Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Toons You Might've Missed: Dingbat in Sour Grapes (1950)

After debuting as a supporting character in the Gandy Goose shorts, Dingbat, meant to be Terrytoons' answer to Tweety, was given a series of his own. His antagonist was Sylvester the Fox (Dayton Allen), who spoke almost exactly like his feline namesake, though Allen made a point of not trying to mimic Mel Blanc.

However, most of us grew up not seeing Dingbat or Gandy, as syndication in the 70's meant a steady diet of Mighty Mouse, Heckle & Jeckle, & Deputy Dawg, with a side order of Hector Heathcote. As a result, we're probably seeing this next item, "Sour Grapes", released in December 1950, for the first time.



Rating: B-.

2 comments:

Silverstar said...

I'm familiar with Gandy Goose, but the only Dingbat I know is the vampire dog from Ruby-Spears who hung out with the Creeps. (Unless one counts Edith Bunker, according to Archie, anyway.)

hobbyfan said...

Seeing as how I'd never seen Gandy Goose, period, I didn't know about this bird, either, until yesterday.