{"id":4769,"date":"2013-08-01T00:01:27","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T07:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/?p=4769"},"modified":"2013-07-31T09:26:30","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T16:26:30","slug":"what-ever-happened-to-gabby-goat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/index.php\/what-ever-happened-to-gabby-goat\/","title":{"rendered":"What Ever Happened To Gabby Goat?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here’s a simple entry for this week- a Porky Pig cartoon, directed by Bob Clampett.. and Chuck Jones as the listed animator (of course other animators were on the picture too).<\/p>\n

It seems to be that there was a rise in the late 30’s of cartoons that feature two or three characters teaming up to battle adversity. Of course there’s the Mickey, Donald and Goofy shorts, but also things like Meany, Miny and Moe, the Lantz short Tom Thumb Jr<\/em> and Oswald in Keeper of the Lions<\/em>. Daffy would eventually make a better team member than Gabby Goat does here, both in contrasting design and stringer personality traits.<\/p>\n

So, what happened to Gabby Goat? He’s one of those characters that just vanished..but maybe that’s ok. It’s possible he had a facelift and moved to Fleischers for the greener pastures of feature film work- at least he has a similar personality to his namesake…<\/p>\n

This one is a little harder to see these days, having never been part of the Looney Tunes<\/em> DVD collections. It appeared on the now-unavailable Return of the 30’s Characters<\/em> DVD by Thunderbean. At some point I may reissue the set…<\/p>\n