MeTV Toon In with Me/Saturday Morning Cartoons 2023

[stevea]

Originally Posted by Charles Knox

It ran unedited today.

Thanks for the info. It's surprising, since they seem hyper-sensitive to this type of material.

[Charles Knox]

Originally Posted by stevea

Thanks for the info. It's surprising, since they seem hyper-sensitive to this type of material.

If they can show this one unedited, they definitely can show the much requested "Mouse That Jack Built".

[stevea]

Yes, and that is one of McKimson's best cartoons. There are no blackface parodies, and the mice are all voiced by their respective TV show actors.

In other words, there is nothing offensive with this one.

Jack's wife Mary retired around this point in time (1958), and this cartoon was one of her final performances. She had stage fright, and voicing animation was probably in her comfort zone.

[stevea]

"Quizzer Wants a Spin-Off"

Conrad the Sailor (Daffy - 1942 - Jones)

Pest Pilot (Popeye - 1941 - Fleischer)

Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat (The Inspecotr - 1966 - Chiniquy)

Sport Chumpions (1941 - Freleng)

No Barking (1954 - Jones) - an infrequently-shown Jones mini-masterpiece, relying almost exclusively on Ken Harris' animation

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"A Crackel Barrel of Laughs"

Stage Door Cartoon (Bugs, Elmer - 1944 - Freleng)

Matinee Mouse (Tom and Jerry - 1966 - Hanna, Barbera)

Puttin on the Act (Popeye - 1940 - Fleischer)

Pink Panzer (Pink Panther - 1965 - Pratt)

Betty Boop's Ker-Choo (1933 - Fleischer)

Box-Office Bunny (Bugs - 1991 - Van Citters)

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"My Calvin Cupley Runneth Over"

The Flying Cat (Tom and Jerry - 1952 - Hanna, Barbera)

Nurse to Meet Ya (Popeye - 1955 - Sparber) - Toon In With Me debut

Porky's Pooch (Porky - 1941 - Clampett)

Barney Bear's Polar Pest (1944 - Gordon [uncredited])

Hare Brush (Bugs - 1955 - Freleng)

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"Selling Something"

Half-Fare Hare (Bugs - 1956 - McKimson) - infrequently aired by MeTV. Bugs, along with Ralph and Ed of The Honeymooners, are en route to Chattanooga, as boxcar passengers on a train

The House of Tomorrow (1949 - Avery)

The Slap-Hoppy Mouse (Sylvester - 1956) - another not-often-shown cartoon

Nearlyweds (Popeye - 1957 - Kneitel)

The Homeless Flea (1940 - Ising [uncredited])

Clippety Clobbered (Road Runner - 1966 - Larriva)

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"Fantastic Friday #64"

The Big Snooze (Bugs - 1946 - Clampett, Davis [both uncredited]) - still shown uncensored (previous edits - sleeping pills, Super Chief, and possibly the Hollywood and Vine "How old is she?" quick scene 5:27-5:29)

The Jeep (Popeye - 1938 - Fleischer)

Stupor Duck (Daffy - 1956 - McKimson)

Bugged by a Bee (Cool Cat - 1969 - McKimson)

Feed the Kitty (1952 - Jones) - first Marc Anthony/Pussyfoot cartoon, another Chuck Jones mini-series. Followed by Kiss Me Cat, and Cat Feud. Owner voiced by Bea Benaderet

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The Grey Hounded Hare (Bugs - 1949 - McKimson) - one of a few McKimson mid-century cartoons where Bugs is drawn with a consistent harsh-edge look.

Of Rice and Hen (Foghorn Leghorn - 1953 - McKimson) - misc. violence in this cartoon has been cut on various networks in the past, but it has been banned on the Turner networks due to Miss Prissy's suicide attempt near the beginning. We would not want young impressionable minds to adopt the idea of jumping off the barn roof.

Rabbit Punch (Bugs - 1948 - Jones)

Touché and Go (Pepé Le Pew - 1957 - Jones)

Stage Fright (1940 - Jones)

Go Go Amigo (Speedy, Daffy - 1965 - McKimson)

Wet Hare (Bugs - 1962 - McKimson)

(the running order on the MeTV schedule is all wrong--above is correct)

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"Yee Chowdy!"

(originally aired Mon. Jan 31, 2022)

Bedevilled Rabbit (Bugs - 1957 - McKimson)

The Mouse From H.U.N.G.E.R. (Tom & Jerry - 1967 - Levitow)

We Aim To Please (Popeye - 1934 - Fleischer)

Behind the Meat-Ball (1945 - Tashlin [uncredited]) - cartoon was completed after Tashlin left Warners, thus he is uncredited

Strangled Eggs (Foghorn Leghorn - 1961 - McKimson)

[Charles Knox]

Next Saturday, will be a Valentines themed Bugs Bunny show. I don't know if they will be featuring another of the holiday themed specials that would air during primetime?

[stevea]

Originally Posted by Charles Knox

Next Saturday, will be a Valentines themed Bugs Bunny show. I don't know if they will be featuring another of the holiday themed specials that would air during primetime?

I haven't seen any promos for a primetime special.

There are some really good cartoons next Saturday. Hare Splitter is a side splitter, and For Scent-imental Reasons won a 1949 Oscar and is infrequently aired.

[Charles Knox]

Originally Posted by stevea

I haven't seen any promos for a primetime special.

There are some really good cartoons next Saturday. Hare Splitter is a side splitter, and For Scent-imental Reasons won a 1949 Oscar and is infrequently aired.

I meant Saturday morning

[stevea]

"Toony Toosday!"

Now, Hare This (Bus - 1958 - McKimson)

Screwball Squirrel (1944 - Avery)

What's Brewin', Bruin? (1948, Jones) - first "solo" appearance of the Jones-created characters, The Three Bears. They had debuted in a 1944 Bugs cartoon. This one retains its original Looney Tunes closing card, but is still sans titles and credits.

Child Psykolojiky (Popeye - 1941 - Fleischer) - "Injuns" reference not censored

Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life (Tom and Jerry - 1965 - Jones [co-director Maurice Noble])

Rocket Squad (Porky, Daffy - 1956 - Jones) - story board by Tedd Pierce; possibly, this was supposed to be a Robert McKimson-directed cartoon

[stevea]

Originally Posted by Charles Knox

I meant Saturday morning

There was a promo this morning for this-coming Saturday's 9 am show, and they're calling it "Live, Laugh, Bugs!" -- a Bugs Bunny Pre-Valentine's Day Special.

As of today the MeTV Schedule hasn't reflected that change.