About debra Expertise I can answer most questions on TV and movies from the USA and Australia, from the old Hollywood days of the 40's to now. If I dont know the show, I will do my utmost to search for the answer. The more information you can give the better eg: if it was about a boy and his dog, even the breed of dog would help. I will endeavour to answer as soon as possible after receiving your question but, please know, Im in Australia, so you may be asking while Im snoring.
Experience I was a toddler when my family got a TV set, from then I was hooked (Im now 49). I know there is a lot I havent seen, but there's a hell of a lot more I have.
Education/Credentials I have the best credentials available~ "Life Experience". Friends and acquaintances have called me square eyes, but I'm the first they ask if they have a question about some old or new movie and TV Show. Plus I always get the pink cheese first in Trivial Pursuit.
Question when I was a kid growing up I used to watch these VERY VERY exotic and elaborate cartoons told in a very adult manner. No goofys, no funny talking animals, no slapstick. They were so adult they were almost scary to me as a child. I was mesmerized. These fairy tales were like nothing I ever saw or seen since. Someone suggested that they may have been foreign and dubbed, like Polish, Czech, something very exotic. I can believe that. I have never found anything close on the web. I also recall them as being drawn in a very linear style, NOT fully rendered nor colorful like american cartoons.
Specifics: I saw them in the 50's in Los Angeles. Maybe they were saturday cartoons, but I think not. I seem to recall them being on a daily show like Engineer Bill or Sheriff John,,,my guess is Sheriff John. SURELY I'm not the only one who remembers these cartoons.
Answer Hi Milt,
I must admit I have no idea about what you are talking about. I doubt anything like these made it to Australia. I did a search and found this site about an animator named John Sutherland. An excerpt from the site reads:
"John Sutherland worked as a assistant director for Disney before opening John Sutherland Productions in 1944 with the encouragement of Walt Disney. They specialized in writing and producing animation/live-action films and supportive print material during the remainder of the war years.
Soon thereafter, Sutherland began turning out animated industrial and propaganda films and was a place many animators went during periods of inactivity at the other animation studios during the 40s and 50s."
