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{{short description|1932 film}}
{{Infobox Hollywood cartoon
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| cartoon_name = Goopy Geer
{{Infobox film
| series = [[Merrie Melodies]] ([[Goopy Geer]])
| image = Goopy Geer.jpg
| name = Goopy Geer
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| image = Goopy Geer.jpg
| caption = Goopy Geer playing the piano.
| caption = Goopy Geer playing the piano.
| director = [[Rudolf Ising]]
| director = [[Rudolf Ising]]
| story_artist =
| story =
| animator = [[Isadore Freleng]]<br>[[Rollin Hamilton]]
| animator = [[Friz Freleng|Isadore Freleng]]<br>[[Rollin Hamilton]]<br>'''Uncredited''':<br>[[Bob Clampett]]<br>[[Paul Smith (animator)|Paul J. Smith]]<br>Larry Martin<br>Norman Blackburn<br>[[Carman Maxwell]]
| layout_artist = Isadore Freleng (uncredited)
| layout_artist = Isadore Freleng (uncredited)
| background_artist = Art Loomer (uncredited)
| background_artist = Art Loomer (uncredited)
| narrator =
| narrator =
| starring = [[Johnny Murray (voice actor)|Johnny Murray]]<br>Rudolf Ising<br>The King's Men
| voice_actor =
| musician = [[Frank Marsales]]
| music = [[Frank Marsales]]
| producer = [[Hugh Harman]]<br>Rudolf Ising<br>[[Leon Schlesinger]]
| editing =
| producer = [[Hugh Harman]]<br>Rudolf Ising<br>[[Leon Schlesinger]]
| studio = [[Warner Bros.]]
| studio = [[Harman and Ising|Harman-Ising Productions]]
| distributor = [[Warner Bros.]]<br>[[The Vitaphone Corporation]]
| distributor = [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]<br>[[Vitaphone|The Vitaphone Corporation]]
| released = {{Film date|1932|4|16}}
| release_date = April 16, 1932
| color_process = [[Black-and-white]]
| color_process = [[Black-and-white]]
| runtime = 7 minutes
| runtime = 7 minutes
| language = English
| preceded_by = ''Crosby, Columbo and Vallee''
| followed_by = ''Its Got Me Again''
| movie_language = [[English language|English]]
}}
}}


'''''Goopy Geer''''' is a 1932 [[Warner Bros.]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon short directed by [[Rudolf Ising]], featuring the first appearance of [[Goopy Geer|the title character]].<ref name=Beck>{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |page=10}}</ref> The short was released on April 16, 1932, alongside the feature film ''[[The Crowd Roars (1932 film)|The Crowd Roars]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=June 6, 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/104/mode/2up |pages=104–106}}</ref>
'''''Goopy Geer''''' is a 1932 [[Merrie Melodies]] cartoon short, featuring the first appearance of [[Goopy Geer|the title character]].


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
[[File:Goopy Geer (1932) (restored HD version).webm|left|thumb|The short from 1932, restored.]]
The customers in a [[nightclub]] clamor for Goopy Geer, who then comes out on the stage and entertains them by playing the [[piano]], first with his fingers and his ears, later with his animated [[glove]]s. He's soon accompanied by a girl who tells a joke and sings a song.
The customers in a [[nightclub]] clamor for Goopy Geer, who then comes out on the stage and entertains them by playing the [[piano]], first with his fingers and his ears, later with his animated [[glove]]s. He's soon accompanied by a girl who tells a joke and sings a song.


Meanwhile, the customers eat and carry on in slapstick ways, and two [[Clothes valet|coat racks]] dance together.
Meanwhile, the customers eat and carry on in slapstick ways, and two [[Clothes valet|coat racks]] dance together.


Toward the end, a drunken [[horse]] breathes fire and destroys the piano, but Goopy keeps right on playing.
Toward the end, a drunken [[horse]] spits fire and destroys the piano, but Goopy keeps right on playing.


==Notes==
==Notes==
* Two scenes—one involving a waiter, the other the drunken horse—are reused from the earlier [[Foxy (cartoon character)|Foxy]] short ''[[Lady, Play Your Mandolin!]]'' Also, one of the customers, a fat lady [[hippopotamus|hippo]], had also appeared in a Foxy short, ''[[Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!]]''
* Two scenes—one involving a waiter, the other the drunken horse—are reused from the earlier [[Foxy (cartoon character)|Foxy]] short ''[[Lady, Play Your Mandolin!]]'' Also, one of the customers, a fat lady [[hippopotamus|hippo]], had also appeared in a Foxy short, ''[[Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!]]''

* [[List of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters#G|Goopy]] bears some resemblance to Disney's (unnamed at the time) [[Goofy]] who first came along 39 days later.
==Reception==
''[[Motion Picture Herald]]'' called the film "an amusing cartoon number." The review noted that "the furniture does its assorted jigging in a manner often done before, but the short is entertaining enough in animated fashion."<ref>{{cite journal |title=Shorts |journal=[[Motion Picture Herald]] |date=April 30, 1932 |volume=107 |issue=5 |page=42 |url=https://archive.org/details/motionpictureher107unse/page/n501/mode/2up |access-date=19 February 2024}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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{{bcdb title|578|Goopy Geer}}

==External links==
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* {{IMDb title|tt0022956|Goopy Geer}}
*''[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/312476/enwp Goopy Geer]'' at the [[Turner Classic Movies|TCM Movie Database]]
* {{YouTube|WrjQca7gEto|''Goopy Geer''}}

{{Harman and Ising}}


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Latest revision as of 03:57, 3 December 2024

Goopy Geer
Goopy Geer playing the piano.
Directed byRudolf Ising
Produced byHugh Harman
Rudolf Ising
Leon Schlesinger
StarringJohnny Murray
Rudolf Ising
The King's Men
Music byFrank Marsales
Animation byIsadore Freleng
Rollin Hamilton
Uncredited:
Bob Clampett
Paul J. Smith
Larry Martin
Norman Blackburn
Carman Maxwell
Layouts byIsadore Freleng (uncredited)
Backgrounds byArt Loomer (uncredited)
Color processBlack-and-white
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • April 16, 1932 (1932-04-16)
Running time
7 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Goopy Geer is a 1932 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon short directed by Rudolf Ising, featuring the first appearance of the title character.[1] The short was released on April 16, 1932, alongside the feature film The Crowd Roars.[2]

Synopsis

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The short from 1932, restored.

The customers in a nightclub clamor for Goopy Geer, who then comes out on the stage and entertains them by playing the piano, first with his fingers and his ears, later with his animated gloves. He's soon accompanied by a girl who tells a joke and sings a song.

Meanwhile, the customers eat and carry on in slapstick ways, and two coat racks dance together.

Toward the end, a drunken horse spits fire and destroys the piano, but Goopy keeps right on playing.

Notes

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Reception

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Motion Picture Herald called the film "an amusing cartoon number." The review noted that "the furniture does its assorted jigging in a manner often done before, but the short is entertaining enough in animated fashion."[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 10. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Shorts". Motion Picture Herald. 107 (5): 42. April 30, 1932. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
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