Frankie References in Golden Age Animation

[@MichelleAnnM]

I think the funniest part of this is that Sinatra's career outlasted his initial image by so long that the parody of portraying him as a walking toothpick doesn't even make sense from a modern perspective.

[@kyonkochan]

For real I had no idea who this "Frankie" guy was for a long time and when I found out it was Frank Sinatra I had to do some digging to find the stuff they were referencing because I only knew his later stuff.

[@BR-jw7pm]

@@kyonkochansame! I know he was a member of the Rat Pack and (possibly) tied to the mob, so THESE caricatures had me scratching my head 😅

[@nitemare1097]

Due to the guy used to to skinny as hell

[@kathleenking47]

In the 40s, he looked a little like that

[@kathleenking47]

​@@kyonkochan 5:44 Sounds like mel blanc

[@dtnetlurker]

Sinatra tried suing a couple of times. I remember reading that he ended up just letting it drop and would just laugh at them when they would pop up. Bing also sued quite a few times for caricatures in his likeness, but was a lot more furious than Sinatra ever was. As far as I know Bing was always unsuccessful whenever he tried to sue the Cartoon studios.

[@mevb]

For Warner Bros. I knew they made two cartoons with his likeness in an unflattering manner that made him sue them but lost the case: Bingo Crosybana and Let It Be Me,. It wouldn't hurt Bing Crosby's repition, though, as his career was squeaky clean.

[@el_mismisimo_sr.x]

​@@mevbBing was just being a little bitch

[@radionoakmont7756]

oh i remember reading about that it is like my mom always said you know your doing very good when someone spoof's you, you know you have succeeded, plus id be flattered unless it is something very very creepy then id ask please don't.

[@connormclernon26]

Bing was always more of a jerk than Sinatra

[@ryandevan2793]

Gee, where does that sound familiar?

[@darkstarmoonshadow]

I always found it rather humorous that Frank Sinatra was depicted as fatally skinny

[@luminescentstar475]

Ive always wondered why, I don't have a clue why every cartoon with the "Franky" singer are all like this can I please have the context or is it just a gag?

[@sleepynoodles6425]

​@@luminescentstar475 they were jealous of how the ladies swooned over franky so they exaggerated how skinny he was

[@OldsVistaCruiser]

Frank was indeed skinny until his casino days.

[@Anastas1786]

@@luminescentstar475 The most famous pictures of Frank Sinatra are from the late '50s, the '60s, and later; but in the '40s, when he was just starting out and when these cartoons were made, he was very thin, and the cartoonists naturally exaggerated that for these parodies.

[@rexjolles]

back when he first started out he was super skinny. Back in the 40's all the bobby soxers were all over him, my grandma included. i still have all her records

[@derpnip]

I like how the animators couldn't deny his charisma but were absolutely merciless with his weight.

[@LucyHaskell-qx6nu]

The voice actors for these parodies of Sinatra are actually really good singers themselves.

[@diaquallo]

Agreed

[@Tolinar]

Actually... they're quite average. The qualities that made Sinatra and Crosby popular, texture, clarion and strength... we don't listen for them as much anymore. These guys could be the top singer in a high school choir.

[@rexjolles]

@@Tolinar 🤓

[@MrManga51]

@@Tolinaroh look; a music snob 😒

[@minamur]

​@@MrManga51 well i at least am impressed with how good they are at listening to music

[@edwarduzumakielric]

That middle finger is the only thing that's keeping KZbinKids from removing the comments.

[@MsYukizomesorangejuice]

Lmao fr

[@Atylonisus]

It ain't much but it's honest

[@VITAS874]

Also f you KZbin censorship

[@VITAS874]

They not let say words to you anymore. This is dystopia.

[@VITAS874]

Hopè they b in hell for what they done.

[@diaquallo]

No wonder Frankie Sinatra was one of the biggest references in cartoon history

[@powerist209]

pre-Casino Frankie Sinatra to be precise. Now most people know him from 1960's era.

[@diaquallo]

@@powerist209yup

[@fakemoth1068]

Imagine being a celebrity and a bunch of people draw rabbits getting hot and bothered over you

[@khalilal-bukhari7042]

it might not be so far from reality...

[@sweetbunnybun]

Popular things tend to annoy ppl, plus Sinatra was just a young newcomer at the time, not a classic act

[@vincemacek681]

"Little 'Tinker" was a rarity for Tex Avery with a rather sweet storyline with cute animals, but he was totally in his element with those increasingly morbid "Frank Sinatra is skinny" gags.

[@JosieRenteria]

🐿️ Rocky 🫎! & BULLWINKLE 🐿️🫎🦦🧤 FRANKLIN 🦦! TURTLE 🐢

[@Whatisthisgremlin]

Okay but the skunk one was starting to scare me bit by bit, the plasma, oxygen, & iron lung…

[@BR-jw7pm]

Don’t worry, he’s a cartoon! His painful, tortured existence can’t kill him 😂

[@Aquatic_Tear494]

Girl at this rate, put him out of his suffering

[@juuchanIRL]

i found that to be the funniest part when i was a kid

[@misspinkpunkykat]

I think it's to imply he's super old

[@BR-jw7pm]

@@misspinkpunkykatmore like he’s so thin that he’s sickly and frail

[@davidwesley2525]

WOW Frank Sinatra is Skinnier than Olive Oyl. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@paulyricca3881]

SO

[@davidwesley2525]

@@paulyricca3881 That Makes Frank Sinatra MORE Sickly & Undernourished than Olive Oyl. 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@marioserna3564]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@TylerRakstis]

Basically, remind us that these oldies singers refferenced in these old cartoons, were the big pop stars of their day.

[@travissmith2848]

True, but the ones today can't survive without autotune.

[@capncookie1110]

@@travissmith2848 Either way, people will still swoon and scream over them or they'll simply have a massive cult following. I mean, look at Taylor Swift and her fans.

[@toooydoeur]

Okay bud lol ​@@travissmith2848

[@skootergirl22]

What i find funny when it comes to anthro animals is that the girls always look more human than the boys, just slap ears and noses on them thays it

[@mommalion7028]

Designers, who are mostly men, are afraid to make the female animals not sexy. 😂

[@piotrlatuszek171]

i think the problem is that - dont do that and animals look like boys (ofc when people try they can but if not its eazyer that way right?)

[@superhetoric]

misogyny

[@kaylaturnis9486]

Toots: I don't want to eat him! I can't eat him! Quintin: Why not? Toots: HE LOOKS LIKE FRANKIE SANATA!!! Quintin: Oh Toots!!!

[@joecab1]

Gee, tell us what you really think of NBC Universal 😂

[@classicfilmcartoonfan007pe3]

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[@davidwesley2525]

NBC Universal Party Pooper 💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩

[@paulyricca3881]

🚬🧔🏿🥃 WATT I THINK ABOUT NBC UNIVERSAL ? I THINK YO MOTHER STINK MORE DAN NBC UNIVERSAL

[@diaquallo]

Because copyright

[@ScroogeKamaziMD]

​@@diaquallo Same energy as Paramount

[@afronight]

I've seen most of these as a child and had no idea it was supposed to be Frank Sinatra since the image of him being skinny is not what you think of him now

[@BLUEJAYMusic1994]

Little Tinker did NOT hold back

[@MrManga51]

Some of these jokes get less funny when you discover that Frank Sinatra did eventually get heart and breathing problems during the last years of his life. RIP Frank Sinatra

[@pbee.njayay444]

:( this reminds me of when Chadwick Boseman was struggling with cancer and he lost so much weight and people were making despicable jokes and names about his weight and then he died…

[@superhetoric]

​how so? Frank was healthy in this period and for the majority of his life

[@user-go2ld4ti6r]

"No blood allowed" censore was fun even in that time. That all was "plasma".

[@GiantParfait]

Thank you for this compilation. Heh. I once heard someone insult police officers saying 'they couldn't arrest Frank for being skinny!' and that always stuck with me 😂

[@Solqueen86]

Book Revue was the most creative Cartoon I saw as a kid. Man was making BOOKS WET FOR HIM!

[@alexanderrosario8569]

The iron lung absolutely slayed me.

[@sonicstuff567]

5:23 gets me every fucking time i swear 🤣🤣

[@natewatson6962]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@aricgill1290]

7:05 "Ah the public is fickle." - Ferb Fletcher in the Phineas and Ferb episode Chez Platypus

[@PioneersofRadioComedy]

A really great, HILARIOUS compilation! I don't think I'd seen "Little 'Tinker" before and I appreciate the way you edited it into the video in segments. And good on you for giving the finger to petty NBC Universal!

[@davidwesley2525]

5:34 - 5:48. Dont Understand Why the Cat would Want to Eat the Frank Sinatra Canary. NO MEAT on His Bones. 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@sweetbunnybun]

Parrot (parody of bing cosby) said that canary was filled with vitamins. But then Sylvester just ate the parrot cause canary made his life miserable and parrot always encouraged him to try again in pursuing him (parrot hated canary's singing so he wanted to get rid of him)

[@Tsubahi]

Psst. Frank Sinatra was ALREADY a married dad at the time! 😳

[@Solqueen86]

Curtain Razor made me remember this was the same trio type they took from Disney had for the Caballeros A Parrot, Duck and Rooster

[@ferretyluv]

I remember his portrayals were always so stick skinny. He never looked that particularly sickly thin.

[@askatuproductions]

3:50 the golden retriever tho xd

[@Misscouchpotato-]

The iron lung is INSANE 😭 3:59

[@VixenSkyfront]

I wish I would also swoon over his voice, too bad I wasn’t alive then… 1:40 also, nice middle finger lol

[@diaquallo]

Same

[@GiantParfait]

On the plus side we can listen to him anytime now, on demand! :3

[@GregTheLion]

this would be the equivalent nowadays of seeing Rihanna or Coldplay references

[@classicfilmcartoonfan007pe3]

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[@skootergirl22]

Taylor fans be like

[@shhh673]

3:00 this should be Ed Sheeran 😂

[@capncookie1110]

Or Justin Bieber

[@violettevicencio363]

4:21 Henry’s Mother

[@PrettyWeirdDuck]

Joke after joke about Frankie being comically thin.

[@gasparg643]

Is career lasted so long we don’t remember him as skinny anymore

[@roverworld7218]

Sinatra! Oh Frankie! (I love these classic cartoons early Sinatra references, by the way even in the blocked scenes the voice of Sinatra singing sounds great, even if it was used as part of a comic effect).

[@hotrodmercury3941]

Just looked up an image of him as a youngster. Yeah he was pretty dang thing compared to the era of other singers. Very good looking dude.

[@ferretyluv]

I don’t know, I just looked up young pictures of him and he looks like a dweeb. Nice voice, but not sexy at all. And he just looks skinny like a nerd skinny, not anorexic like in these parodies.

[@Olivia-no7mi]

Why Was He So Skinny?.

[@sleepynoodles6425]

In jealousy over all the women liking "frankie" they overexageratted how skinny he is to mock him

[@enriquejoseantequerasanche6180]

Apparently he was really skinny when he was young

[@presidentobeng]

1:17 Always gotta take a shot at us SOMEWHERE 🙄

[@sifins1579]

don’t act like they didn’t get it right

[@superhetoric]

since when are caricatures of anyone "right"?

[@robertgordon668]

I think little tinker went too far on O’l blue eyes. To the point of jealousy.

[@descontr0l]

There is another cartoon produced by 20th Century Fox : _SWOONING THE SWOONERS (1945)_ where Frankie appears as a black and white cat.

[@ScroogeKamaziMD]

A TerryToons u mean?

[@maureencora1]

Super Singer of the 20th Century, May He R.I.P.

[@blukmage19typeR]

Frank Sinatra, the other Thin Man.

[@haven_lady675]

Guess Stans do exist before Stans exist

[@skootergirl22]

Shows we never changed

[@JosieRenteria]

Rocky & BULLWINKLE 🐿️🫎🦦🧤 FRANKLIN! TURTLE 🐢

[@jackpijjin4088]

How long did that 'Little Tinker' gag go on for? Surely the whole episode wasn't just the same joke pounded into the ground. I liked both times Frankie was shown as a Chicken.

[@susankornas2613]

Bro was slowly dying and they were simping :(

[@OceanFragments]

Whoof that quick cutaway from the blackface bunny hahahaha

[@MegaOrwell1984]

The funny thing is that I watched a documentary earlier today about Sinatra and his connections with JFK and the Mafia.

[@kellington98]

Tori’ ellie’ alpha and siren: 😍

[@wigwagstudios2474]

THAT’s who that was in that skunk cartoon??? Also 2:46 EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@LinkEX]

Why was he always portrayed thin as a stick figure, though?

[@sweetbunnybun]

Cause these animators thought he was too skinny. They saw two world wars, great depression and other crisises and thought that if you were skinny it meant you didnt rat properly and your were unhealthy

[@LinkEX]

@@sweetbunnybun Ah, gotcha. He didn't stand out to me as skinny, but now that I think back to my grandparents I suddenly remember that back then, anything below being pudgy was apparently considered too skinny, haha.

[@ELVIS1975T]

He was skinny when he was young

[@ELVIS1975T]

He was definitely skinny when he was young

[@Broomer52]

Before his casino days the man was practically skin and bones. His later years chunked him up

[@jbsMUWcreations2089]

This was recommended to me -

[@etinarcadiaego7424]

The Shape Avoy rendition looks like a straight up JoJo character.

[@HB_Doraemon_Multitoons]

1:40 "Blocked by Copyright" stinks.

[@Lon3130]

1:40 I thought for a sec they flip me off 💀

[@Rye-Bread04]

4:04 Omg iron lung (markiplier reference) ((joking of course, love his voice lol))

[@CBMOA]

5:30 Is when it looked like he finally met the one who’s not into him (That’s just my opinion) Edit: And I thought Chopin can get admirers easily

[@Ihavenonamestopitplease]

The iron lung gag killed me

[@platesmcplates9057]

4:14 Ain't no way they got him seated up like the chocolate hating mama from SpongeBob

[@violettevicencio363]

4:37 Mother Goose

[@superhetoric]

3:20 Dorothy Lamour!

[@tricorvus2673]

And all this was before girls went cuckoo over the Beatles. So apparently young girls have always been like this. My era went nuts like this over Shaun Cassidy.

[@wiilov]

Evolution likes to throw novelty a bone.

[@the-sarcasticguy]

Now I see why Frankie was quite Famous

[@playmaker7392]

There was also a reference in a cartoon called little audrey

[@DecoderWalrus]

cartoons taught me how to swoon

[@katlan_2005]

Синатра да, классика американской музыки 20 века❤

[@benioshigura3699]

Frank Sinatra had pipes like nobody else.

[@TheSuitBloodMushMouth]

7:03 This was probably the funniest part.

[@matthewgoldman3186]

Watching stuff like this as a kid, I think attributed to my love and need for mass attention (from males + females)

[@superhetoric]

weird

[@emerpus01]

Nice quality considering these are 80+ years old. They look like new.

[@Aj-mn4pv]

Frankie must be really popular

[@davidwesley2525]

At 5:09 Why does Frank Sinatra have Blue skin & is paralyzed from the neck down ? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@sweetbunnybun]

Cause ppl thought he was unhealthy cause he was too skinny. Its exaggeration

[@mattypad777]

You forgot the part where Radio sings a song prior to the Curtain Razor cartoon from The Brave Little Toaster (1987)

[@cartoonelladefrasz7568]

He licks that Renault microphone 💀💀💀

[@garageman1989]

He must have been the Justin Bieber of his time.

[@LennyWhatever2]

“BECAUSE HE LOOKS LIKE F R A N K I E S I N A T R A”

[@Noelmchris]

Was Frank a very breathtaking singer in their time?

[@45Mistuikeidentity]

amazing

[@kooperjerome3335]

FRANKIE!

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

All of the girls are going gaga

[@theminiyosshi2901]

4:34 people just straight up jump out of windows back then?

[@S1LLY_H1M_L0VER]

Is That JungKook?!?! 😆😆😆

[@rolando90s]

does frank sinatra attached alot of ladies?

[@violettevicencio363]

5:05 Big Bad Wolf 👵🐺

[@2idiot2animate28]

6:00

[@snowcloudshinobi]

this is so funny lol

[@itsBINGO357]

Eeeeek that one rabbit with the gold tooth....💀

[@Imperyon]

Different times.

[@thewingedhussar4188]

5:03 - 5:14 Is more messed up then you realize, if you read Dante's Inferno and how they are playing off the cat sounded really gay their for a moment.

[@spoikeinnit]

yeah the homophobia isn't very subtle, huh

[@snowcloudshinobi]

​@@spoikeinnit it was subtle enough for me 💀 i was just like "hey, dante's inferno, i know that book."

[@superhetoric]

​@@spoikeinnitwhat exactly did you expect? lol

[@drixg555]

Was this before Frankie established his ties with the Mafia?

[@schwester6523]

I think that fact was not known for the big majority, only a few knew. But this is just my perception.

[@annoyingandfunny7349]

There’s an password on the Patreon page is the restoration of I’m a big shot now What is it

[@NotAnAnimationHistorian]

Can you message me through Patreon please

[@djbrashblubber]

2:54 this aged well.

[@Astromayu69]

Do....do I like rat pack music cause I watched a ton of looney tunes as a kid? 🤔

[@jasminnemcdonald94A]

You spelled his last name wrong. But that's okay. At least I get to see this compilation.

[@coryoblein98]

Why is each one so thin? What don't I know?

[@ljww9117]

If you look up pictures of a young Frank Sinatra, the person the caricatures are modeled after, he looks very thin. I’m guessing his angular face and high cheekbones, plus overall bony look had a lot to do with it.

[@loggior.speedweed4345]

why is he so deathly skinny?

[@Broomer52]

Because in the younger part of his career he was extremely skinny, he chunked up near the later part of it and that’s the Frank most are familiar with

[@kirbysuperstar5494]

why was he always portrayed as stick thin?

[@Butterstix2014]

You ever seen a picture of him? He looks really sickly thin.

[@joaquinnevarez2509]

And hade a very difficulty poorly health

[@soy_jacks]

the original justin beiber

[@DungeonCreator20]

Lol these animators were salty

[@awkwardpersonsoul5381]

Am I the only one who read the title of the video wrong