@@joegover9452 He/she was a second grade in 1935. So let's assume he/she was 7 years old that time. 7+(2020-1935)-n n= how old this comment is so 7+(85)-4= 88 He/she was 88 years old whe he/she commented on this video. As of now he/she would be around 92 years old.
@@nicholasgerry6931 These cartoons, while made in the 1930s, were not shown on television until 1954 (they were originally made for movie theatres). Assuming the commenter watched these at 7 years old around, say, 1955, the commenter was born in 1948, is about 72 now, and was 68 at the time they wrote the comment.
I love ghost cartoons, and this one is particularly fine. Rich expressionist animation, and the scene, towards the end, of Oopy dancing and singing before the fire is stupendous. I think Yukahotanashi123 is right Scrappy likely influenced Tezuma's design for Astro Boy.
I think what makes these vintage cartoons so scary is they are in black and white, the music, and the storyline. I'm a vintage Halloween collector, and I love these pieces of art. "Thanks" for posting.
Thanks for making the video available. I was born in 1963. I used to watch this and other cartoons in 1970 on TV. They were rerun during years.Sometimes naive, with a different narrative. I really enjoyed the majority of them. Now, one of the best ways to get to know and analyze our past. Greetings from Sao Paulo, Brazil.
I wish that they still would have played these classic cartoons on television yet, they were epic and worse than watching. Miss them all I do and I had enjoyed watching every single one back then
Another really entertaining Scrappy cartoon. I read where he was big in his time with merchandise but never heard of this character until this week. Thanks to your post I'm really enjoying it! Thanks!
This cartoon is so cute ! So much more creative and just funny . Yes I realize there are black ghost and an Indian ghost which I’m sure some will scream racism but to me it’s their way back then of maybe including all of us . It was the 1930s for goodness sake ! This is not only a classic but a great piece of art from the cartoon world . 👻👻👻👻👻👻👻
Huh. The black ghosts in this actually look like a tribute to Jazz Legend Cab Calloway and his famous shuffle, instead of the usual banjo-playing hillbillies. That's pretty unusual for this time period!
Check the superior shading! Fine animation! WAY before Calvin and Hobbes, Dennis the meanace and peanuts there was . . . Scrappy. Now thanks to the greatest medium since Gutenberg, he is with us still - and as often as we want!
Lançamento nos EUA: 24 de maio de 1935. Direção e roteiro: Ben Harrison. Co-roteirista e animador: Manny Gould. Co-animadores: Chuck Gouch e Harry Love. Companhia produtora: Screen Gems. Distribuição: Columbia Pictures (cinemas) e Samba Pictures (uso doméstico).
Now I remember this. Imagine, this is what the cartoon shows were like in the early 1950s, but we didn't have color TV, and these cartoons were only about 20 years old! They used a lot of classical music in these cartoons, like Hungarian Rhapsody for a vacuum cleaner chasing someone. I loved the Mother Nature and flowers cartoon. Where is the Scrappy's Birthday cartoon. Didn't it have a song "congratulations to you Scrappy"?
They certainly did a nice job with this cartoon. Story man Ben Harrison and animator Manny Gould were probably better remembered for their work on the other Charles Mintz-produced black-and-white series "Krazy Kat." "Scrappy" was normally the province of story man Sid Marcus and animator Art Davis.
