{"id":67176,"date":"2021-09-10T00:01:12","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T07:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/?p=67176"},"modified":"2021-09-10T08:41:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T15:41:51","slug":"the-jack-hannah-filmography-at-walter-lantz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/index.php\/the-jack-hannah-filmography-at-walter-lantz\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jack Hannah Filmography at Walter Lantz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>Suspended Animation #336<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Previously, I shared a small portion of <a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/index.php\/in-his-own-words-jack-hannah-on-walter-lantz-2\/\">Jack Hannah\u2019s memories<\/a> of working at the Walter Lantz studio.  It got me to thinking that maybe I should include a listing of his theatrical shorts for that studio so that you might get a better understanding of his contribution during his two years with Lantz.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Freeloading Feline<\/strong>        September 1960<br \/>\nA top hat wearing black cat named Doc and a bulldog named Champ trick their way into a penthouse party and their scuffles leave the party in a shambles. <\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mU_HheJqhp0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\n<p><strong>Hunger Strife<\/strong>   October 1960<br \/>\nOn the first day of tourist season at Peachstone National Park, Ranger Willoughby forbids Fatso the Bear from taking any handouts from the tourists because he is too fat.   The characters and their relationship are very reminiscent of Hannah\u2019s Disney characters Humphrey the Bear and the Little Ranger.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Southern Fried Hospitality<\/strong>     November 1960<br \/>\nA starving Gabby Gator discovers a recipe in a cookbook for fricassee de woodpecker.  He writes Woody Woodpecker a fan letter to come and perform a show.  When Woody arrives, he quickly realizes that it was a ruse to cook him and turns the tables.  <\/p>\n<p>First appearance of Gabby Gator, inspired by an earlier version called Ali Gator from two previous Lantz cartoons: <em>Romp in the Swamp<\/em> (1958) and <em>Everglade Raid<\/em> (1959.  Daws Butler supplies the voice for Gabby.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SamAndSimian-1-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"183\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-67182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SamAndSimian-1-.jpg 276w, https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SamAndSimian-1--150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><strong>Jungle Medics<\/strong> (1960)<br \/>\nTwo chimpanzees named Sam and Simian set themselves up as doctors in the jungle but run into trouble when they try to treat a lion with a painful tooth. <\/p>\n<p>This cartoon was the pilot for a possible television series so when it was released theatrically there were no credits or production number.  While the film is generally considered to have been released in 1960, the title card gives the copyright as 1961.   The cartoon is often misidentified as being directed by Paul Smith.  <\/p>\n<p>An adaptation of the story by writer Carl Fallberg and artist John Carey with a slightly different ending where the chimps are forced to rebuild the lion\u2019s destroyed home appears in the comic book Dell Four Color # 1132 (1960), an issue with Space Mouse on the cover who was another failed television pilot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Poop Deck Pirate<\/strong>    January 1961<br \/>\nUpset by the noise in the city that prevents him from sleeping, Woody Woodpecker goes to the Tooti Frutti Islands where he finds just as much noise when a patch-eyed pirate named Sea Dog Sam arrives and tries to recover his buried treasure.  <\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_67184\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67184\" src=\"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/13thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"187\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/13thumb.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/13thumb-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-67184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fatso Bear<\/p><\/div><strong>Eggnapper<\/strong>     February 1961<\/p>\n<p><p>\nWith the summer tourist season over at Peachstone National Park, Fatso the bear must forage for himself.  He decides it will be easy pickings to raid the nearby henhouse for eggs but it is guarded by a vicious rooster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gabby\u2019s Diner<\/strong>  April 1961<br \/>\nFlying over Florida on holiday, Woody Woodpecker gets fooled into staying at starving Gabby Gator\u2019s fake hotel, the Fryer\u2019s Club Hotel.  Gabby tries many devious methods to cook the bird but Woody always survives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clash and Carry<\/strong>  May 1961<br \/>\nChilly Willy the penguin uses a variety of tricks to steal fish from the market owned by Wally Walrus.  At one point, Chilly tricks Wally into phoning up fishing boats to tell them he will buy whatever they can catch. <\/p>\n<p>First Wally Walrus appearance in a Chilly Willy cartoon.  There is some limited speeded-up live action footage of fishing boats from San Pedro.  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Woody-Franken-stymied.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"181\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-67186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Woody-Franken-stymied.jpg 250w, https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Woody-Franken-stymied-150x109.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><strong>Bear and the Bees<\/strong> May 1961<br \/>\nIn Springtime, Cupid shoots multiple arrows into Fatso the bear who becomes smitten with a female bear but has no idea how to win her affection.  The last Fatso the Bear cartoon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Franken-Stymied<\/strong>  July 1961<br \/>\nWhen Woody\u2019s home in a tree is destroyed by lightning, he seeks shelter from the storm in a nearby castle.  Inside is a mad scientist who has created a mechanical man named Frankie who will pluck the feathers off a chicken or any other bird.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Tricky Trout<\/strong> September 1961<br \/>\nChilly Willy finds a trout fish hatchery run by Wally Walrus and tries unsuccessfully several times to get himself a meal before finally giving up.<br \/>\nLast appearance of Wally Walrus in a Lantz cartoon.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Tin Can Concert<\/strong>  October 1961<br \/>\nDoc the cat conducts an all-cat symphony orchestra in a rendition of Gioachino Rossini\u2019s musical composition Cinderella Overture.  The concert disturbs a mouse trying to sleep inside the grandfather clock Doc is using as his podium.  <\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_67187\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67187\" src=\"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/gabby-gator.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"229\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/gabby-gator.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/gabby-gator-150x143.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-67187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gabby Gator<\/p><\/div><strong>Doc\u2019s Last Stand<\/strong>  November 1961<br \/>\nDoc and Champ travel across the Wild West in a wagon filled with goods that they sell to the locals.<\/p>\n<p>\n<p><strong>Woody\u2019s Kook-Out<\/strong>  November 1961<br \/>\nOnce again, the starving Florida alligator, Gabby Gator decides to trick Woody Woodpecker into visiting him so he can cook him for dinner.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Rock-A-Bye Gator<\/strong> January 1962<br \/>\nIt\u2019s hibernating season for alligators but Gabby Gator is wide awake and hungry and wants to have Woody Woodpecker for a meal.  However, the clever bird knows a lullaby that keeps putting the gator asleep temporarily.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Pest of Show<\/strong> February 1962<br \/>\nDoc finds an announcement for an upcoming dog show that offers a $50,000 prize and a banquet to the winner.  Doc spends weeks training Champ in proper speech, decorum, attire and more.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Mackerel Moocher<\/strong> March 1962<br \/>\nChilly Willy is on a wharf fishing but keeps getting interrupted by a pelican who gobbles up everything Chilly catches.   <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Beary-Family-color-book.jpg\" rel=\"prettyphoto[67176]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Beary-Family-color-book-266x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-66633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Beary-Family-color-book-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Beary-Family-color-book-133x150.jpg 133w, https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Beary-Family-color-book.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/a><strong>Fowled-Up Birthday<\/strong> April 1962<br \/>\nThe Beary family consists of a father (Charlie), a mother (Bessie) a teenaged son (Junior) and a young daughter (Suzy).  It is Suzy\u2019s birthday and Charlie goes to the store to get a chicken because Suzy loves fried chicken.  The butcher offers Charlie a big fat live goose for half the price of a chicken and he takes it home.  Suzy assumes it is her birthday present and a pet.  Charlie has several encounters trying to kill the goose but in the end, a battered and bruised Charlie gives up and Suzy shares her birthday with her new pet.<\/p>\n<p>The first of the <em>Beary Family<\/em> cartoons.  When Hannah leaves Lantz, the goose and the little daughter disappear from the Beary family series.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rocket Racket<\/strong>  April 1962<br \/>\nGabby Gator is watching a cooking show on his television and is so hungry that he licks the screen.  He sends Woody a telegram that his country needs him to pilot the Atlas (But Not Least) Space Rocket to the moon.  Woody arrives and once again discovers it was a trick to cook him.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Mother\u2019s Little Helper<\/strong> June 1962<br \/>\nBessie Beary is tired of doing all the housework and Charlie tells her to go to the beauty parlor and he will take care of things.  He does a horrendous job.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Voo-Doo Boo-Boo<\/strong> August 1962<br \/>\nIn a cave, Gabby Gator wearing a purple wizard\u2019s cap carves a totem in the shape of a disbelieving Woody and manipulates him physically.  <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/chilly-willy-small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"154\" height=\"165\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-56336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/chilly-willy-small.jpg 154w, https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/chilly-willy-small-140x150.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 154px) 100vw, 154px\" \/><strong>Punchy Pooch<\/strong> September 1962<br \/>\nAt a carnival, Doc enters Champ in a boxing match against &#8220;The Australian Bounder&#8221;, a fighting kangaroo where they can win $500 if Champ stays for four rounds.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Corny Concerto<\/strong> October 1962<br \/>\nAs Doc prepares Champ for a boxing comeback, he accidentally drops a hammer on Champ\u2019s foot causing him to yell and hop around.  A Beatnik coffee shop owner sees this and thinks it is an act and hires them to perform where they become a huge hit.   <\/p>\n<p><strong>Fish And Chips<\/strong> January 1963<br \/>\nWhile Colonel Blooblud is away, his faithful watchdog Smedley receives a package for the Colonel from Antarctica.  When he opens it, it is Chilly Willy the penguin. As Smedley goes to get a sardine for Chilly, the penguin has his eyes on a bigger meal, the stuffed prized marlin over the mantle.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> As a follow up to my recent post on Jack Hannah at Lantz, here&#8217;s a listing of his theatrical shorts for that studio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":67191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114,2282],"tags":[477,103],"class_list":["post-67176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animation-anecdotes","category-suspended-animation","tag-jack-hannah","tag-walter-lantz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67176"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67203,"href":"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67176\/revisions\/67203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}