Shinbone Alley (sometimes performed as archy & mehitabel) is a musical with a book by Joe Darion and Mel Brooks, lyrics by Darion, and music by George Kleinsinger. Based on archy and mehitabel, a series of New York Tribune columns by Don Marquis, it focuses on poeticcockroach archy (who wasn't strong enough to depress the typewriter's shift-key), alley cat mehitabel, and her relationships with theatrical cat tyrone t. tattersal and tomcat big bill, under the watchful eye of the newspaperman, the voice-over narrator and only human being in the show.
A New York City poet named Archy (Eddie Bracken) attempts suicide only to come back as a cockroach. As he learns how to write poetry by hopping on typewriter keys, he grows used to his new life and becomes infatuated with Mehitabel (Carol Channing), the singing alley cat. She instead goes out with the tomcat Big Bill (Alan Reed) When Big Bill dumps Mehitabel, Archy confronts her about her wild ways in general and her affinity for bad boy tomcats in particular. She momentarily agrees; however, self-appointed theatre maestro cat Tyrone T. Tattersall (John Carradine) promises to make her a star and becomes her next lover. Archy attempts and fails suicide again. In the theatre, Mehitabel holds up her end of the deal in getting food for Tyrone, but he kicks her off the stage. Archy and Big Bill watch her, and Mehitabel gets back together with Big Bill. Back to his typewriter, Archy channels his frustration in calling the other insects and spiders to revolution. He immediately drops the scheme when he hears the news that Mehitabel has kittens, and Big Bill has left the scene again.It's a rainy evening, and Archy points out to Mehitabel, that her kittens, who are inside a cover less trashcan, are floating away from her, and the two of them rescue the kittens, however, a moody Mehetabel, chases Archy away for interfering with her private business. Archy persuades Mehitabel to give up her life as an alley cat and support the kittens with a "job" as a house cat.
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A newspaper man is reincarnated as a cockroach and makes friends with a free-spirited female alley cat.
Suicidal poet Archy (Eddie Bracken) tries to end his life by jumping off a bridge, but awakens to find he has assumed the life of a cockroach and has become a part of a community of creatures living in a newspaper office. He also discovers that he can still write poetry, using a typewriter, and begins to enjoy his new life. Archy develops deep feelings for the lovely but self-destructive cat Mehitabel (Carol Channing), but will have to fight to win her from bad-boy tomcat Bill (Alan Reed).
A great animated movie.
published: 24 Feb 2018
Shinbone Alley (1970) Trailer
published: 06 Jan 2024
The Incredible Art of Animation: A Living Art Form (1971) [Full Film, 16mm 4K Scan]
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This is a documentary film on the making of 1971 animated feature film "Shinbone Alley", which was released theatrically alongside this accompanying short. Prior to this the short was available via a home release, and you could rent out 16mm prints of it in some places. Thus, it was not lost media, but it has never been available online in its entirety until now, aside from a few clips here and there.
We are proud to present it for the first time in its unabridged entirety with one of the best prints of it ever made. This 16mm Kodachrome is print #1, in pristine condition aside from dirt a...
published: 03 Jun 2022
"Shinbone Alley": Archy tries (and fails) to slut-shame Mehitabel.
My favorite scene from John David Wilson's 1971 "Shinbone Alley": Archy (Eddie Bracken) attempts to slut-shame Mehitabel (Carol Channing). It does not work.
Flotsam & Jetsam sung by Archy (Eddie Bracken) & Mehitabel (Carol Channing)
ultimately it's up to you exactly how much you want to know about Shinbone Alley
published: 30 Jul 2020
Shinbone Alley (Definitive Cut)
A definitive cut made by splicing together footage of the extended cut and the higher-quality cut, to create a version in-between. This isn't meant to be an end-all version, just a way to have the longer version with the extra songs be higher quality in all the places it can whilst still being smooth
published: 03 Jan 2022
shinbone alley pt final
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published: 04 Jan 2020
Meeting Mehitabel - Shinbone Alley
published: 16 Aug 2023
Media Hunter - Shinbone Alley Review
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A newspaper man is reincarnated as a cockroach and makes friends with a free-spirited female alley cat.
Suicidal poet Archy (Eddie Bracken) tries to end his li...
A newspaper man is reincarnated as a cockroach and makes friends with a free-spirited female alley cat.
Suicidal poet Archy (Eddie Bracken) tries to end his life by jumping off a bridge, but awakens to find he has assumed the life of a cockroach and has become a part of a community of creatures living in a newspaper office. He also discovers that he can still write poetry, using a typewriter, and begins to enjoy his new life. Archy develops deep feelings for the lovely but self-destructive cat Mehitabel (Carol Channing), but will have to fight to win her from bad-boy tomcat Bill (Alan Reed).
A great animated movie.
A newspaper man is reincarnated as a cockroach and makes friends with a free-spirited female alley cat.
Suicidal poet Archy (Eddie Bracken) tries to end his life by jumping off a bridge, but awakens to find he has assumed the life of a cockroach and has become a part of a community of creatures living in a newspaper office. He also discovers that he can still write poetry, using a typewriter, and begins to enjoy his new life. Archy develops deep feelings for the lovely but self-destructive cat Mehitabel (Carol Channing), but will have to fight to win her from bad-boy tomcat Bill (Alan Reed).
A great animated movie.
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This is a documentary film on the making of 1971 animated feature film "Shinbone Alley", which was released theatrically alongside this accompanying short. Prior to this the short was available via a home release, and you could rent out 16mm prints of it in some places. Thus, it was not lost media, but it has never been available online in its entirety until now, aside from a few clips here and there.
We are proud to present it for the first time in its unabridged entirety with one of the best prints of it ever made. This 16mm Kodachrome is print #1, in pristine condition aside from dirt and dust, and supposedly came from the estate of Preston M. Fleet, producer and founder of the Fotomat. The reel has full frame footage of the production team throughout every step of the process, from ideation, to drawing, to painting, to dubbing, etc. as well as several scenes of Shinbone Alley itself. It is truly a marvel that showcases every single aspect of the very intensive traditional animation process in its entire scope from beginning to end of production, in a very informative and entertaining manner.
The print was obtained by us and scanned in 4K resolution. Aside from cropping and encoding for YouTube, no processing or color work was done to the film, so what you see is its natural state right off the scanner. It has a good amount of dirt and dust, but nothing too major.
Enjoy! For more info on film scans and remasters, please visit our Twitter: https://twitter.com/kinekovideo
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This is a documentary film on the making of 1971 animated feature film "Shinbone Alley", which was released theatrically alongside this accompanying short. Prior to this the short was available via a home release, and you could rent out 16mm prints of it in some places. Thus, it was not lost media, but it has never been available online in its entirety until now, aside from a few clips here and there.
We are proud to present it for the first time in its unabridged entirety with one of the best prints of it ever made. This 16mm Kodachrome is print #1, in pristine condition aside from dirt and dust, and supposedly came from the estate of Preston M. Fleet, producer and founder of the Fotomat. The reel has full frame footage of the production team throughout every step of the process, from ideation, to drawing, to painting, to dubbing, etc. as well as several scenes of Shinbone Alley itself. It is truly a marvel that showcases every single aspect of the very intensive traditional animation process in its entire scope from beginning to end of production, in a very informative and entertaining manner.
The print was obtained by us and scanned in 4K resolution. Aside from cropping and encoding for YouTube, no processing or color work was done to the film, so what you see is its natural state right off the scanner. It has a good amount of dirt and dust, but nothing too major.
Enjoy! For more info on film scans and remasters, please visit our Twitter: https://twitter.com/kinekovideo
My favorite scene from John David Wilson's 1971 "Shinbone Alley": Archy (Eddie Bracken) attempts to slut-shame Mehitabel (Carol Channing). It does not work.
My favorite scene from John David Wilson's 1971 "Shinbone Alley": Archy (Eddie Bracken) attempts to slut-shame Mehitabel (Carol Channing). It does not work.
My favorite scene from John David Wilson's 1971 "Shinbone Alley": Archy (Eddie Bracken) attempts to slut-shame Mehitabel (Carol Channing). It does not work.
Flotsam & Jetsam sung by Archy (Eddie Bracken) & Mehitabel (Carol Channing)
ultimately it's up to you exactly how much you want to know about Shinbone Alley
Flotsam & Jetsam sung by Archy (Eddie Bracken) & Mehitabel (Carol Channing)
ultimately it's up to you exactly how much you want to know about Shinbone Alley
Flotsam & Jetsam sung by Archy (Eddie Bracken) & Mehitabel (Carol Channing)
ultimately it's up to you exactly how much you want to know about Shinbone Alley
A definitive cut made by splicing together footage of the extended cut and the higher-quality cut, to create a version in-between. This isn't meant to be an end...
A definitive cut made by splicing together footage of the extended cut and the higher-quality cut, to create a version in-between. This isn't meant to be an end-all version, just a way to have the longer version with the extra songs be higher quality in all the places it can whilst still being smooth
A definitive cut made by splicing together footage of the extended cut and the higher-quality cut, to create a version in-between. This isn't meant to be an end-all version, just a way to have the longer version with the extra songs be higher quality in all the places it can whilst still being smooth
A newspaper man is reincarnated as a cockroach and makes friends with a free-spirited female alley cat.
Suicidal poet Archy (Eddie Bracken) tries to end his life by jumping off a bridge, but awakens to find he has assumed the life of a cockroach and has become a part of a community of creatures living in a newspaper office. He also discovers that he can still write poetry, using a typewriter, and begins to enjoy his new life. Archy develops deep feelings for the lovely but self-destructive cat Mehitabel (Carol Channing), but will have to fight to win her from bad-boy tomcat Bill (Alan Reed).
A great animated movie.
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This is a documentary film on the making of 1971 animated feature film "Shinbone Alley", which was released theatrically alongside this accompanying short. Prior to this the short was available via a home release, and you could rent out 16mm prints of it in some places. Thus, it was not lost media, but it has never been available online in its entirety until now, aside from a few clips here and there.
We are proud to present it for the first time in its unabridged entirety with one of the best prints of it ever made. This 16mm Kodachrome is print #1, in pristine condition aside from dirt and dust, and supposedly came from the estate of Preston M. Fleet, producer and founder of the Fotomat. The reel has full frame footage of the production team throughout every step of the process, from ideation, to drawing, to painting, to dubbing, etc. as well as several scenes of Shinbone Alley itself. It is truly a marvel that showcases every single aspect of the very intensive traditional animation process in its entire scope from beginning to end of production, in a very informative and entertaining manner.
The print was obtained by us and scanned in 4K resolution. Aside from cropping and encoding for YouTube, no processing or color work was done to the film, so what you see is its natural state right off the scanner. It has a good amount of dirt and dust, but nothing too major.
Enjoy! For more info on film scans and remasters, please visit our Twitter: https://twitter.com/kinekovideo
My favorite scene from John David Wilson's 1971 "Shinbone Alley": Archy (Eddie Bracken) attempts to slut-shame Mehitabel (Carol Channing). It does not work.
Flotsam & Jetsam sung by Archy (Eddie Bracken) & Mehitabel (Carol Channing)
ultimately it's up to you exactly how much you want to know about Shinbone Alley
A definitive cut made by splicing together footage of the extended cut and the higher-quality cut, to create a version in-between. This isn't meant to be an end-all version, just a way to have the longer version with the extra songs be higher quality in all the places it can whilst still being smooth
Shinbone Alley (sometimes performed as archy & mehitabel) is a musical with a book by Joe Darion and Mel Brooks, lyrics by Darion, and music by George Kleinsinger. Based on archy and mehitabel, a series of New York Tribune columns by Don Marquis, it focuses on poeticcockroach archy (who wasn't strong enough to depress the typewriter's shift-key), alley cat mehitabel, and her relationships with theatrical cat tyrone t. tattersal and tomcat big bill, under the watchful eye of the newspaperman, the voice-over narrator and only human being in the show.