Gabby King for a Day (1940) Fleischer Studios-1 Cartoons\r
Gabby has a letter to deliver to the king of Lilliput; when he arrives, the king is in the bath and Gabby tries on the royal robe. The king emerges and gives Gabby a stern look; Gabby hands over the letter and leaves quickly. The letter, however, is ominous: Please be at home today; I have orders to shoot you. The king calls for Gabby: looks like hell get his wish after all. But just after taking the throne, he sees the letter and panics; as he runs through the castle, he trips and does battle with many objects; he thinks he has gotten rid of the assassin and calls the king out. Just then, the man arrives to shoot the king; they argue over which is the king, and Gabby runs off just as theres an explosion of flash powder; the man was a photographer, and the photo isnt at all flattering. \r
If you read the synopsis provided elsewhere here, you know what happens. Mostly amusing with Gabby running frantically everywhere trying to avoid getting shot even though those banging noises come from other objects like the suitcase that quickly closes on the back of his shirt that gets stuck on him when he runs. Theres also some gags about being chocked and getting hanged that probably wouldnt ever pass muster on Saturday morning cartoons even today. Made when the Fleischer Studio was in financial decline, only eight Gabby cartoons were made before Paramount fired Max and Dave and changed the name to Famous Studios. Worth a look for any Fleischer completists out there.\r
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Classic cartoons from the early 20th century until about 1950, and classical music, early jazz and blues, some mountain music and childrens tunes. Everything here is child safe and child approved. We have just about every animated movie short there is available on the internet. They come from DePatie-Freleng and all their friends including Pink Panther, Ant and the Aardvark, Looney tunes, the Inspector and Merrie Melodies. Theres Fable Studios, Harvey Entertainment, Henson Studios, Hugh Harmon Productions, Ub Iwerks Studios, Chuck Jones, Van Beuren, United Artists, Columbia, Walt Disney Studios, Famous Studios, Filmation Studios, Fleischer Studios, Fox Studios, Hanna-Barbera, \r
MGM Studios, Paramount Studios, Universal Studios and Warner Bros. Studios.\r
Characters?? There are all to many to list here and do them any justice. If you can think of a character that has its origins in American Animation History, we either have it or we can find it. Some cartoon videos are gone forever, however, many that have that same character in a staring role are available. All you have to do is drop us a line, and we will do our best to locate it.