tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20404107.post114644865826515764..comments2023-11-26T09:57:53.394-08:00Comments on Cinema 4: Cel Bloc: A Shark Film Office Special Edition: Plane Dumb (1932)Rik Tod Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12903694670356107788noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20404107.post-1146626816164442242006-05-02T20:26:00.000-07:002006-05-02T20:26:00.000-07:00Thanks for the information, Anonymous. Actually ha...Thanks for the information, Anonymous. Actually had not heard of Moran and Mack, but it explains a lot about the film for me. It absolutely explains why this film varies so much from other Tom and Jerry flicks. It <I>still</I> doesn't make it funny or any good. <BR/><BR/>My complaints about blackface performers aside, the chief aspect of Amos and Andy's success was that they were actually <I>Rik Tod Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12903694670356107788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20404107.post-1146585711891652522006-05-02T09:01:00.000-07:002006-05-02T09:01:00.000-07:00As I recall, "Plane Dumb" was voicetracked by blac...As I recall, "Plane Dumb" was voicetracked by blackface comedians Moran and Mack, who billed themselves as the Two Black Crows. When plans for a series of cartoons with Moran and Mack fell through, Van Buren took the completed voice track for "Plane Dumb" and turned it into a Tom and Jerry cartoon, rather than waste it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com