Gabby (cartoon)

"Gabby" was a Max Fleischer animated cartoon series distributed through Paramount Pictures. Gabby was the town crier in the 1939 animated feature "Gulliver’s Travels" produced by Fleischer. Paramount and Fleischer saw fit to give Gabby his own Technicolor cartoon series, nine entries of which were produced between 1940 and 1941. Gabby was voiced by Pinto Colvig, the voice of Walt Disney’s Goofy.

The "Gabby" cartoons were sold to U.M.&M. T.V. Corp. in 1955, which later became part of National Telefilm Associates, which became Republic Pictures, and was then sold to Paramount's current parent Viacom in 1999. Today, the Gabby cartoons are owned by CBS Paramount Television (for television release) and original distributor Paramount (for theatrical and home entertainment distribution). However, most Gabby cartoons can be found in faded public domain television prints, usually featuring National Telefilm Associates openings.

Filmography

*1940: "King for a Day"
*1940: "The Constable"
*1941: "All's Well"
*1941: "Two For The Zoo"
*1941: "Swing Cleaning"
*1941: "Fire Cheese"
*1941: "Gabby Goes Fishing"
*1941: "It's A Hap-Hap-Happy Day"

External links

* [http://www.toonopedia.com/gabby.htm "Gabby" at Don Markstein's Toonopedia]