In My Merry Oldsmobile 1931 Promotional cartoon. GM Classic Animation

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In My Merry Oldsmobile 1931 Promotional cartoon. GM Classic Animation

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A lady is rescued from a villain by a heroic young man, who then takes her for a spin in his Oldsmobile.
A fun little promotional cartoon from 1931
Cleavage, surrealism, and jaunty music-- Yep, it's a Fleischer cartoon!

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@markostermayer3614 9 жыл бұрын

Automobubling was a word meaning driving or riding in a automobile. Sadly, they excluded it from the dictionary in the 60s or 70s. It was not used much after this cartoon. An automobublist is the same as a motorist.

@slashermaster28 11 жыл бұрын

"Oh, it's you" So he's been there before.

@evomoralesCO 10 жыл бұрын

According to Shamus Culhane who animated this, this cartoon advertisement was the last straw and made the movie audience so angry at the new custome of showing commercials before movies that the industry stopped showing commercials before movies for a while.

@edisone1 4 жыл бұрын

Nonsense. General Motors / Oldsmobile had nothing to do with this cartoon. It's just a sing-along to a nostalgic song, which was about 25 years old when the cartoon was made.

@DinahIsMyGal 4 жыл бұрын

This was definitely sponsored by General Motors.

@fixitmann6685 4 жыл бұрын

@@edisone1 "By arrangement and co-operation with Olds Motor Works." This was an advertisement sponsored by the car company (Not General Motors, but Olds Motor Works) ...So when the Fleischers were contracted to create a promotional film for the Oldsmobile company, they were determined to raise the bar. With the help of the Fleischers' patented bouncing ball, they would create a thoroughly entertaining film incorporating a level of product promotion... www.fleischerstudios.com/olds.html

@ClassicTVMan1981X Жыл бұрын

@@DinahIsMyGal GM bought out Olds Motor Works in 1908.

@blakesworld4463 Жыл бұрын

How would anyone be mad at such a good cartoon? If this was the advertisement that played before my movie, I would like it alot

@hebneh 2 жыл бұрын

The song "In My Merry Oldsmobile" had been very popular in the early 1900s, about 25 years before this cartoon was made. It had not been written or recorded originally as a specific promotion of Oldsmobile, but instead was referencing the growing numbers of private cars in use. Many adults in 1931 would have remembered the lyrics, and in theory would have possibly sung along when they were on the screen. The car shown in the live-action shots is what was later called a "curved-dash Olds" for the appearance of the front end. It came on the market in about 1905 was one of the best-selling autos at the time.

@noviranger239 6 ай бұрын

It'd be like the Pokémon Theme today.

@ZootSuitWolf 9 жыл бұрын

(4:48) Where she slaps the poor guy for making a move... had me rolling!!! LOL!!!

@toga941 7 жыл бұрын

Why am I so obsessed with this?

@noviranger239 9 ай бұрын

This was Oldsmobile's go-to song for almost 40 years. I'm 21, but wish that Oldsmobile would come back.

@jonathancunningham8739 9 ай бұрын

23 year old here and agree heck my dream car is a red 4 door 58 Oldsmobile.

@noviranger239 9 ай бұрын

I'd probably go for a Lee Petty-style '59 Super 88 coupe. Won the first Daytona 500.@@jonathancunningham8739

@mxr572 Жыл бұрын

fantastic promotion. great cartoon, music, lyrics. I owned to Olds in the80's.

@Underappreciatedclassics 5 жыл бұрын

I have a merry Oldsmobile “1971 Oldsmobile Cutlass S” Sweet71, she was my grandfathers car for over 10 years, you can see videos of her on my channel, my grandfather was born in 31’ and I showed him this video a few years ago and me and him got a good laugh out of it, unfortunately he passed away a few weeks ago but I’ll be sure to take good care of his merry Oldsmobile! :D

@fixitmann6685 4 жыл бұрын

I liked the Olds in the ad much better. Simpler, no doors or steering wheel or any of that to deal with. The /'71 was too complicated, too many horesepower you didn't need, and lots of junk on it like turn signals, electric start and all that newfangled stuff. Why they didn't stop before putting an electric start or a V8 motor in cars, I'll never know.

@Underappreciatedclassics 4 жыл бұрын

Fixit Mann I don’t know if your joking or not... lol

@Lorelyain 5 жыл бұрын

They are singing so beautiful!

@dasdasdus 11 жыл бұрын

Sorta makes sense when you think about it. Cartoons themselves were attraction of themselves to people who had never seen them before or saw them rarely.

@killychan 6 жыл бұрын

"Oh, my operation!"

@DrErickLopez 13 жыл бұрын

"she is the queen of his gas machine"!!! i love it....awesome cartoon

@chrisr403 10 жыл бұрын

Awesome cartoon but weird way of advertising .

@edisone1 4 жыл бұрын

It is not advertising. It was an old song by 1931, and this is simply a nostalgic, sing-along cartoon.

@fixitmann6685 4 жыл бұрын

@@edisone1 It was an ad, and it ticked people off, as ads still do. People won't watch ads on television, in movies, or visit web pages with ads on them if at all possible. The film was sponsored by Olds, it would not have been produced otherwise. It was pulled within a year, because people would NOT pay (such as using the internet, or cable TV) for watching an advertisement. So, this needs to stop, just as it did then. No more ads on the web, on television, or in newspapers that you pay for. We don't need Ads to tell us what is overpriced to buy.

@wessmith7408 2 жыл бұрын

@@fixitmann6685 You are one negative .... This was a fun song and the Olds right after post WWII in 48 was one of the hottest cars on the market. I doubt you know how to enjoy life. I love the song. In fact, my grandmother taught me to play this song. We would do it as 2 people on the same piano. I came along when family still meant something in America. I do feel sorry for you. Besides, she had a 1951 Rocket 98.

@TeamRocket2010 13 жыл бұрын

"oh my operation"