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 (Pittsburgh) Dippy (Pittsburgh) Dippy is a public sculpture of a "Diplodocus" dinosaur on the grounds of the Carnegie Institute and Library complex in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The life-size fiberglass model depicts "Diplodocus carnegii", a species named for Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919), the Scottish-American industrialist. The dark, grayish brown sculpture weighs 3,000 pounds, stands 22 feet, and measures 84 feet in length. Sited along Forbes Avenue near Schenley Plaza and the lawn of the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning, "Dippy" stands adjacent to the entrances of the Carnegie Music Hall and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. "Dippy" was