Love love love this cartoon! My mom bought my kids a cartoon DVD out of the dollar bin and this was on it! I haven't been able to get it out of my head for years now - at least 4 years! I love it!
I've been looking for this for ages! I remember watching this on TV when I was a kid in the 60's. I always loved the animation and that little song. Thank you for posting!
Yes, as 'atzawacki' has stated, this WAS a segment of the 1956-'57 "BOING BOING SHOW" on CBS' Sunday afternoon schedule (originally telecast in black and white).
0:57 back and forth between two bg colors 1:47 white lines of boats, make tree 2:35 shifting camera angles 3:05 longing balcony scene 4:30 montage cuts 7:02 eye thing cool
I've been looking for this for a while now. It suddenly hit me to stop searching up the song and look up the cartoon which I remembered was about a boy with an invisible mustache. So glad to have been able to find this.
I don't think I've seen this before, which is surprising, since I was born in 1956, and UPA cartoons were all over the place in 1960s TV, especially in large markets like Greater Chicagoland, where there were multiple independent channels. I love the story. It's told simply and effectively. UPA's stark graphics and limited animation were an ideal medium for telling Dufy's story. It's abundantly clear that UPA's artists, like the fashion industry of the mid-50s, was still strongly influenced by Dufy's work. I'm nuts about this cartoon! I want to see it in a better transfer, if possible. Time to hit up the library!
I remember watching this in a documentary. So glad to finally find it again after all these years. I'm 19 BTW, who said a teen can't be mature too? X'D
Recuerdo ver este corto en un dvd de Superman contra la momia de toon factory con doblaje en español e Pero no lo encontré pero me alegro de volver a ver este corto después de bastantes años en ese dvd asta recuerdo que tenía otras canciones pero cambian como 2 creo
Rare? I assume it's rare because UPA only produced one "The Invisible Mustache of Raoul Dufy" cartoon. Then again, pretty much all cartoons are rare, then.
It's rare because this is the only place to find it and it cannot be found in restored quality, it's a made for tv cartoon which along with the rest of the Gerald Mcboing boing show has never been on DVD
The Gerald McBoing Boing Show had a multitude of talented artists and directors. Of course, UPA was known for scorning humor. Nevertheless, supervising director Bobe Cannon hired former UPA writer Bill Scott as an associate producer to help add humor to the show. Scott also served as dialogue director for the series. When Scott later teamed up with Jay Ward, not only did he bring along some of the designers and directors to Ward's studio, but also some of the actors who put in time for this series. For instance, the "Favorite Painters" series was narrated by Hans Conried, who would later play, among other Ward roles, Snidley Whiplash on the "Dudley Do-Right" segments by Ward.
Love love love this cartoon! My mom bought my kids a cartoon DVD out of the dollar bin and this was on it! I haven't been able to get it out of my head for years now - at least 4 years! I love it!
Same and I’m just now finding it again
Same haha
i used to love these cartoons when i was little! i think this particular one single handedly started my obsession with art
Grew up seeing this on TV. Where is this kind of thing for children today?
I've been looking for this for ages! I remember watching this on TV when I was a kid in the 60's. I always loved the animation and that little song. Thank you for posting!
Huh, funny that a kid from the 60's and a teen from the 2000's (1999) found the same entertainment from this! Loved this stuff when I was younger. ^^
3:12 is so catchy
Rip to everyone still looking for this
Yeah you rock, I love UPA. I love that song he sings, it's dying for a Pogo-esque remix. You all do know Pogo don't you? :)
Yes, as 'atzawacki' has stated, this WAS a segment of the 1956-'57 "BOING BOING SHOW" on CBS' Sunday afternoon schedule (originally telecast in black and white).
Wonderful animation! Informative, poignant, marvelous art style... and the magnificent voice of Hans Conried narrates. Thanks for posting!
0:57 back and forth between two bg colors
1:47 white lines of boats, make tree
2:35 shifting camera angles
3:05 longing balcony scene
4:30 montage cuts
7:02 eye thing cool
I've been looking for this for a while now. It suddenly hit me to stop searching up the song and look up the cartoon which I remembered was about a boy with an invisible mustache. So glad to have been able to find this.
I don't think I've seen this before, which is surprising, since I was born in 1956, and UPA cartoons were all over the place in 1960s TV, especially in large markets like Greater Chicagoland, where there were multiple independent channels. I love the story. It's told simply and effectively. UPA's stark graphics and limited animation were an ideal medium for telling Dufy's story. It's abundantly clear that UPA's artists, like the fashion industry of the mid-50s, was still strongly influenced by Dufy's work. I'm nuts about this cartoon! I want to see it in a better transfer, if possible. Time to hit up the library!
I remember watching this in a documentary. So glad to finally find it again after all these years. I'm 19 BTW, who said a teen can't be mature too? X'D
Animation by Faith and John Hubley, 1959.
Very cool and graceful, I didn't even know this UPA cartoon so far; so, thanks a million for posting!
Recuerdo ver este corto en un dvd de Superman contra la momia de toon factory con doblaje en español e
Pero no lo encontré pero me alegro de volver a ver este corto después de bastantes años en ese dvd asta recuerdo que tenía otras canciones pero cambian como 2 creo
tim burton kinda stole this idea on his short "vincent"
This was part of the Gerald McBoing Boing Show. Marvelous!
I watched this in Spanish!
I didn't found it yet in spanish, But i understand english.
oh lol, cool. kinda figured you were teasing. :)
how lovely!!
@steepertree I wish the series is on DVD
Oh I'm sure it will be one day
Wherever did you find this?? Fabulous!
5 sisters!,!!
Rare? I assume it's rare because UPA only produced one "The Invisible Mustache of Raoul Dufy" cartoon. Then again, pretty much all cartoons are rare, then.
It is rare because you can't find it anywhere else… Can you?
It's rare because this is the only place to find it and it cannot be found in restored quality, it's a made for tv cartoon which along with the rest of the Gerald Mcboing boing show has never been on DVD
I have a DVD called Cartoon Craze and this is on it
The Gerald McBoing Boing Show had a multitude of talented artists and directors. Of course, UPA was known for scorning humor. Nevertheless, supervising director Bobe Cannon hired former UPA writer Bill Scott as an associate producer to help add humor to the show. Scott also served as dialogue director for the series.
When Scott later teamed up with Jay Ward, not only did he bring along some of the designers and directors to Ward's studio, but also some of the actors who put in time for this series. For instance, the "Favorite Painters" series was narrated by Hans Conried, who would later play, among other Ward roles, Snidley Whiplash on the "Dudley Do-Right" segments by Ward.