Alfalfa Cartoon Character
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Alfalfa cartoon character. The half hour series aired as part of an umbrella package conisisting of two other hanna barbera cartoons. Does anybody know please tell me i like to know. Farmer al falfa also known as farmer alfalfa the quintessential grizzly old farmer type is an animated cartoon character created by american cartoonist paul terry he first appeared in down on the phoney farm 1915 a short terry cartoon distributed by the thanhouser company next came a series of shorts produced by terry for bray studios starting with farmer al falfa s cat tastrophe 1916.
The series aired saturday mornings on abc from september 25 1982 to september 1 1984. Switzer began his career as a child actor in the mid 1930s appearing in the our gang short subjects series as alfalfa one of the series most popular and best remembered characters. Carl switzer was born in paris illinois in 1927.
Ice king ford and many other well known cartoon characters have experienced devastating dark events throughout their life. After leaving bray terry retained the character and used him frequently during the 1920s for his aesop s film fables series the character s most prolific period. Contents show overview the little rascals was a short lived animated television series produced by william hanna and joseph barbera.
Plaese people don t buy this item the original music not appears on the every cartoon episode or mini film like watch on tee vee is the worst every cartoon is right but the music is not the same like old time tv play i don t know who is the band or orchestra to play the original music to find. After leaving bray and going through a couple stints with edison and paramount terry finally formed the aesop s film fables studio. He first appeared in 1916 in a series of shorts produced by the john r.
Our gang s carl alfalfa switzer killed over 50 and a hunting dog. This grizzly old farmer type animated cartoon character was created by american cartoonist paul terry. He was best known for his role as alfalfa in the short subjects series our gang.
He would later become known as alfalfa a character he played on the hal roach produced series of film shorts called our gang known later in syndication as the little rascals he died on january 21 1959 the victim of a killer s bullet as he and another man argued over a. Farmer al falfa also known as farmer grey the quintessential grizzly old farmer type is an animated cartoon character created by paul terry. Farmer al debuted in paul terry s second cartoon down on phoney farm distributed by thanhouser in 1915.
Alfalfa is one of the most popular characters of the little rascals. Carl dean switzer august 7 1927 january 21 1959 was an american singer child actor dog breeder and guide. Terry soon signed with the burgeoning bray studios and took the character further creating a series of eleven films starring the cantankerous old coot.
