Gone Batty
Gone Batty | |
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Directed by | Robert McKimson |
Produced by | Edward Selzer |
Narrated by | Robert C. Bruce (uncredited) |
Animation by | Charles McKimson Herman Cohen Rod Scribner Phil DeLara |
Layouts by | Robert Givens |
Backgrounds by | Richard H. Thomas |
Color process | Technicolor |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Running time | 7:00 |
Gone Batty is a Looney Tunes animated cartoon short released by Warner Brothers on September 4, 1954. The film was re-released in October 1963 as a Merrie Melodies Blue Ribbon cartoon.
Plot
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Bobo the Elephant, making his first appearance since Hobo Bobo, also directed by McKimson, is baseball team mascot for the lean and meek Sweetwater Shnooks, all of whom are rendered unconscious by their opponents, the husky and brutal Greenville Goons. Just as a victory by the Goons seems nearly inevitable, Bobo singlehandedly rallies his team back for a win in the bottom of the ninth inning.
Overview
Robert McKimson directed the animated cartoon from a story (lifted in part from the Friz Freleng/Michael Maltese 1946 opus Baseball Bugs) by Sid Marcus and animator Ben Washam. Animation was done from Robert Givens' layout by Charles McKimson, Herman Cohen, Rod Scribner and Phil DeLara with backgrounds by Richard H. Thomas and music by Carl Stalling. Voices were provided by Mel Blanc and an uncredited Robert C. Bruce as a play-by-play announcer.
External links
- Gone Batty at IMDb
- 1954 films
- 1954 animated films
- 1950s American animated films
- 1950s animated short films
- 1950s sports films
- Articles created via the Article Wizard
- American baseball films
- Baseball animation
- Animated films about elephants
- Films directed by Robert McKimson
- Looney Tunes shorts
- American films
- Films scored by Carl Stalling
- Looney Tunes stubs