Eveready Harton: world's first porn cartoon character?
Andrew Hearst of Panopticist says:
Created anonymously by a group of professional animators in about 1929, the silent short Eveready Harton in Buried Treasure is a gleeful exploration of the penetrative arts.Video is NSFW LinkThe four-and-a-half-minute short follows the travails of the uncomfortably well-endowed title character as he wanders a barren landscape in search of satisfaction. Along the way, he encounters a self-pleasuring maiden, various sexually aroused animals, a surprised husband, and a cow-humping farmer, whom Harton challenges to a duel. A penis duel.
Eveready Harton in Buried Treasure is one of the earliest examples of an animated porn film. According to its Wikipedia page, several famous animators supposedly made the short for a private party in honor of the pioneering animator Winsor McCay, whose work greatly influenced Walt Disney and is still held in high esteem by Maurice Sendak, Chris Ware, and other luminaries.
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Wow, this is awesome! Straight sex, gay sex, masturbation, vaginal sex, oral sex, anal sex, anonymous sex, glory holes, bestiality... even crabs! Talk about being ahead of its time!
and I thought Fritz was the pioneer, truly a cultural gem.
Oh, awesome, I'd forgotten all about this. I saw this in a cinema in Paris as part of a vintage porn show...and it was just about the rowdiest movie in the set. One live-action sketch featured women frightened by a mouse jumping up on a table and lifting their skirts up. And that was that. :D
This and Tijuana bibles stand as proud forerunners of Rule 34.
Not so much ahead of its time, but a reflection of it. The 1920s were a free-swinging era, and there were others before it. The notion that there's been a straight line from medieval prudery to modern disinhibition isn't a true one.
For example, it doesn't take much digging in the published diaries of late Victorian women to find references to "grandmama spoiling the soirée with her filthy mouth" and the like. The 1830s were another time where people rather let go.
Isn't that just a cartoon metaphor for democracy?
Been searching for this movie for ages. Saw it in the sex museum in New York but didn't remember its name.
Nineteen kinds of awesome - thanks, BB/Mark.
#4 Wareq: proud forerunners of Rule 34.
I can imagine the reaction at the time: "You win 1,000 telegraphs, my good fellow. May I kindly have moar, plox?"
"Eveready"?? Good lord -- and the bunny thought he was all that....
I heard about this and have searched for it once before. Thanks BoingBoing, my last name is Harton!
Man, that's brilliant. Like an animated Tijuana Bible. I love that it was made for Winsor McCay--that just is icing on the cake.
Thanks so much for posting this!
The first time I ever saw this was on the big screen at B-Fest a few years ago. I had awakened from a brief nap during the 24-hour B-movie marathon to find the audience horrifically recoiling in unison from the antics of Mr. Harton. It was in the early, early hours of the morning & I was very groggy so I had to ask a friend about it later who confirmed that yes, it was real & every bit as wrong as it seemed.
I'm glad to see this short film getting more publicity. It's much better than goatse & invokes many more reactions.
Haven't seen that in almost 25 years since I was in college. I took a course in human sexuality and the professor showed Eveready on the last day of class. Amazing!
http://gayutopia.blogspot.com/2007/12/alexander-stewart-animated-gay-utopia.html
here's some everready scholarship for ya!!
If you like this movie you can download a restored version here
@Wareq, Registrado
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