![]() (Other animation historians, particularly admirers of Winsor McCay, would dispute the word "first," but Jones was not referring to personality as such but to characterization through posture and movement.) Fifer and Fiddler Pig are frivolous and care-free Practical Pig is cautious and earnest. They were three characters who looked alike and acted differently". The cartoon is still considered to be the most successful animated short ever made, and remained on top of animation until Disney was able to boost Mickey's popularity further by making him a top merchandise icon by the end of 1934.Īnimator Chuck Jones said, "That was the first time that anybody ever brought characters to life. A number of theaters added hand-drawn "beards" to the movie posters for the cartoon as a way of indicating how long its theatrical run lasted. The short was phenomenally successful with audiences of the day, so much that theaters ran the cartoon for months after its debut, to great financial response. ![]() ![]()
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