Comments on: Gerald McBoing Boing’s Symphony

by: mark mcdevitt

Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:57:32 +0000

WOW! I just stumbled on this site through the drawn website. I have been getting into 50’s animation/design and this is a goldmine. I will also get the book Cartoon Modern

by: Amid

Fri, 02 Dec 2005 14:01:37 +0000

Doug - Towards the end, after Gerald walks dejectedly out of the recording studio, scenes after that are missing.

by: doug holverson

Fri, 02 Dec 2005 08:20:42 +0000

What was cut from the film that was posted on the web?

by: 14a st john street

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:40:13 +0000

The designs for this show are great: simple bold and beautiful.

by: Ward

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 07:13:51 +0000

I wrote about the UPA shorts being on HELLBOY on my blog. Thanks for posting these images, Amid!

by: oscar grillo

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 06:59:58 +0000

Amazing…Adam and I writing exactly the same with one minute of difference!

by: oscar grillo

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 06:53:25 +0000

Dear Amid:
I suppose you are aware that there are four UPA shorts in the “Hellboy”’s DVD. They are difficult to find but they are there…There are three Gerald Mc Boing Boings and “The Tale Tell Heart”

by: Adam

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 06:52:52 +0000

Probably old news, but there are three Gerald shorts on the “Hellboy” 2 disc special edition, of all places: Gerald McBoing Boing, Boing on the Planet Moo, and How Now Boing Boing.
These shorts are not advertised on the packaging and I am not sure if they are included on the director’s cut edition.

by: Amid

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 06:02:45 +0000

Kevin - I’d never made that connection, but it may have been more than coincidental. The studio that produced The Alvin Show in 1961 was Format Films, and it was started by ex-UPA guys. Many of the artists working on the original Alvin cartoons had worked at UPA including Jules Engel, Osmond Evans, Leo Salkin, Rudy Larriva, Gil Turner, and Alan Zaslove. Knowing how successful Gerald had been for UPA, you have to wonder if they consciously decided to give Alvin Gerald-ish design traits and similar proportions.

by: Kevin

Mon, 21 Nov 2005 05:22:52 +0000

Is little Gerald an inspiration for Alvin, of the Chipmunks? It sure looks like he is: Picture. Hat, hair, weird tunic shirt/jacket.