{"id":77342,"date":"2023-01-17T00:01:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T08:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/?p=77342"},"modified":"2023-01-17T00:10:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T08:10:41","slug":"max-and-dave-1940-42-antics-gabby-and-something-super","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/index.php\/max-and-dave-1940-42-antics-gabby-and-something-super\/","title":{"rendered":"Max and Dave: 1940-42: Antics, Gabby, and Something Super"},"content":{"rendered":"\"\"\n

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The 1939-40 season had not been especially good for the Flesichers. The Stone Age<\/em> cartoons were not been particularly successful, and were not renewed for the following seasdon. So Max, Dave, and the boys submitted ideas for two new series – a Technicolor series of cartoons featuring Gabby, the town crier from Gulliver\u2019s Travels<\/em>, and the \u201cAnimated Antics\u201d, a series of one-shot cartoons filmed in black and white (perhaps capable of being considered the predecessors to the \u201cNoveltoons\u201d of Famous which would follow). The latter series would also allow an excuse for attempts at launches for additional characters from Gulliver\u2019s Travels<\/em> – Sneak Snoop, and Snitch (the three spies from Blefescu), and Twinkletoes (their carrier pigeon), who would star under their own names tn several episodes. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Dandy Lion<\/strong> (9\/20\/40) – This cartoon is set among the native Americans, its title character being a mountain lion cub, who follows a little boy home. When the boy introduces the cub to his mother, she runs away in fright, then arrows fly everywhere. Still determined to adopt the cub, the boy disguises the cat as a dog. Unfortunately, gag material is not the most memorable. Songs:<\/strong> \u201cOh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone\u201d. and \u201cBig Chief Ugh Amugh Ugh\u201d, borrowed from the Popeye film of the same title. <\/p>\n

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Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch<\/strong> (10\/25\/40) – The three spies have gotten into the palace, and discover King Little trying to protect a small box. The spies eventually snatch the box, but have trouble in finding a key. Snitch (the little one) takes most of the brunt of his partners\u2019 efforts, and after many misadventures, they finally are able to look inside to find what treasure awaits within – a Junior G-Man Badge. Songs:<\/strong> \u201cChopsticks\u201d, a simple piano piece that was extremely well known even in 1940. It was the only published composition of British composer Euphemia Allen (under the pen name Arthur de Lilli)., who penned it as \u201cThe Celebrated Chop Waltz\u201d in 1877. The best-known recording of it would come many years later, in a bravura performance with unique embellishments by Liberace on Columbia. It would also have an odd adaptation as a seasonal song with lyrics, entitled \u201cChristmas Chopsticks”, recorded by Mel Blanc on Capitol (embed below), and by Guy Lombardo on Decca. It would also be covered by Peter Pan Records for the children\u2019s market in this holiday form. <\/p>\n