Gabby (film series) explained

Gabby
Director:Dave Fleischer
Story:Joseph E. Stultz
Dan Gordon
Bob Wickersham
Pinto Colvig
Jack Ward
Carl Meyer
Starring:Pinto Colvig
Jack Mercer
Margie Hines
Music:Sammy Timberg
Studio:Fleischer Studios
Released:October 18, 1940 —
Runtime:6–7 minutes
Country:United States
Language:English

Gabby is a short-lived Max Fleischer animated cartoon series distributed through Paramount Pictures. Gabby debuted as the town crier in the 1939 animated feature Gulliver’s Travels produced by Fleischer. Shortly afterward, Paramount and Fleischer gave Gabby his own Technicolor spinoff cartoon series, eight entries of which were produced between 1940 and 1941.[1] Gabby was voiced by Pinto Colvig, the voice of Walt Disney's Goofy, Pluto, and Grumpy and Sleepy from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Jack Mercer (the voice of Popeye and King Little, Sneak, Snoop, Snitch, and Twinkle Toes in Gulliver’s Travels) was regularly cast alongside Colvig, as either a king, mayor, snitch, fish, castle worker, fire fighter, or sometimes even as Gabby's humming.

The Gabby cartoons were sold to U.M. & M. TV Corporation in 1955, which later became part of National Telefilm Associates, which became Republic Pictures, and was then sold to Paramount's current parent ViacomCBS (now currently renamed and rebranded as Paramount Global) in 1999. Today, the Gabby cartoons are in the public domain. For official releases, the cartoons are currently syndicated on television by Trifecta Entertainment & Media (inherited from CBS Television Distribution and other companies), original distributor Paramount owns the theatrical rights, and Olive Films owns the DVD rights. However, most Gabby cartoons can be found in faded public domain television prints, usually featuring National Telefilm Associates openings.

Filmography

TitleDateAnimationStoryMusical arrangement
1King for a DayOctober 18, 1940Willard Bowsky
James Davis
Joseph E. StultzSammy Timberg
2The ConstableNovember 15, 1940Bill Nolan
George Germanetti
Dan Gordon
3All's WellJanuary 17, 1941David Tendlar
William Nolan
Bob Wickersham
4Two for the ZooFebruary 21, 1941James Culhane
Alfred Eugster
Pinto Colvig
5Swing CleaningApril 11, 1941Willard Bowsky
Arnold Gillespie
Bob Wickersham
6Fire CheeseJune 20, 1941Steve Muffati
Joe Oriolo
Jack Ward
7Gabby Goes FishingJuly 18, 1941Orestes Calpini
Otto Feuer
Carl Meyer
8It's a Hap-Hap-Happy DayAugust 15, 1941Orestes Calpini
Irving Spector
Bob Wickersham

References

  1. Book: Lenburg . Jeff . The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons . 1999 . Checkmark Books . 0-8160-3831-7 . 6 June 2020 . 83.

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