Short clip from Fleischer cartoon "Stoopnocracy" (1933) featuring a funny inside-joke where the lunatic asylum ambulance is called to "1600 Broadway" to pick up a crazy person. (1600 Broadway was the address of the Fleischer Studios in New York City). Hopefully this will come out someday on a Fleischer DVD in better quality, but for now this is the best I can find . It's amazing when you see some of these cartoons taken from an original 35mm print how beautiful they look , but these 3rd or 4th generation prints (not helped by the low-res. Flash player on YouTube) make them look technologically archaic , charming in some ways I suppose, but not a good representation of how good these cartoons looked in the original versions. ( at least the gag still plays )
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Dave, i don't know anything about this cartoon but the title sounds like a reference to Col. Stoopnagle, a master of inane comedy and the (sort of) pre-cursor to Bob & Ray. I have seen a few of Col. Stoopnagle's short films and read his books and he was very very funny....
cheers
Posted by: Will Finn | October 11, 2007 at 08:16 PM
You are correct , sir.
The live-action portion of "Stoopnocracy" stars vaudeville comedians Stoopnagle & Budd .
Posted by: David N | October 11, 2007 at 08:57 PM
There is actually a full version of Stoopnocracy over at Dinosaur Gardens - http://www.dinosaurgardens.com/archives/442
The quality isn't pristine, but it's better than the YouTube video, and it's the full show.
Good watching!
Posted by: Esbeemer | January 22, 2008 at 10:22 PM