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Dinky Duck in "It's a Living" (Patreon)

Published:
2020-05-11 19:00:20
Edited:
2020-05-11 19:00:51
Imported:
2021-01

Content

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cdys-87xD0q-UZEWsFnbX2WSaoajne9J/view?usp=sharing

One cartoon we singled out for praise in our Gene Deitch episode is It's a Living, and after watching this HD copy put together from 35mm and 16mm Technicolor Scope elements via Steve Stanchfield (and Devon), I think you'll agree it was due praise. Art Bartsch, who was a longtime stalwart of the Terrytoon layout and comics, is the designer and old footage hand Win Hoskins did direction. While it's an extremely clever and funny film, it does owe its self-awareness to Warner cartoons (think The Big Snooze), proving once again the permanence of the WB style trumps all.

Files

It's A Living in Cinemascope and Technicolor.mp4

Comments

Anonymous

An interesting cartoon. It still has some of the sloppy timing of a typical Terrytoon, but this has actual style. I do agree that it is derivative of the typical “grass is not greener on the other side” theme which was done better at other studios.

Anonymous

I've been watching a bunch of Gene Deitch theatrical Terrytoons since your podcast and I want to like them more than I do but the humour in them just falls flat most of the time, even though the design and colour are great. The first two Sidney the Elephants are pretty good except for the character's annoying voice, and I do really like the subversiveness of Flebus (Ernest Pintoff had an interesting future career afterwards) but unfortunately as a whole the cartoons are more 'interesting' than genuinely entertaining. It's a Living is definitely one of Deitch's best Terrytoons (the main character is intentionally irritating rather than just annoying like Sidney), but it still lacks the snappiness of even the more limited Warner Bros cartoons. It doesn't help that much of the comedy relies on dated TV advertising references either.

cartoonlogic
>>36955123

Truthfully, that's how we felt about most of the Deitch theatrical cartoons ,too. But, I (Thad) will at least give Gene credit for at least trying something new without the goal of talking down to the audience (for the most part). His masterpiece at Terrytoons, though, was Tom Terrific. I suggest watching those instead...

Paul Christoforos

I (Pauly) dedicate this post to the memory of Gene Deitch!