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\nOver the last handful of days Dave and I have been working on the Thunderbean shop. We\u2019ve got all the individual cartoon titles listed for all the available finished special discs for the first time. We\u2019ll have them up there for a little while, then likely permanently retire many of these special sets. <\/p>\n We\u2019ve also got a new set called Cartoon Most Wanted<\/em>. We\u2019ll be having a survey to have you pick the most wanted cartoons we\u2019re able to get and scan \u2014 and that will be the contents of the set. It\u2019s available for pre-order here at the Thunderbean Shop<\/a>.<\/p>\n And now, onto the cartoon! It\u2019s Halloween season so here\u2019s a spooky one!<\/p>\n \n Terrytoons will likely always be underrated. In more recent times, as many of the black and white cartoons from the early to mid-30s have been a little more available on-line, a new generation of viewers have been able to see a lot of the Terrytoons output and judge them on their own merits, rather than always reviewing them based on only a few films.<\/p>\n Some of the less-seen Terrytoons are easily some of the best, and this little gem, What A Night<\/em> (1935), is a new favorite of mine. I had never seen it before, and was thrilled when Tommy Stathes was kind enough to lend it to me. <\/p>\n Poor Farmer Al is having a pretty scary night. A trio of pig singers happily warn of the impending doom the night brings. A Simon-Legree-ish announcer informs us that this is just an elaborate commercial for sleeping powder, angering Farmer Al enough for him to throw his radio out the window. He really picked the wrong night be so short tempered. The rest of the cartoon is literally a nightmare, culminating in a sequence involving Farmer Al being chased underwater by a cow-looking fish serpent! It\u2019s an enjoying little diversion, and perfect for the Halloween season. <\/p>\n So, enjoy this little short and be sure to watch in HD.<\/p>\n Have a good week everyone!<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Farmer-al-party-600.jpg\")
<\/a>With a small, part time, solid team, I\u2019m happy to see the company further establishing sea legs, but it\u2019s still a tiny company. No one is full time as of yet, but I can see that changing now within the year. The big trick is to figure out what the right size is right now and what we do to support all the aspects of the business. It\u2019s still very much a labor of love sort of business as I continue to make the choices to do the sets we want. That often involves some more obscure things that will never be great sellers, but I\u2019m glad we\u2019re able to do as we have. I know we\u2019ll have to make choices to help grow the business, but we\u2019ll still keep trying to hunt down the cool and forgotten things. You\u2019ve all helped support these things over these years in both the pre-orders of official sets and the special sets; I\u2019m very grateful to everyone for that help through these years.<\/p>\n
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