Daily Dose of Classic Cartoons

My choice for Feb's animator of the month is Laverne Harding who is one of the best female animators of the Golden Age. Her work in this clip is great, featuring exaggerated poses of Woody and the wolf thinking about eating one another.

Cartoon: "Who's Cookin' Who?" (1946, Shamus Culhane)

That's his scream (most likely taken from Tee For Two where Tom has the bees in his mouth)

Happy birthday, Tex!

Ever since he started directing, he didn't stop pumping out the zaniest and funniest cartoons out there. This short is a prime example of his work while also strengthening his most popular character, Droopy.

Cartoon: "Northwest Hounded Police" (1946, Tex Avery)

Indeed, Frank Graham's talents really needs a lot more attention as he always matched the right voice for the right character much like Mel Blanc and June Foray.

Disney's first and better adaptation of this folk tale is one of their darkest and most brilliant shorts. This loose propaganda piece powerfully succeeds by having a fox trick Chicken Little into believing the sky is falling.

Cartoon: "Chicken Little" (1943, Clyde Geronimi)

Before voicing Magoo, Jim Backus voiced a genie in this short and his acting steals this show. This short hasn't been remastered in HD until recently where we'll finally get such version in the new Collector's Vault releasing next month.

Cartoon: "A-Lad-in His Lamp" (1948, Robert McKimson)

This is an enjoyable Magoo outing where a salesman scammed Magoo and has to save his life in a construction site otherwise he would bankrupt the company. The fun part is watching the character believe he's in safe hands when he's far up high.

Cartoon: "Trouble Indemnity" (1950, Pete Burness)

I can't get enough of Emery Hawkins' animation. The squishy fluidity of his movements just bursts with personality.

Today is Frank Tashlin's birthday, an underrated cartoon director making hits, both animation and live action. This is his only complete Bugs Bunny cartoon and he nailed the character first try and made me wish he stuck around to do more shorts.

Cartoon: "The Unruly Hare" (1945, Frank Tashlin)

This is a decent short with a plot that shares similarities with Friz Freleng's "Pigs is Pigs" from nearly a decade ago. The jazzy rendition of "The Devil In The White Nightgown" is the highlight and will stick in your head long after listening to it.

Cartoon: "Apple Andy" (1946, Dick Lundy)

Sound on.

Really love this short just seeing what it's like for Bugs and Sam to live together and try and get one another, with the highlight being the carrot juice scene animated by Virgil Ross.

Cartoon: "The Fair-Haired Hare" (1951, Friz Freleng)

Update on this: did a fresh install of Windows so everything should be smooth sailing onwards. I'll just have to be careful with the way I secure my drive.

With that said, I'll continue posting from tomorrow.

This week was a bit bumpy.

I've been having laptop issues as Bitlocker didn't encrypt my drive well and had to fully wipe my laptop as I couldn't get back in. I have done a full wipe and back and running now so should get back to posting very soon.

Fanart from the Tex Avery cartoon, Little Tinker. Two skunks stand in the middle of the frame, the boy holding wilted flowers as his girl looks on happily. Their scent lines float above to form a heart, just as two trees in the foreground also make a heart.

A piece in honor of that one lovelorn cartoon skunk who just can't seem to hold a date--no, the other one! Here's hoping your Valentine's Day doesn't stink!

She's the reason why a majority of Simpsons and Spongebob merchandise have Matt Groening and Stephen Hillenburg's names included
RIP

Slowed down to show the poses. #animation

Really wished Tashlin did more Bugs Bunny cartoons. It's a shame he directed two and one of them he didn't finish :(

Indeed, this is my go-to choice whenever I want to discuss what Tom and Jerry is clearly about.

Yeah, I was able to tell it was Burness's work in that scene as his work is extremely smooth and bouncy. As for Muse, it was easy as looking at how he drew Tom's three-bump chest and Spence's timing is sharp as well in the gun and trap scene.

1) "Mouse Trouble" (1944)

This has a simple plot but it packs a punch. The gags, the laughs, the screams, the "don't you believe it" line, all are excuted terrifically.

I really wanna discuss why this is my favourite T&J cartoon, but you need to watch this clip to find out why I love it so much.

Before I drop my number one best T&J short, I wanna give an honourable mention to these shorts

They are "Tree For Two", "Saturday Evening Puss", "Million Dollar Cat" and "The Truce Hurts"

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2) "Heavenly Puss" (1949)

This is the darkest classic cartoon period and one that still gives me goosebumps to this day, but the exuction is excellent and conveys so many emotions. You can feel the tension when Tom must seek forgiveness to Jerry before the Heavenly Express takes off.

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3) "Solid Sernade" (1946)

This short has everything you’d expect from T&J, but cranked to eleven. From Tom’s singing to Jerry untying Spike where the real fight begins, and the timing is perfect. Standout moments include Tom wacking Spike with a brick as he peeps above him. Excellent short overall.

When you put it that way, now I think both characters are just dicks in the own way which makes me enjoy their dynamic a lot more 😛

Well Jerry admits guilt for kicking Tom out in Lonesome Mouse, even though he knows how much of a prick Tom can be as the end of the cartoon shows that the rivalry is still going to be there, no matter the situation (even though Jerry started the feud by dropping a vase on Tom in the beginning)

4) "Old Rockin' Chair Tom" (1948)

I always had a soft spot for this and really enjoy Tom and Jerry working together to defeat a common enemy. The magnet-and-iron scheme is genius which leads to some great visual gags and allows Tom to stay the number one mouse catcher.