Gerald McBoing-Boing

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The story of a little boy who would only talk in sound effects.The story of a little boy who would only talk in sound effects.The story of a little boy who would only talk in sound effects.

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7.1/10

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Won 1 Oscar
- 3 wins total

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Marvin Miller

Narrator
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Bob Holt

Various
(uncredited)

Directors
- Robert Cannon
- John Hubley
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Trivia
In a 1994 poll of animators, film historians and directors (conducted by the animation historian Jerry Beck), this film was rated the ninth greatest cartoon short of all time.

Goofs
At about five minutes the man from the radio station plays the three note NBC theme on a set of chime bars with three notes. When he strikes the bells, he goes from high to low in descending order, rather than playing the lowest, then the highest followed by the center bell. He repeats this about fifteen seconds later.

Quotes
Narrator: This is the story of Gerald McCloy, and the strange thing that happened to that little boy. They say it all started when Gerald was two. That's the age kids start talking, least most of them do. Well, when he started talking, you know what he said? He didn't talk words, he went...
[boing, boing]
Narrator: ... instead.

Connections
Featured in The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show: A Horse of Course/The Invisible Moustache of Raoul Dufy/Miserable Pack of Wolves (1956)

MCBOING BOING is one of the cartoons that have stuck in my head over the years and finally decided to look into it as was pleasantly surprised and was also surprised on the people involved with the production. If I remember correctly we had to watch it on a UHF station and this meant using a converter in those days UHF not part of regular TV to tune in the local station to watch the cartoon a big deal in those days which made the show even more mysterious. I remember all the sound effects that Gerald used to talk. A great memory from 50+ years ago. I'll have to see what other memories might be hiding on the web. By the way I try to do computer animation thats where the johnl3d comes into the picture