Comments on: Gerald McBoing Boing (1951)

by: Robert R Bobe' Jr.

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:29:52 +0000

Find it curious I share this same name with this gentlemen, my grandfather and father as well did. Robert Bobe

by: Cat

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:16:35 +0000

this is my favorite children’s book to read to my daughter and students. does anyone know where i can find a copy of the original Gerald McBoing Boing? i would love to show it to them.

by: Oscar Grillo

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 20:48:47 +0000

I’ve sent the info to Amid directly..Perhaps he’ll publish it here..It is 3.30 AM in London and I don’t have it with me here.

by: jeff jackson

Sat, 04 Mar 2006 17:22:55 +0000

My god! an extended Kubik score for Gerald Mcboing Boing? This has been my favorite music for a month or so, and I’ve been looking for the soundtrack. I found the old record, but the music is by someone else and it doesn’t come close to the originality of Gail’s Score. I’ll also be waiting to find out about that extended score on cd. Please do share.

by: fred

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 09:17:01 +0000

the new Gerald McBoing Boing is on cartoon network at 9:30 am m-f its in color and interesting to compare the two.
http://www.mycomputerhatesme.com/mcboing-faq1.htm

by: Marc Crisafulli

Tue, 28 Feb 2006 19:51:57 +0000

I’ve seen this cartoon at least a hundred times, and every time I see it I learn something new.
It’s so charming and easy on the eyes… as shorts go, it’s a masterpiece.

by: Amid

Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:33:46 +0000

Oscar - I wasn’t aware of this extended score by Kubik. Please share details on it when you have a moment.

by: oscar grillo

Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:12:53 +0000

Do you know that Gail Kubik, the composer of the score, composed a longer version of the music and has been recorded and is available on CD?
In a couple of days I’ll give you the technical details.

by: Man Arenas

Mon, 27 Feb 2006 03:50:52 +0000

that’s true… the designs are simple and purely amazing…and the boy has a true sympathic face and expressions.

by: Amid

Sun, 26 Feb 2006 22:14:04 +0000

Mike - Thanks for the story on Jack Schnerk. Interesting to hear that was his first scene as an animator. Don’t know much about him, although his name was mentioned in various interviews, like Alan Zaslove told me that Schnerk introduced him to a lot of good music while they were both working in Cannon’s unit.

Clarke - I believe the image above is a layout pose by Cannon hence the similarity to the final product. But, yes, it’s impressive that they were able to retain the charm through both animation and ink-and-paint. And yes, UPA did color scripts for almost everything they did, even for one-minute theatrical commercials sometimes. There’s a really good one for MAGIC FLUKE printed in the book. I may have examples of some other ones around here. I’ll look around.