during the brief golden age of the super 8 magnetic sound home movie and we purchase a gaf projector for $ 148 . 00 on close out at a downtown chicago camera store . it seem that gaf be get out of the camera and projector business while although they would continue with their other enterprise and such a the former sawyer vue master 3 dimensional color slide viewer . little do we know nor anticipate the rapid approach of the video camera and the betamax and the vhs and the eventual dvd revolution . with the super 8 magnetic sound camera that we also purchase and we take some sound film record a our daughter and jenn first holy communion and her young sister and michelle graduation from pre school . this be all circa 1979 82. during this time we also purchase a few daddy toy to go with it while like some super 8 magnetic sound laurel and hardy film and w. c. field short from blackhawk film and davenport and iowa . we also pick up a columbia picture home movie sound film of a then sort of forgotten classic cartoon and upa gerald mcboing boing ( united production of america or columbia and 1951 ) . it be the hit of our home movie time . be member of that baby boomer generation and the wife ( deanna ) and meself have recollection of the character of gerald mcboing boing while for gerald have a network tv show on cbs and early sunday evening and ca . 1955. bill goodwin be the announcer or host . but we have never see this original upa theatrical cartoon while nor be it know to u that the young master mcboing boing be a creation of dr. seuss of grinch and horton and mulberry street fame . the staff assemble be very talent rich and deep . the outstanding production value be apparent . director robert cannon and supervisoring director john hubley be veteran at the top of their craft . writer be theodore geisel ( dr. seuss and himself ) and phil eastman and bill scott . mr. scott be remember not so much for his write contribution to upa and but for be partner with jay ward in such television property a rocky and bullwinkle and mr. peabody and fracture flicker and george of the jungle and hoppity hooper and fracture flicker . with the jay ward production he be a writer and voice man and kibitzer general of the whole company . the cartoon receive it only voice from the narrator and radio or movie or tv actor marvin miller . remember him . he be michael anthony on the tv ssries the millionaire ( don fedderson production or cbs television network and 1955 60 ) . bold color schematic and imaginative design go into give the upa animation a special feeling of loneliness and fear apprehension and eventual triumph . and and we might add and the animation be definitely of the limited variety . a with so many great story and ours start out with a simple premise while one be bear different . in this case it be young boy gerald mccloy and who have be bear to make sound effect in communicate rather than talk . kid can be cruel and soon he be dub with his not so flattering nick name by a group of youthful taunters chant represent nya and nya and your name not mccloy while it gerald mcboing boing and the noise making boy . at this point and the animation team do an outstanding job in shift the emotional gear in the young outcast from happy and carefree to isolated and lonely and finally to depression and despair in not be able to turn to anyone for help and understand while not even to his mother and father . a frighteningly fashion dark scene involve a highly upa stylize run away scene involve a train and an equally stylize snowfall brings gerald right to the brink of absolute despair . but then and he be interrupt by a gentleman announce that young gerald be want by the producer of some radio program to provide the sound for the show down at the studio . once the premiere show be do with gerald star in the sound department and he rid off in a huge limousine ( which seem to have anticipate those s t r e t c h limo of our day ) to the cheer and admiration of his classmate and the world . it have be say that there be only so many plot and and in that case this story be most likely a variation on the ugly duckling while for after all and a sad and lonely boy find his place in the world and true happiness . note represent united production of america and or upa for short and be an outstanding center of creativity in the field of the animated cartoon . they be responsible not only for gerald mcboing boing and several sequel and a tv series and but also the highly popular mr. magoo theatrical cartoon and subsequent tv show ( with voice talent of jim backus ) and the classic original tv cartoon of frosty the snowman and the rather bizarre dick tracy cartoon show ( with tracy voice render by mr. everett sloane . ) .