Favorite Cartoon/Animated Series (TV/feature films and other stuff)

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Don't remember any particular episode, though did watch it time to time (when nothing else was on) over a decade ago...

Suprised that the whole series is being released. Wonder if the episodes would be edited considering the show used actual songs for background music...


"Daria" to be released on DVD

Tvshowsondvd.com reports that Daria is coming to DVD on May 11th, 2010. All five seasons from the Beavis & Butt-Head spin-off series will contain every episode and movie as well as these special features:


Pilot - Sealed With a Kick
Mystik Spiral Music Video "Freakin' Friends"
Daria Day Intros
Top Ten Video Countdown Hosted by Daria & Jane
Cast & Crew interviews
Never Before Seen Mystik Spiral spin-off script
Daria: The Complete Series will hit stores on May 11, 2010.

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MTV's Top 10 Animated Music Videos, hosted by Daria & Jane

Note: the videos probably are edited out of the special on the DVD set for copyright reasons


About half are pretty much now forgotten, though Oasis & Radiohead were both kissed upon by MTV at the time...


10. Oasis "All Around The World" (1998)

9. Tom Petty "Runnin' Down A Dream" (1989)

(homage of Windsor McKay's Little Nemo)

8. Alice In Chains "I Stay Away" (1994)

7. a-ha "Take On Me" (1985)

6. Tool "Sober" (1993)

5. Michael Jackson "Leave Me Alone" (1989)

(first video to premiere on MTV in 1989)

4. Radiohead "Paranoid Android" (1997)

3. Dire Straits "Money For Nothing" (1985)

(Video of the Year at the 1986 VMAs)

2. Red Hot Chili Peppers "Love Rollercoaster" (1997)

(Beavis & Butt-Head appeared in the video)

1. Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer" (1986)

(Won 9 MTV Video Music Awards including 'Video of the Year' in 1987)

While there's several omissions...


Found screen grabs from the video for Rolling Stones "The Harlem Shuffle"



Would "Fantasia", early Betty Boop, musical Looney Tunes/Disney/Lantz shorts, or even "Yellow Submarine" or "Pink Floyd's The Wall" count?

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Paula Abdul "Opposites Attract" is another classic video feauturing a blend of animation & live action

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As for '80's cartoons, I enjoy "Garfield & Friends" (and several of the specials) and  "Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures" (though don't think I've watched it back then).

Used to watch as a kid, though not anymore...

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"
"Mupper Babies"
"Heathcliff" (saw a DVD for cheap, but not sure if I'd like the show now)
"Masters of the Universe" (well, only recall the toys  )
"Flintstone Kids"
"Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers" (saw on YouTube some months ago and found it boring)
"Ducktales"
'80's incarnation of "Jetsons", which aired along with the original

Also:
packages of Looney Tunes, MGM, etc.
a few older cartoons from Bullwinkle, Gumby, Flintstones, etc.

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Tom & Jerry have officially been chasing each other for 70 years (since 1940 with the Academy Award nominated short "Puss Gets The Boot") 




Several favorite cartoons:

"Yankee Doodle Mouse" (first Tom & Jerry short to win an Academy Award)
"Mouse Trouble"
"The Zoot Cat" (Tom impressing a female cat)
"The Little Orphan" (Jerry & Nibbles  getting food in Thanksgiving)
"Cat Concerto"
"Mouse In Manhattan" (Jerry ventures off to New York)
"The Night Before Christmas"

Sometimes watch it on Boomerang time to time, though they should have it for an hour and air  other MGM cartoons in the mix

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"Billy Mouse Akwakade" (1940, Terrytoons)



Actually have this on a public domain DVD featuring "The Talking Magpies" (proto-Heckle & Jeckle) & "Wolf! Wolf!" (Mighty Mouse).  While it's a holdover of the 1930's, it's a fun cartoon (with the mice playing around and the catchy musical score)  and  shows a rare example of a dog & cat teaming up.

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Watched a WWII era Gandy Goose Terrytoon titled "The Last Round-Up" on YouTube featuring Gandy & Sourpuss taking on a certain dictator.

The elevator chase scene was funny and  reminds me of vintage video games like "Pac Man". 

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I thought those Garfield specials and the occasional TV specials that were made 20+ years ago were good.  That CGI movie was terrible.

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source

1/12 Update: The following shorts will be included on the Bugs set:
* Apes of Wrath (1959, Freleng)
* Bedeviled Rabbit (1957, McKimson)
* Bushy Hare (1950, Freleng)
* Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare (1964, McKimson)
* False Hare (1964, McKimson)
* Foxy By Proxy (1952, McKimson)
* From Hare to Heir (1960, Freleng)
* Hare Trimmed (1953, Freleng)
* Hare We Go (1951, McKimson)
* Lighter Than Hare (1960, Freleng)
* Lumber Jack-Rabbit (1954, Jones)
* Mad as a Mars Hare (1963, Jones/Noble)
* The Million Hare (1963, McKimson)
* Mutiny on the Bunny (1950, Freleng)
* Napoleon Bunny-Part (1956, Freleng)

And the Daffy set will include:
* Daffy's Inn Trouble (1961, McKimson)
* Design For Leaving (1954, McKimson)
* Dime to Retire (1955, McKimson)
* Ducking the Devil (1957, McKimson)
* The Iceman Ducketh (1964, Monroe)
* People Are Bunny (1959, McKimson)
* Person to Bunny (1960, Freleng)
* The Prize Pest (1951, McKimson)
* Stork Naked (1955, Freleng)
* Suppressed Duck (1965, McKimson)
* This is a Life? (1955, Freleng)
* Tick Tock Tuckered (1944, Clampett)
* Nasty Quacks (1945, Tashlin)
* Daffy Dilly (1948, Jones)
* Wise Quackers (1949, Freleng

Now been delayed...


Wouldn't mind if the content change since there's hardly any '40's cartoons on the Bugs disc and also several from the '60's are included (the better cartoons from the era  like "Transylvania 6-5000" have been released on the Golden Collection).

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There's going to be a DVD featuring Foghorn Leghorn cartoons, though post 1954 since they're less expensive to restore. (might explain the delay and the content from the Bugs & Daffy DVDs



Also Bugs Bunny "through the decades" DVD might be released, guessing it'll be  similar to the upcoming Tom & Jerry 70th anniversary set. (double dippings of several classics & live action film cameos like "My Dream Is Yours" with a few cartoons from  tv specials like "Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol" from "Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales" and theatrical shorts from the '90's like "Box Office Bunny")

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About the delay of the "Looney Tunes Super Stars" DVDs and the Bug Bunny "Best Of" compilation...

from TV Shows on DVD site

The delay for the April releases to August was due to Beck's insistence that the cartoons not be released "off the shelf", but instead get restored as the previous shorts have been when released on DVD. Our thanks to Jerry for convincing Warner to take that important extra step!


The other two "Looney Tunes Super Stars" single-DVD releases planned for this year are being looked at for release in November


Also in the US Town Hall interview, just before the 73-minute mark, he has a scoop for Katz: an unannounced, untitled-as-yet 2-DVD (possibly 3 discs, before all is said and done; it's not finalized yet) collection of Bugs Bunny shorts will be released, planned for arrival before year's end. While the single-disc "Super Stars" releases mentioned above will stick to the "no duplicates" policy that the "Golden Collection" four-disc sets had, this special collection of Bugs Bunny cartoons will have material previously seen on DVD (one short mentioned was 1957's "What's Opera, Doc?", already out on Golden Collection Volume 2). What's up with that? Beck explains that this is supposed to be a great item to buy (or get as a gift) for a fan of Bugs, who hasn't bought all the collections that are already out. He says (in part), "The contents are going to be pretty much the classic Bugs Bunny cartoons that YOU SHOULD HAVE...If you're going to have a Bugs Bunny collection...the bona fide Bugs Bunny cartoons". So this is intended to be the best of the best, of Bugs, all gathered in one DVD release for the first time. Beck does hope to include unreleased material on this set, especially on the second disc (tentatively themed as "Bugs Bunny Through the Decades"), but things are still being tweaked and ironed out. And he says that if this goes well, Warner might do similar releases with other characters, too. This is just a tease of the info he provides; please listen to the interview for all the available info, directly from Jerry Beck!

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More public domain 'toons...

"Butterscotch & Soda" (1948)


The only tolerable Little Audrey cartoon that featured the title character being sent in her room for eating candy instead of dinner and basically goes nuts while searching for candy like a drug addict... and winds up having a nightmare that takes place in Candyland.  

It's not exactly funny and more bizarre (not as surreal compared to '30's Fleischer Betty Boop cartoons, which ironically was renamed Famous Studios when Paramount took over in 1942 and produced the cartoon in 1948...Mae Questal voiced both Boop & Little Audrey along with Olive Oyl & Little Lulu) and the song "Tummy Ache Blues" is catchy.

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That sounds like one of those scare films they used to show us back in middle school.  They were hopelessly out of date and were so ridiculous that they ended up being more funny than scary.  I wouldn't be surprised if those films ended up causing people to smoke weed rather than avoid it.

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"Butterscotch & Soda"

2:42, the trip begins

note: contain Un PC stereotypes that were common in films during the 1940's. Though would delete YouTube  link if anybody's offended.



Found some a fan page featuring some Harvey comics excerpts that I find ironic since she wears a red dress like Little Lulu. Especially that she's a rip off of that character...

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"Butterscotch & Soda"

note: contain Un PC stereotypes that were common in films during the 1940's. Though would delete YouTube  link if anybody's offended.

I wouldn't worry about that.  If they don't like it then they don't have to watch it.  PC is killing the spirit of this country.