The voice of the umpire was that of Arnold Stang, who also voiced Herman the Mouse and, later, Top Cat. He also did guest spots on many TV shows, including "Bonanza" and "Batman" (3rd season).
This is an unusual cartoon in that most Famous Studios / Paramount cartoons of the time had the title of the cartoon appearing AFTER the animation credits.
At the time, Paramount's New York "Famous Studios" unit could still create great cartoons, but within a few years, they were producing "formula" cartoons {Popeye, Casper, Herman & Katnip", the "Noveltoons" featuring Baby Huey, Little Audrey, Buzzy, and several "one-shot" characters} that looked cheap...and they were starting to "borrow" ideas, even from previous cartoons; the gag at 3:17 was "swiped" from Tex Avery's "Batty Baseball" (1944), as was the closing gag from "Baseball Bugs" (1946).
@RJRanke That's true, about the only halfway original things about each Pepe LePew toon was how the cat (or once, a chihuahua!) managed to get a stripe down its back.
Additionally, I never knew that "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" had more lyrics. And did Warner Bros. copy that last joke in "Baseball Bugs" or was it the other way around?
Borrowing your own gags was nothing new- Tex Avery did that CONSTANTLY, and you could argue that that's all Chuck Jones did with Roadrunner and Speedy Gonzales.
The voice of the umpire was that of Arnold Stang, who also voiced Herman the Mouse and, later, Top Cat. He also did guest spots on many TV shows, including "Bonanza" and "Batman" (3rd season).
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Boo! The Jumbos are playing unfair!
I liked the catcher signalling with the aldiss lamp.
Baseball Bugs (1940) came out 8 years before this cartoon, so it had to be the other way around!
This is an unusual cartoon in that most Famous Studios / Paramount cartoons of the time had the title of the cartoon appearing AFTER the animation credits.
cool cartoon.
This kind of animation could've rivaled that from disney and Warner Bros.
There's a family of cocktails called "highballs", which are served in a tall glass.
At the time, Paramount's New York "Famous Studios" unit could still create great cartoons, but within a few years, they were producing "formula" cartoons {Popeye, Casper, Herman & Katnip", the "Noveltoons" featuring Baby Huey, Little Audrey, Buzzy, and several "one-shot" characters} that looked cheap...and they were starting to "borrow" ideas, even from previous cartoons; the gag at 3:17 was "swiped" from Tex Avery's "Batty Baseball" (1944), as was the closing gag from "Baseball Bugs" (1946).
FAMOUS STUDIOS has always been under-rated, IMO. They had a tough act to follow after Fleisher, but honestly, their animation was better ON AVERAGE.
I have to correct myself - Baseball Bugs came out in 1946, not 1940. However, that's still 2 years before this cartoon came out!
Never saw this one before.
@RJRanke That's true, about the only halfway original things about each Pepe LePew toon was how the cat (or once, a chihuahua!) managed to get a stripe down its back.
Strike One! Strike Touch! Strike Thee! You're Wrong!
Additionally, I never knew that "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" had more lyrics.
And did Warner Bros. copy that last joke in "Baseball Bugs" or was it the other way around?
I don't get the "High ball" joke when it shows the ball as a glass of what looks like either root beer or soda.
@LastTree Two words: DREAM ON!
Borrowing your own gags was nothing new- Tex Avery did that CONSTANTLY, and you could argue that that's all Chuck Jones did with Roadrunner and Speedy Gonzales.
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