Goopy Geer the close proximity of the two cartoons' releases, there is little chance that either character was intended to be a copy of the other. Dippy Dawg would eventually be renamed to "Goofy". Goopy Geer was the last attempt by animator Rudolf Ising to feature a recurring character in the "Merrie Melodies" series of films. Like most other early sound-era cartoon characters, Ising's Goopy has little personality of his own. Instead, he sings and dances his way through a musical world in perfect syncopation. Ising only featured the character in three cartoons. In the first, "Goopy Geer" (April 16, 1932), he
Dippy (London) was unveiled for public display. Dippy started a tour of British museums in February 2018, mounted on a new more mobile armature. Over the following three years, Dippy will be exhibited at locations around the UK: Dorset County Museum (10 February - 7 May 2018), Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (26 May - 9 September 2018), Ulster Museum (17 September 2018 - 6 January 2019), Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the Great North Museum, the National Assembly for Wales, Number One Riverside in Rochdale, and Norwich Cathedral. Dippy (London) Dippy is a plaster cast replica of the fossilised bones of