My Pal Paul
About My Pal Paul
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit conducts a barnyard concert while miming to a record of Paul Whiteman. The animals catch him and boo him off. He goes to hang himself; the tree bends, and Whiteman, driving past, stops him. The two turn the car into a band: tools dance and the hood ornament does an Indian dance. Oswald then takes the car apart and a chase follows.
Cast & crew
More about My Pal Paul
Walter Lantz directed the short for Universal as a tie-in to King of Jazz (1930). Carl Laemmle had already hired Lantz and Bill Nolan to animate the color crowning gag inside that feature. A copyright synopsis calls Oswald "Jazzwald." Universal released the cartoon on June 16, 1930.
Themes
Music
The picture is cut to Paul Whiteman Orchestra records of songs from King of Jazz, including "Happy Feet" and "Song of the Dawn."
Preservation
A restored print was included with the 2018 King of Jazz home-video edition.
Notes
- Pinto Colvig voices Oswald. Paul Whiteman appears as a caricature, not in person.
- The track uses "Song of the Dawn," "It Happened in Monterey," "Ragamuffin Romeo," "A Bench in the Park," and "Happy Feet," all from King of Jazz.
- The color cartoon inside King of Jazz is a separate Lantz-Nolan piece. This short is black and white.
- It is an extra on the Criterion Blu-ray of King of Jazz, in a 2018 restoration.
Scenes
- The animals discover the phonograph and hoot Oswald off the stand.
- Whiteman's car comes apart into dancing tools and a hood ornament that dances.
Influenced by
- King of Jazz (1930)
Also available
- Criterion Blu-ray of King of Jazz (2018 extra)
