Animator Breakdown: “Tortoise Beats Hare” (1941)
Here’s an unexpected breakthrough—an animator draft/breakdown video of a pivotal film from Tex Avery’s directorial career at Schlesinger’s studio!
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Going Bonkers
Bonkers D. Bobcat was a star at WackyToon Studios and designed to be as frantic and extreme as Roger Rabbit, and reminiscent of a classic Tex Avery character of the 1940s.
The Song Begins…It’s Magic!
For once, a shorter trail this week – and a rare opportunity to see a head-to-head battle of creativity between John Hubley and king of the gags, Tex Avery.
Animation Anecdotes #388
“I appreciate the compliment of being called the ‘creator’ of Bugs Bunny but Bugs had many fathers. My co-sires: Tex Avery, Friz Freleng, Bob Clampett and Bob McKimson.”
The Exposure Sheet – Vols #13 & #14
August 1939 at the Leon Schlesinger studio. The in-house newsletter continues to note Old Glory is getting rave reviews; and intriguing “quotes” from Friz Freleng and Tex Avery.
The Censored 11: “All This and Rabbit Stew (1941)”
The seventh cartoon of the Censored Eleven is the third and final one from director Tex Avery, and it is also the only film of the series to star Bugs Bunny.
The Censored 11: “The Isle Of Pingo Pongo” (1938)
The sixth cartoon of the Censored Eleven is Tex Avery’s The Isle of Pingo Pongo. This cartoon is all spot-gags, a parody of then-common travel documentary shorts.
Dreamers Draw Big Eyes
Virgil Ross remembered some fascinating details of his time working with Tex Avery and Ray Abrams at the Universal Cartoon Dept.
The Final Needle Drop: “The Okeh Laughing Record”
Tex Avery knew the 1920s “Okeh Laughing Record” and wondered how it would work on a modern movie audience. With his last cartoon for Lantz, he got to try out his theory.
Cartoons About Cartoons (Part 15)
Multiple cartoon-conscious visits with Warner Brothers, another with Droopy at MGM, and one-shots from the waning days of Columbia/Screen Gems.
