Gerald McBoing-Boing & Mid-Century Modernism

This stunningly clever 1951 animated technicolor cartoon from Columbia Pictures stands as a classic of pure Mid-Century Modern design. 

Produced by Robert Cannon with a script by Dr. Seuss the clean & spare look of the illustration style is enough to send all the fans of MCM motifs into a frenzy of bliss.

 It's a clever piece that really is a museum quality icon of the era. 

I clearly remember that this was the first cartoon I ever saw on TV as a child, albeit it was on a black & white tube two tone red and white (with space-age gold trim) portable RCA TV with rabbit ears

 (color TV came a few years later).