Fish Tales (found redrawn colorized version of Looney Tunes short; 1968): Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 09:55, 20 July 2023

Title card of the short.

Status: Found

Date found: 07 Dec 2017 (LQ) / 20 Jul 2023 (HQ)

Found by: ChupaX (LQ) and YoshiKiller2S (HQ)

Fish Tales is a 1936 American animated short film directed by Jack King, starring Porky Pig. The film's score was composed by Norman Spencer.

Plot

Porky Pig is going fishing. 2 worms begin to follow him and hop into his can used for holding worms. Porky’s boat then speeds up really fast, and he gets scared. He crashes into a boat where a group of men are eating on a long table, and Porky ends up splitting it in 2.

Porky’s boat, while still speeding, speeds into the water, until shooting out and starting to spin. He then spits out a fish and starts fishing.

Underwater, a fish tries to fish Porky, with a Donut as bait. The Fish captures Porky, and we are then introduced to the Fish’s wife and 2 kids. The Fish undresses Porky and tries to cook him, but he escapes and the credits roll.

Availability

Although the black and white version of the short is available online, the colorized 1968 version of this short couldn't be found.

The original evidence of its existence was a website which covers different redrawn cartoon shorts and screenshots of the short.^[1]

Although the short had aired on channels in the 1980s, including Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network, seemingly nobody owned a film copy of it or recorded it on VHS when it aired on TV.

On December 7th, 2017, the short was found by Myspleen user ChupaX. The short was then uploaded on archive.org. Then on July 20th, 2023, long-time Lost Media Wiki user YoshiKiller2S discovered a higher-quality Cartoon Network recording of the redrawn colorized version from a "massive MEGA folder full of Looney Tunes shorts."^[2]

Gallery

Fish Tales (colorized version) [LQ]

Fish Tales (colorized version) [HQ]

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Reference

↑ The Colorized Cartoon Database listing of the colorized version of Fish Tales. Retrieved 02 Mar '20
↑ Looney Tunes Fish Tales redrawn colorized version. Retrieved 20 Jul '23

[1] The Colorized Cartoon Database listing of the colorized version of Fish Tales. Retrieved 02 Mar '20

[2] Looney Tunes Fish Tales redrawn colorized version. Retrieved 20 Jul '23

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-''Fish Tales'' is a 1936 American animated short film directed by Jack King, starring Porky Pig. The film's score was composed by Norman Spencer.
+'''''Fish Tales''''' is a 1936 American animated short film directed by Jack King, starring Porky Pig. The film's score was composed by Norman Spencer.
 ==Plot==
-Porky's going fishing, but his boat careens out of control. He finally settles in and quickly catches several fishes, then falls asleep with his line in the water. While he sleeps, a fish catches a dream version of Porky and takes him home to the fish's family. Porky narrowly escapes, but has run-ins with other marine life, only to awaken and throw his catch back.
+Porky Pig is going fishing. 2 worms begin to follow him and hop into his can used for holding worms. Porky’s boat then speeds up really fast, and he gets scared. He crashes into a boat where a group of men are eating on a long table, and Porky ends up splitting it in 2.
+Porky’s boat, while still speeding, speeds into the water, until shooting out and starting to spin. He then spits out a fish and starts fishing.
+Underwater, a fish tries to fish Porky, with a Donut as bait. The Fish captures Porky, and we are then introduced to the Fish’s wife and 2 kids. The Fish undresses Porky and tries to cook him, but he escapes and the credits roll.
 ==Availability==
-Although this short can be found online in black and white, '''the colorized 1968 version of this short''' cannot be found.
+Although the black and white version of the short is available online, '''the colorized 1968 version of this short''' couldn't be found.
+The original evidence of its existence was a website which covers different redrawn cartoon shorts and screenshots of the short.<ref>[http://calvincrowe.tripod.com/redrawn/lt/fishtales.htm The Colorized Cartoon Database listing of the colorized version of ''Fish Tales''.] Retrieved 02 Mar '20</ref>
+Although the short had aired on channels in the 1980s, including Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network, seemingly nobody owned a film copy of it or recorded it on VHS when it aired on TV.
-The only known sources for it existing is a website which covers different redrawn cartoon shorts and screenshots of the short.
+On December 7th, 2017, the short was found by Myspleen user ChupaX. The short was then uploaded on archive.org. Then on July 20th, 2023, long-time Lost Media Wiki user YoshiKiller2S discovered a higher-quality Cartoon Network recording of the redrawn colorized version from a "massive MEGA folder full of Looney Tunes shorts."<ref>[https://archive.org/details/fish-tales-redrawn-colourised-hq Looney Tunes ''Fish Tales'' redrawn colorized version.] Retrieved 20 Jul '23</ref>
-Although this short has aired on channels in the 80s, as well as Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network, it is unknown if anyone has a copy of it or has it recorded when it aired on TV.
-==Finding==
-On December 7, 2017 the short has finally been found by a Myspleen user, ChupaX. The short was then uploaded on archive.org which can be viewed [https://archive.org/details/19360523LooneyTunesPorkyPigFishTalesredrawn here.]
 ==Gallery==
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+  |description1 =''Fish Tales'' (colorized version) [LQ]
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-==External Links==
+==See Also==
-* http://calvincrowe.tripod.com/redrawn/lt/fishtales.html Retrieved 11 Dec '17
+*[[Looney Tunes: By A Hare (lost build of cancelled arcade racing game; 1993)]]
+*[[Looney Tunes: Laff Riot (found unreleased pitch pilot of "The Looney Tunes Show" animated sitcom; 2009)]]
+*[[Looney Tunes: Space Race (lost build of cancelled original Nintendo 64 version of Dreamcast/PlayStation 2 racing game; 1998-1999)]]
+*[[Hare Ribbin' (found original ending of Warner Bros. cartoon; 1944)]]
+*[[Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (partially found original title cards for animated shorts; 1930s-1940s)]]
+*[[New Looney Tunes (lost unaired pilot episode of animated series; 2014)]]
+*[[Looney Tunes ClickN Read Phonics (partially found Flash animated internet shorts; 2011)]]
+*[[The Heckling Hare (lost original ending of Looney Tunes short; 1941)]]
+*[[Porky's Hare Hunt (found redrawn colorized version of Looney Tunes short; 1968)]]
+*[[The Bugs Bunny Show (partially lost animated TV series; 1960-2000)]]
+*[[Noël chez Bugs Bunny & Opération Bugs Bunny (found French live-action/animated Christmas TV special; 1997)]]
+*[[The New Daffy Duck Show (lost pilot script for unproduced animated series; 1997-1998)]]
+*[[Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies (partially found original title cards for animated shorts; 1930s-1940s)]]
-[[Category:Lost animation]]
+==Reference==
+{{reflist}}
+[[Category:Found animation]]
 [[Category:Found media]]
+[[Category:Found films]]