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

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"Wall-E" will definately win an Oscar.

Boycotted "Bolt" since one of the most annoying celebrities of this decade voiced one of the characters and there was a "Bolt"  float on the Macy's parade instead of a certain mouse that 'Started It All' on it's 80th anniversary.

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"Saturday Morning" set featuring vintage Hanna Barbera cartoons and Looney Tunes (packaged shows like "Bugs Bunny Show", "Porky Pig Show" with theme/end, wrap-arounds)


Sounds like a Boomerang Network DVD sampler 

Guessing the Tom & Jerry cartoons are the horrible made-for-tv versions 

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When I was a small kid every Saturday morning from 6 to 12 there were cartoons on.  I think Tom & Jerry would be on first, then The Jetsons from 7 to 8, Bugs Bunny and The Roadrunner from 9 to 11, and then in the last hour they would switch around and play Fat Albert or another cartoon series.  I used to watch that Bugs Bunny and The Roadrunner show every Saturday morning but the funny thing is that I didn't understand all the jokes until years later.  It's hard to believe that I still remember all that more than 30 years later.

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Most Looney Tunes  had in-jokes (referances to Friz Freling, Chuck Jones, etc), topical referances,  and pop culture from the era. Also adult humor, which they were intended for during the early/mid 20th century, like when Beaky Buzzard called the giant lizard a "Piece of shhh...shoe string" in "Bashful Buzzard".

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Info about the Saturday Morning Cartoon DVDs

Once upon a time, long before home video, the internet, and 24 hour cartoon channels - Saturday mornings were an oasis of animation. Most of it wasn’t very good, but like junk food, it was addicting. For those jonesing for another fix, Warner Home Video will be releasing two double-disc DVD sets on May 19th that collects many of classic Saturday Morning Cartoons we grew up with.


These sets feature the first DVD appearence of many well known characters - including Hanna Barbera’s Quick Draw McGraw, 60s anime Marine Boy and Filmation’s Tarzan.


The 1960s disc features:


Disc #1
TOP CAT - The Tycoon
ATOM ANT/PRECIOUS PUP/HILLBILLY BEARS
THE PETER POTAMUS SHOW (with Breezly & Sneezly, Yippee, Yappee and Yahooney)
SECRET SQUIRREL/SQUIDDLEY DIDDLY/WINSOME WITCH
THE FLINTSTONES - The Happy Household
THE PORKY PIG SHOW - Often An Orphan/Mice Follies/The Super Snooper)
THE QUICK DRAW McGRAW SHOW (with SNOOPER AND BLABBER and AUGIE DOGIE) - Dynamite Fright/Outer Space Case/Growing Growing Gone


Disc #2
THE JETSONS - Rosey The Robot
MARINE BOY - Battle To Save The World
SPACE GHOST/DINO BOY
HERCLULOIDS - The Beaked People / The Raider Apes
FRANKENSTEIN JR. AND THE IMPOSSIBLES - The Shocking Electric Monster / The Bibbler / The Spinner
THE MAGILLA GORILLA SHOW (with PUNKIN PUSS and RICOCHET RABBIT)


Bonus Materials:
THE QUCK DRAW McGRAW SHOW (with SNOOPER AND BLABBER and AUGIE DOGIE) - Dough Nutty / El Kabong Was Wrong / Gem Jam
Bonus Documentaries on QUICK DRAW McGRAW, MAGILLA GORILLA, FRANKENSTEIN JR. and THE IMPOSSIBLES.



The 1970s disc contains:


Disc #1
THE JETSONS - The Space Car
THE BATMAN TARZAN ADVENTURE HOUR
HONG KONG PHOONEY
GOOBER AND THE GHOST CHASERS
SPEED BUGGY
WHEELIE AND THE CHOPPER BUNCH


Disc #2
YOGI’S GANG
AMAZING CHAN AND THE CHAN CLAN
ROMAN HOLIDAYS
JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS
THE NEW SCOOBY DOO MOVIES
FUNKY PHANTOM


Bonus Documentaries on THE FUNKY PHANTOM, JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS and THE CHAN CLAN.

Unfortunately, "The Bugs Bunny Show" & "Bug Bunny/Road Runner Hour" aren't on the sets as stated on an  article from some days ago.

The 1960's set has a slightly better selection with "Top Cat", "Jetsons", "Flintstones", "Porky Pig Show" (Though 2/3 are on DVD and also the opening/closing of the show as one of the many extras), and a few others like Quick Draw McGraw & Auggie Doggie.

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"Wall-E" won best animated feature at the Academy Awards

While it's a good film, I wouldn't call it the best of this decade. The only thing I have against CGI is that the most of the films look the same since traditional animation could be tell apart and most animators have/had their unique style.

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I'm not a fan of CGI animation.

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Speaking of cartoons, what are those sock puppets from that you have that picture of?

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"Sifl & Olly"

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I can't remember them.  They must have been the show that came in and took Beavis and Butthead's spot.  That's the time that I had more or less quit watching MTV.

Cartoons are very different now from how they were when I was a kid.  Especially Disney cartoons.  When I was a small kid I remember watching Winnie the Pooh and some of those other cartoons.  That's really perfect for small kids.  Those types of cartoons are simple and don't have anything in them that kids wouldn't understand.  Nobody gets beat up or killed or things like that.  Kids today more than ever need something like that because there's just no way that a small kid can even come close to understanding the things that go on in the adult world. 

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I agree. Also the quality of animation was much better. Especially Disney since their animation was among the best and also innovating like being the first to use technicolor and sound. 


Most cartoons now rely on flash animation (ie "Fairly Oddparents", "Foster Home For Imaginary Friends"), which looks tacky and puts television animation back 50 years. A few are OK, though mainly for the content.


"It All Started With A Mouse"

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Hokey smokes! WGN will air "Rocky & Bulwinkle" in April... the original cartoons not the horrid CGI film

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There's a Chuck Jones retrospect on March 24 on TCM

The original TCM documentary Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood, created by Oscar®-winners John Canemaker and Peggy Stern, features one of the last filmed interviews with Jones. The half-hour documentary also includes clips from Jones’ cartoons, along with vintage photographs and new animation based on drawings Jones made during the interview.

The following is the complete schedule for TCM’s March 24 tribute to Chuck Jones:

8 p.m. CHUCK JONES: MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD (2009) – Premiere
8:30 p.m. “The Night Watchman” (1938)
8:40 p.m, “Prest-O, Change-O” (1939)
8:50 p.m, “Sniffles and the Bookworm” (1939)
9 p.m, “Elmer’s Candid Camera” (1940)
9:10 p.m, “Scent-imental Over You” (1947)
9:20 p.m. “Haredevil Hare” (1948)
9:30 p.m. “Duck Amuck” (1953
9:40 p.m. “One Froggy Evening” (1955)
9:50 p.m. “What’s Opera, Doc?” (1957)
10 p.m. “The Dot and the Line” (1965)
10:15 p.m. “The Bear that Wasn’t” (1967)
10:30 p.m. CHUCK JONES: MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD (2009) – Encore
11 p.m. The Phantom Tollbooth (1969)
12:30 a.m. “The Night Watchman” (1938)
12:40 a.m. “Prest-O, Change-O” (1939)
12:50 a.m. “Sniffles and the Bookworm” (1939)
1 a.m. “Elmer’s Candid Camera” (1940)
1:10 a.m. “Scent-imental Over You” (1947)
1:20 a.m. “Haredevil Hare” (1948)
1:30 a.m. “Duck Amuck” (1953)
1:40 a.m. “One Froggy Evening” (1955)
1:50 a.m. “What’s Opera, Doc? ” (1957)
2 a.m. “The Dot and the Line” (1965)
2:15 a.m. “The Bear that Wasn’t” (1967)
2:30 a.m. CHUCK JONES: MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD (2009) – Encore
3 a.m. The Phantom Tollbooth (1969)

Fair enough. Especially that Looney Tunes are basically not shown on television besides a marathon on Cartoon Network that aired in New Years. Many omissions like Wile E. Coyote vs. Road Runner, "Duck Dodgers", "Hair Raising Hare", "Bully For Bugs", "Rabbit Seasoning", "My Favorite Duck", "Frigid Hare", "Super Rabbit", etc.


Rather than repeating everything (except for the new documentry), "Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie", "Chuck Amuck" documentry, and another two or three hours of animation (ie not included in the mentioned compilation movie) could be added.

TCM used to air "Cartoon Alley" that showcased threatrical Warner Bros. & MGM animation. Not sure if it was the lack of viewers or complaints of having edited cartoons led to the cancellation.

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The documentry was informative, which was mostly about his youth  in the early 20th century, influences from silent film & books, photographs/recreated animation based on his sketches, and one of his  last interviews.

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Some thoughts about cartoons, and also watched...


For some reason, some of the titles are "letter boxed" on television...



Personally, "What's Opera Doc?" is overrated

While it's not a bad cartoon, it's been often praised by many animation critics as the greatest cartoon of the Golden Age. I know it's a parody of  Wagarian operas and have memorable scenes like Bugs dressed as Brun Hilde (also did it in "Herr Meets Hare", which inspired the cartoon), but "Rabbit Of Seville" and "Rhapsody Rabbit" are probably the funniest Bugs cartoons based on classical music.


"Duck Amuck" is a classic. Especially with random sounds coming off Daffy's mouth and guitar and also when the unseen animator (a certain wabbit) turns him into some strange drawing.

"Scent-imental Over You" is actually  one of my favorite Pepe LePew cartoons, which is about a chihauhau dressing like a skunk...


"Haredevil Hare"... Marvin Martian debut, though voice was different and name wasn't Marvin... wasn't given the name until the '70's (which Robert Osbourne stated in intro).  Good cartoon.

"One Froggy Evening"... 'Hello My Baby, Hello My Darlin', Hello My Rag Time Gal'  Classic

"The Bear That Wasn't" good cartoon about a bear that gets mistaken for a funny looking man who needs a shave and wears a fur coat. Good animation for the '60's.