# ID this old cartoon, please **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 1, 2018, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-cartoon-please/811570 "2018-04-01T04:15:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-cartoon-please/811570/1 "2018-04-01T04:15:13Z")
It was about a hobo or bum. The only thing I remember (in the intro or outro) was the main character riding by under a semi trailer, perched in the spare tire carrier. ---
**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-cartoon-please/811570/2 "2018-04-01T07:48:08Z")
TV? Movie? Paper? ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-cartoon-please/811570/3 "2018-04-01T08:19:34Z")
You’re not thinking of [the opening to “Top Cat”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NToYkBYezZA) are you? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-cartoon-please/811570/4 "2018-04-01T15:40:27Z")
**This one?** [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DxXeG0x1GQ) ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-cartoon-please/811570/5 "2018-04-01T21:04:27Z")
It was on TV in the early 60s. Title may have been " \_\_\_\_\_ the hobo" or similar. I suppose he could have been called a tramp or bum, for that matter. I remember the character was human, and riding _ **under** _ a semi in the spare tire rack. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-cartoon-please/811570/6 "2018-04-01T21:19:38Z")
[quote=“terentii, post:4, topic:811570”] **This one?** [/QUOTE] Whether that is the correct answer or not, that cartoon\* is\* obscure. I thought I was fairly knowledgeable about early 1930s animation but that doesn’t look like it came from any of the American studios I know about from the period (i.e., Disney, Fleischer, Ub Iwerks, Van Beuren, Terrytoons, Warners, MGM, Walter Lantz, and Charles Mintz). It looks British. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-cartoon-please/811570/7 "2018-04-01T22:14:30Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > Whether that is the correct answer or not, that cartoon\* is\* obscure. I thought I was fairly knowledgeable about early 1930s animation but that doesn’t look like it came from any of the American studios I know about from the period (i.e., Disney, Fleischer, Ub Iwerks, Van Beuren, Terrytoons, Warners, MGM, Walter Lantz, and Charles Mintz). It looks British. I’m just glad it has a happy ending Where the heroic flute-playing hobo gets to sexually assault the unconscious woman instead of the shiftless saxophone player ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-cartoon-please/811570/8 "2018-04-01T22:53:08Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > Whether that is the correct answer or not, that cartoon\* is\* obscure. I thought I was fairly knowledgeable about early 1930s animation but that doesn’t look like it came from any of the American studios I know about from the period (i.e., Disney, Fleischer, Ub Iwerks, Van Beuren, Terrytoons, Warners, MGM, Walter Lantz, and Charles Mintz). It looks British. Produced in California in 1935 by American director Leslie Elton. Credited to GAG Films on the YouTube. > **[THE LES ELTON STORY](http://tommandjerrie.blogspot.com/2011/12/les-elton-story.html?m=1)** > > Les Elton was born Leslie Elton Brownley on August 27th 1893 in Lock Haven, Philadelphia, to William Brownley and Nina... ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-cartoon-please/811570/9 "2018-04-01T23:14:55Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > It was on TV in the early 60s. Title may have been " \_\_\_\_\_ the hobo" or similar. I suppose he could have been called a tramp or bum, for that matter. I remember the character was human, and riding _ **under** _ a semi in the spare tire rack. Maybe **this one**? Again he's under a train and not a semi. You sure you're not misremembering? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-cartoon-please/811570/10 "2018-04-01T23:17:19Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I’m just glad it has a happy ending. Yep, those were the days! :o ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-cartoon-please/811570/11 "2018-04-02T00:54:14Z")
Historically, aren’t hobos associated more with trains than with semis? :dubious: 😕 ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-cartoon-please/811570/12 "2018-04-02T03:09:28Z")
Well, the character’s name was in the title, I think it was a short-lived series, and he could have been just a bum! ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-cartoon-please/811570/13 "2025-10-26T23:50:03Z")
I can’t read the old links, but I just determined it was “Stuffy Durma, the Millionaire Hobo”, a segment of the Milton The Monster show. Yes, he was riding under a train and a limousine. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-cartoon-please/811570/14 "2025-10-27T18:03:55Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > “Stuffy Durma, the Millionaire Hobo” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/diVtMPehhrU/hqdefault.jpg "Stuffy Durma, the Millionaire Hobo INTRO SEGMENT HAL SEEGER PRODUCTIONS 1965") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diVtMPehhrU) ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-cartoon-please/811570/15 "2025-10-27T18:17:07Z")
Wow, I have vague memories of this cartoon. Also: I can spot Jim Tyer’s animation a mile away. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-cartoon-please/811570/16 "2025-10-27T18:19:04Z")
For those who don’t get it, his name is a pun on “stuffed derma,” a staple of Eastern European Jewish cuisine. > **[Stuffed Derma (Kishka) | Kosher and Jewish Recipes](https://thejewishkitchen.com/stuffed-derma-kishka/)** > > A classic, old-time side that’s as delicious and flavorful as it ever was. The Backstory: I was raised on Jewish soul foods. This included Stuffed Derma (Kishka), chopped liver, chicken soup, and a whole bunch of foods that today’s younger... (Also: did the writers of _Logan Lucky_ grow up watching this?)