The insect philosopher attempted to influence the backsliding behavior of Mehitabel, an unrepentant she-cat popular with the alley tabbys. Daily Sun writer Don Marquis scored a big hit in 1916 when he pretended that his column was written by a cockroach named Archy. "archy and mehitabel" was once part of the core curriculum in High School creative writing classes. Then she's given illusions of grandeur by a pompous actor-cat, Tyrone T. Archy rails and sermonizes, but Mehitabel is happy to be seduced by tomcat Big Bill (voice of Alan Reed). But he continues to write and carries on an obsessive campaign to reform Mehitabel (voice of Carol Channing), a sexy alley cat who refuses to reform her flighty and promiscuous ways. Eddie Bracken and Carol Channing contribute their distinctive voices.Īrchy (voice of Eddie Bracken) is traumatized by the fact that he's a newspaper writer unaccountably transformed into a cockroach. The genesis of shinbone alley includes Mel Brooks as a writer/adaptor, but this musical cartoon version presented no challenge to Disney fare in 1971.
It's based on a play derived from Don Marquis' famous newspaper articles called "archy and mehitabel." Archy is a cockroach with poetic ambitions, and since he types by leaping from key to key on the typewriter, he can't produce capital letters - hence the lower-case main title. Fleet, John David Wilsonīarely a footnote in animated feature history, shinbone alley has an excellent cultural pedigree but doesn't wear too well as an entertainment. Written by Mel Brooks, Joe Darion from stories by Don Marquis
Production Design James Bernardi, Cornelius Cole, Sam Cornell, David Detiege, Jules Engel, Gary Lund, John David Wilson Starring the voices of Eddie Bracken, Carol Channing, John Carradine, Alan ReedĬinematography Ted C.
EDDIE BRACKEN LOOKS LIKE WALT DISNEY FULL
1971 / Color / 1:33 flat full frame / 85 min.
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