Tee for Two

Another favorite of mine from the Tom and Jerry filmography. I think people who play golf will really like this short. I happen to know some people who golf like Tom, too. Unfortunatly, I'm one of them!

These are some great backgrounds painted by Robert Gentle from Klangley's site. Thanks, buddy! :)

Rabbit Transit

The last, but certainly the least, of the "Tortoise vs. Hare" bugs cartoons. Friz Freling tried to make the theme of Bugs vs. Cecil more down-to-earth for this one. Well it worked.

Now don't get me wrong, I thought this one is funny, but it doesn't have the energy and fun of the previous two shorts. Anyway, watch it here:

Tortoise Wins by a Hare

Out of all of the "Tortoise vs. Hare" Bugs bunny shorts, this one is the best one. directed by the ever-so vunedvah Bob Clampett! There's a lot of great jokes in this one as well as fluid directional control and beautiful scenes animated by Rod Scribner.


A model sheet of Cecil. I like his new hat. Wonder why they didn't use it...

I think Clampett may have had a fetish for suicide gags.
Anyway, here's the toon so you can watch, too! :)

Merrie Melodies - Tortoise Wins by a Hare (1943)
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Tortoise Beats Hare

Ah yes. This one was posted on request, but I actually meant to post this one anyway. This was Tex Avery's 2nd Bugs Bunny cartoon after his sucessful "A Wild Hare". Now it's here where an extra dimension of Bug's personality unfolds: if you put the heckling hare into a situation that he isn't in control of, like here, then Bugs will turn into the heckled and in the end, tries to figure out just how and why he lost.

Now here's a model sheet from Tex's department by Bob Givens (I think).


Here's the cartoon.

Merrie Melodies - Tortoise Beats Hare (1941)
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Robin Hood Daffy

In my book, the best Porky and Daffy cartoon ever. Ever. This one is just hilarious. A real golden oldie. The violence and action-reaction gagas were what made this work. Plus, I'm a big Chuck Jones fan. Just watch and see why.

Merrie Melodies - Robin Hood Daffy (1958)
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The Adventures of Daff-bot and Pork-stello

Sorry for that incredibily lame pun.

Aside from that, this post is about the partnership between Daffy Duck and Porky Pig. It almost seems like they were MADE just to be partners. Perhaps it's just because thier personalities are so diffreent from each other that they go well together. After all, opposites attract! :)

It all started in 1937 with Tex Avery's film, Porky's Duck Hunt. This film was one of Tex's gems when he worked at Warner Bros. This was the first time Porky and Daffy had been together as well as Daffy's first cartoon.

Porky's Duck Hunt (1937)
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(Yeah, I didn't post this, but I'm just using it as an example.)

After Tex, Bob Clampett was the next director to try out this odd couple. The relationship between duck and pig always changed with directors. In the case of Bob Clampett, they're acquantances or good friends. Here to represent this are two Clampett toons, The Daffy Doc and Tick Tock Tuckered.

Looney Tunes - The Daffy Doc (1938)
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Merrie Melodies - Tick Tock Tuckered (1944)
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Even though Robert McKimson had alot of Clampett's ideas when he became a director, his ideas with Porky and Daffy's partnership was far diffrent. The two are usually casted as enemies or they just don't like each other. Daffy Doodles, McKimson's first cartoon he directed, is a good example of this rivalry.

Merrie Melodies - Daffy Doodles (1946)
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Finally there's Chuck Jones. Jones usually casted them as friendly partners, but he usually made Daffy the star of these cartoons instead of Porky. Daffy still retains a little daffiness for these shorts while Porky was downgraded to an eager sidekick or just a calm sarcastic one. They also parodied a lot of movie genres with Jones, form westerns to science fiction. Here are a couple of these cartoons, Deduce, You Say, Rocket Squad, and Duck Dodgers.

Looney Tunes - Deduce You Say (1956)
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Merrie Melodies - Rocket Squad (1956)
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Duck Dodgers In The 24th1/2 Century
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Tex Avery: Father of National Geographic

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.

Merrie Melodies - Detouring America (1939)
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Merrie Melodies - Cross Country Detours (1940)
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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.

MGM - The Early Bird Dood It! (1942)
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MGM - One Ham's Family (1943)
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MGM - Batty Baseball (1944)
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MGM - Hound Hunters (1947)
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MGM - King-Size Canary (1947)
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Droopy - Wags to Riches (1949)
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MGM - Magical Maestro (1952)
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MGM - The Flea Circus (1954)
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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!

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! :)