tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post6305729941313039539..comments2024-03-28T21:16:57.556-07:00Comments on Yowp: El Ka-OuchYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-23997492102499666292016-09-29T00:43:19.708-07:002016-09-29T00:43:19.708-07:00Too bad there's bad interlacing on two of the ...Too bad there's bad interlacing on two of the four Quick Draws. At least there is on my set.<br />Six half-hours were made in the final season with Curtin's background music. There's no reason they can't be released in part of some kind of DVD set.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-81752641416943119442016-09-26T14:36:47.388-07:002016-09-26T14:36:47.388-07:00BTW Ed Graham Prtods's "Linus the Lionhea...BTW Ed Graham Prtods's "Linus the Lionhearted" REALLY would take a miracle for ANY of the series to be on video..Pokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-55268611143523753832016-09-26T14:36:13.082-07:002016-09-26T14:36:13.082-07:00"This means that FOUR Quick Draw shows actual..."This means that FOUR Quick Draw shows actually have been released on DVD! And of the four Quick Draw shorts, two of them are El-Kabong cartoons."<br /><br /><br />NOTE: thoguh, as Yowp will point out, those don't have the early episodes's stock cues due to lincesing but the equally good (though generic Hoyt Curtin ones), so it explains the appearance (the Snooper space one, though IS one with the stock music, by Phil Green and Jack Shaindlin and it IS on the set, and another episode as well.)<br />Pokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-65576275310444181222016-09-25T15:47:37.599-07:002016-09-25T15:47:37.599-07:00"...the series has never been, nor ever will ..."...the series has never been, nor ever will be, released on home video."<br /><br />This is part of what makes the short-lived Saturday Morning DVD series so valuable! On the two volumes dedicated to the 1960's, there are two Quick Draw McGraw shows with opening and closing themes on each set! This means that FOUR Quick Draw shows actually have been released on DVD! And of the four Quick Draw shorts, two of them are El-Kabong cartoons.<br /><br />Granted--the openings and closings are truncated versions, cutting out the Kellogs sponsor reference, and none of the original interstitials are played between the cartoons. Then, too, four episodes do not an entire series make. And, if you don't use the "Play All" function on the DVD you are forced to hit "Play" afresh for each cartoon short. So these presentations of the Quick Draw show leave much to be desired. But they may be all we'll ever get, so it's at least one opportunity to get a look at "the hi-falutin'-est, fastest-shootin'-est cowboy you ever saw."<br /><br />Also on the same sets are Magilla Gorilla shows that include the opening and closing sequences which were left out of the official DVD release.<br /><br />It may not be much but at least it's better than nothing at all. I highly recommend the Saturday Morning sets to any collectors, and especially fans of H-B, if you don't already have them.scarecrow33https://www.blogger.com/profile/10552306802823617940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-36502606324748955802016-09-25T07:59:58.592-07:002016-09-25T07:59:58.592-07:00Brian, and Yowp,too (another self-correction) I ha...Brian, and Yowp,too (another self-correction) I have now corrected my post. You're right, the old Douglas Fairbanks Sr. films were what started the whole Zorro popularity, in turn being, I believe, based on some 9th century books, as well as Disney's OWN version..too bad Fairbanks himself, outside of us, isn't admired by more boomers (or other post 1940s audiences..)Pokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-4745475689630673672016-09-25T07:57:01.179-07:002016-09-25T07:57:01.179-07:00Also0 the Zorra spooof was also due to later "...Also0 the Zorra spooof was also due to later "Lost in Space" star Guy Williams's Disney TV intepretation of the legendary Zorro ,of course [same with the Seson 1, 1958 Pixie and Dixie "Mark of the Mouse" cartoon with that surprise voice guest appearance, especially since it was anti-typecasting, of Howard MacNear as the ordent mssked avener (Very sure)]. Also you can't exactly be sure if our favorite cartoon horse [besides, in my case, myself..] won't be released, at least as far as the music rights, hopefully, they may be able to, though then there's whether or not or owners Warner Home Video can find an audience for it, and of course the prints/masdtes.<br /><br />El-Bong!!Pokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-80195298345648123322016-09-25T07:29:48.282-07:002016-09-25T07:29:48.282-07:00And Guy Hamilton's not what I erroneously ment...And Guy Hamilton's not what I erroneously mentioned, either, :) Brian.....I wonder if you maybe misquoted<br />the name I wrote as a "copyright trap"<br />//Pokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-51411234091893751302016-09-25T05:02:46.366-07:002016-09-25T05:02:46.366-07:00This is the first time I've commented multiple...This is the first time I've commented multiple times on a post so please excuse my indulgence. While the animation of El Kabong is certainly serviceable, the poses and expressions could have certainly been 'pushed' to make the scene a standout. We'll never know the reason for this, but in all probability, it was a matter of 'getting it done' or 'it's good enough''. I've heard that from animation supervisors while working on full animation in the 90s. Knowing about Bill Hannas tight rein on the animation process, pushing the cartoon through on time and budget was the order of the day. Brian Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10350309001837541272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-14314478613527027792016-09-25T04:33:09.057-07:002016-09-25T04:33:09.057-07:00Just a correction, Disneys version was wildly succ...Just a correction, Disneys version was wildly successful at the time, so it was natural that HB spoofed the character. The star of that show was Guy Williams, not Guy Hamilton as previously stated. Brian Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10350309001837541272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-5230024952403746702016-09-25T04:27:00.958-07:002016-09-25T04:27:00.958-07:00I was thinking the same thing regarding transfer f...I was thinking the same thing regarding transfer from film to video as every fifth frame is either a duplicate frame or a combined frame consisting of the last frame and the next. The only true way to see this is to view the actual frames on 16 or 35mm movie film. But the thing with limited animation is that you are holding things for 3 or more frames; really you do whatever you have to in order to get the scene to work. Brian Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10350309001837541272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-43835761207566209052016-09-24T22:33:00.662-07:002016-09-24T22:33:00.662-07:00Maltese never mentioned the TV series. He was inte...Maltese never mentioned the TV series. He was interviewed by John Crosby and told him flat-out that he was a fan of Fairbanks, and that Fairbanks was the influence behind El Kabong.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-47264926906995218032016-09-24T22:30:25.271-07:002016-09-24T22:30:25.271-07:00I've frozen other parts of the cartoon, David,...I've frozen other parts of the cartoon, David, and don't find duplicate frames. (I certainly have in other .avi cartoon files I have). So I don't think so, but I can't be positive.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-11680977904972855382016-09-24T14:17:18.697-07:002016-09-24T14:17:18.697-07:00Drawings 6-to-7 is where the missed chance was her...Drawings 6-to-7 is where the missed chance was here for an old-time MGM Avery/Hanna-Barbera scream take. In Drawing 6, Quick Draw's mouth already is in the open position, but Drawing 7 it's closed again before the jump, making it for that split second look like nothing's happening. Since the drawing was going to be there in some form, it's just a missed opportunity for a big reaction take.J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-52283276598542536412016-09-24T07:56:26.848-07:002016-09-24T07:56:26.848-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Pokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-55645887043120317822016-09-24T07:26:44.786-07:002016-09-24T07:26:44.786-07:00It's possible that some of those 3-frame holds...It's possible that some of those 3-frame holds are a result of the conversion from 24-frame film to 30-frame video, which is called a "4-3 pulldown".Dave Mackeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13454782108761662940noreply@blogger.com