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Gabby
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"Animation by Max Fleischer!"

Gabby was a Max Fleischer animated cartoon series distributed through Paramount Pictures. Gabby debuted as the town crier in the 1939 animated feature Gulliver’s Travels produced by Fleischer. Shortly afterward Paramount and Fleischer saw fit to give Gabby his own Technicolor cartoon series, eight entries of which were produced between 1940 and 1941. Gabby was voiced by Pinto Colvig, the voice of Walt Disney's Goofy. The Gabby cartoons were sold to U.M.&M. T.V. Corp. in 1955, which later became part of National Telefilm Associates, which became Republic Pictures, and was then sold to Paramount's current parent Viacom in 1999. Today, the Gabby cartoons are in the public domain. For official releases, the cartoons are currently syndicated on television by Trifecta Entertainment & Media (inherited from CBS Television Distribution and other companies), original distributor Paramount owns the theatrical rights, and Olive Films owns the DVD rights.

Seasons & Episodes

Gabby is walking along singing a song when he spots a baby with no diaper. Gabby, of course, butts in, thinking that he can solve the problem. He sets out to stop the baby in the carriage from crying by changing the baby's diaper. Baby resists at every attempt.

Gabby and the head zookeeper at the Lilliput Zoo bring in a new kangaroo to the zoo. A delivery man pushes a crate down the street containing a Rubber Necked Kango. Gabby bumps into the crate, and in his usual know-it-all fashion, offers to personally deliver the animal, a baby. Gabby doesn't know that the mother is also in the crate, and she catches up with them, dropping the baby into her pouch, causing Gabby to think that the baby suddenly grew. They end up getting trapped in the kangaroo's cage and the Kangaroo runs free.

It's spring cleaning time at King Little's Palace. Gabby tries to take charge of the situation. But all he does is wreck the castle and get in everybody's way. The film ends with King Little and the royal staff hitting the meddlesome town crier with everything but the kitchen sink.

Gabby appoints himself as a committee of one to make Lilliput a better place. Gabby tries to help the Lilliput Fire Department put out what is initially a simple fire at an old house, lending his expertise whether the department wants it or not! As usual, he does nothing more than get in the way. Under his inept supervision (while trying to play fire chief), the bumbling town crier gets trapped on the roof of the burning house. The fire department reluctantly saves him.

In his usual manner, Gabby, the bumbling know-it-all town crier, attempts to teach a young boy how to catch the really big fish. The boy was doing fine by himself, but, of course, Gabby has to show him how it's done- and ends up getting hooked himself.

The Mayor of Lilliput is about to go on a camping trip and trying to avoid letting Gabby go with him. However, Gabby invites himself along. He follows and offers his ill-informed expertise on woodlore, screwing everything up.

King Little receives a letter that says, "Please be at home to-day. I have orders to shoot you!" He promptly makes Gabby king for a day. The little braggart is thrilled until he learns the reason why.

Pigs are disappearing from the mayor's backyard. It turns out that a bully is forcing Snitch the spy into doing the dirty work. Gabby, a cop on the beat, goes undercover disguised as a pig to catch the thief, and he rewards Snitch for helping apprehend the real thief.

Gulliver washes ashore on Lilliput and attempts to prevent war between that tiny kingdom and its equally minuscule rival, Blefuscu, as well as smooth the way for the romance between the Princess and Prince of the opposing lands. In this he is alternately aided and hampered by the Lilliputian town crier and general fussbudget, Gabby. A life-threatening situation develops when the bumbling trio of Blefuscu spies, Sneak, Snoop, and Snitch, manage to steal Gulliver's pistol.

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Details Of TV
Location United States of America
Language English
Release 1940-10-18
Producer Fleischer Studios