I just bought a Spumco/John K. drawing of Ranger Smith, Yogi and BooBoo (actual production drawings from "BooBoo Goes Wild"--I know, can you believe it? I am stoked).
This inspired a Ranger Smith reverie.
In felties.
(Fumes made me open the windows. Glad it's cooler.)
Those are great. When you're studying Ranger Rick you're channeling all that great appeal from the original Hanna Barbera
ReplyDeleteMy faves are the blue one on the top and the last one. Totally captured the Spumco feel. Have you seen "Boo Boo Goes Wild???" It's funny and weird. I guess all of the Spumco stuff is funny and weird. In fact John K. is funny and weird.
ReplyDeleteI've seen it, and it's great. Wish they'd had the budget to really tighten up all the timing, it would have been an absolute world-beater then.
ReplyDeleteWho can forget BooBoo and Yogi's girlfriend (Daisy?) licking honey off of each other's tongues? Or the guttural, lowing sound Boo made once he went au naturel--just like a real bear!
Personally, I like the scene where Ranger Rick and Yogi are wrestling on the ground. Fun-ee!
ReplyDeleteRanger Smith is the proper ranger here. Oops
ReplyDeleteEd Benedict study this weekend. I'll share when i'm done. You've inspired me to get back to the heart of carooneyness Marty.
ReplyDeleteI think I'm going to start adding a 5:00 shadow to my cartoons of men... for some reason they just crack me up!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I'm starting to develop a theory about how people of different time periods actually look different from other periods, that it's not a matter of costume and fashion, but people actually look physically different.
ReplyDeleteI look at the full color drawing of the Ranger for example, and I see my Dad in his face (without the enormous shnoz, that is). I know it's a "modern" drawing, but the character design looks backward to Yogi's hayday in the early 60s, a period of time that I most associate with my Dad.
My brother recently went to the trouble of making DVDs out of our old family movies and I swear to God that people just don't look like that anymore! I suppose that's why I almost never buy into period movies... I'm never quite convinced that I'm looking at people that lived in that time, just modern actors in old-fashioned costumes.
Am I making any sense, or am I just rambling here?
Rick, you are so right on the money! I have believed in this theory for years--as time goes on, and one generations replaces another, the succeeding generation looks anatomically different. It's definitely true.
ReplyDeleteBut why?
And has it always been this way? I mean, did someone born in 1650 look different from someone born in 1700 in the same way that someone born in 1920 looks different from someone born in 1970--or 2000. (I do think the 20th Century has sped up this process of generational anatomical change.)
We need an entire post and comment thread devoted to this important topic, (Tho' I'm honored that Ranger Smith provided the catalyst).
I'm serious! Thank you Rick for sharing this observation!