I know this cartoon is weaker than the most of Tex's shorts at MGM. Some of the gags are so corny they're almost embarrassing. I think even Tex would have admitted that, why else end it with the "Hootenanny" gag. The best or worst (depending on your sense of humor) of the bunch. But what I do love about it is Gene Hazelton's designs. That alone is enough reason for me to watch it over and over.
Here's a good Mr. Magoo short, "Hotsy Footsy" released in October of 1952. There's some great designs and background by Paul Julian. This is the last Magoo short that Pat Matthews animated, or least received screen credit for. I believe he only animated on 3 more cartoons before leaving UPA. I'm not sure what scenes are his though I assume Magoo's little dance in the beginning is probably his animation. Not quite as good as the first half dozen or so Magoo cartoons but I thought it was a pretty funny short.
A couple of Droopy front and back inside cover comics from Our Gang Comics #49 from 1948. It wouldn't be until 1949 in "Senor Droopy" that "Happy Hound" would officially be known as Droopy.
Now that April Fool's is over we can forget that abominable Droopy cartoon. How about I make it up to everyone with this great 1953 Winnie The WAC story by Owen Fitzgerald from Here's Howie #9.
Anyone that reads this blog regularly knows of my love for Tex Avery's MGM cartoons. Those cartoons are some of the best ever created and for the most part his characters should be left untouched. Unless of course you're talking about Filmation's revival of Tex's beloved Droopy as part of the 1980 Tom & Jerry Comedy Show. Here's the classic "Disco Droopy". Much like Tex's cartoons the gags come at you one after another and the timing is razor sharp. The animation is top notch, yes there's reuse of animation but with good reason. Droopy's disco dance is so well animated why not use it in as much of the cartoon as possible. Hell, even Tex reused Preston Blair's animation of Red in "Little Rural Riding Hood." Slick Wolf lays down some pretty great dance moves of his own. I would love to know who animated those scenes. Anyway, enjoy this classic from one of the legendary cartoon studios.
I think most people would agree that Mighty Mouse cartoons have usually two things going for them. Carlo Vinci and Jim Tyer. "Beauty On The Beach" was released in November of 1950 and directed by Connie Rasinski. Tyer take over about 1:30 into the cartoons and the funhouse scene has some really extreme drawings. Check out the distortion in three of the drawings below. BTW, you may have noticed that most of the Warner Bros. cartoons are longer available. Dailymotion purged just about all of the WB shorts I had uploaded.
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.