Discover Amazon Book Box for Kids. He did eventually work on the film when it was been made, but he ended up leaving the production and the company altogether after a heated row with Walt Disney because of creative differences; Peet wanted the film to be darker and closer to the original Rudyard Kipling novel. In contrast, Goliath I is Goliath II is constantly getting into … The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949), Song of the South (1946) and Goliath II (1960). Various elements of the animation will invariably remind viewers of DUMBO (1941) and the forthcoming JUNGLE BOOK (1967). Goliath II is an animated short released on January 21, 1960. by Golden Press. Goliath II manages to turn it around and has the mouse dangling by his tail. A tiger wants to eat an elephant, and Goliath II is the only one small enough for him to attempt catching, and he spends some time trying to eat Goliath II, but his mother protects him, eventually throwing the tiger into the mouth of a crocodile. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. ), and I like him in this cartoon as he is essentially reprising the same role. Animation from Dumbo appears, which isn’t surprising, considering that film also stars a baby elephant and involves him being ostracised from the herd, albeit circus elephants as opposed to jungle elephants. The mouse, on the other hand, is a massive jerk. Savio (Penguins of Madagascar) as Kaa Dudley Puppy (T.U.F.F. 1 Saludos Amigos 2 The Three Caballeros 3 Make Mine Music 4 Fun and Fancy Free 5 Melody Time 6 So Dear to My Heart 7 The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad 8 Alice in Wonderland 9 Lady and the Tramp 10 Sleeping Beauty 11 One Hundred and One Dalmatians 12 The Sword in the Stone 13 The Jungle Book 14 The Aristocats … Goliath II (1960) (Short) ... To help save money, they recycled several elements from The Jungle Book, including using the design of Baloo for Little John and the dance sequence between Baloo and King Louie which was rotoscoped and used again for Little John and Lady Cluck's dance. To see what your friends thought of this book. https://headphonedaydreams.wordpress.com/2014/02/26/goliath-ii In contrast, Goliath I is sort of. TV Spots. Raja escaped when the crocodile was going to sleep underneath a tree. With Goliath I and the rest of the herd now more than willing to look out for Goliath II no matter what, Goliath II's mother's worries are finally over. Goliath II (Goliath II), Hathi Junior (The Jungle Book), and Dumbo (Dumbo) as The 3 Piglets The Great Prince of the Forest (Bambi) as Patrick the Horse Kanga (Winnie the Pooh) as Audrey the Hen In fact, in some ways this short feels like it was a prototype for The Jungle Book, with both being set in the wild in India, and having similar characters. Raja is scrawny and more like an overgrown cat than a tiger, he’s actually almost sympathetic with his bumbling attempts to get an easy meal. Apparently he was, for whatever reason, a big fan of reusing old animation. The Jungle Book 2 (ColinXEliza Style) ColinXEliza's movie-spoof of The Jungle Book 2. Previous page. Puppy) as Baloo? The Crocodile was my favourite character in Peter Pan (seriously! Goliath II is an animated short released on January 21, 1960 in a double bill with Toby Tyler. Goliath II is a 1960 American animated comedy short film produced by Walt Disney Productions. Äitinorsu kuitenkin uskoo, että pienikin pystyy suuriin tekoihin, ja Goljatin tilaisuus koittaa päivänä, jona norsujen polulla kököttää ärhäkkä hiirulainen. It was directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, who directed most of the Disney animated films from the “Xerox” era, including One Hundred and One Dalmations, Robin Hood and The Jungle Book. Then there are three different owls from three different films, Bambi, Sleeping Beauty, and The Adventures Of Icabod Crane and Mr. Toad. Learn how your comment data is processed. Harder to obtain than some of his. This cartoon is fun to see nowadays as a mash-up of many elements from different Disney films, but does it hold up in its own right? Language. Goliath II decides that he isn’t going to drop him, but I kind of wanted Raja to come back and eat the mouse. Goliath II's Mother - Winifred (The Jungle Book) Raja - Shere Khan (The Jungle Book) Eloise - Elephant Matriarch (Dumbo) Crocodile - Tick-Tock the Crocodile (Peter Pan) The narrator is Sterling Holloway, who later provided the voice of Kaa in The Jungle Book. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman and written by Bill Peet, it is narrated by Sterling Holloway and stars the voices of Kevin Corcoran, Barbara Jo Allen, J. Pat O'Malley, Verna Felton, and Paul Frees. SuperJNG18's movie-spoof of "The Jungle Book" Oliver (Oliver and Company) as Mowgli Raja (Goliath II) as Shere Khan Tom Cat (Tom and Jerry) as Bagheera? Elephants were my favourite animal when I was growing up. But even if you ignore the recycling, Goliath II’s size is inconsistent. See all details. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998) Space Jam (1996) Shorts. Start by marking “Walt Disney's Goliath II” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Bill Peet was an American children's book illustrator and a story writer for Disney Studios. Zachary Baker's movie-spoof of Disney's "The Jungle Book" (1967) Mowgli - Phineas (Phineas and Ferb) Baloo - Romeo (Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss) Bagheera - Francis (Felidae (1994); with Twilight Sparkle (My Little Pony: Friendship of Magic) as an extra) Shere Khan - Red (All Dogs Go to Heaven 2) Kaa - Carface (All Dogs Go to Heaven) King Louie - Rover Dangerfield (Rover … The story is the usual “underdog saves the day and gets to the top” one which Disney and practically every film studio ever have done, but that’s because it’s a story people love. This is why a lot of Disney animated films released in the 1960s, ’70s and up to the early ’80s before computerised animation came in, had a “sketchy” look, where you can still see the pencil outlines. In Peter Pan he wants to eat Captain Hook, in this he tries to eat the mouse and the tiger. The short film is about an elephant named Goliath II, who is no bigger than his father's toenail. Sometimes he’s the size of a mouse, other times he’s smaller than butterflies and snails. His movements and appearance are exactly the same, he’s just painted a darker green. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12470993-walt-disney-s-goliath-ii The story of this cartoon was by Bill Peet, who had worked on many Disney animations over the years, and had apparently always wanted to do The Jungle Book. The mouse in this one even talks a bit like Timothy, but unlike him he isn’t a friend to the baby elephant, he tries to beat him up! A bird in a nest who is startled and tries to gather all her eggs in case they drop was from Alice In Wonderland, here redrawn as a more exotic looking bird, a toucan possibly? Next page. Trivia. But in the 1960s Disney didn’t have much money, so they really had to cut costs. Goliath II’s mother picked Raja up by his tail with her trunk, she swung him round her head a few times before throwing him in the river. But this film didn’t just make use of recycled animation, it became a source of animation to recycle for later films. Recycling animation is nothing out of the ordinary, it has been done all the time, and it’s understandable considering how laborious a process hand drawn animation is. Change ). I don’t think a lot of people have seen this short before, but if you do you will probably get a sense of déjà vu. 1959 And how come the crocodile let him escape? Deutschland 89 – Episode Two: ‘November Nights’, Deutschland 89 – Episode One: ‘Kyrie Eleison’, Giant Squid: Filiming The Impossible – Natural World Special, Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators. A brief moment from the “Elephant pyramid” scene in Dumbo makes an appearance, Goliath II’s call to his mother is the same as Dumbo’s call to his mother, and then there’s the ending of the short, where a mouse sticks his tongue out and pulls faces frightening the elephant herd causing them to scatter and hide. However, he can’t hope to compete with his father or even follow in his footsteps because he is too small, as in he’s about the same size as a mouse! Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. A list featuring examples of recycled animation in Disney movies. January 1, 1959. He's a big disappointment to his father, but mom is proud of Goliath II anyway. There are many YouTube videos showing the recycling of animation and sounds in Disney animations of this era. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. The film can also be linked directly with 1967’s The Jungle Book, sporting some very similar designs—and most notably, two elephant pile-ups. Publisher. But Goliath II being the same size as the mouse manages to fight it off, and becomes a hero for the herd. Goliath I was a character whose design inspired people to create another elephant character exactly like him named Colonel Hathi in The Jungle Book (who was also voiced by J. Pat O'Malley). Goliath II (Goliath II), Hathi Junior (The Jungle Book), and Dumbo (Dumbo) as The 3 Piglets The Great Prince of the Forest (Bambi) as Patrick the Horse Kanga (Winnie the Pooh) as Audrey the Hen Roo (Winnie the Pooh), Rudy (Horton Hears a Who (2008)), etc. You could even add coincidences, like the fact it is narrated by Sterling Holloway, who voiced many Disney characters, including Winnie The Pooh, the Cheshire Cat in Alice In Wonderland and the stork in Dumbo. The crocodile was in the river, and caught Raja with his open mouth before he even landed in the river, swallowing him whole. The animation is OK. ( Log Out /  But the animation is used not once, not twice, but three times! It’s also probably contributed to why recycling of animation increased during this time, and Goliath II has the distinction of being the first cartoon produced using the Xerox process. And is full of humor, especially at the parts when the old tiger Raja is trying to catch little Goliath II. 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