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Daffysleftfoot
03-17-2005, 03:22 PM
I've been reading about Saturday Night Live's history lately. Apparently, Joe Piscopo is the only guy in the whole world who Frank Sinatra would allow to impersonate him. Everyone else was given many "cease and decist" letters from ol' Blue Eyes (including Phil Hartman).

My question is, if Sinatra was so addament about people impersonating him then why did he allow all those impressionsof him in cartoons like Swooner Crooner, Slick Hare, Book Revue, Little 'Tinker, Curtain Razor (just to name a few) slip by? Did he lean on the aniation studios as well? Did he never notice? What up?:confused:
ohmahaaha
03-17-2005, 03:36 PM
I've been reading about Saturday Night Live's history lately. Apparently, Joe Piscopo is the only guy in the whole world who Frank Sinatra would allow to impersonate him. Everyone else was given many "cease and decist" letters from ol' Blue Eyes (including Phil Hartman).

My question is, if Sinatra was so addament about people impersonating him then why did he allow all those impressionsof him in cartoons like Swooner Crooner, Slick Hare, Book Revue, Little 'Tinker, Curtain Razor (just to name a few) slip by? Did he lean on the aniation studios as well? Did he never notice? What up?:confused:He probably did not have the "power" back then that he came to have later; wasn't he like basically employed by big bands or a big band in the 40's, then when he came back on his own in the 50s, I think that was when he began to command more power? I could be way off on that, just a guess.
cpdavison
03-17-2005, 03:38 PM
Seems to me Phil Hartman also did some skits as Frankie. "Hands off the kinder!"
RetroMan
03-17-2005, 04:21 PM
Well, It may be true that back then, Frank wasn't powerful enough to get his cartoon cameos clipped, not even his arch-rival Bing Crosby could. I believe the only person that got away with taking a caricature off a film was Alexander Woolcott.
Leviathan
03-17-2005, 07:58 PM
Well, It may be true that back then, Frank wasn't powerful enough to get his cartoon cameos clipped, not even his arch-rival Bing Crosby could. I believe the only person that got away with taking a caricature off a film was Alexander Woolcott.Clark Gable also successfully got the original ending to Hollywood Steps out Clipped from that cartoon when it was rereleased (The orignal ended with Gable kissing Groucho Marx).
RetroMan
03-17-2005, 09:56 PM
Really?? I thought it got cut because of time-compression. Does anyone know how Bogey reacted to his numerous appearances? I think he didn't mind, according to Bob Clampett, he used to stick his head into the studio to see how cartoons were made.

And for the record, the look on Gable's face when he sees Groucho is one of the funniest things I've ever seen!
Treadwell
03-18-2005, 11:11 AM
Frankie's objections had no legal ground, of course. Satire and caracature are protected under the First Amendment.

Now, that doesn't mean a mysterious thug wouldn't rush up and break your legs someday...
ohmahaaha
03-18-2005, 03:20 PM
Frankie's objections had no legal ground, of course. Satire and caracature are protected under the First Amendment.

Now, that doesn't mean a mysterious thug wouldn't rush up and break your legs someday...LOL - can't you see some poor animator saying "NOT THE HANDS, MAN, NOT THE HANDS ...!"