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Sporn on Terrytoons

June 30, 2009 8:15 am

Michael Sporn’s Splog is a daily must-read for anyone interested in cartoons, their history and the experiences of a life-long New York independent animator. Today, Michael posts several vintage articles on the old Terrytoons studio based in New Rochelle, NY.

I want to thank Mike for giving me an excuse to post this fun TV commercial from the mid-1950s, below, featuring future Oscar winner Patty Duke playing with a Remco toy Drive-In Movie Theatre — which came complete with Terrytoons:

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14 comments posted in Classic

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06/30/09 8:33am	Mike says:
	Cute. I like how the boy at the end never blinks.
06/30/09 8:42am	Jonah Sidhom says:
	haha, the kid’s reaction at :57 after saying “remember, every boy wants a Remco toy” is my favorite part.
06/30/09 10:00am	Angry Anim says:
	I can’t possibly love this any more than I do. Very cool!
06/30/09 11:07am	Robert Barker says:
	OMG. My cousins had one of those when I was little. I was so jealous. I remember the toy. Did it just show stills? I’ll bet one of those in good shpe would be costly. Cool.
06/30/09 1:39pm	Mike Fontanelli says:
	This Remco toy regularly goes for big $$$ on eBay. I’m not sure modern audiences would even know what a Drive-In was. Given their notorious “passion pit” reputation at the time, though - it gives new meaning to Patty Duke’s knowing camera wink at the end, (”…And so do girls!”) This would make a great subversive SNL commercial parody, with adult comics playing the kids. What starts out as innocent role-playing reenacting Heckle & Jeckle cartoons quickly degenerates into a frenzied make-out, ending up under the table! With Will Ferrell and Cheri Oteri, or their modern equivalents…
06/30/09 3:58pm	uncle wayne says:
	I adore it!!! Than Q!!
06/30/09 5:08pm	B. Baker says:
	One of my favorite toys as a kid. Yep, it just showed little film strips (stills), mostly of Terrytoons characters and other CBS properties, like Captain Kangaroo. The material seemed like it was specifically drawn or created for the toy.
06/30/09 5:14pm	Christopher Cook says:
	Patty Duke was a little charmer back then.
06/30/09 8:02pm	Rocco says:
	$5.98 in 1955 = $47.57 in 2008 Looks well worth it.
07/1/09 1:19am	Michael Burton says:
	I never saw one of these in person, but I do remember the ads. Maybe that’s why I bought a VCR almost as soon as they became available.
07/1/09 11:01pm	Laughing Gravy says:
	LOVE IT. Never heard of this toy - what a natural. Great stuff. Thanks!
07/2/09 7:13am	Mando says:
	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kvenmWEhFE
07/2/09 9:38am	Bob says:
	If only they added “Perry Mason” and Gandy Goose, or “Gunsmoke” and Kiko the Kangaroo.
07/2/09 9:50pm	Lippy says:
	I ALWAYS coveted that toy! Thanks for the memories! I was only blessed with playing with it ONCE, at a distant relative’s house. Yet I remember that playdate like it was yesterday. I must have been about 3 or 4 and he was 8 or 9.

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