Some Cartoons For Saturday Morning #35

Hello my friends and welcome to another round of classic cartoons. 

I have mentioned before on this blog how I am a fan of Walter Lantz's Oswald cartoons. They are so cartoony and over the top strange that I just can't help but have an affection for them. The Hash Shop (1930) is one of my favorites. These gags are so unashamed about how corny they are and the animation is the very over the top cartoony early 1930's style that I love so much. So enjoy this great cartoon. A review in The Film Daily stated, "All in all 'The Hash Shop' is a filler certain of providing considerable entertainment."
 

I have also mentioned before that I am also a fan of the cartoons Jack Kinney directed for Disney. These were some of the studio's funniest, often providing an almost Tex Avery like sense of humor that I find irrespirable. Next comes one of those great cartoons, Motor Mania (1950). Despite this film being such a comedic tour de force, it also had a successful life as a safety film. This film received the National Safety Council Award. This cartoon was even used in 1953 in Oakland, California as a mandatory part in its Traffic Violator School. No need to look at this film as an educational experience, it is just as fast paced and funny as any of Jack Kinney's great cartoons for Disney.

 

Though the Columbia Krazy Kat cartoons bared little to no resemblance to George Herriman's classic comic strip (even changing the title character from a character without a stated gender to an obviously male character) on which they were supposedly based, they are quite fun in their own right. Case in point, Weenie Roast (1931).




We end with an early Looney Tunes cartoon. In fact this is the third one released, Hold Anything (1930). This is a fun little musical cartoon starring the first Looney Tunes star, Bosko. I love Frank Marsales' music in many of these early Looney Tunes and this one is no exception. Also those mice don't look anything like Mickey, do they?




-Michael J. Ruhland