I don't recall if I've bothered to post any Freleng shorts or not but it's certainly not because I don't enjoy them. I do favor his early to mid 40s shorts over his later work, especially his Bugs Bunny shorts like "Fresh Hare", "Little Red Riding Rabbit" and the one I'm posting, "Jack-Wabbit And The Beanstalk". And Friz' "Yankee Doodle Daffy" has always been one of my favorite Daffy shorts.
I love this model sheet of the Giant, though I can't recall who drew it. I forgot that I had scanned it otherwise I would've posted it some time ago.
The BG styling is excellent, and I love the Phil Monroe close-ups of the giant (like the palm scene). Some of the drawing looks a little in-bred, but it would soon be straightened out by Virgil Ross and Hawley Pratt in the next year.
ReplyDeleteGreat cartoon. The backgrounds were great, and Jack Bradbury's animation is alot of fun.
ReplyDeleteI Forget. Was it Kent Rodger's Who did The Giant Or Was It Mel Blanc?
ReplyDeleteThat's definitely Mel Blanc as the giant. Sounds close to his Red Hot Rider voice.
ReplyDeleteIs it just me, or does the giant look suspisiously similar to the giant in "Brave Little Tailor"? Also, I think Disney "kleptoed" the "palm/lifeline" gag for Mickey & the Beanstalk a few years after this.
Wasn't this cartoon supposed to have been in 3-D?
ReplyDeleteThat was Jones' Beanstalk Bunny.
ReplyDeleteActually, it was Jones' "Lumber-Jack Rabbit" that was made and released in 3-D.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's just me, but most cartoon giants look the same to me. The giant in this one seems to have a Disneyesque look to him.
ReplyDeleteThat's the highest head-to-body ratio I've seen since the pimple-headed Bluto in early Popeyes!
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