When Tex Avery worked for Warner Bros., he often did cartoons that involved poking fun at travelouge and nature films with sight jokes and puns galore. Here are some examples of what I'm talking about.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Tex Avery filmfest
Tex Avery is definitly my favortite cartoon director, reaching the peak of his career while working for MGM studios. He did many one-shot shorts for MGM, doing very few shorts with star characters since he felt what you do with the character was more important. Anyway, here are some shorts he did while at MGM. You may learn a thing or two from him.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Wild and Woolly Hare
Just a Bugs Bunny cartoon I posted at someone's request. It's a lot of fun to watch, so enjoy!
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Duck Pimples
Man! It's been a long time since I posted here, and for that I apologize. I've been busy with stuff and I just couldn't post.
Anyway, I think I'll start this entry with another golden cartoon.
First off, lots of you probably bet I just watch Warner Bros. cartoons, but I also take a look at some great MGM, Walter Lantz, and even Walt Disney cartoons. For today, I'll focus on Disney.
Now, ol' uncle Walt didn't make a whole lot of memorable shorts, but there are still some great ones out there that Walt produced. One of those jems I'm featuring today is a Donald Duck short called "Duck Pimples" by Jack Kinney. Kinney was one of the best directors Disney ever hired. He normally worked on Goofy shorts, but also gave Donald a try. This one is particulary memorable (for me, at least) because of the very abstract backgrounds, hilarious characters, and the style of humor here is more Warner Bros-esque than what you would normally expect from Disney.
Just watch yourself and find out!
I'll try to post another cartoon tomorrow or some of my own drawings. "Till then, ta-ta! :)
Anyway, I think I'll start this entry with another golden cartoon.
First off, lots of you probably bet I just watch Warner Bros. cartoons, but I also take a look at some great MGM, Walter Lantz, and even Walt Disney cartoons. For today, I'll focus on Disney.
Now, ol' uncle Walt didn't make a whole lot of memorable shorts, but there are still some great ones out there that Walt produced. One of those jems I'm featuring today is a Donald Duck short called "Duck Pimples" by Jack Kinney. Kinney was one of the best directors Disney ever hired. He normally worked on Goofy shorts, but also gave Donald a try. This one is particulary memorable (for me, at least) because of the very abstract backgrounds, hilarious characters, and the style of humor here is more Warner Bros-esque than what you would normally expect from Disney.
Just watch yourself and find out!
I'll try to post another cartoon tomorrow or some of my own drawings. "Till then, ta-ta! :)
Monday, January 28, 2008
Hare Ribbin'
If there was an award for the most violent Bugs Bunny cartoon ever, I'll bet Hare Ribbin' would win it with no sweat.This cartoon is legendary, even by Bob Clampett's standards. Yes, it does have the basic chase plot of your typical 1940's Warner Bros. cartoons, this one is diffrent from all the others. During the beginning of the film, Bugs meets up with a dog with a Russian accent. The dog is a joke on comedian Bert Gordon's signature character, "The Mad Russian", complete with his catchpraises, "How do you do?" and "Do you mean it?", wich were quite common in these cartoons.
See? Told ya!
Now, part of the short involves Bugs being chased into a lake, and for some bizzare reason, the rest of it takes place at the bottom of this lake.
But the real reason that this one is special is that this cartoon has two seprate endings, both of them deemed for being too violent to show on TV. Fortunatly for you, I posted both versions on this blog for you.
I wish I were dead! I wish I were DEAD!
#1:Merrie Melodies - Hare Ribbin' (1944)
Uploaded by Cartoonzof2006
This version is the one you're more likely to see on TV. At the end, the dog assumes that Bugs has been killed (he "ate" him in a rabbit sandwitch) and is so upset by what he did that he wishes he were dead as well. The ol' grey hare comes back alive, says "Ehh, do you mean it?", and gives the dog a gun so that the job can be done.
#2:This is the rare directer's cut. At the end, the dog says the same thing, and so does Bugs, but this time, he shoots the dog himself! You can find this one on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 5 DVD as a special feature on disc 3.
That's all for today. See ya next time! :p
Thursday, January 24, 2008
The Old Grey Hare
You gotta love this one, especially the drawings of Old Man fudd as seen on this model sheet.
This one, I think, may have been the first time a toddler version of an already cartoon character appears on-screen, which also was turned into a popular trend in the 1980's (i.e. Muppet Babies, Baby Looney Tunes, ect.)
Also, watch for hidden newspaper gags like during the "Smell-o-Vison Replaces Telovision" headline, it states, "Carl Stalling Sez, 'It'll never work!'"
It'll be more fun if you watch the film here:
Merrie Melodies - The Old Grey Hare (1944)
Uploaded by Cartoonzof2006
Oh, and yesterday was my birthday, f.y.i. Sorry I forgot to post that here earlier...
This one, I think, may have been the first time a toddler version of an already cartoon character appears on-screen, which also was turned into a popular trend in the 1980's (i.e. Muppet Babies, Baby Looney Tunes, ect.)
Also, watch for hidden newspaper gags like during the "Smell-o-Vison Replaces Telovision" headline, it states, "Carl Stalling Sez, 'It'll never work!'"
It'll be more fun if you watch the film here:
Merrie Melodies - The Old Grey Hare (1944)
Uploaded by Cartoonzof2006
Oh, and yesterday was my birthday, f.y.i. Sorry I forgot to post that here earlier...
Monday, January 21, 2008
Johann Mouse
This is my favorite Tom and Jerry cartoon! And it's not hard to see why. This Academy Award winner employs good animation from the Hannah-Barbera department at MGM, wonderful voice acting from Hans Conried, and, of course, the music. The music featured in this short is from my favorite classical composer, the great Johann Strauss II of Vienna. The songs featurred are, in order:
-Wiener Blut Walzer (Vienna Blood Waltz), Op. 354
-Der Kaiser Walzer (The Emperor Waltz), Op. 437
-Tritsch-Tratsch (Chit-Chat) Polka, Op. 214
-An Der Schönen, Blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), Op. 314
-Perpetuum Mobile, "Musikalischer Scherz" (Perpetual Motion, "Musical Joke"), Op. 257
-Wein, Weib Und Gesang (Wine, Women and Song), Op. 333
But enough of my technical mumbo-jumbo. Here's the 'toon.
-Wiener Blut Walzer (Vienna Blood Waltz), Op. 354
-Der Kaiser Walzer (The Emperor Waltz), Op. 437
-Tritsch-Tratsch (Chit-Chat) Polka, Op. 214
-An Der Schönen, Blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), Op. 314
-Perpetuum Mobile, "Musikalischer Scherz" (Perpetual Motion, "Musical Joke"), Op. 257
-Wein, Weib Und Gesang (Wine, Women and Song), Op. 333
But enough of my technical mumbo-jumbo. Here's the 'toon.
Tom and Jerry - Johann Mouse (1952)
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Person to Bunny
Nothing special here other than it's fun to watch. It's a nice parody of the TV show, "Person to Person", a popular TV program back in 1960. Nice acting from Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, and Arthur Q. Bryant (This was the last time he voiced Elmer Fudd.) So enjoy "Person to Bunny". :)
Friday, January 18, 2008
Draftee Daffy
A lot like other animation fans, I'm a big fan of the 1940's version of Daffy Duck. So in honor of our little black duck, the next cartoon is one from 1945 entitled, "Draftee Daffy".
This may be a Clampett Daffy here, but this cartoon shows a diffrent side of Daffy, as the self-preserving waterfowl he evolved into today. (Chuck Jones, I think, seemed to take that characteristic and really emphasize it.)
It does feature great animation from Manny Gould, Rod Scribner, Bob McKimson, and Basil Davidovich.
Oh, and who could forget that little man from the draft board. Pretty good character. Looks a lot like Elmer Fudd.
"Well, now I wouldn't say THAT!"
So here it is. Enjoy! :)
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Eatin' on the Cuff or the Moth Who Came to Dinner
Here's the First cartoon for my Blog, and it's....
This one of Bob Clampett's first cartoons in where his true colors are flown. What I ment by that is that this old black n' white toon demonstrates Clampett's pure wackieness at the Warner Bros. This was the first were his familiar, rubbery animation style is shown (animated by Virgil Ross and Rod Scribner). It also shows off his timing talents as well, since the animation is timed perfectly well with the music. So for your enjoyment and mine, here is "Eatin on the Cuff", or "The Moth Who Came to Dinner". (1942)
This one of Bob Clampett's first cartoons in where his true colors are flown. What I ment by that is that this old black n' white toon demonstrates Clampett's pure wackieness at the Warner Bros. This was the first were his familiar, rubbery animation style is shown (animated by Virgil Ross and Rod Scribner). It also shows off his timing talents as well, since the animation is timed perfectly well with the music. So for your enjoyment and mine, here is "Eatin on the Cuff", or "The Moth Who Came to Dinner". (1942)
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