Gandy Goose was a classic Terrytoons

Terrytoons

Terrytoons was an animation studio founded by Paul Terry. The studio, located in suburban New Rochelle, New York, operated from 1929 to 1968. Its most popular characters included Mighty Mouse, Gandy Goose, Sourpuss, Dinky Duck, Deputy Dawg, Luno and Heckle and Jeckle; these cartoons and all of its...

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Cartoon

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 character. He was frequently paired with Sourpuss, a cat, beginning in the 1939 short The Owl and the Pussycat

The Owl and the Pussycat

"The Owl and the Pussycat" is a nonsense poem by Edward Lear, first published in 1871.- Background :Lear wrote the poem for a three-year-old girl, Janet Symonds, the daughter of Lear's friend poet John Addington Symonds and his wife Catherine Symonds...

. Gandy spoke in a lyrical vocal parody of radio comedian Ed Wynn

Ed Wynn

Ed Wynn was a popular American comedian and actor noted for his Perfect Fool comedy character, his pioneering radio show of the 1930s, and his later career as a dramatic actor....

 while Sourpuss vocally impersonated an impatient Jimmy Durante

Jimmy Durante

James Francis "Jimmy" Durante was an American singer, pianist, comedian and actor. His distinctive clipped gravelly speech, comic language butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and large nose helped make him one of America's most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s...

. Their surreal adventures often showcase extended dreams, bookended by coarse bedroom arguments.

Gandy was used to promote the US war effort during World War II. In cartoons Gandy Goose joined the US Army 1941 in the cartoon "Flying Fever" and also in "The Home Guard."

Gandy Goose appeared in a total of 48 cartoons, the last being Barnyard Actor in 1955. http://www.imdb.com/keyword/gandy-goose/?sort=release_date

External links

• Dandy Goose Cartoon Philmography at The Big Cartoon Database
• Gandy the Goose, 1938 cartoon (first animation where this character featured)