Dingbat Land | |
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Directed by | Connie Rasinski |
Story by | John Foster [1] |
Produced by | Paul Terry |
Starring | Tom Morrison (uncredited) |
Music by | Philip A. Scheib |
Animation by | John Foster Connie Rasinski Reuben Timmins Jim Tyer Carlo Vinci (all uncredited) |
Layouts by | Art Bartsch (uncredited) |
Backgrounds by | Anderson Craig Bill Hilliker (both uncredited) |
Color process | Technicolor |
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Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date | February 1, 1949 |
Running time | 6:29 |
Language | English |
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.
Gandy Goose and Sourpuss go on a safari jungle hunt in search for a rare Dingbat bird.
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]