In My Merry Oldsmobile (1932)

★★★★★ · Let's all sing! · Jog · 2004-06-19

Men of innovation, the Fleischers had been creating short 'follow the bouncing ball' sing-along films since the mid-1920's, and the series would continue until 1938, well after Betty Boop and Popeye had become screen superstars. It seems natural that you'd go to such a source of creativity for some effective advertising production, but perhaps Olds Motor Works had not quite anticipated the level of zaniness on display here. Rampant voyeurism and suggestive candy consumption are the order of the day, aided and abetted by the Fleischer system of ad-libbing. Note that most of the dialogue in the…

★★★★★ · op712 · 2003-01-05

Excellent animated short from the famous Max Fleicher cartoon studios. How many times, as we were young, singing this song when we went with our parents and grandparents, who had Oldsmobiles. This song is a classic song that belongs with the classic Oldsmobile, in as well as of the other songs that were composed for the cars under the General Motors banner. The cartoon characters were the pre-ideas of the Fleicher famous studios of Popeye, Olive Oyl and Brutus. In an technical sense, there was a scene that contains a Max Fleicher invention called muli-plane animation-being on the road with…

★★★★★ · More fun from the Fleischers! · Spuzz · 2003-08-18

I love the Fleischers early cartoons, full of ribaldity and pure fun that can't be matched in today's cartoons. Plus, there's a feeling of improvisiation not only in the animation, but also the voice overs. In this very simple promotional spot, a very bad man snoops on a woman changing, and her boyfriend takes offense. Full of many side gags, great dialogue ("A Pippin!) and a fun sing a long at the end. This is one of the more popular downloads on the site.. and why not? This is a must see!

★★★★★ · Tough guys and gals. · tribtower · 2013-07-12

A pre-code cartoon from the Fleischers. It sure ain't Mickey Mouse. Like Mae West who made an industry of the good old days -the 1890's were the 1930's nostalgia decade. These cartoons reflected the tough persona of the LOST GENERATION. Amusing vulgarity and fun this generation was raised in Vaudeville and new how to put on a show and gave us some of the greatest Movie Stars and Comedians even and even in their precode less censored state knew how to create good dialog without using the F word every 5 seconds .The Fleischers made pacey cartoons and were really the greatest around until the…

★★★★★ · Vintage Fleischer! · battra92 · 2003-01-08

One of Max and Dave Fleischer's cartoons from 1931. This was only a year after they introduced the world to Betty Boop, and this cartoon is not surprisingly almost identical to that style of animation and humor used in that series at that time. The villian is apparently played by Gus Wickie, best known for his role as Bluto, but he appeared regularly as a voice in Fleischer cartoons. Definatly a must see for any fan of animation.

★★★★★ · 30's Karaoke · Lewis Payne · 2003-03-01

This animated short for Oldsmobile is incredibly weird and absolutely hilarious. It's full of amazingly ribald humour, which I bet got the Olds execs pretty nervous about releasing it. A classic piece of 30's animation.