I loved "An Elephant Never Forgets" ever since I saw it on a classic cartoon collection DVD. That scene with the turtle at 8:49-8:56 always made me laugh hard.
I’ve always wondered if “An Elephant Never Forgets” isn’t so much a failed attempt to do a cute cartoon as a parody of cute cartoons. Early Color Classics “The Song of the Birds”, “Somewhere In Dreamland”, and later “Educated Fish” and “Small Fry" prove that the Fleischer’s could successfully do cute; But “An Elephant Never Forgets” with it’s grotesque character designs, adult sounding kid’s voices, and comedic mayhem suggests the whole concept of cuteness was being lampooned. “The Kids In The Shoe” did the same thing, but in a different way. It looks like you had to use a television print of “An Elephant Never Forgets”, the Cinecolor original being processed into Eastman Color in the 1950s, which washed out the color tones. Cinecolor, which was sired out of the 1920s semi-successful Prizma Color system in 1932, was a two-strip process with colors in the blue-green spectrum. Even with this limitation, Cinecolor looked good, and the restored prints of the Fleischer’s “Poor Cinderella” and Ted Eshbaugh’s “The Snowman” are excellent examples of what could be done with it. It would be interesting to see an original print of “An Elephant Never Forgets” but there doesn’t seem to be any available, or at least not on RUclips yet. Cinecolor had three advantages over Technicolor at the time- It was inexpensive, you didn’t need a special camera to use it, and you’d get your prints in 24 hours instead of having to wait weeks. If the Fleischer’s and other cartoon producers used Cinecolor (and two strip Technicolor) it was because Walt Disney had three strip Technicolor under an exclusive contract until 1935. That was also the year that Disney switched distributors, leaving United Artists for RKO Radio because RKO Radio would let him keep the television rights to his cartoons. Talk about far-sighted...
I think both of these cartoons get a tie. An elephant never forgets is very down to earth and is sometimes hilarious while educated fish higher stakes and better story. I think I might perfer an elephant never forgets because it's funnyer but they both get a 9/10.
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I watched "An Elephant Never Forgets" way back when I was a little kid. :)
I loved "An Elephant Never Forgets" ever since I saw it on a classic cartoon collection DVD. That scene with the turtle at 8:49-8:56 always made me laugh hard.
Yeah! That's my favourite bit in that cartoon too!
I’ve always wondered if “An Elephant Never Forgets” isn’t so much a failed attempt to do a cute cartoon as a parody of cute cartoons. Early Color Classics “The Song of the Birds”, “Somewhere In Dreamland”, and later “Educated Fish” and “Small Fry" prove that the Fleischer’s could successfully do cute; But “An Elephant Never Forgets” with it’s grotesque character designs, adult sounding kid’s voices, and comedic mayhem suggests the whole concept of cuteness was being lampooned. “The Kids In The Shoe” did the same thing, but in a different way. It looks like you had to use a television print of “An Elephant Never Forgets”, the Cinecolor original being processed into Eastman Color in the 1950s, which washed out the color tones. Cinecolor, which was sired out of the 1920s semi-successful Prizma Color system in 1932, was a two-strip process with colors in the blue-green spectrum. Even with this limitation, Cinecolor looked good, and the restored prints of the Fleischer’s “Poor Cinderella” and Ted Eshbaugh’s “The Snowman” are excellent examples of what could be done with it. It would be interesting to see an original print of “An Elephant Never Forgets” but there doesn’t seem to be any available, or at least not on RUclips yet. Cinecolor had three advantages over Technicolor at the time- It was inexpensive, you didn’t need a special camera to use it, and you’d get your prints in 24 hours instead of having to wait weeks. If the Fleischer’s and other cartoon producers used Cinecolor (and two strip Technicolor) it was because Walt Disney had three strip Technicolor under an exclusive contract until 1935. That was also the year that Disney switched distributors, leaving United Artists for RKO Radio because RKO Radio would let him keep the television rights to his cartoons. Talk about far-sighted...
Amazing! Love the review!
Thanks a lot!
At least tommy wasn't hooked by his pants like poor SpongeBob and that he escaped otherwise... gift shop!! Lol
Or, worse, vacuum-packed in a can of tuna
@@3enedictterry lol
@@kristenthompson7471 With nothing to look forward to but the smell of mayonnaise!
@@3enedictterry noooo!!!!
@@3enedictterry hello? Does someone have a can opener?
I think both of these cartoons get a tie. An elephant never forgets is very down to earth and is sometimes hilarious while educated fish higher stakes and better story. I think I might perfer an elephant never forgets because it's funnyer but they both get a 9/10.
9:40 Dude, that's a shark, not a barracuda.
I hope U look at Small Fry.
I'll certainly think about it