tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post4826383004160555348..comments2024-03-28T21:16:57.556-07:00Comments on Yowp: A Date With Jet Screamer, Part 1Yowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-60769714405742904652016-12-12T07:32:31.065-08:002016-12-12T07:32:31.065-08:00In short, all of what I wrote about means simply t...In short, all of what I wrote about means simply that before the Twist era when the truly beloved and innovative episode first aired (and of course the show itself), rock stars simply just were not clean cut like Jet Screamer. But they definitely WERE by 1959, three years before this was made. Sorry for any confusion. As for who he may based on, Georgi, Howard Morris, a/k/a/ JET SCREAMER (trying to do a successful Judy/Janet Waldo like "teenage girl scream" in print here) played an Elvis type with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca in the 1950s on their Your Show of Shows. 'Member the Three Haircuts?<br />THEY made a lotta records. So Jet may have been a solo act from the Three Haircuts, only cleaned up for post Elvis 1960s viewing (and referring to Bye Bye Birdie as mentioned at the outset of the review, they certainly used the typical nice guy rocker types there..)SCPokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-36364578452529632512016-12-12T07:25:32.131-08:002016-12-12T07:25:32.131-08:00At the outset---you did mention that this was made...At the outset---you did mention that this was made before the British invasion (which, like the Surgeon General's warning mention, happened the same year, 1964) and implied all rock was percieved AS BEING CLEAN CUT looking (although, of course, and as mentioned in your review, George, and real fathers didn't approve of rock..). Ricky Nelson and others of the time the cartoon was made may have been clean but in 1955, say, it was like the Beatles when rockers more extreme looking (think Elvis and those pork chops along his head and a "solar swivel" like the Jetsosns' that was MUCH mor extreme for the fifties, or the The Twist or the Swivel when the later post-Elvis/cleaned up rock came, which was in the early 60s when this episode was made. Therefore, with all due respect I believe you've missed this clay pony's point, but I hold all dogs owned by tartan argyle British hunters in very high regard. After all, to err is human (and animal)(nd maybe I erred. and to forgive is divine..not to be confused with Andy Devine.,:) (Now I'm waiting for a review of that circa 1968 Kellogs Rooster commercial)StevePokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-8142655759422614682016-12-11T21:26:57.046-08:002016-12-11T21:26:57.046-08:00Yeah, I'm guilty of it, too, Greg. The post is...Yeah, I'm guilty of it, too, Greg. The post is long so I didn't get into several different things.<br />I guess Pete Candoli is playing on it; at least Curtin says he used Candoli on the show.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-55950547883496587742016-12-11T21:24:31.972-08:002016-12-11T21:24:31.972-08:00Steve, you've entirely missed my point. I'...Steve, you've entirely missed my point. I'm not talking about the '50s. I'm talking about the real future compared with the Jetsons' future.<br />Georgi, I have no idea who he's based on, if anybody. Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-65870826367414458502016-12-11T18:37:42.864-08:002016-12-11T18:37:42.864-08:00Gene Deitch's "Munro", which release...Gene Deitch's "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k8ww30XQcQ" rel="nofollow">Munro</a>", which released theatrically through Paramount and won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Subject of 1961, came before his work for Hanna-Barbera or in the King Features Beetle Bailey shorts (where IIRC, the pilot also was done in '61).J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-17038351834130798462016-12-11T14:47:53.035-08:002016-12-11T14:47:53.035-08:00Yowp, as for smoking some young people today do re...Yowp, as for smoking some young people today do recognize how common it was (and many certainly admire that era)Pokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-59811776479232017242016-12-11T13:09:59.194-08:002016-12-11T13:09:59.194-08:00Yowp, you made possibly major error in your openin...Yowp, you made possibly major error in your opening part: Yes, it was before the British Invasion but remember in the 1950s Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis weren't either to the anti-rock crowd or the fans clean cut----Ed Sullivan had to show Elvis from the waist up and Steve Allen and others wouldn't have Elvis or much rock at all before the 1960s! Therefore, in short that means Jet Screamer's based on the later, 1958-on clean cut stars. As for drugs..well, there was that one cigarette in the pre-1964 era, and even then it was n ADULT hands..Pokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-54347198892329620452016-12-11T09:44:38.665-08:002016-12-11T09:44:38.665-08:00YOWP, you didn't really mention who Jet Scream...YOWP, you didn't really mention who Jet Screamer was based on. That's the thing I was waiting to find out in this cartoon. Speculations on other website say either Elvis Presley or Ricky Nelson.Georgihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03926093981963844296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-79093336072620669132016-12-11T09:13:02.577-08:002016-12-11T09:13:02.577-08:00Ken Muse ruins everything!Ken Muse ruins everything!stinky fitzwizzlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07262197070416366167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-78387701753948431962016-12-10T19:15:55.794-08:002016-12-10T19:15:55.794-08:00Sorry, SC, I don't see them as a reference to ...Sorry, SC, I don't see them as a reference to sex. Then again, today we live in a society where people are preoccupied with sexual intercourse and don't comprehend the idea that there was a time a first date ended with little more than a kiss, which would have been more than enough for a prudish father.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-78683527671182146522016-12-10T17:32:56.072-08:002016-12-10T17:32:56.072-08:00"I didn't see any etcetera!" "W..."I didn't see any etcetera!" "Well watch it!".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474203661540780474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-90698051521656045262016-12-10T17:28:15.987-08:002016-12-10T17:28:15.987-08:00Nobody ever talks about "The Swivel", wh...Nobody ever talks about "The Swivel", which is a terrific piece of music, re-used as an instrumental during the introduction of the contestants in the "Miss Solar System" episode. Wish I could get a free-standing recording of it.<br /><br />This episode also has my all-time favorite Jetsons' sound effect, the sound of "one anti-gravity floor, coming up!"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474203661540780474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-45162933442882150412016-12-10T17:01:37.618-08:002016-12-10T17:01:37.618-08:00This was mentioned to be the first...BEFORE you ev...This was mentioned to be the first...BEFORE you even MENTIONED it, I was THINKING of Jet's sound being used for WInnie Witch starting in 1965...No ROsie might be due to a possibility that maybe this WAS the first, and they had created her and used her at the end (they could always have just used the same ending entirely but then we wouldn'ty have had the original different closings..though maybe the episodes were done, Rosie was included in the open and ending and the indivudal credits were used on the end..Baby bab Oh...JET SCREAMMMMMER! Pokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-49407608053178623272016-12-10T15:12:36.558-08:002016-12-10T15:12:36.558-08:00"There’s no hint of sex, drugs or even rock-a..."There’s no hint of sex, drugs or even rock-and-roll—or just barely one."<br /><br />Isn't the whole reason George goes following Judy to make sure that nothing "wrong" happens between her and Jet Screamer? And Jet's line about "a string of beauties" referring to his collection of space cars causes George to imagine that Judy's hero is a playboy. If that isn't a reference to sex, what is? (I know that by today's standards it's extremely soft-pedaled; you really had to read between the lines like I'm doing now to pick up on sexual references in those early sitcoms--but still, it's a little bit there--which I'm guessing is what you meant by "just barely one" reference.)<br /><br />And as for George's sudden change of mind about the young singer--it's pretty evident throughout this episode that George, here at least, is quite egotistical--and when Jet flatters his vanity, George is on board and ready to forgive and forget. Remember one of George's final lines is "Your daddy's home and he's the star of the show!" This says to me that all along, he's been wanting to be recognized.scarecrow33https://www.blogger.com/profile/10552306802823617940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-25182840653464037322016-12-10T14:10:05.151-08:002016-12-10T14:10:05.151-08:00"BABY, BABY, BABY!""BABY, BABY, BABY!" <br /><br />rodineisilveirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751345474415214163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-85527482867057509232016-12-10T13:44:35.384-08:002016-12-10T13:44:35.384-08:00For a long time I had the impression this was the ...For a long time I had the impression this was the first JETSONS episode because the characters don't look quite on-model yet, especially in Muse's animation of George. And whenever a character exited the apartment by pneumatic tube, the last word of whatever they said petered out with a speed effect like thi-i-i-i-s-s-s.<br /><br />The storyline hinted at an interesting father-daughter relationship between George and Judy that was largely eschewed in the remaining 1960s episodes. Some of the 1980s episodes, of which there were many more made, did return to that concept.<br /><br />In addition to Muse and Vinci (the only JETSON episode they teamed on), Jerry Hathcock did animation. <br /><br />This episode is famous for Curtin's trumpet fanfare that accompanied every entrance by Jet Screamer. It would also be used three years later as the default sound effect for Winnie Witch's spell casting, and in many other H-B series through the 60s.Howard Feinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-4097718380493113722016-12-10T08:33:00.159-08:002016-12-10T08:33:00.159-08:00I agree with you. Howard Morris' first cartoon...I agree with you. Howard Morris' first cartoon was either this one or ''Beetle Bailey'' with Allen Melvin, because they were both released in 1962.Georgihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03926093981963844296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-34139152903566872612016-12-10T08:30:00.569-08:002016-12-10T08:30:00.569-08:00The Judy vs George difference of opinion about Jet...The Judy vs George difference of opinion about Jet Screamer and his style of music can be traced back to the first talking picture-"The Jazz Singer"..as forsm oking i'm a non-smoker but kids even then didn't smoke and there are still some who still do without fear (and not just older folks..) This I believe was the first, and Janet Waldo and Howard Morris's first cartoon..:)Pokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.com