I think my mom still has the VHS that this is recorded on. It also has The Wabbit Who Came to Supper, Pin Cushion Man, and I think Inki and the Minah Bird
SelfConsumingCanniba In 1956, when most of the pre-October 1950 Paramount cartoons were bought by TV company National Telefilm Associates (NTA), they obscured all references to Paramount Pictures and Technicolor. Paramount at the time did not want their name on TV because they didn't support it. They censored the words "in Technicolor" because the films were recolored in either Eastmancolor or Deluxe.
@@thatundergroundflavorrareo3194On The Bright Side: Paramount Pictures and Fabulous Fleischer Cartoons Restored Are Both Going to Restore Gabby Cartoons with Original Elements/Restoration.
Censoring the Paramount and Technicolor names from these cartoons wasn't random; both companies demanded it in their contracts when these cartoons were sold to television. Paramount was under heavy scrutiny from the US government over monopolistic business practices, specifically its vertical production and distribution system, and by scratching their name off these older shorts, they did not want to give the Justice Department the impression that they were also expanding into television. Also, Technicolor had strict policies over its name showing up on duplicate prints made on competitors' film stock (such as Eastmancolor), and such policy also applied to other studios.
Man this cartoon is so classic!, used to have it on dvd
I think my mom still has the VHS that this is recorded on. It also has The Wabbit Who Came to Supper, Pin Cushion Man, and I think Inki and the Minah Bird
I had vhs with this one spunky, woody wood pecker and a few others i forgot
What are they censoring out during the open credits?
SelfConsumingCanniba In 1956, when most of the pre-October 1950 Paramount cartoons were bought by TV company National Telefilm Associates (NTA), they obscured all references to Paramount Pictures and Technicolor. Paramount at the time did not want their name on TV because they didn't support it. They censored the words "in Technicolor" because the films were recolored in either Eastmancolor or Deluxe.
@@thatundergroundflavorrareo3194On The Bright Side: Paramount Pictures and Fabulous Fleischer Cartoons Restored Are Both Going to Restore Gabby Cartoons with Original Elements/Restoration.
Censoring the Paramount and Technicolor names from these cartoons wasn't random; both companies demanded it in their contracts when these cartoons were sold to television. Paramount was under heavy scrutiny from the US government over monopolistic business practices, specifically its vertical production and distribution system, and by scratching their name off these older shorts, they did not want to give the Justice Department the impression that they were also expanding into television. Also, Technicolor had strict policies over its name showing up on duplicate prints made on competitors' film stock (such as Eastmancolor), and such policy also applied to other studios.