Out Of The Inkwell (The new Yama Yama Clown) 1928

MAX FLEISCHER'S JNKWELL CLOWN. Words and Music by JACK BLUE, New York Dancing Master. Published by JACK BLUE, NEW YORK. ---
"Max Fleischer (1883-1972) was an Austrian-American animated film director and producer. He is best known as the co-founder of the famous Fleischer Brothers cartoon Studios, co-started with his brothers Dave and Joe. Together they are world famous as the creators of 'Koko the Clown' (1929-1934) and 'Betty Boop' (1930-1939). They also turned E.C. Segar's comic strip character 'Popeye' into a popular animated franchise (1933-1941). The Fleischer cartoons are renowned for their loose and bouncy animation, often set to the beat of jazz music. They took full advantage of the fantastic possibilities of the still young medium by experimenting with physically impossible gags and surreal imagery. In the 1920s, they were easily the most groundbreaking cartoon studio in the world, inventing techniques such as rotoscoping and blending animation with live-action. During the 1930s, they were Disney's only serious competitors, often offering things Uncle Walt shied away from, such as jazz, violence and sexual innuendo. The Fleischers remain some of the most influential animators of all time." --=- According to a Fleischer Studios source from the 1920s, "Koko the Clown seems to be dubbed the "New Yama Yama Clown" indicating that he is based on the The Yama Yama Man. Koko debuted as The Bray Clown, then the Inkwell Clown and finally Koko the Clown. Koko's face is painted white, he usually wears a black frilled all-in-one clown costume and black clown hat which both feature three pom-poms each. Koko also wears large clown shoes. When colored or in color, his palette is alternatively blue, red or pink."