A Musical Up-Roar 1943-44
At MGM – Tex Avery settled into place, Tom and Jerry’s were rounding out nicely, and Barney Bar provided gentler laughs.
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A Musical Up-Roar 1941-43
The musical highlights in the 1942-43 season of MGM cartoons.
Totally Nuts: The 80th anniversary of “Screwball Squirrel”
Tex Avery dials-up the “insanity” to 11 and puts another notch in his legendary, over-the-top career.
Kitty Cornered: The 75th Anniversary of “Bad Luck Blackie”
While Tex Avery had a number of cartoon masterpieces, this film stands out as a wonderful example of the director’s exaggerated imagination and genius.
Unpredictable as Weather (Part 25)
This week, a Tex Avery laugh-fest, the debut of a near-sighted little character, a classic Disney one-shot, and a trio of Screen Songs.
Unpredictable as Weather (Part 18)
The storm clouds miss no one today – as every one of the major producing studios appears in today’s 1943-44 survey.
Unpredictable as Weather (Part 13)
Stormy action from three studios on this week’s bill from 1938-39. Let’s get breezin’ along.
A Howl of a Good Time: The 80th Anniversary of “Red Hot Riding Hood”
It’s hard to believe that this game changing Tex Avery short celebrates its big 8-0 anniversary this year. Oh Wolfie!
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!
Back to School (Part 6)
This week, a mix of musical styles, celebrity impersonations and cameos, considerably more palatable than Paul Terry’s “Aesop’s sugar coated pills of wisdom”.
