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Is there even a ghost of a chance for the Jasper Puppetoons (George Pal)?

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4/10/07 at 1:00pm
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I saw one of them (the "Haunted House" one) on an Australian DVD that compiles a bunch of other "politically incorrect" toons and really liked it. Who owns these?

I suspect there's not even a snowball's chance of this coming out, but maybe somebody around here has heard something, one way or t'other.
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4/10/07 at 3:37pm
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Re: Is there even a ghost of a chance for the Jasper Puppetoons (George Pal)?

That's a good question. The George Pal Puppetoons series theatrically released by Paramount were sold to television in the 1950's along with the non-Popeye Famous Studios cartoons (Little Lulu, et. al.) and (I believe) Fleischer Betty Boops as well. I remember seeing these as a child. The original titles preceded by NTA presents.
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4/10/07 at 3:45pm
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Re: Is there even a ghost of a chance for the Jasper Puppetoons (George Pal)?

If they were sold to NTA, that means that Viacom now owns them, since Viacom acquired Republic/NTA at the same time they acquired the Spelling Productions assets. They may also be subject to the bizarre licencing arrangement that sees Lionsgate releasing The Monster Squad later this year.

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4/10/07 at 5:57pm
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Re: Is there even a ghost of a chance for the Jasper Puppetoons (George Pal)?

I think at least one Jasper short was included in "The Puppetoon Movie", which is out on DVD.
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4/10/07 at 8:40pm
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Re: Is there even a ghost of a chance for the Jasper Puppetoons (George Pal)?

The camera negatives to a lot of these are listed at the UCLA Film & TV Archive, so I'd love to see Republic/Paramount/Lionsgate issue some restored sets. The Puppetoon Movie DVD has top-notch quality, but it's obvious they were limited to lesser elements (especially since they crop or paint out the Paramount logos/copyrights).

Tell The Weinstein Company to release Richard Williams' animated masterpiece The Thief and the Cobbler on DVD in Panavision widescreen and uncut! See and hear what you're missing from their Bitsy Award winner of Worst Standard Edition DVD of 2006 on YouTube!
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4/11/07 at 11:32am
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Re: Is there even a ghost of a chance for the Jasper Puppetoons (George Pal)?

There are more than one Jasper on the Puppetoon DVD:

Some shorts on it:

What Ho, She Bumps (1937)
Mr. Strauss Takes a Walk (1942)
Olio for Jasper (1946)
Philips Cavalcade (1934)
Jasper's Derby (1946)
Hoola Boola (1941)
Ether Symphony (1936)
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (1936)
Magic Atlas (1935)
Jasper and the Haunted House (1942)
Philips Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
Ship of the Ether (1934)

I believe I read somewhere that Pal's kid was trying to obtain the rights for all of the Puppetoons in hopes of releasing a complete collection but this was some time ago.
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