tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post1506810667176749412..comments2024-03-27T01:21:03.543-07:00Comments on Yowp: Augie Doggie — Million-Dollar RobberyYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-78804535048650474302010-08-13T09:35:55.702-07:002010-08-13T09:35:55.702-07:00In addition to the all 135(!) episodes of all thre...In addition to the all 135(!) episodes of all three Quick Draw segments over three seasons, Maltese also wrote all 32 Snagglepuss episodes (the earliest of which aired during the hiatus between QD's second and abbreviated third seasons) and more than half of the 32 Yakky episodes. <br /><br />The Quick Draw, Snooper & Blabber and Loopy shorts were pretty formulaic, dealing with respectively Western outlaws, urban criminals and a wolf trying to debunks his evil stereotype. The Augie episodes did have some variety in their stories; one could involve Augie's invention, Dad coping with a pesty intruder, or the two of them on an outing. <br /><br />The Snagglepuss cartoons took place in a wide variety of settings, which presented interesting use of his self-vaunted thespian ability. There were a couple of recurring elements, i.e. Major Minor and the lioness who unsuccessfuly pursued Snag for romantic purposes. But Maltese succeeded in keeping the series fresh via its many situational approaches.Howard Feinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-42803888136409107052010-08-09T17:54:08.671-07:002010-08-09T17:54:08.671-07:00Poor Dick Lundy - resigned to this after directing...Poor Dick Lundy - resigned to this after directing some of the most lush animation at Lantz and MGM.Thadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443425643665474645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-82998346059340151432010-08-08T22:19:55.601-07:002010-08-08T22:19:55.601-07:00Just wanted to drop you a line to let you know I d...Just wanted to drop you a line to let you know I discovered your blog yesterday and was knocked out! I'm now a subscriber. Keep up the awesome work!Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05399682913402666873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-87855293591868777202010-08-08T16:43:15.511-07:002010-08-08T16:43:15.511-07:00You can see other bits of Maltese’s animation humo...You can see other bits of Maltese’s animation humor in his comics… individual lines, attitudes, and gags (if you know where to look), but not an outright story duplication as this clearly was. Sorry that I can’t scan any pages… don’t have a scanner. <br /><br />Oh, and for the record, the story was reprinted in Gold Key's WOODY WOODPECKER # 103 (November, 1968) – as well as the original Dell WALTER LANTZ TV FUNNIES # 271, if anyone cares to look it up. <br /><br />(…This time, I’m typing the CORRECT issue number!)Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-14169174898985331212010-08-08T15:05:36.514-07:002010-08-08T15:05:36.514-07:00I'll be damned, Joe. Thanks. I know nothing ab...I'll be damned, Joe. Thanks. I know nothing about the comic book world, unlike many who read here.<br /><br />I can't help but think Maltese might have put other story ideas to use in both media.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-72802675404103820132010-08-08T09:29:13.871-07:002010-08-08T09:29:13.871-07:00CORRECTION ALERT: The comic book was WALTER LANTZ...CORRECTION ALERT: The comic book was WALTER LANTZ TV FUNNIES # 271 Cover Date September, 1959. <br /><br />Typed the number wrong.Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-47870261052891930692010-08-08T09:08:18.202-07:002010-08-08T09:08:18.202-07:00There’s another remarkable aspect to this story. ...There’s another remarkable aspect to this story. Mike Maltese apparently held down a side-job as a writer for Western Publishing, the producer of the Dell and Gold Key funny animal comic books. <br /><br />There, he wrote comic book stories for the characters he handled on screen like Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Beep-Beep The Road Runner (…”Beep-Beep” differed from his screen counterpart by speaking in rhyme and having triplet sons. His comics version of Wile E. Coyote spoke as he did in Maltese and Chuck Jones’ “Operation Rabbit” cartoon), Snagglepuss… and Woody Woodpecker. <br /><br />And it is the latter that we are concerned with today. <br /><br />It seems that, Maltese may have “done double duty” with the bank robbery story, because the IDENTICAL PLOT was used for Woody Woodpecker as a ten-page comic book story (illustrated by famed Mickey Mouse artist Paul Murry) for WALTER LANTZ TV FUNNIES # 279 Cover Date September, 1959. <br /><br />Woody is fretting over his bills, while Knothead and Splinter play cops ‘n’ robbers. The kids pledge to help Woody with his bills, and return with the wagonload of money. Woody bites into a coin, thinking it’s candy play money. <br /><br />He tries to return it as a bank guard (same), janitor (different), and with a baby buggy (same) no jackhammer or flagpole – as those gags might not have worked as well on the static page, before he gives up, the real robber steps in and is done in by the kids wagon! <br /><br />A September cover date might have had the comic on sale on July, 1959 – not long before the premiere of The Quick Draw McGraw Show – and about six months before the airing of this cartoon! <br /><br />How about that!Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-18736378953427706542010-08-07T12:11:27.489-07:002010-08-07T12:11:27.489-07:00JL, I figured that much. I'm amazed at the job...JL, I figured that much. I'm amazed at the job Maltese did. He had the whole Quick Draw series to write, plus some of Loopy, and he had to suddenly adapt his style of gag to fit limited animation (no one would ever mistake these for Jones cartoons). And he doesn't seem to have had a lot of time to get it done. It's surprising how well they pull together and flow. I can't think of many cartoons in that first season where I wonder what he's doing.<br />The ending works fine; sitcoms back then would end with the cast going out the door or driving off as the camera fades (<em>The Beverly Hillbillies</em> comes to mind for some reason). It just struck me as something I don't see in cartoons often.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-91435426998353865152010-08-07T12:00:56.807-07:002010-08-07T12:00:56.807-07:00"Yowp-Yowp" Dodsworth,
Besides Disney ..."Yowp-Yowp" Dodsworth, <br /><br />Besides Disney and Hanna-Barbera, Dick Lundy also worked in MGM and Universal/Walter Lantz. <br />We cannot forget that Dick Lundy worked at Hanna-Barbera until early 80s. And one of his last works on Hanna-Barbera, was <i>The Flintstones Comedy Show</i> - a.k.a. <i>Flintstones' Frolics</i> (Hanna-Barbera/Columbia Pictures, 1980).rodineisilveirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751345474415214163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-802781680110697372010-08-07T07:52:56.249-07:002010-08-07T07:52:56.249-07:00Tying into the post below on the development timet...Tying into the post below on the development timetable of Augie and Daddy, the story/visual quirks in this cartoon could have been due to the production schedule -- if it flew through the system in time to make a Dec. 1 airdate, there may have been little time to smooth out the story line or polish the ending for the typical Hanna-Barbera iris out head-shot/closing gag line.J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com