holespoles: Tralfaz: San Francisco, Giddyap Style San...

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Tralfaz: San Francisco, Giddyap Style

San Francisco, Giddyap Style

It’s true. UPA didn’t make funny animal cartoons. The proof is “Giddyap,” which is an unfunny animal cartoon.



Well, maybe that’s being a bit harsh. The horse is just “meh,” as the kids say today. It took three people to come up with a story about how it’s 1950 but ice is still being delivered all over San Francisco, and how a man and a little girl want to get rid of a horse that’s willing to give them all his loot. If the horse had any. And he gets some in the end, as the animated former vaudeville star follows the path of many real-life former vaudeville stars and ends up on early television.



As usual, the stars of this UPA cartoon are the designs (by Bill Hurtz) and colour choices (by Herb Klynn and Jules Engle). Some of the buildings, cars and clouds are simply outlines. There are lots of shades of green and they mesh very well. There’s a bit of red to add variation. And the San Francisco topography allows the layouts to be drawn so the point of view is looking up or down at the action some of the time.