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Here's a King Kong oddity I just found out about in Ray Morton's book King Kong - The History of a Movie Icon. Walter Lantz, the creator of Woody Woodpecker among others, directed a King Kong cartoon spoof a mere six months after the release of the classic giant monster flick in 1933.
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Starring Pooch the Pup and some extraordinarily robust ethnic stereotypes, this cartoon tracks the general scheme of the Cooper-Schoedsack classic pretty closely. Judge for yourself, here is King Klunk from Universal Pictures. And by the way, the phrase that's repeated so often "Goona-goona". See this link for more on that.
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The lovely Fay Wray is right to be both shocked and dismayed by this.
And by the way, here is a link to a post from a few years ago which showcases the Disney spin on Kong.
"King Klunk" has been collected on Volume 1 of Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection. See this link for details.
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