tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post1258652064625250322..comments2024-03-06T00:01:06.897-08:00Comments on Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie: 369. Lights Fantastic (1942)Steven Hartleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13825398324719609394noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-884637438539668112017-10-07T07:59:25.397-07:002017-10-07T07:59:25.397-07:00please mp4 video file 369. Lights Fantastic...please mp4 video file 369. Lights Fantastic (1942)Tomy shphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770547477481994533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-40096380965760528152015-02-18T12:47:13.485-08:002015-02-18T12:47:13.485-08:00Thanks Eric for the obscure references--I had no i...Thanks Eric for the obscure references--I had no idea the original footage appeared in the original "A Star is Born" (I've only seen the more well-known version, starring Garland and James Mason).Steven Hartleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13825398324719609394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-23199085111902465812015-02-18T09:30:47.344-08:002015-02-18T09:30:47.344-08:00Friz and Bob Clampett had been participating in th...Friz and Bob Clampett had been participating in these sort of billboards/books come to life stories since 1931, and in both cases, they seemed to want to do at least one final cartoon to finally take advantage of the capabilities of both their animators and the improvement of the gags by the 1940s. This was Friz's effort, while Bob's would come with 1945's "Book Revue" (a cartoon wild enough that it still couldn't have been done in 1942).J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-76830500374667781652015-02-18T05:55:35.937-08:002015-02-18T05:55:35.937-08:00(1) The stock footage is from a few years prior; n...(1) The stock footage is from a few years prior; namely, from the 1937 version of "A Star is Born," released by Warner Bros. (2) Understood = Underwood Typewriters. (3) Stalling, I believe, plays "Chinatown, My Chinatown" during the Chinatown sequence. (4) Face and Sunburn = Chase and Sanborn, which at this time promoted the fact that its coffee was dated on the cans so customers could judge freshness (hence the closing gag) -- it's not really false advertising. [Chase & Sanborn was also the sponsor of the popular Edgar Bergen/Charlie McCarthy radio show at this time.]. There's also a number of other real-world products spoofed, including, among other things, Lucky Strike cigarettes (doing the Speed Riggs auctioneer spiel), Carnation Milk (the contented cows gag), movie theatre giveaways (the win-a-car gag at the end). An earlier cartoon, from ca. 1936, "Billboard Frolics," should also be noted. I think this may have been Dave Monahan's last credited cartoon before he went into the Army (hence the credit).Eric O. Costellonoreply@blogger.com