Goo Goo Goliath Explained

Goo Goo Goliath
Director:I. Freleng
Story:Warren Foster
Animator:Art Davis
Manuel Perez
Ken Champin
Virgil Ross
Layout Artist:Hawley Pratt
Background Artist:Irv Wyner
Starring:Mel Blanc
Marian Richman
Narrator:Norman Nesbitt
Music:Carl Stalling
Studio:Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor:Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Color Process:Technicolor
Runtime:6:56

Goo Goo Goliath is a 1954 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies directed by Friz Freleng.[1] The short was released on September 18, 1954.[2]

Plot

Presented in the mockumentary style of previous Robert C. Bruce-narrated spot gag cartoons, the story focus on a giant baby that had been delivered by the drunken stork to a married couple. The giant baby escapes the couple from their house and wanders into the streets. The stork eventually delivers the giant baby to its correct parents but then delivers the married couple's actual baby (which he had delivered to the giants) to a kangaroo inside the zoo.

Notes

This was the final cartoon to use the original "bullet" sequence for the ending titles. The next cartoon By Word of Mouse, would use smaller backgrounds for the ending titles as well. This was also the final cartoon in the 1953-54 season.

References

  1. Book: Beck . Jerry . Friedwald . Will . Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons . 1989 . Henry Holt and Co . 0-8050-0894-2 . 265.
  2. Book: Lenburg . Jeff . The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons . 1999 . Checkmark Books . 0-8160-3831-7 . 6 June 2020 . 104–106.