Bopin' Hood

Crazy beatnik cartoon. One of my all time favorites. I recorded this off KTVT in the early 80s and digitized it in 2009 for the benefit of all mankind. Dig it!

[@Dachshund]

This was the first time I have seen this cartoon in 40 years, since it aired on the old "Casper Cartoon Show" on ABC.

[@The_Kitchen_Table]

I miss these classics. Thanks for sharing.

[@daphnemaid]

I vividly remember this from watching after school cartoons on TV as a kid. I wish I had been around in the 1950's. I would have been a beatnik for sure.

[@I967]

Oh man, swingin'! Never seen this one before, super of you to put it here, thanks!

[@flareinc7413]

Thank you for sharing this. Such nostalgy

[@SkyfireTheFox]

I like the retro look. The characters and lineart are very simplistic. :)

[@fromthesidelines]

Jack {"Popeye"} Mercer is the voice of the King and "Bopin' Hood" ["The Cat"], and co-wrote the story as well. Paramount originally released this theatrically in August 1961 in their short-lived "The Cat" series (NOT as a "Modern Madcap").

[@bigg34691]

The King plays "Square Music!!!"

[@88coldsummer]

This is awesome! Love it :)

[@avp217]

The king looks like Renoir from "La Petite Parade," and the princess looks like the nurse/second wife in "The Plot Sickens" (except with different color hair). Both are Paramount cartoons from about the same time period.

[@geofbrit59]

This is like the most!

[@fromthesidelines]

Naturally, when the Princess hears Bopin's "be-bop" music, she becomes a "beatnik" (standard acoutrements for girls included ponytail and leotards- preferably black- "slouch", and "cool dialogue"). Winston Sharples could "let loose" in his scores IF he wanted to.

[@2MKcreations]

I came here because I've watched Ken Burns' Jazz documentary

[@acolytexiv]

Right there with ya

[@Gentlem1]

MISS YOU , DONNA. PLEASE GIVE A BIG HUG TO CHRISTOPHER LEE. Remember us as we remembe ryou. xxxxxJohn.

[@NeluThat70sKid]

Either the King's tone-deaf or he needs to fine-tune his violin playing, LOL Still a funny, original cartoon either way :)

[@marksitts2290]

Holy Jack Benny, Batman!

[@driver3464]

If the king paid for his music lessons, the teacher should be indited for fraud.

[@rayandreina]

The year was 1961, not '60. Sorry! But I still love the king being so adamant about his cheesy violin solos as (supposedly!) the greatest music that ever was! o x-D

[@Long-HairedLuigi]

rayandreina The king reminds me of Terence Trent D’arby! XD

[@fayremead]

Similarly bad violin play would be seen in "Hogan's Heroes" when Col. Klink fiddled.

[@pfordsq]

Frankie Avalon recorded "Gee Whiz Willikers Golly Gee " , it turns out.

[@AllRequired]

"I lover her-er-er, and she loves me!" It was on the Bugs Bunny / Road Runner Hour!

[@rayandreina]

Actually, the King's music IS positive: positively cheesy! -- hence, the name Squaresville!

[@pfordsq]

@shadejford The Popeye Documentary was one of the extras on the early Fleischer Popeye DVD set. It just seems like , by the early - mid 60's , Beats were on their way out , but I know they still existed . Also , cartoon writers , like TV Comedy writers , were'nt always up to date on these things , and , for that , we should thank them. I've seen several Foghorn Leghorns , lately , but not "Gee whiz willikers , golly gee....". Great stuff.

[@rayandreina]

The opening violin music really wasn't all that bad; but it wasn't particularly good, either! "Cra-zee, man! I dig you the most!" "Oh, don't bug me, pops! How can I swing with all that yellin' goin' on?!" And the final request, in return for saving His Majesty's life? "Car-azy, Pops! But you're not goin' to like it!" o x-D (LOL!)

[@jerbojones]

@donnarose1time ktvt was the shit in the 80s. Mighty Heroes, Popeye, Go-Bots, Bravestarr, Three Stooges man I watched it all.

[@MichaelHansenFUN]

about the cat-wheres the eastender cartoon? THE CAT - COOL CAT BLUES - PARAMOUNT CLASSIC CARTOON (1960) and TOPCAT

[@NeluThat70sKid]

1:12 "A kingdom of beatniks," who cares, live and let live :)

[@pfordsq]

@shadejford My mistake. But , it's odd that they'd still be making fun of Beats in The 60's , though not inconceivable....I saw a very good documentary on the whole history of Popeye cartoons , recently....There was a similar trend with Warner Bros. , who , even in decline , still came up with some funny cartoons. They did'nt show a lot of the real early WB's on TV either in the 70's. Who remembers the rockin' beatnik rooster in the Foghorn Leghorn cartoon(s) ?

[@ravinathwani9758]

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYMORE HARVEYTOON CARTOONS INCLUDING NOVELTOON AND MODERN MADCAP SERIES AND CASPER, HERMAN AND KATNIP AND MANY MORE

[@1aundulxaldin]

Best toon ever. Modern Madcap rules. Anime also rules. the only couple of things that ultimately suck are Johnny Test, Total Drama Island, and it's crappy spin-off, Total Drama Action.

[@OldsVistaCruiser]

Who did the king's violin playing, Jack Benny? ;o)

[@susanfit47]

Hey, I was wondering if you have the full episodes of "Cartoon Kablooey" that showed the late 1950's-1960 Paramount and UPA cartoons on Nickelodeon in the early-to-mid 1990s?

[@pfordsq]

Too much. I love how the princess suddenly looks like a junkie when she hears the Be - Bop. And how Robin saves the King's life , but what of the two soldiers who went through the wall , heading for ye old royal cobblestone pavement? HMMMM. I used to watch all these cartoonson Ch. 11 KTVT...I remember Hashi Moto had a " Rock'n'Roll' cartoon. LAME! In other words , I'd love to see it again.

[@pfordsq]

I remember that one , too. That was in the 50's , of course when Popeye cartoons SUCKED!!! They never showed Fleischer cartoons when I was a kid.

[@pshepherd58]

well my son meant then how he liked they showed this stuff on weinerville season one then unlike those stupid chipmunks with the chipettes at once with that stupid clyde guy both that Alvin was stupid to him as well

[@LadyDeirdre]

The King may love fine classical music, but he cannot perform it.