Felix the Cat - An Abbreviated History

Felix the Cat - An Abbreviated History
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Hey y’all! This was a bit of a bigger project for me, but I wanted to put together an abbreviated history of Felix because the story often doesn’t get the recognition it deserves.
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[@JaxTheEpic]

Correction: At "3:56: You mentioned he appeared in the alice in wonderland films but they only did one in the 1940s and what you were talking about was actually the alice comedies and Julius actually came from a cartoon film adaption of puss in boots.

[@felixthecatcomiccollector]

Great catch! Thanks for pointing that out. You are absolutely correct!

[@user-qc1cj4xh9j]

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[@JaxTheEpic]

Correction: It was a Red Riding Hood one not a Puss in Boots one!

[@Webb_Studios]

Due to the wonderful world of the public domain, Felix is owned by everybody now. You can do whatever you want with him. Just don’t call the show Felix, and don’t use anything from beyond 1928

[@felixthecatcomiccollector]

Exactly! I didn't touch upon that in this video because copyright laws can get kind of confusing, but it's important to note!

[@carolnahigian9518]

God bless FELIX CREATORs.

[@Webb_Studios]

@@carolnahigian9518except Pat Sullivan. Frick Pat

[@JordanGreen-uc8ow]

Let's just hope that they don't make a horror movie out of filex the cat

[@felixthecatcomiccollector]

@@JordanGreen-uc8ow I sure hope not...

[@bleujae68000]

As someone who's always had an appreciation for this famous feline I think you did an amazing job encapsulating his rich history in less than 8 minutes no less! Bravo!

[@felixthecatcomiccollector]

That's awesome to hear! Thanks so much for the kind words! Just wanted to do Felix some justice

[@justjorge4121]

This was a wonderful, informative, and very educational video! I enjoyed learning new facts about Felix the Cat’s creation and history. I was also impressed and astonished by the multiple impressive photos of Pat Sullivan and Otto Messmer. How were you able to find all of those older pictures of them during your research? Were they included in the Felix book by John Canemaker? Anyways, thank you for sharing this video with us:)

[@felixthecatcomiccollector]

Thank you for the kind words! It was a mixture of scans from the book, as well as some deep internet searches that lead me to the photos I was able to find!

[@GWKTM]

5:16 So THAT's why he produced only THREE Felix cartoons back in the day. Kinda sad considering how Felix felt like home in those

[@felixthecatcomiccollector]

Yeah unfortunately audiences didn't respond well to these shorts, and felt Felix's characterization was too different from the original cartoons.

[@GWKTM]

@@felixthecatcomiccollector As if it wasn't different in TransLux's cartoons.

[@FelixTheCat1919_PSN]

Gotta love 😻 history; Especially for this Cat. 😸 Also, great video!💯😎👍👏

[@felixthecatcomiccollector]

Thank you!

[@moctopusmoctopus8791]

This is so, *so* well made. I now appreciate Felix the Cat.

[@felixthecatcomiccollector]

Thank you so much! Felix is an awesome character!

[@OmegaGlops]

Great video! I've always wanted to learn more about Felix the Cat, even moreso with all the hype that Steamboat Willie and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit have made regarding public domain and whatnot! But woah, what?! You only have 401 subs?! I watched the whole video and just assumed from the quality of the editing and the overall presentation that this must be coming from a channel with a count in the hundreds of thousands. I'm subbing for sure. Fantastic video and I hope your channel does well! 😀

[@felixthecatcomiccollector]

You're awesome for saying all of that! I really appreciate it! Always glad to help people learn some more about Felix!

[@jasontheredfox]

This is a wonderfully edited video, you definitely deserve more attention and subscribers

[@felixthecatcomiccollector]

That's awesome of you to say! Thanks for checking my videos out!

[@AlekVS]

Imagine being the guy who said “sound will never catch on”

[@felixthecatcomiccollector]

😆😆

[@Sliver-Animations]

The dreamworks part got me off guard.does this mean Felix is a dreamworks character now?

[@felixthecatcomiccollector]

They own the rights to the character currently! Just don't seem to do much with him.

[@Sliver-Animations]

@@felixthecatcomiccollector oh okay perhaps they make a movie about Felix or a revival Netflix series for the character

[@felixthecatcomiccollector]

@@Sliver-Animations That would be awesome!

[@andymcmillan2193]

Beautiful

[@felixthecatcomiccollector]

Thank you!

[@Wasabialt]

I became a subscriber. 😉

[@felixthecatcomiccollector]

You're awesome!

[@hebneh]

"Felix the Cat / The wonderful, wonderful cat / Whenever he gets in a fix / He reaches into his bag of tricks / Felix the Cat / The wonderful, wonderful cat / You'll laugh so much, your sides will ache / Your heart will go pitter-pat / Watchin' Felix...the wonderful cat!" (Theme song for the Felix cartoons, which I remember from when they were first shown on TV in 1959-1960.)

[@felixthecatcomiccollector]

🎶🎶🎶

[@hebneh]

I'm surprised there's no mention of how a toy figure of Felix was used as the subject of very early television development in the late 1920s and early '30s. He was placed on a rotating platform, well-illuminated, in front of TV cameras that gradually got better and better resolution as technology improved.

[@felixthecatcomiccollector]

A very cool fact for sure! It's tough making a video like this and deciding what to include and what not to include. That's why I wanted to specify abbreviated in the title because I just hit some key points, but there's so much history there to talk about!

[@CosmicSponge2004]

Possible correction about some of the Pre-Mickey Stuff, I cannot find an "Ideal Productions" online though I could be missing something. I do know that from 1925-1928, Educational Pictures distributed Felix and Copely Pictures distributed the weird sound cartoons from 1928-1930. With the sound being added by "Jacques Kopfstein" Also, The Joe Oriolo Feix Cartoon debuted in either 1958 or 1959 (an official 2000's DVD said 1958 but the intro roman numerals say 1959). 1960 was when it ended

[@felixthecatcomiccollector]

You are absolutely correct about the distribution companies and the sound director! Strictly for time, it was tough to decide what to leave out/leave in, and seeing as there weren't too many significant events involving those companies, I decided to leave them out. The Oriolo Felix cartoon is a good catch though! That was a slip-up on my part

[@SpongeboyStudios]

That was the greatest 7 minutes of my life!

[@felixthecatcomiccollector]

You're awesome for saying that!

[@vasglorious]

I thought I heard Felix the Cat cartoons won't go into the Public Domain until 2026.

[@felixthecatcomiccollector]

Some cartoons are already in, and some are not. It depends on how old they are.

[@Anonymous-oh4xw]

This video convinced me that Otto Messmer DID indeed made the character instead of Pat Sullivan. The latter by the way was very racist (as was Walt Disney you might tell me).

[@felixthecatcomiccollector]

Unfortunately, from what I've read, it seems Sullivan wasn't a good dude. But glad to see Messmer get the credit he deserves!

[@JaxTheEpic]

Hello Felix Comic Collector! The felix the cat nes game is getting a rerelease which is a good thing but it was by limited run games.

[@felixthecatcomiccollector]

I saw this! You know I'll be keeping my eye on that...

[@55twintv39]

4:43 Though not the first one to do it.

[@55twintv39]

@@felixthecatcomiccollector The first sound cartoon was actually 1924’s My Old Kentucky Home.

[@felixthecatcomiccollector]

@@55twintv39 How interesting! So I looked it up and you were right, that did come before Willie in 1926. I also discovered there was an even earlier sound cartoon called Come Take a Trip in My Airship in 1924!

[@55twintv39]

@@felixthecatcomiccollector 1. Steamboat Willie came out in 1928. 2. Interesting.

[@felixthecatcomiccollector]

@@55twintv39 Yes, of course! I was stating that My Old Kentucky Home came out in 1926!

[@55twintv39]

@@felixthecatcomiccollector Ok.

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