Mediocre Monkey Mayhem...The Golfers (007)
Special thanks to PopKorn Kat for a copy of this rather hard-to-find cartoon. SERIES: Meany, Miny, and Moe SYNOPSIS: Meany, Miny, and Moe have lots of trouble trying to play golf. ORIGINAL RELEASE: January 11th, 1937 SUPERVISION: Walter Lantz STORY: Walter Lantz and Victor McLeod ANIMATION: Laverne Harding, Ed Benedict, and Leo Salkin MUSICAL DIRECTION: James Dietrich STUDIO: Walter Lantz Productions (producer), Universal Pictures (distributor) Pre-Show Remarks Before I had done the research for this blog, I had no idea who Meany, Miny, and Moe even were. For the sake of those that might not really be in the know either, here's what I know; They were initially created as one-shot characters for an Oswald cartoon, but I'd assume they were so popular with audiences that they requested that they give those three monkeys their own cartoons. Many prints of this cartoon have a gag involving an African-American caricature removed. For the sake of historical accuracy and...