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Charles Knox · 03-15-2024, 02:57 PM

Instead of creating a new thread topic anytime an interesting retro cartoon subject is posted, I am going to try and keep most of it in here, unless it has something to do with Toon In With ME or the Looney Tunes Collectors Choice Blu-Rays, which in that case I will place a link in those thread topics.

Canine Caped Crusader: The 60th Anniversary of “Underdog”
https://cartoonresearch.com/index.ph...y-of-underdog/

stevea · 03-30-2024, 11:24 AM

Interesting feature on another Peanuts special --

https://cartoonresearch.com/index.ph...charlie-brown/

stevea · 04-02-2024, 09:27 PM

The in-house Warner newsletter/What's Cookin', Doc? by Warren Foster

https://cartoonresearch.com/index.ph...ner-club-news/

stevea · 04-04-2024, 07:04 PM

Thunderbean Animation scan of 1936 Felix the Cat cartoon, Bold King Cole

Charles Knox · 04-05-2024, 07:03 PM

Totally Nuts: The 80th anniversary of “Screwball Squirrel”

https://cartoonresearch.com/index.ph...ball-squirrel/

Toon In With ME showed this cartoon and mentioned the infamous 90's Cartoon Network April Fools Stunt on the April 1st episode. Now if we could all convince METV to dedicate a Saturday morning in April to just Tex Avery cartoons while they still have the rights to the 4 cartoons he directed for Walter Lantz.

stevea · 04-05-2024, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Charles Knox

Totally Nuts: The 80th anniversary of “Screwball Squirrel”

https://cartoonresearch.com/index.ph...ball-squirrel/

Toon In With ME showed this cartoon and mentioned the infamous 90's Cartoon Network April Fools Stunt on the April 1st episode. Now if we could all convince METV to dedicate a Saturday morning in April to just Tex Avery cartoons while they still have the rights to the 4 cartoons he directed for Walter Lantz.

That would be cool. Or maybe they could skip a few showings of The Beary Family on Toon In With Me.

stevea · 04-06-2024, 10:44 PM

Sorry, this is from Patreon--

Music cut from credits in early Warner cartoons

Charles Knox · 04-12-2024, 01:08 PM

Today's Cartoon Research blog takes a look back at The Brady Kids. The Saturday morning show was most noted for helping launch Superfriends on the ABC network.

https://cartoonresearch.com/index.ph...he-brady-kids/

Charles Knox · 04-16-2024, 12:01 AM

Covering “Woody Woodpecker” (Song)
https://cartoonresearch.com/index.ph...dy-woodpecker/

Charles Knox · 04-19-2024, 09:10 PM

Hair Apparent: The 80th Anniversary of Woody Woodpecker in “The Barber of Seville”
https://cartoonresearch.com/index.ph...er-of-seville/

Voted #43 in the 50 greatest cartoons of all time. So many months back, METV played Barber Of Seville and followed it with Rabbit Of Seville during Saturday Morning Cartoons.

stevea · 04-23-2024, 07:22 PM

Interesting post on a missing Private Snafu short

Charles Knox · 04-23-2024, 10:23 PM

Animator Breakdown: “Tortoise Beats Hare” (1941)

https://cartoonresearch.com/index.ph...ats-hare-1941/

This was posted a year ago, but I found this,breakdown reakly inteesting, because it shows why McKimson was an important part of Looney Tune and Bugs Bunny history.

"Regarding the pencil animation of a rabbit and turtle listed in Rev Chaney’s ledger (excerpt below), these belonged to another Bugs cartoon announced in the trades, Tortoise Beats Hare. In a 1971 interview, Bob McKimson, then in Avery’s unit, recalled: “Tex didn’t want to make another Bugs Bunny after the first one.” But, at the insistence of production manager Ray Katz, Tex complied with the order to produce a Bugs cartoon for “McKimp,” Avery’s nickname for the studio’s leading animator. McKimson continues, “He knew that I liked to animate on Bugs and liked to work with him, and so that was how come he made even the second one.”"

Charles Knox · 05-03-2024, 06:14 PM

He Fits the Bill: Donald Duck’s 90th Anniversary

https://cartoonresearch.com/index.ph...h-anniversary/

With the big news about METV Toons and all the studio partnerships this week, the ball is now in Disney's court over how to make their cartoon library available to the general public on over the air network television.

stevea · 05-11-2024, 04:49 PM

The Flintstones' 'Blessed Event'

stevea · 05-17-2024, 05:00 PM

I'll keep to the subject Cartoon Research, but first a note about a little of my own [research], skulking around on Home Theater Forum. There I found an interesting thread about The Bugs Bunny Show. Lots of stills and interesting information about each episode.

Back on-topic: here's an interesting article on Chuck Jones' first, and most memorable, Sniffles cartoon for Warner Brothers. 'Naughty but Mice' has a classic scene with Sniffles and an animated electric razor, which saves him from certain doom at the paws of a cat.

03-15-2024, 02:57 PM	#1
Charles Knox Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 17, 2009 Posts: 1,225	Cartoon Research Instead of creating a new thread topic anytime an interesting retro cartoon subject is posted, I am going to try and keep most of it in here, unless it has something to do with Toon In With ME or the Looney Tunes Collectors Choice Blu-Rays, which in that case I will place a link in those thread topics. Canine Caped Crusader: The 60th Anniversary of “Underdog” https://cartoonresearch.com/index.ph...y-of-underdog/

03-30-2024, 11:24 AM	#2
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,170	Interesting feature on another Peanuts special -- https://cartoonresearch.com/index.ph...charlie-brown/

04-02-2024, 09:27 PM	#3
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,170	The in-house Warner newsletter/What's Cookin', Doc? by Warren Foster https://cartoonresearch.com/index.ph...ner-club-news/

04-04-2024, 07:04 PM	#4
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,170	Thunderbean Animation scan of 1936 Felix the Cat cartoon, Bold King Cole

04-05-2024, 07:03 PM	#5
Charles Knox Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 17, 2009 Posts: 1,225	Totally Nuts: The 80th anniversary of “Screwball Squirrel” https://cartoonresearch.com/index.ph...ball-squirrel/ Toon In With ME showed this cartoon and mentioned the infamous 90's Cartoon Network April Fools Stunt on the April 1st episode. Now if we could all convince METV to dedicate a Saturday morning in April to just Tex Avery cartoons while they still have the rights to the 4 cartoons he directed for Walter Lantz.

04-06-2024, 10:44 PM	#7
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,170	Sorry, this is from Patreon-- Music cut from credits in early Warner cartoons

04-12-2024, 01:08 PM	#8
Charles Knox Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 17, 2009 Posts: 1,225	Today's Cartoon Research blog takes a look back at The Brady Kids. The Saturday morning show was most noted for helping launch Superfriends on the ABC network. https://cartoonresearch.com/index.ph...he-brady-kids/

04-16-2024, 12:01 AM	#9
Charles Knox Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 17, 2009 Posts: 1,225	Covering “Woody Woodpecker” (Song) https://cartoonresearch.com/index.ph...dy-woodpecker/

04-19-2024, 09:10 PM	#10
Charles Knox Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 17, 2009 Posts: 1,225	Hair Apparent: The 80th Anniversary of Woody Woodpecker in “The Barber of Seville” https://cartoonresearch.com/index.ph...er-of-seville/ Voted #43 in the 50 greatest cartoons of all time. So many months back, METV played Barber Of Seville and followed it with Rabbit Of Seville during Saturday Morning Cartoons.

04-23-2024, 07:22 PM	#11
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,170	Interesting post on a missing Private Snafu short

04-23-2024, 10:23 PM	#12
Charles Knox Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 17, 2009 Posts: 1,225	Animator Breakdown: “Tortoise Beats Hare” (1941) https://cartoonresearch.com/index.ph...ats-hare-1941/ This was posted a year ago, but I found this,breakdown reakly inteesting, because it shows why McKimson was an important part of Looney Tune and Bugs Bunny history. "Regarding the pencil animation of a rabbit and turtle listed in Rev Chaney’s ledger (excerpt below), these belonged to another Bugs cartoon announced in the trades, Tortoise Beats Hare. In a 1971 interview, Bob McKimson, then in Avery’s unit, recalled: “Tex didn’t want to make another Bugs Bunny after the first one.” But, at the insistence of production manager Ray Katz, Tex complied with the order to produce a Bugs cartoon for “McKimp,” Avery’s nickname for the studio’s leading animator. McKimson continues, “He knew that I liked to animate on Bugs and liked to work with him, and so that was how come he made even the second one.”"

05-03-2024, 06:14 PM	#13
Charles Knox Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 17, 2009 Posts: 1,225	He Fits the Bill: Donald Duck’s 90th Anniversary https://cartoonresearch.com/index.ph...h-anniversary/ With the big news about METV Toons and all the studio partnerships this week, the ball is now in Disney's court over how to make their cartoon library available to the general public on over the air network television.

05-11-2024, 04:49 PM	#14
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,170	The Flintstones' 'Blessed Event'

05-17-2024, 05:00 PM	#15
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,170	I'll keep to the subject Cartoon Research, but first a note about a little of my own [research], skulking around on Home Theater Forum. There I found an interesting thread about The Bugs Bunny Show. Lots of stills and interesting information about each episode. Back on-topic: here's an interesting article on Chuck Jones' first, and most memorable, Sniffles cartoon for Warner Brothers. 'Naughty but Mice' has a classic scene with Sniffles and an animated electric razor, which saves him from certain doom at the paws of a cat.