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Sun, Dec 18, 2005
Cartoon Adventures Starring Gerald McBoing Boing
The Shorts: "This is the story of Gerald McCloy, and the strange thing that happened to that little boy."
Gerald McBoing Boing was the brainchild of Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss.) He invented the character and released the story on a record, but it didn't sell well. Seuss still believed in the idea, and thought that maybe a cartoon was the way to go. He had contributed some scripts to the Private Snafu cartoons during WWII, and he looked up some of the people he had worked with at that time. A deal was made and he sold the concept to UPA (United Productions of America). They turned the Seuss story into a cartoon which went on to win critical acclaim and even an Academy Award. They followed this first short up with three more, and then created a TV show which was the first animated show to be shown... Read the entire review
Cartoon Adventures Starring Gerald McBoing Boing