Gabby Goes Fishing (1941)

Director:

Dave Fleischer

Writer:

Carl Meyer (story)

Release Date:

18 July 1941 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Short | Family

Plot:

Gabby teaches a young boy how to fish, even though the boy was doing much better without him.

Plot Keywords:

Human Animal Relationship | Anthropomorphic | Banana | Anthropomorphism | Lunchbox

Cast

(in alphabetical order)

Pinto Colvig	...	Gabby (voice) (uncredited)
Jack Mercer	...	Fish (voice) (uncredited)

Runtime:

7 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Company:

Fleischer Studios

Trivia:

Jack Mercer provides the laughter for the unnamed fish, who has no dialogue.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Gabby: [singing] All's well! What's a rainy day? / Never mind that cloud. Behind that cloud, / You'll find a golden ray. / All's well! Laugh your cares away. / See the light ahead rise ahead.

Movie Connections:

Spin off from Gulliver's Travels (1939)

The Fish Saves The 'Toon

Other that a big fish taunting the stupid Gabby, and then swimming away doing the backstroke, I didn't laugh at too many things here. So far, I've only seen a few Gabby cartoons and they have all been more annoying than funny. This guy is a real jerk!

Gabby is a know-it-all character who always butts into other people's affairs and screws it up. Here, a little boy is fishing and catching one after the other. Gabby comes along, tells him he doesn't know what he's doing, and totally messes up, ruining the kids' day. That's funny? No.

At least the main fish in here was funny. I enjoyed watching "him." How many fish do you see jump in a boat and start eating the guy's sandwich?!! The 'toon got points for that fish.