Blue Monday
- Studio
- MGM, United Features Syndicate
- Distributor
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Synopsis
After having been finally roused out of bed by the alarm clock, the Captain gets slapped in the face by his suspenders because the buttons are missing from his pants. He complains vociferously to Mama, who leaves him in charge of the household duties. While cleaning the dishes, he is attacked by the washing machine. He calls on the Inspector for help, but he is being besieged by a crazed vacuum cleaner. The two diabolical machines mutually destroy each other and half the house. The Captain is reduced to tears.
Characters
Captain, Hans, Fritz
Credits
Directing
- Director
- William Hanna
Producing
- Producer
- Fred Quimby
Writing
- Writer
- Rudolph Dirks (Original Comic Strip)
Voices
- Voice
- Billy Bletcher (Captain)
Music
- Music
- Elbert C. Lewis, Paul Kerby
Production notes
The first appearance of the Katzenjammer Kids in animation.
The Katzenjammer Kids debuted on December 12, 1897 in the American Humorist, the Sunday comic supplement of the Hearst-owned New York Journal.
After cartoonist Rudolph Dirks drew the Katzenjammer Kids for about 15 years, he went on a brief hiatus. Other artists took over his strip. Dirks sued, feeling that he owned the rights to the Katzenjammer Kids.
The court let Dirks continue drawing his characters- as long as they weren't called the Katzenjammer Kids! That's why he drew the strip at the rival Pulitzer newspapers under the title "The Captain and the Kids" (the name of the MGM cartoon series) while the Hearst papers ran "The Katzenjammer Kids" with other artists.
The Katzenjammer Kids debuted on December 12, 1897 in the American Humorist, the Sunday comic supplement of the Hearst-owned New York Journal.
After cartoonist Rudolph Dirks drew the Katzenjammer Kids for about 15 years, he went on a brief hiatus. Other artists took over his strip. Dirks sued, feeling that he owned the rights to the Katzenjammer Kids.
The court let Dirks continue drawing his characters- as long as they weren't called the Katzenjammer Kids! That's why he drew the strip at the rival Pulitzer newspapers under the title "The Captain and the Kids" (the name of the MGM cartoon series) while the Hearst papers ran "The Katzenjammer Kids" with other artists.