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Gerald McBoing-Boing

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  • Gerald McBoing-Boing
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  • Gerald McBoing-Boing
  • Gerald McBoing-Boing is a character created by Dr. Seuss. He can't talk like other people, so he communicates by making sounds. The character first appeared on a record issued by Capitol Records in 1950 and than an animated short film by UPA, released the same year, which won an Academy Award for Best Animated Shot. Three other shorts were made Gerald McBoing-Boing's Symphony (1953), How Now Boing Boing (1954), and Gerald McBoing-Boing on the Planet Moo (1956).
  • It was adapted by Phil Eastman and Bill Scott from a story by Dr. Seuss, directed by Robert Cannon, and produced by John Hubley. In 1994, it was voted #9 of The 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field, making it the highest ranked UPA cartoon on the list. In 1995, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
  • Gerald McBoing-Boing is American Television Series Based on Dr. Seuss Books.
  • Although Mr. Magoo debuted UPA's distinct graphic style, Gerald McBoing-Boing was the short that truly made UPA famous. The short was directed by [[Robert Cannon] and was released in 1951. It went on to win the oscar for best cartoon short subject in 1951 as well as other awards from BAFTA (special award, 1952) and the National Film Preservation Board (National Film Registry, 1995). Cannon would go on to make three follow-up Boing-Boing shorts, Gerald McBoing Boing's Symphony (1953), How Now Boing Boing (1954), and Gerald McBoing Boing on the Planet Moo (1955), which was a nominated for an oscar. These later shorts were not as significant because they did not debut UPA's innovative style.
  • Gerald McBoing-Boing was a 1950 7 minute Animated Adaptation of a Dr. Seuss Book of the same name. It was about a young boy named Gerald McCloy who only spoke in sound effects. Unlike other cartoons at the time, this used a more cartoonish, simplistic style and Limited Animation, although this was more Doing It for the Art than making a cheap cartoon. It became the first successful theatrical cartoon produced by UPA, and three more "Gerald Mc boing boing" shorts would be produced over the years, as well as a short lived primetime animated cartoon (the first ever, too, predating The Flintstones by a 3-4 years) in 1956. Aside from a few appearances in a couple of Mr. Magoo shorts, and playing the role of Tiny Tim in Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol, Gerald would fade to obscurity soon afterwards.
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  • Technicolor
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  • Jolly Frolics
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  • 420.0
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  • Gerald McBoing-Boing
Release Date
  • 1950-11-02(xsd:date)
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  • USA
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  • 1950(xsd:integer)
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  • A scene from UPA's Gerald McBoing-Boing.
movie language
  • English
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  • Gerald McBoing-Boing
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  • tt0043581
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  • Dr. Suess and Bill Scott
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