Randomness

Just a couple of random things. A couple of those cool background paintings from the opening of the Mighty Mouse Cartoon "Stop, Look, and Listen". Plus a clip from "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" where (out of boredom) I sped up Sylvester's voice to match Daffy's and slowed down Daffy's to match Sylvester's.

Scarlett Pumpernickel-voice reversal

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Al Taliaferro - Donald Duck

Here's a few Donald Duck strips by Al Taliaferro

UPA - "Fuddy Duddy Buddy"

Here's another early UPA short, the John Hubley directed "Fuddy Duddy Buddy". The opening scene of Magoo trying to convince Bottomley to play tennis is really well animated. I'm not sure but I think Pat Matthews animated the scene where the walrus charges the net during the game of tennis. I think the following shot of Magoo might also be Matthews but I'm not too sure. Of course, Paul Julian's backgrounds are great too.

Fuddy Duddy Buddy

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Check out The Big Blog of Kid's Comics! for a comic adaptation of the cartoon drawn by Dan Gormley

UPA - "The Miner's Daughter"

I love the animation in this Bob Canon directed short. I'm still trying to pick out Pat Matthews animation. There's a great run cycle with the miner's daughter that is very similar to one Cannon animated in "Out-Foxed" when he worked under Tex Avery briefly.

UPA-The Miner's Daughter

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Chuck Jones - "Rocket-bye Baby"

This 1956 Chuck Jones cartoon has some great layouts by Ernest Nordli.

1956-08-04 - Rocket-bye Baby

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Quick Draw McGraw - "Chopping Spree"

Here's a real funny Quick Draw short written by Mike Maltese. As much as love early Hanna-Barbera, not very many make me laugh out loud. This one is an exception. The villian kind reminds me of Wilbur Cobb from Ren and Stimpy. Of course Cobb's design is much funnier. For all things H-B be sure to go to Yowp's blog. It's the ginchiest. For some reason the sound goes out of sync towards the end. I've uploaded it twice and it keeps doing it. I guess when it gets re-encoded something goes wrong. Oh well.

Chopping Spree

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Peanuts Model Sheets

I know for me once Halloween comes around it's time to get into Charlie Brown mode to carry me on through 'til the holidays end. Here's some model sheets that I saw were up for bid on ebay recently. I assume they're mostly from the Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show. Have a Happy Thanksgiving all!

Michael Lah

Here's a reel I put together of Michael Lah's animation for Tex Avery at MGM. Lah is one of my absolute favorite animators. Funny as hell in most every scene he animated.

Michael Lah Reel

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Grant Simmons

Tex Avery's unit of Michael Lah, Walt Clinton, and Grant Simmons has to be my favorite of all time. Though Bob Clampett's unit with Bob McKimson and Rod Scribner and Manny Gould would be right behind them. So, I figured I'd try and put together some clips featuring each animator. I started with Grant Simmons, well I assume that this is all Simmons. It's mostly clips from cartoons with Spike as it's easier to spot by the way he draws him. Though this could very well be a Walt Clinton reel since I can say for sure which name should be attached to the animation. I'm going to stick with Simmons though. If you spot any clips by a different animator please point them out.

Grant Simmons

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