Tuesday, October 21, 2008

R&TVP Redrawns - Off To The Races (Ups 'N' Downs)

Firstly, apologies for the recent lack of posts, as I've been quite busy recently.

These series of R&TVP posts will come to an end today, partly because of problems with my Windows Movie Maker software, and also because I'm more keen on starting a series of posts about UK cartoon annuals and British versions of Tom & Jerry, Bugs Bunny, and Barney Bear comic strips. But I will end this series with a true WTF redrawn! I intended to post this as a big, surprising finale. but my uploaded copy was already discovered by a GAC Forum member ( click here! ). That'll teach me to upload it a day early!

Nevertheless, I'll present the most bizarre redrawn ever - Off To The Races.

This is based on Ups 'N' Downs, a 1931 Looney Tune starring Bosko. At first glance, it looks as if it is a better-looking effort compared to some of the others featured on my blog. That is, until the bad guy throws a grenade at Bosko and his mechanical horse, which then explodes. At that point, it gets really, REALLY bizarre - the ending is completely different to the original, with extremely crappy-looking original Korean animation, off-model characters, and, to add insult to injury, the original soundtrack is replaced by terribly-corny music (thankfully, it's quite brief). One may assume that the source material came without its ending, hence the entirely-new one!

For those of you who haven't seen either or both versions, I recommend seeing the original first:



And if you're brave enough to see this redrawn, here it is:



That's the end of my R&TVP posts. I hope some of you enjoyed watching them, and to those who are now virtually blind after overdosing on these redrawns, I beg you to accept my sincere apologies (hee! hee! hee!).

Now, on to the annuals...

6 comments:

Craig D said...

Huh?

What?

Why?

Anonymous said...

WTF?! the animation change on the end of redrawn version with thier own.

Anonymous said...

Life in research cartoons.

Tommy José Stathes said...

Always love seeing these comparisons. By the way, just got an original b/w Astra print of "Off to the Races"! :-D

Anonymous said...

In case anyone's curious, the song that plays in the redone ending is "Kindly Leave the Stage" by Johnny Pearson. It can be heard on the APM site: http://www.apmmusic.com/myapm

A.J. Johnson said...

BOSKO IS NOT RED.
REMEMBER THAT NOW.