New series for a new forum: Kong Toons

Here is the first in a brand 'new' series I am tailoring for an American site:  it's a specialist themed batch of cartoons based on a phenomenon I have enjoyed  a lifelong interest in :  the legend known as KING KONG, so lovingly sent up as KOONG KING in the fantasy-world as populated by the Baby Boomer cast.


These cartoons  are screened on a specialist forum that covers this subject [and other vintage fantasy films] but I will also be adding them on here for your delecation----AND delight.


Many of these cartoons are in pre-production, and as they are of a specialist nature, [that is, not aimed at casual cartoon fans] I have to explain some of the references and details, so here we go:




This is set in 1933, in a speak-easy-type setting: the guy drinking with Kong is his animator, Willis O'Brien, who was known to enjoy a drink or two. 'Coop' as uttered by Kong is the producer of the film, Merian C Cooper.   There is a 'hidden' pair of pliers in every cartoon---a satire derived from Kong movie folklore-------many Kong fans have spent much time trying to locate a technicians' pair of pliers, carelessly left on the miniature studio set, that was left in the finished film.

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