Louder, Please

Louder, Please

March 9, 1961 TV Episode Davey and Goliath

Studio
Clokey Productions, Lutheran Church in America, Premavision, Inc.
Distributor
National Council of Churches

Synopsis

A deaf neighbor teaches Davey to appreciate all the sounds in the world around him.

Davey meets a deaf boy, but doesn't realize that he can't hear ("You bet you ought to shoot yourself!"). Davey himself finds out what it's like to be deaf when he dons a pair of earmuffs.

Characters

Davey Hanson, Goliath, John Hanson, Jonathan Reed, Sally Hanson

Credits

Producing

Producer
Art Clokey

Animation

Animator
Rob Maine, Jim Danforth, Pete Kleinow

Voices

Voice
Hal Smith (Goliath, Dad Hanson, Jonathan Reed), Norma MacMillan (Davey), Nancy Wible (Davey)

Music

Music
Guenther Kauer
Theme Song
Douglas M. Lackey

Crew

Studio Coordinator
Pete Kleinow

Production notes

Davey was a young boy who went on adventures with his dog Goliath. Goliath could talk and helped Davey and the family out in sticky predicaments. Sponsored by the Lutheran Council of Churches, the show's religious morals were very apparent.

Claymation stop-motion animation.

This episode has slipped from general syndication due to some material that may be objectionable to some people or protected groups; in this case, handicapped people.

The stop-motion process used for filming was called "Pixillation," a method also used for Clokey Productions' earlier series "Gumby."

Davey and Goliath was recognized by the National Association of the Deaf for this episode for its raising awareness of deaf and hearing-impaired individuals.

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