Dingbat Land

1949 film
  • February 1, 1949 (1949-02-01)
Running time
6:29LanguageEnglish

Dingbat Land is a 1949 short animated film produced by Terrytoons and distributed by 20th Century Fox starring Gandy Goose and Sourpuss.[2] This short is one of the few Terrytoons shorts to be in the public domain.

Plot

Gandy Goose and Sourpuss go on a safari jungle hunt in search for a rare Dingbat bird.

Production

This is the first short to introduce Dingbat, a yellow canary wearing a sailor's hat. Paul Terry was inspired by the Looney Tunes character Tweety, and hoped that Dingbat would become a recurring character. The series lasted just two more cartoons: All This and Rabbit Stew (1950) and Sour Grapes (1950).[3]

References

  1. ^ Webb, Graham (2011). The Animated Film Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide to American Shorts, Features and Sequences, 1900-1999. McFarland & Co. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-7864-4985-9.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 84. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
  3. ^ Hamonic, W. Gerald (2018). Terry-Toons: The Story of Paul Terry and His Classic Cartoon Factory. John Libbey Publishing. p. 248.
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