Famous Studios Series and Characters: Little Lulu, Famous Studios, Superman, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Screen Songs, Raggedy Ann |  | Creator: Books LLC
Publisher: Books LLC
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Pages: 92
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.2
ISBN: 1156465745
EAN: 9781156465745
ASIN: 1156465745
Publication Date: May 20, 2010
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Little Lulu, Famous Studios, Superman, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Screen Songs, Raggedy Ann, Little Audrey, the Ghostly Trio, List of Herman and Katnip Cartoons, Baby Huey, Herman and Katnip, Matty's Funday Funnies, Noveltoons, Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare, Modern Madcaps. Excerpt: Baby Huey was a gigantic and naïve duckling cartoon character. He was created by Martin Taras for Paramount Pictures ' Famous Studios , and became a Paramount cartoon star during the 1950s. Although created by Famous for its animated cartoons, Huey first appeared in comic-book form in an original story in Casper the Friendly Ghost #1 September 1949, as published by St. John Publications .Famous Studios Huey first appeared onscreen in the Noveltoons short Quack a Doodle Doo , released in 1950. The character's voice was provided by Sid Raymond , an actor and comedian who created several other voices for Famous Studios' characters, including Katnip .Many animated shorts featuring Huey had recurring themes. Most common among them was him trying to be just like any other kid his age. He would see his peers playing, and would immediately get excited. Whenever he tried to involve himself in the activities of his peers (also anthropomorphic ducklings) he would often inadvertently cause more problems, and as a result they would drive him away through trickery (and into tears). A hungry fox would show up, feigning friendship and setting traps along the way, all of which would prove ineffective on Huey and/or backfire on the fox. At first Huey was blissfully unaware of the fox's true agenda. But as his peers watched the annoyed fox in action from a safe distance (and fearing for his safety just as they did their own), Huey would come to realize the truth about his predator and dispose of him, usually by saying: ...
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