Ghosks is the Bunk is a 1939 animated short starring Popeye, Olive Oyl and Bluto. Olive reads a ghost story to Popeye and Bluto. Bluto leaves and rigs a haunted house and lures them to it. But they quickly discover him and, even better, a can of invisible paint, and they get the better of him.

Ghosks is in the Bunk
Directed byDave Fleischer[1]
Animation:
William Henning (uncredited)
Produced byMax Fleischer
Isadore Sparber
Sam Buchwald
StarringJack Mercer
Margie Hines[1]
Pinto Colvig[2]
Edited byKitty Pfister[1]
Music bySammy Timberg
Animation byWilliam Henning
Abner Matthews
Layouts byAnton Loeb
Backgrounds byAnton Loeb[1]
Color processBlack and white
Production
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Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • June 14, 1939 (1939-06-14)
Running time
6:36
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Voice Cast

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Title

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Ghosks is the Bunk is the original title, but was mistakenly changed to "Ghosk is the Bunk" when re-colored years later. This mistake came from tracing over the original title card.

Releases

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The black-and-white version of this short is available on DVD on Popeye the Sailor: 1938-1940, Volume 2.

The re-colored version of the short was shown on TBS from 1987 to 1992 as a segment of the Tom & Jerry Halloween Special.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Webb, Graham (2011). The Animated Film Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide to American Shorts, Features and Sequences (1900-1999). McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-7864-4985-9.
  2. ^ a b Finn J. D. John (13 October 2013). "Goofy, Bluto, Bozo…Colvig". Offbeat Oregon History.
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