That's why Max Fleischer continued to film the body of his cartoons in black and white until he was forced out of his own studio in January 1942. Famous Studios- Paramount's successor to Fleischer Studios- continued to film the Popeye series in monochrome until 1943, when they introduced an "all-Technicolor" production schedule.
Although watching this in its original format would’ve been interesting, I’m glad we live in a time period where material that was made almost a century ago can be digitally remastered.
Wow! This is the best I’ve ever seen a Color Classics cartoon look! Really great job! I know a lot of people have been waiting to see these restored for a long time.
I have been watching, loving, and studying cartoons and toon history for 60 years. What a delight to find an old classic toon I've never seen before ! Great treat!
i just love seeing cats tease dogs. Observing cats over many years, they really will go to this much trouble to annoy a dog! I admire the way the cartoonists capture this in an (slightly) exaggerated way.
I love those Disney/Warner/Fleischer classic toons because they are full of unrealistic gags. This should be the sense of cartoons even today. This is when I think to cartoons, not Marvel, anime, Disney princesses or the Simpsons
The Fleischer brothers innovated that process and some great examples can be seen in the Popeye two-reelers "Sinbad the Sailor" and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves "
The first half of this short (right before the song) plays like an early Talkartoon with inanimate gags like the cellar doors that open and close every which way.
This is amazing! I remember seeing this on TV as a kid back in the early 1960s in LA… in black and white of course on our little TV with a yellowish tint and bad sound. This is a fantastic job. Thank you.
I remember seeing this cartoon several times when I was a little kid. I'm grateful to ASIFA-Hollywood for the restoration. I think of all the cartoon studios, I liked (and still like!) Max Fleischer and Warner Bros. the best.
As someone who grew up watching this on a scratchy vhs thank thank you from the bottoms of my heart 😭 this is truly the best quality I have ever seen ❤️
A very good restoration, complete with opening and closing credits. The Fleischer Studio rivaled Disney for their quality of animation. What happened to them later is a shame.
this is how cartoons were supposed to look inna theaters, when first released, but the lesser vhs tape over companies inna 80s-thru say the early 2000's copied from lousy drive in or tv lesser standard 16mm or 35 mm film stock that was from home bought and not from the archive studio prints is the diff.
Veawing back and forth in the frame - that was old RUclips setting that by default had video stabilization ON. It was intended for handheld videos being uploaded. When people uploaded the films and cartoons, the stabilization wasnt turned off - resulting in ruined videos.
Wow! This restoration is incredible! The sound quality is amazing and even the picture and color stay very true to the original animation cels. Great job to the restoration team behind this one! And even the cartoon itself, I must say, it's surprisingly very good! Probably one of the funniest 30s cartoons I've seen in a long time, with a strong sense of comedic timing and creative usage of gravity. I can imagine the Looney Tunes creators like Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng took a lot of inspiration from cartoons like this.
Cats orchestrating on real time? If Popeye made on Cartoon Network back in the day, this short should've held up too. But in all honest, you know those Jojo's Bizarre Adventure fans will be coming for this.
Such a beautiful restoration, then they had to go blemish it with a big watermark! Since I'm much too old to think of attending UCLA, & know from the channel heading & the long added credits who it was that restored the cartoon, the watermark is a visual annoyance... The cartoon includes a fair amount of 'panning' & illusion of 'camera motion', which makes the large, bright watermark appear to 'swim' against the motion behind it, very distracting. Kind of a contradiction to do all that work to clean up visual noise, then add more of their own. So close yet so far. Ah, the workings of ego.
This was really well cleaned up and preserved it just kind of sucks then instead of a RUclips banner or logo that could be on the side, they just put their logo right onto the animation which thankfully can be taken off through programs but still
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At first I was thinking "Wow this opening shot is so well animated" then I realized its a miniature set piece being spun around.
that's what the Fleishers studios were famous for from aprox. 1935-1940ish of some titles .
@@toonrog9957 Im familiar with the technique, the colors just managed to fool me for a bit.
@@Anonymouthful thats tenicolor that improved from roughfly 1931-1937ish.....and then took and big leap in color improvement in 1967
Thst shot is still amazing.
Batman Beyond utilized that same technique in a section of the intro
What a night-and-date upgrade from the muddy and discolored TV print, like this doesn't even seem REAL!!!
You could call this a Technicolor Dream!!!
The U.M.& M./NTA TV prints were duped in Eastmancolor- and still look *crummy* after almost 60 years.
Technicolor was extremely expensive but boy did it put everyone else to shame!
That's why Max Fleischer continued to film the body of his cartoons in black and white until he was forced out of his own studio in January 1942. Famous Studios- Paramount's successor to Fleischer Studios- continued to film the Popeye series in monochrome until 1943, when they introduced an "all-Technicolor" production schedule.
Exactly! This cartoon looks like it was made TODAY.
I love how all the laws of physics freeze on the hold it, _except_ the TNT stick
7:18
@@mayhair Thanks MaiGai
It makes me think of the fake freeze-frame endings of the "Police Squad!" TV series. 🙂
Although watching this in its original format would’ve been interesting, I’m glad we live in a time period where material that was made almost a century ago can be digitally remastered.
Wow! This is the best I’ve ever seen a Color Classics cartoon look! Really great job! I know a lot of people have been waiting to see these restored for a long time.
4:43 Ah, look at these nice thick outlines. It had been so long since the old days when all of Fleischer's cartoons had this wonderfully unique look
Comedian Freddy Lewis used to perform the "Hold It" song like that black cat during his tour of Waxahachie back in '82.
I like that the dog abided by the rules of the game too.
and the violin, and the apples, and the water 😂
All of creation must bow its knee
The cat is the original stand of the world. XD
I love watching classic cartoons, as they are more beautiful than modern ones
I'm not sure how they predicted in 1938 what my front yard would look like while feeding the neighborhood strays in 2024 but there it is!
🤣🤣🤣🤣😂👍🖐️
😂😂😂
I have been watching, loving, and studying cartoons and toon history for 60 years. What a delight to find an old classic toon I've never seen before ! Great treat!
I hate the term "toon." But, of course, that's not your concern.
How blessed are we to be able to watch those treasures in this quality! Thank you very much for sharing your restoration with us!
i just love seeing cats tease dogs. Observing cats over many years, they really will go to this much trouble to annoy a dog! I admire the way the cartoonists capture this in an (slightly) exaggerated way.
I love the other way around
This is a stunning restoration -- and a hilarious Fleischer Bros cartoon I've never seen! Thank you
It’s so clean I thought it was a modern cartoon
7:19 The cat must have explosive proof armor 😂😂
If ANY classic short film needs a live-action remake, it THIS one.
Those who did the clean up work for the audio and visuals for this short should be very proud of themselves!
I love those Disney/Warner/Fleischer classic toons because they are full of unrealistic gags. This should be the sense of cartoons even today.
This is when I think to cartoons, not Marvel, anime, Disney princesses or the Simpsons
6:57 Predicted Catdog 😂
Since Paramount via Nickelodeon produced this show.
I used to have the Betty Boop collection on VHS, but I never realized how detailed those rotating sets were.
I used to have a bunch of DVDs containing cartoon classics back in the mid 2000s
The Fleischer brothers innovated that process and some great examples can be seen in the Popeye two-reelers "Sinbad the Sailor" and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves "
@@VoightKampf exactly!!
Crazy how this video is only one year older than my grandpa
Hiw old id your grandpa
I still enjoy the old-fashioned, stop-frame cartoons much more than CGI.
i never heard an audio of an old cartoon in this high quality before :D
this is amazing!
It looks fantastic on my HD TV, but the crystal-clear freaky ending will probably give me nightmares tonight. 😂
😈 Classic!
The first half of this short (right before the song) plays like an early Talkartoon with inanimate gags like the cellar doors that open and close every which way.
This looks and sounds incredible
This is amazing! I remember seeing this on TV as a kid back in the early 1960s in LA… in black and white of course on our little TV with a yellowish tint and bad sound. This is a fantastic job. Thank you.
I never seen an old cartoon that looks insanely good for 1938
Holy cow, Technicolor it is. Nicely done.
Originally released in April 1938.
Jack "Popeye" Mercer provides several of the cats' voices.
I remember seeing this cartoon several times when I was a little kid. I'm grateful to ASIFA-Hollywood for the restoration. I think of all the cartoon studios, I liked (and still like!) Max Fleischer and Warner Bros. the best.
Very nice! I’m impressed with the restoration work on this cartoon.
🎶But when I say "hold it!", everybody HOLD!🎶
*hold*
I like the implication that the cats somehow have the power to control the laws of time, space and physics
That's what the song says, but they stop when he says "everybody hold" and sometimes "stop", not when he says "hold it".
Aw hell yeah. Thank you ASIFA-Hollywood & UCLA Film & Television Archive !
This is so cute and very well remastered.🎶🐱
It's being beautifully either remastered or preserved in some way it is just crystal clear thank you for putting this up.
What clear the picture is and how crisp the sound is! Great job! I applaud you 👏 !
Vaya que genial y Classico de lo mejor de la animación Paramount de los años 30 pero bueno ademas mucha gente lo recuerdan aún mas hasta ahora
Excellent restoration. MORE.
Spectacular. It's like seeing it for the first time. Thank you for sharing this beautiful restoration.
Some of us literally are seeing it for the first time.
- I like that the dog abided by the rules of the game too.
This is exactly what my cat sounds like!
Thank you UCLA for all the amazing restoration and programming work you do!
amazing. never before seen it. beautiful colours. thanks!
As someone who grew up watching this on a scratchy vhs thank thank you from the bottoms of my heart 😭 this is truly the best quality I have ever seen ❤️
I love this classic animation my pops showed me this ❤
Heck yeah Fleischer!!
We need more Fleischer restorations from you guys! You’re doing so well, keep it up!
This is so much better than the "Cats" movie 😹!
That looks absolutely mint! Please give this treatment to the other Color Classics and Talkartoons.
Yes, stay tooned to our channel for more restored Fleischer cartoons ❤
@@FleischerToonsLook forward to seeing more restorations from you guys.
@@FleischerToons Were you involved in this one? Your organization is not mentioned anywhere within the opening
@@allanbob8579I assume they weren’t.
Before Cats the Musical became an international sensation…
Just one year before Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot was published. The source material Cats was based on! 😻
The stereoptical process is used also in a couple of Popeye cartoons on RUclips; Popeye Meets Ali Baba and Popeye Meets Sinbad the Sailor.
A very good restoration, complete with opening and closing credits. The Fleischer Studio rivaled Disney for their quality of animation. What happened to them later is a shame.
Great pioneers, not very good businessmen.
so this is what cats do at night
this is how cartoons were supposed to look inna theaters, when first released, but the lesser vhs tape over companies inna 80s-thru say the early 2000's copied from lousy drive in or tv lesser standard 16mm or 35 mm film stock that was from home bought and not from the archive studio prints is the diff.
It's a question how many negatives survive, or what sort of shape they're in.
The restoration is off the planet!!
If only we can get this Crisp of a Restore for Popeye
I have two cats and they enjoy being outside all the time. They stay outside my room when it rains
7:35. My cats on catnip😆.
It seems unreal to be seeing an old film that doesn't weave back and forth in the frame.
Veawing back and forth in the frame - that was old RUclips setting that by default had video stabilization ON. It was intended for handheld videos being uploaded. When people uploaded the films and cartoons, the stabilization wasnt turned off - resulting in ruined videos.
HOLD IT!
I LOVE this cartoon! The song is catchy, and a lot of fun as well!
Oooh! This is a lovely short! Cat vs dog cartoons are always my favorite!
Wow! This restoration is incredible! The sound quality is amazing and even the picture and color stay very true to the original animation cels. Great job to the restoration team behind this one!
And even the cartoon itself, I must say, it's surprisingly very good! Probably one of the funniest 30s cartoons I've seen in a long time, with a strong sense of comedic timing and creative usage of gravity. I can imagine the Looney Tunes creators like Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng took a lot of inspiration from cartoons like this.
Well when the cat started talking I couldn't handle much more
Beautiful quality.
Lol, I used to love watching these on TNT.
Moral of this cartoon: Only one MEOW can stop all.
Well folks, there you have it. Cartoon kitties control the flow of time. The more you know 😸👍
Large Dog (Abnormal Strength) Vs Cats (Superhuman Strength) 💪👑🖤🧡💜💗🟧🟪🈳️🟠🟣♀️👹😈🇺🇲🇯🇵
Absolutely stunning restoration!🐱
This restoration looks amazing.
I know these classic cartoons short films will never public domain at some point.
This animation was made a year before the classical movie, "Gone With The Wind." (1939) 😊
don't mean to be rude, but what is your point, ??..because frankly my dear, we don't give a.....[ heh, parafrasing, he said]
This looks amazing. Congrats to the restorers. I hope they can do some of their great black and white cartoons.
Oh I remember watching this on TV as a kid 😂
Max Fleischer was a genius.
Requested: The Little Strangers (1936) Restored
This is so funny while stoned. 😂
Beautiful restoration of a true Fleischer classic.
3:00 I like how this random accordion sound effect was used in basically all of the Fleischer shorts
UNBELIEVABLE STUFF!!! Much better than nowadays cartoons...
The screen is way brighter than I remember. Last time I saw it was during the 90’s 📺
Amazing restoration!
Cats orchestrating on real time? If Popeye made on Cartoon Network back in the day, this short should've held up too. But in all honest, you know those Jojo's Bizarre Adventure fans will be coming for this.
Glorious. Best thing I've seen all day.
6:24 6:33 7:22 dog screaming. Had the dog got that new update he'd be on par with Tom.
Wonderfull. Very funny. The músic is the Best. Great job. Congratulations.
This restoration looks great.
Great job with the restoration. Looks much better than the PD print.
Who let the Cat's out!!
this is good but i feel bad 4 the dog lol
Christ the quality is amazing
Warrior cats the musical
😂
Such a beautiful restoration, then they had to go blemish it with a big watermark!
Since I'm much too old to think of attending UCLA, & know from the channel heading & the long added credits who it was that restored the cartoon, the watermark is a visual annoyance... The cartoon includes a fair amount of 'panning' & illusion of 'camera motion', which makes the large, bright watermark appear to 'swim' against the motion behind it, very distracting.
Kind of a contradiction to do all that work to clean up visual noise, then add more of their own.
So close yet so far.
Ah, the workings of ego.
UCLA, could you post the newly restored Terrytoons cartoon FRENCH FRIED ('30)?
I remember watching this on Cartoon Network
This was really well cleaned up and preserved it just kind of sucks then instead of a RUclips banner or logo that could be on the side, they just put their logo right onto the animation which thankfully can be taken off through programs but still
This is pretty great
Holy cow so crisp