Goofy created by Walt Disney, Pinto Colvig, Tom Palmer & Art Babbitt Johnny Eyeball created by Dick Kinney Beloved Disney character GOOFY is JOHNNY EYEBALL, in "How to Be a Detective," a 1952 cartoon short. Something of a send-up of assorted private eye and noir-ish tropes (before noir was even recognized as a thing), it's … Continue reading Johnny Eyeball/Goofy (How to Be a Detective)
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Private Eye Popeye
Created by E.C. Segar Pseudonym of Elzie Crisler Segar (1894-1938) POPEYE, everyone's favourite spinach-chugging sailor man, gets the P.I. treatment in "Private Eye Popeye," a lame, low-budget cartoon from the mid-fifties, put out by Famous Studios. It was not Popeye’s greatest moment. Despite the fact this was produced smack-dab-in-the middle of the hard-boiled P.I. craze, with … Continue reading Private Eye Popeye
Duck Twacy (The Great Piggy Bank RobberyDuck Twacy)
Created by E.C. Segar "Snake Eyes! Agh! Eighty-Eight Teeth! Hammerhead! Oh, no, Pussycat! Pussycat Puss! Bat Man! Double-Header! P-p-picklepuss! P-p-p-pumpkin Head! Neon Noodle! Juke Box Jaw! Wolf Man! You're all under arrest!" "The Great Piggy Bank Robbery," a 1946 Looney Tune cartoon short from Warner Bros., directed by Robert Clampett and featuring Daffy Duck, is … Continue reading Duck Twacy (The Great Piggy Bank RobberyDuck Twacy)