THANK YOU for finally posting this yourself, Steve. It's been years of rude comments, ill-will leaks and innocent edits, but now people can enjoy Buster Bear in his 3/10 cartoon permanently.
Very glad to finally watch this in full. Thanks so much, sir!! 3:15 Love how the cats have holes in their chairs for the tails. It's a cute detail, even if the cartoon itself's lacking
The same thing can be said for Spooney Melodies, an predecessor of the more-iconic Merrie Melodies. But the difference is that "Spooney" is an live-action series of shorts, not an animated cartoon like how "Merrie" did.
Definitely Has a Van Beuren vibe rather than an Early Looney Tunes Charm to it. Guess they had little faith in Buster being a breakout star like Mickey.
In an interview, Leon Schlesinger said that before he cut his deal with Warner Brothers to release Looney Tunes, they had tried unsuccessfully to produce animated cartoons at their Vitagraph studio in New York. I can’t help wondering if this cartoon isn’t the reason the New York studio failed. McCrory is the odd-man out in animation. He did have a career making animated cartoons to indifferent success, but he was always seemed to be on the peripheral of the business. McCrory published a how to draw animation book roughly about the time Preston Blair created his own for Walter Foster. They’re an interesting contrast- McCrory’s crude animation drawings compared to Blair’s sophisticated ones. McCrory was locked into a obsolete animation style, and by the 1940s couldn't fit into the industry at all. Whatever happened to him?
@@ilang.8436 Interesting. There was another veteran animator, Vet Anderson, who’s career ended by the mid 1930s because he couldn’t adjust to how animation had changed thanks to Disney, couldn’t imitate the more sophisticated Disney-ish drawing style the studios had adopted. Anderson ended up working in advertising and creating sculptures. An example of his sculptures- The giant striding horse carved into the hillside of the horseshoe pitch at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
another upload?! wow! and it's by the man himself :D i just still wanna thank you for letting CandyDCat upload lost media because of this, you definitely deserve a sub
Steeeeve! Thank you for making this decision. Not only can everyone now confirm that you allowed CandyDaCat to upload, but you've now made your own adjustments! Congratulations! I can't wait to see the restored version.
It’s so good to see this get an office public release! I was going to remake the Opry house but never released it. Good to know I don’t have to anymore!
This is a very interesting cartoon, as it signifies an era in the depression where the studios were scrambling to survive and recoup. This cartoon was most certainly produced in the fall of 1929, as Jerry Shields appears to animate the scene of the horse entering the stage to play jump rope, so this predates his permanent return to Paul Terry's new studio. (Not sure if he drew the scene of the horse exiting the stage, though, which has a bit more of Vet Anderson would do.)
@jacksonpb In fact, Jerry Shield's animation can be seen in other cartoons directed by John McCrory, for example in the films "Red Hot Rails" (1926) and "Korn Plastered in Africa" (1932), which leads me to believe that Jerry Shield must have been a close friend of McCrory's and tried to help him create a successful animated series.
@@jeannico10954 What CandyDaCat uploaded is not the restored version. It was from a sneak peak blu-ray, what means that it wasn't restored yet, just a look.
@@stephenholloway6893Fleischer's studio was right in front of the Van Beuren's, and guess who worked there at the time... Jerry Shields and Vet Anderson, which probably have could animated on this.
The fact that most of this cartoon consists of walk cycles and dances by incidental characters goes to show how little faith they had in this guy, and I don't blame 'em, everyone else was thoroughly more funny/entertaining than "BUSTER"!
Incredibly, most of the scenes in this cartoon are recycled from Paul Terry's Aesop's Fables cartoons! For example, the scene at 2:49 where we see a family of bears is taken from an Aesop's Fables cartoon called "Hunting in 1950" (1926) (if you watch this scene in slow motion, you'll realize that the animation cycle was cut halfway through). What's more, the scene of the horse playing jump rope at 5:28 appears to have been animated by Jerry Shield, a major animator of the Aesop's Fables films, as you can recognize his unique and very distinctive drawing style.
Truly astonishing, I don't understand how Jerry Shield ended up working on this film when he already had a job at Paul Terry's studio. I don't see any explanation for it.
@@killuagernia3741 as mentioned before, he was an animator on the early Van Beuren cartoons from 1923-1930. When fired, he probably did a brief stunt at McCrory's studio as this short gives quite the Aesop's Film Fables animation vibes. He later worked on the Lantz Oswalds from 1931 & 1932. IMDB says his last known film works were on Ted Esbaugh's "Wizard of Oz" and "The Snowman", both from 1933. He then became an artist in the Southern California area until his passing in 1966.
i have no confirmation on whichever TB employee committed suicide, and I believe it's nothing more than a rumor because we'd hear a lot more about it if it was possible
Whoever suggested a Thunderbean employee died or committed suicide just made that up! Nothing like that has happened.. and it's one of the weirder things I've heard this year!
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This really makes you appreciate Harman and Ising no matter how mediocre their cartoons could be
Thanks for uploading it officially. Might not be a worthy cartoon in and of itself, but a worthy part in Looney Tunes history.
Idk how this would be a part of LT history as this is not LT short
@JK732CARTOONS
It is at least adjacent to Looney Tunes, showing that they were not alone as Warner’s cartoon series.
THANK YOU for finally posting this yourself, Steve. It's been years of rude comments, ill-will leaks and innocent edits, but now people can enjoy Buster Bear in his 3/10 cartoon permanently.
It's 2/10.
Nope, It’s 10/10 for me
@wallcamillo are you joking?
Nope
P E R M A N E N T L Y
Nice to see this once lost toon get some love. Thanks Steve!
This is so cool!!!!!!!!
Very glad to finally watch this in full. Thanks so much, sir!!
3:15 Love how the cats have holes in their chairs for the tails. It's a cute detail, even if the cartoon itself's lacking
From an alternate universe where this was popular and Looney Tunes never happened.
The same thing can be said for Spooney Melodies, an predecessor of the more-iconic Merrie Melodies.
But the difference is that "Spooney" is an live-action series of shorts, not an animated cartoon like how "Merrie" did.
This is truly a wonderful Christmas present to the lost media community!
Definitely Has a Van Beuren vibe rather than an Early Looney Tunes Charm to it. Guess they had little faith in Buster being a breakout star like Mickey.
HOLY CRAP IT’S BACK
In an interview, Leon Schlesinger said that before he cut his deal with Warner Brothers to release Looney Tunes, they had tried unsuccessfully to produce animated cartoons at their Vitagraph studio in New York. I can’t help wondering if this cartoon isn’t the reason the New York studio failed. McCrory is the odd-man out in animation. He did have a career making animated cartoons to indifferent success, but he was always seemed to be on the peripheral of the business. McCrory published a how to draw animation book roughly about the time Preston Blair created his own for Walter Foster. They’re an interesting contrast- McCrory’s crude animation drawings compared to Blair’s sophisticated ones. McCrory was locked into a obsolete animation style, and by the 1940s couldn't fit into the industry at all. Whatever happened to him?
baseball books. in the 1950s he made baseball books.
@@ilang.8436 Interesting. There was another veteran animator, Vet Anderson, who’s career ended by the mid 1930s because he couldn’t adjust to how animation had changed thanks to Disney, couldn’t imitate the more sophisticated Disney-ish drawing style the studios had adopted. Anderson ended up working in advertising and creating sculptures. An example of his sculptures- The giant striding horse carved into the hillside of the horseshoe pitch at Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
That's it, that's the lost cartoon. THAT WAS JUST A BUNCH OF CHEAP WALK CYCLES
AAAAA!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!! Thank you for sharing Buster Bear!!
another upload?! wow!
and it's by the man himself :D
i just still wanna thank you for letting CandyDCat upload lost media
because of this, you definitely deserve a sub
Thank you for so much for uploading this cartoon!
Also, this is reminds me of a Fleischer cartoon.
It's because of the soundtrack. I wonder who did the music for this? There's no other credits but McCrory's name.
@@LyricJCartoonsThat shows how much rude he was.
@@LyricJCartoonsIt likely sounds it was made by either Gene Rodemich, Lou Fleischer or Sammy Timberg.
Steeeeve! Thank you for making this decision. Not only can everyone now confirm that you allowed CandyDaCat to upload, but you've now made your own adjustments! Congratulations! I can't wait to see the restored version.
What an fantastic found! Thank you, Steve!
HOLY WOWZERS! its nice to see this cartoon in full, thanks alot steve : D
It’s so good to see this get an office public release! I was going to remake the Opry house but never released it. Good to know I don’t have to anymore!
This is a very interesting cartoon, as it signifies an era in the depression where the studios were scrambling to survive and recoup. This cartoon was most certainly produced in the fall of 1929, as Jerry Shields appears to animate the scene of the horse entering the stage to play jump rope, so this predates his permanent return to Paul Terry's new studio. (Not sure if he drew the scene of the horse exiting the stage, though, which has a bit more of Vet Anderson would do.)
Yeah.
@jacksonpb In fact, Jerry Shield's animation can be seen in other cartoons directed by John McCrory, for example in the films "Red Hot Rails" (1926) and "Korn Plastered in Africa" (1932), which leads me to believe that Jerry Shield must have been a close friend of McCrory's and tried to help him create a successful animated series.
Funny how this actually uses the same song that opens the Bosko cartoons
There'll Be A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight(1896)
Many Thanks for this upload! Nice to see the raw version of this short
It's now the raw, Steve added more bright to the print.
This upload is the raw print of Buster, Candy's was the restored print
@@jeannico10954 What CandyDaCat uploaded is not the restored version. It was from a sneak peak blu-ray, what means that it wasn't restored yet, just a look.
@@luizfernandocanaloficial9511 that explains, thanks for the info
@@jeannico10954 You're welcome
Wow!! Looks a lot like a Paul Terry/Van Buren cross. Alternate Warner Brothers universe indeed!!
Gives off Max Fleischer vibes
It was probably because it was animated in New York rather than Los Angeles.
@@stephenholloway6893Fleischer's studio was right in front of the Van Beuren's, and guess who worked there at the time... Jerry Shields and Vet Anderson, which probably have could animated on this.
even opens with A Hot Time in the Old Town. that's fun
The offical Harman-Ising Looney Tunes theme.
Hopefully we get it restored on blu-ray very soon. 😊
Basically this seemed to be Warner Bros.'s backup plan for cartoon shorts if the Looney Tunes by Harman and Ising didn't work out.
Imagine in what dark timeline we'd live if this was all that WB cartoons amounted to
Probably, but ultimately, only 3 shorts with Buster were made. This is the 2nd of the 3.
Well from what we know, It might have been made before Looney Tunes.
Wow! This is huge!
Thanks for uploading this. While 'Buster Bear' isn't a great cartoon, it has historical interest as 'the almost first Warner Bros. cartoon'.
ITS FINALLY HERE!!!
The fact that most of this cartoon consists of walk cycles and dances by incidental characters goes to show how little faith they had in this guy, and I don't blame 'em, everyone else was thoroughly more funny/entertaining than "BUSTER"!
Now we just need Uncle Walt :)
This truly is a duck dance moment
Originally premiered into Movie Theaters by Warner Brothers Pictures on January 6, 1931.
In my opinion, this is how you do a rubber hose style cartoon wrong
From the animated opening title, we can deduce how the Looney Tunes series title card was for its first cartoon, "Sinkin' in the Bathtub."
Sinkin in the Bathtub never had an animated opening.
About time Buster Bear came back, now uploaded officially by you!
Without furtherado, if Warner Bros takes this down, it's canon.
Incredibly, most of the scenes in this cartoon are recycled from Paul Terry's Aesop's Fables cartoons!
For example, the scene at 2:49 where we see a family of bears is taken from an Aesop's Fables cartoon called "Hunting in 1950" (1926) (if you watch this scene in slow motion, you'll realize that the animation cycle was cut halfway through).
What's more, the scene of the horse playing jump rope at 5:28 appears to have been animated by Jerry Shield, a major animator of the Aesop's Fables films, as you can recognize his unique and very distinctive drawing style.
I had noticed these things too. One person says that Jerry Shields actually animated the cartoon, animating some other scenes as well.
Truly astonishing, I don't understand how Jerry Shield ended up working on this film when he already had a job at Paul Terry's studio.
I don't see any explanation for it.
A commenter on Cartoon Research said that Vet Anderson might've also worked on this as he was fired from Van Beuren in the Spring of 1930.
@diazbrothersyoutube Who is Vet Anderson?
@@killuagernia3741 as mentioned before, he was an animator on the early Van Beuren cartoons from 1923-1930. When fired, he probably did a brief stunt at McCrory's studio as this short gives quite the Aesop's Film Fables animation vibes.
He later worked on the Lantz Oswalds from 1931 & 1932. IMDB says his last known film works were on Ted Esbaugh's "Wizard of Oz" and "The Snowman", both from 1933. He then became an artist in the Southern California area until his passing in 1966.
Thank you sir!
He has returneth
0:13 I think that's a bad cel overlay.
Thanks Steve!!!!😃😃
Thanks for posting this Steve, but I'm pretty sure people who saw this in 1931 were just as disappointed as me
holy moly
Steve can you upload The Fiddler (1930) please I need the full version of the cartoon on your channel
He is not going too, he said
Why not?
Maybe after the release of the true Toby the pup blu ray?
I can finally take down my upload (wasn't proud of what I was getting from that). Also some exposure issues look fixed which is great!
Thanks so much for being the first to share it!!
Thanks Steve!
1:32 Jumpin’ Leapfrogs
The Meme Mickey Mouse Episode:
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Steve. Is that TB employee ok? I genuinely feel worried and I keep hearing things like they committed suicide. Is that true or no?
What happened?
i have no confirmation on whichever TB employee committed suicide, and I believe it's nothing more than a rumor because we'd hear a lot more about it if it was possible
Whoever suggested a Thunderbean employee died or committed suicide just made that up! Nothing like that has happened.. and it's one of the weirder things I've heard this year!
Another buster bear tb print????
It’s the camera negative
@ oh
I understand that this short is a failure, but am i the only one who is fine with Buster Bear?
Thanks alot
What. The. HELL???
The animation seems like some weird combination of Disney and Fleischer.
Ren Hoek's I Like Pink cartoon!
Nice!
Woah dis is cool
You got any Buster Bear cartoons before 1931?
This was the only Buster Best cartoon.
@SpongeDan Oh maaaan, I thought there was more to see.
It is possible that there’s a universe where this was WB’s thing instead of Looney Tunes
I still stand by my word that this cartoon is simply a waste of talent, unfortunately.
Doesn't help that the producer abuses workers.
I’ve always wondered - how do you guys clean up the soundtrack to make it sound so crisp?
Oh it wasn't cleaned up, it depends on the print. This is the negative so it will sound gorgeous
@@22snazario camera negatives do not have sound
@@ShermleyCollege I said "the negative" meaning both track and camera negative
@@22snazario well, that's egg on my face
@@ShermleyCollege Nah it's fine you didn't know what I meant, I should've specified lol
This was seriously one of the worst cartoons I’ve ever seen lol. Never had 7 minutes drag by so slowly.
Production wise Harman and Ising was the better choice by comparison.
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peak brainrot
As Seen on Toon In with Me
Since when?
Misinformation final boss
Early Disney ahh cartoon😭🙏
More like an early Van Beuren's Aesop Fable
Way to go Steve!
Thanks Steve!