Did you ever watch Felix the Cat? I loved this cartoon when I was little and watched it as often as I could. I was the type of kid who couldn't get up mid-week to go to school to save my life, but was up at 5am every Saturday morning so I could see Felix the Cat and the Pink Panther. I had my priorities, you know. I still love cartoons and can sometimes be found watching them for hours, way after my kids have gotten bored and wandered off to do something else.
If you go to the official website for Felix the Cat you'll find a section on the history of the show. Felix made his TV debut in 1928, so obviously it began way, way before I ever began watching it. They were just figuring out this whole TV concept back then and apparently Felix the Cat was made out of paper mache and put on a record turntable. Felix the Cat is still considered to be one of the very first cartoon stars. His first feature film was in 1919 called "Feline Follies". However, at that time he wasn't called Felix yet, but Tom the Cat. We have a DVD set of Felix the Cat cartoons and my boys & I love watching them. It's amazing to think these shows have been around so long and that they started off in the early days of silent films. Felix the Cat is still cool, especially with that Magic Bag of Tricks of his -- Righty-O!
If you go to the official website for Felix the Cat you'll find a section on the history of the show. Felix made his TV debut in 1928, so obviously it began way, way before I ever began watching it. They were just figuring out this whole TV concept back then and apparently Felix the Cat was made out of paper mache and put on a record turntable. Felix the Cat is still considered to be one of the very first cartoon stars. His first feature film was in 1919 called "Feline Follies". However, at that time he wasn't called Felix yet, but Tom the Cat. We have a DVD set of Felix the Cat cartoons and my boys & I love watching them. It's amazing to think these shows have been around so long and that they started off in the early days of silent films. Felix the Cat is still cool, especially with that Magic Bag of Tricks of his -- Righty-O!
I loved Felix - even bought my kids a clock with Felix on it. His tail was the pendulum.
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Cool clock.
I always enjoyed Felix too, but really my favorite cartoon was Crusader Rabbit (and Rags.)
ReplyDeleteI would watch Felix, along with Popeye, every Saturday morning as a kid. Mighty Mouse, too. I think it was KTLA, channel 5 that would run them. There was a man, I can't recall his name, who would draw some of the characters with charcoal or conte crayon as a segue to each cartoon. Fun memories. :)
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Loved Felix so much it was my nickname in high school :)
ReplyDeleteI have never seen Felix... remember I live in a very small box! lol But the clip you posted was pretty cool!
ReplyDeleteNow I've got the theme tune going through my head-'Felix the cat, the wonderful, wonderful cat...' Is that how it went?
ReplyDeleteI watched a little bit of Felix. But not enough to remember him well. Cute clip! :0)
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