This version of Krazy may have little enough to do with Herriman's original, but many of his cartoons, like this one, are a lot of fun, and have good gags. Personally I like this character and these cartoons. I like Herriman's Krazy too, but don't think economically successful cartoons could ever have captured Herriman's quirky poetics. Maybe they should have called this Crazy Cat or Wacky Kat or Kit Kat, so people could just get on with enjoying them or not on their merits, their own energy.
This, Felix, Porky Pig, and other cartoons in this category, and made in the 30's, 40's, 50's, and early 60's, are what I grew watching on television in the fifties, up to the mid sixties. I love them. The "characters" dance in time to the music, most of the time the music is great, there are shadows, and backgrounds. The Hanna Barbera cartoons of the Huckleberry Hound/Quickdraw McGraw/Yogi Bear type, though still entertaining to me, but things were starting to change. The later ones, that my now grown kids watched, my now grown grand kids watched, and now the newer ones that my great grand kids watch, lose me. The exception being the Smurfs, and the movie length animated features. I've been able to purchase a lot of these old cartoons on Ebay, but I'm thankful to be able to just come here, and pull most of the member for a little comic relief when I need it. Thanks!
I hear you! I am in my 60s and the Warner Bro.'s cartoons of that earlier era along with MGM's Tom & Jerry were the greatest. I do find one modern cartoon to be plain simple fun and that's SpongeBob SquarePants. Hilarious and while not up to the oldies standards, the animation is good. That "anime" and "Japan-amation" stuff is crap.
How well I remember seeing this version of Krazy Kat when I was three or four years old. Then years later when I was 8/9 I heard ads for another Krazy Kat series. The particular series of 1963 wasn't like this AT ALL, but I did find it interesting and learned a little later about George Herriman's original comic strip which the '60s series was closer to than the '30s series.
Actually, Ignatz did appear in one Mintz/Columbia short. It is "Lil Aingil" This appears to be the only Mintz/Columbia short that comes close to George Herriman's version of Krazy Kat.
There is so little narrative continuity to this cartoon (which is NOT Krazy Kat, BTW), and the titular "weenie roast" is quickly abandoned (where did those weenies go to, anyway? An alternate dimension??) But having been produced in the depths of the Great Depression, I guess the average movie goer just wanted lots of gags. You can bet a lot of tummies were rumbling while cartoons like these played on the silver screen; 1931 was the worst year of the Depression.
@puttinmy2sencein Different Krazy Kat character. I'm surprised this was made with that name as the original Krazy was a cartoon strip from the early 1900's as you can see here on youtube. He (or she) was with Ignatz and a Police Dog, it was kind of a love triangle, as a kid I used to love the mouse (Ignatz) hitting Krazy in the head with bricks. Then the Police dog would put Ignatz in jail and on and on and on.
This is Krazy Kat in name only. Krazy Kat did not look like that, act like that, get in situations like that, and DID NOT HAVE A GIRL FRIEND! Black Krazy was in love with white mouse Ignatz who was definitely male, white Offisa Pup, a dog, at times shows romantic interest in Krazy. Krazy's gender could be described as fluid. In one strip gender specific pronouns describing Krazy change four times in one sentence. In another strip Krazy ponders marriage and whether to take a husband or a wife. At other times all three are depicted as males but express romantic interests toward each other, remarkable for the time when the mere mention of homosexuality could get a book or play banned by the government as obscene. Krazy never shows any romantic interest in female characters they often show animosity towards each other. This confusion and the romance of white for black and black for white animals, during a time of miscegenation laws when suggestions of interracial love could also get a book banned, were probably deliberate on the part of cartoonist George Herriman. His birth certificate labeled him as 'colored,' his grandmother was a free woman of color. Herriman was 'passing' as white. If his birth certificate had become public he would have been fired and his strip dropped by the syndicate. His characters were also passing as various things sometimes diametric opposites at the same time.
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I love how in the rollercoaster scene Krazy just broke the laww of physics even more and started to fly
Those weenies are way too happy about being roasted! I love these old cartoons...so much imagination in them.
Krazy Kat looks cuter in these cartoons than he is in the comic strips.
I still say there are some drugs that we aren't being told about...
This version of Krazy may have little enough to do with Herriman's original, but many of his cartoons, like this one, are a lot of fun, and have good gags. Personally I like this character and these cartoons. I like Herriman's Krazy too, but don't think economically successful cartoons could ever have captured Herriman's quirky poetics. Maybe they should have called this Crazy Cat or Wacky Kat or Kit Kat, so people could just get on with enjoying them or not on their merits, their own energy.
Personally I prefer Felix the cat more but he is still a good character with interesting shorts
what a great cartoon! so much fun!!!!!!
That's because half of them worked either for or with Disney.
One writer described these cartoons as,"Related to the original in name only."
This, Felix, Porky Pig, and other cartoons in this category, and made in the 30's, 40's, 50's, and early 60's, are what I grew watching on television in the fifties, up to the mid sixties. I love them. The "characters" dance in time to the music, most of the time the music is great, there are shadows, and backgrounds. The Hanna Barbera cartoons of the Huckleberry Hound/Quickdraw McGraw/Yogi Bear type, though still entertaining to me, but things were starting to change. The later ones, that my now grown kids watched, my now grown grand kids watched, and now the newer ones that my great grand kids watch, lose me. The exception being the Smurfs, and the movie length animated features. I've been able to purchase a lot of these old cartoons on Ebay, but I'm thankful to be able to just come here, and pull most of the member for a little comic relief when I need it. Thanks!
I hear you! I am in my 60s and the Warner Bro.'s cartoons of that earlier era along with MGM's Tom & Jerry were the greatest. I do find one modern cartoon to be plain simple fun and that's SpongeBob SquarePants. Hilarious and while not up to the oldies standards, the animation is good. That "anime" and "Japan-amation" stuff is crap.
How well I remember seeing this version of Krazy Kat when I was three or four years old. Then years later when I was 8/9 I heard ads for another Krazy Kat series. The particular series of 1963 wasn't like this AT ALL, but I did find it interesting and learned a little later about George Herriman's original comic strip which the '60s series was closer to than the '30s series.
@@cornfedtuber Mostly modren animes. The animes from the 60s up until the early 90s used to be good.
Those days everybody was trying to copy Mickey Mouse, and it's obvious!
i have never seen these comics,but they are really good;krazy kat
So how come we don't see Ignatz the mouse knocking Krazy Kat upside the head with a brick like he did in the 60's?
Nice background. It's night. Good thing there's a switch.
Who else here watches scrappy the cartoon
i had no idea that krazy kat haz been around so long
This is not Herriman's Krazy Kat.
yeah
ertznay yeah
@Keven19741 Ignatz did not appear in any of the Mintz/Columbia Shorts. The 60s version of KK was like that of the orignal seen in the 10's
Rockin Ed I was looking into these old toons and do you know if this one is in the public domain? I think Stars and Bars (?) is in the PD.
Actually, Ignatz did appear in one Mintz/Columbia short. It is "Lil Aingil" This appears to be the only Mintz/Columbia short that comes close to George Herriman's version of Krazy Kat.
Hmmm. Hot dogs look a bit raw - still alive, that is.
How fucking stoned were these guys who made this 0_0?
@EJDW well I guess Mintz did a "Chazz Bono" on him
Krazy cat is look like Felix the cat
No just the cartoon design looks like Felix Krazy actually looks nothing like Felix
She is older but this version is younger
That's a totally different Krazy Kat.
I have the plush
Krazy Kat - Weenie Roast (1931) Opening Title & Closing
A Columbia Cartoon Release On September 14, 1931
There is so little narrative continuity to this cartoon (which is NOT Krazy Kat, BTW), and the titular "weenie roast" is quickly abandoned (where did those weenies go to, anyway? An alternate dimension??) But having been produced in the depths of the Great Depression, I guess the average movie goer just wanted lots of gags. You can bet a lot of tummies were rumbling while cartoons like these played on the silver screen; 1931 was the worst year of the Depression.
@TiCar85 nice comment whoever you are,aye is you a girl
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@puttinmy2sencein Different Krazy Kat character. I'm surprised this was made with that name as the original Krazy was a cartoon strip from the early 1900's as you can see here on youtube. He (or she) was with Ignatz and a Police Dog, it was kind of a love triangle, as a kid I used to love the mouse (Ignatz) hitting Krazy in the head with bricks. Then the Police dog would put Ignatz in jail and on and on and on.
tb23
thatz a mouze nut a katz
This is Krazy Kat in name only. Krazy Kat did not look like that, act like that, get in situations like that, and DID NOT HAVE A GIRL FRIEND! Black Krazy was in love with white mouse Ignatz who was definitely male, white Offisa Pup, a dog, at times shows romantic interest in Krazy. Krazy's gender could be described as fluid. In one strip gender specific pronouns describing Krazy change four times in one sentence. In another strip Krazy ponders marriage and whether to take a husband or a wife.
At other times all three are depicted as males but express romantic interests toward each other, remarkable for the time when the mere mention of homosexuality could get a book or play banned by the government as obscene. Krazy never shows any romantic interest in female characters they often show animosity towards each other.
This confusion and the romance of white for black and black for white animals, during a time of miscegenation laws when suggestions of interracial love could also get a book banned, were probably deliberate on the part of cartoonist George Herriman. His birth certificate labeled him as 'colored,' his grandmother was a free woman of color. Herriman was 'passing' as white. If his birth certificate had become public he would have been fired and his strip dropped by the syndicate. His characters were also passing as various things sometimes diametric opposites at the same time.
For me, Krazy Kat always worked better as a female character like she was in the sixties.