tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post158502341967056387..comments2024-03-28T21:16:57.556-07:00Comments on Yowp: The High-Fallutin’-estYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-61652657976793935322015-12-23T16:14:57.073-08:002015-12-23T16:14:57.073-08:00Neat article. I love Quick Draw McGraw also.
I...Neat article. I love Quick Draw McGraw also.<br /><br />I've noticed that you didn't mention Baba Looey. From reading your reviews on the Quick Draw McGraw episodes, I can tell that you don't seem to like him. Why? He's my personal favorite in the show (and of all Hanna Barbera), followed by Quick Draw McGraw. <br /><br />He's a great sidekick, I'd like to mention. I just think he needs more appreciation.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-20530277881617343012015-05-21T06:32:33.797-07:002015-05-21T06:32:33.797-07:00Thanks for the reminder, Mark.
I've never been...Thanks for the reminder, Mark.<br />I've never been a Skelton fan. His radio characters are too far over the top for me, and he leaves me with the impression he's screaming at the audience "Hey, I'm really funny!" Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-46382839565855079532015-05-21T06:26:00.670-07:002015-05-21T06:26:00.670-07:00The closest I think we'll come, Robt, is his i...The closest I think we'll come, Robt, is his interview years ago with Joe Adamson. I gather Mike Barrier interview him at length years ago but only snippets of it have made it into print.<br />Maltese is my favourite cartoon writer, no question.<br />His daughter Brenda passed away a couple of years ago. I understand she inherited her dad's quirky sense of humour.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-30454270630430732982015-05-20T12:30:42.280-07:002015-05-20T12:30:42.280-07:00So many of the things that made me laugh when I wa...So many of the things that made me laugh when I was young (and up to today) were written by Michael Maltese. Wish there was a biography on the guy.iamr4manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03886388328762709050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-67672250736383462332015-05-16T15:18:09.348-07:002015-05-16T15:18:09.348-07:00Thanks for your very informative reply. I didn'...Thanks for your very informative reply. I didn't know the Three Stooges was once shown on kids' blocks.Sérgio Gonçalves https://www.blogger.com/profile/06629564277385996362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-86733792045461365702015-05-16T13:15:23.507-07:002015-05-16T13:15:23.507-07:00Regarding the Three Stooges--remember that the the...Regarding the Three Stooges--remember that the theatrical shorts of the early cinema, both live action and animated, were originally intended for a mainstream audience consisting mostly of adults--but in those days even adult entertainment was generally not inappropriate for kids. Then as the backlog of these old shorts drifted into television, the old cartoons and live action shorts (like the Three Stooges) were used as part of the TV stations' children's programming. I believe it was the frequent reruns of these old theatrical shorts--now aimed at kids--that led to the "reforms" of children's television during the 70's. At that point, the cartoon studios such as H-B were given constraining mandates regarding what was and was not acceptable, and the cartoons became more noticeably bland.<br /><br />So the Three Stooges--aside from the animated series--was never intended as a "kiddie show." Just as Quick Draw McGraw, Huckleberry Hound, and The Flintstones were skewed more toward adults in their earliest incarnations.<br />scarecrow33https://www.blogger.com/profile/10552306802823617940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-39750780768248773472015-05-16T12:57:30.864-07:002015-05-16T12:57:30.864-07:00I like that one...made me laugh out loud.I like that one...made me laugh out loud.scarecrow33https://www.blogger.com/profile/10552306802823617940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-61713541133871809082015-05-16T10:15:50.962-07:002015-05-16T10:15:50.962-07:00Don't forget that Quick Draw's character w...Don't forget that Quick Draw's character was very much informed by Red Skelton's "Deadeye". Deadeye was an inept western shootist who usually managed to gun himself in the foot ("Oh, m'foot!") and was the first to do the blowing smoke off the gun and then shooting himself, as Quick Draw emulated. Deadeye was a lot more of a blowhard than Quick Draw and was a coward and a rascal, but it should be remembered that Red Skelton's radio show of the 1940s and 1950s was a great influence on cartoon writing through the early TV era. Deadeye, Clem Kadiddlehopper and the Mean Widdle Kid were absorbed into Quick Draw, Bullwinkle and Junior Pig in Tex Avery's "One Ham's Family" to just mention a few. Mark Kauslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10198724482452376069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-76538264437486239852015-05-16T09:24:55.547-07:002015-05-16T09:24:55.547-07:00"Quick Draw has a real cast of characters wit..."Quick Draw has a real cast of characters with him -- appearing in other segments of Hanna and Barbera's classic cartoon." <br /><br />Wow. When a show is referred to as classic just five weeks after its debut, you know it's pure gold. That sentence is probably the highest compliment any producer can receive. <br /><br />On another note, is "The Three Stooges" really a "kiddie show?" I've gotten a kick out it for as long as I can remember, but I've never considered it a kids' show, nor heard of anyone doing so. Sérgio Gonçalves https://www.blogger.com/profile/06629564277385996362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-89644317202044047622015-05-16T09:18:33.638-07:002015-05-16T09:18:33.638-07:00Last I heard, Warners was having trouble remasteri...Last I heard, Warners was having trouble remastering "The Quick Draw McGraw Show." There are also issues with music copyright ownership. Now, I'm no expert in either remastering or copyright issues, but my sense is that neither of these obstacles are insurmountable. I'm starting to think that the real reason Quick Draw isn't available on DVD is that Warners doesn't want it to be (someone please correct me if I'm mistaken.) It's a crying shame, because as these articles make clear, Quick Draw has the same appeal to both adults and children that Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry, and the Flintstones do. With proper marketing, WB would find that it has a real gem in Quick Draw. It should at least air on Boomerang.Sérgio Gonçalves https://www.blogger.com/profile/06629564277385996362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-77681284805480568012015-05-16T09:05:24.137-07:002015-05-16T09:05:24.137-07:00I'm down with a Quick Draw revival! Let's ...I'm down with a Quick Draw revival! Let's just hope they don't try to bring it about with "a lousy CGI Rodney Dangerfield sound-alike." That kind of Quick Draw would not be "the hi-falutin-est, fastest shootin'-est cowboy you ever saw."Sérgio Gonçalves https://www.blogger.com/profile/06629564277385996362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-61489195809226179542015-05-16T09:03:58.840-07:002015-05-16T09:03:58.840-07:00I read that Huckleberry is once again running for ...I read that Huckleberry is once again running for President. Oh wait...that's <i>Huckabee</i>.top_cat_jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365510398800837335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-49017201935307981012015-05-16T08:11:51.804-07:002015-05-16T08:11:51.804-07:00As your title references, Quick Draw also boasted ...As your title references, Quick Draw also boasted one of the best opening theme songs ever devised by H-B (or anyone else, for that matter). The opening scenes of Quick Draw (a horse) driving a team of horses on a stage coach is bizarrely surreal and sets the tone for the cartoon shorts to follow. But it's those lyrics that stick in my mind--"the hi-falutin-est, fastest shootin'-est cowboy you ever saw."<br /><br />He may not have rated his own comic strip, but he did get his own comic book from Dell and later Gold Key--and he did manage a few guest appearances in his friend Yogi's comic strip.<br /><br />It's a shame he's not better remembered today. A couple of years ago I made a reference to Quick Draw during an informal conversation with a group of my colleagues (teachers) and I received blank stares. If adults don't remember the character, kids certainly don't have the opportunity to know about him, either. It's time for a Quick Draw revival! Ka-bong!!!scarecrow33https://www.blogger.com/profile/10552306802823617940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-60662898802863189842015-05-16T07:35:30.796-07:002015-05-16T07:35:30.796-07:00Are these ever gonna make it to DVD? I need to see...Are these ever gonna make it to DVD? I need to see them again!David Simmonsnoreply@blogger.com