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==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!]]''
* [[Goopy Geer|Goopy]] bears some resemblance to Disney's (unnamed at the time) [[Goofy]] who first came along 39 days later.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 15:09, 19 February 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

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

References

  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.