Some Cartoons For Saturday Morning #163

 Hello my friends and happy Saturday morning. Once again it is time for some classic cartoons. 

Today's cartoon selection begins with a classic Bugs Bunny short, 8 Ball Bunny (1950). This movie marks the second and final classic cartoon short to feature Playboy Penguin, who had previously appeared with Bugs in Frigid Hare (1949). Both of these cartoons were directed by Chuck Jones. Old movie buffs will delight at a running gag that is a reference to John Huston's The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). This running gag has a caricature of Humphry Bogart (voiced by Dave Barry) asking Bugs, " Say, pardon me but, could you help out a fellow American who's down on his luck?" The real Bogart asked this question multiple times in John Huston's classic feature film. 

Up next comes Willie Whopper in Jungle Jitters (1934). The following are some exhibitors' reviews from The Motion Picture Herald. "Jungle Jitters: Willie Whopper - This is a good cartoon comedy that pleased all who saw it. This is one of the best of this series of Willie, and if all were as good as this one, this would be one of the best shorts on the market. Running Time 9 Minutes, J.J. Medford, Orpheum Theatre, Oxford, N.C. General Patronage." " JUNGLE JITTERS: Willie Whopper—Another Willie Whopper. Running Time, One Reel, - J. Glenn Caldwell, Princess Theatre, Aurora, Mo. Small Town Patronage." "JUNGLE JITTERS: Willie Whopper— This is a very poor cartoon. Running time one reel. J.A. Verchot, Opera House, Abbeville, S.C. Small Town Patronage." "WILLIE WHOPPER: Just ordinary cartoons that our patrons are tiring of. - A.E. Christian, Wayne Theatre, Monticello, Ky. Small Town Patronage."

The Film Daily, 1933

Now we join the Pink Panther in Pink-Come Tax (1968). 

Up next is Mickey Mouse in his second western movie The Catus Kid (1930). This cartoon marks the first time Marcellite Garner voices Minnie. She would continue to voice Minnie throughout the decade and into the begining of the next decade. Her last time voicing Minnie would be for Out of the Frying Pan and into the Firing Line (1942). There is also some reused animation for an earlier Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short, Sagebursh Sadie (1928). This animation involves a gag involving a lasso. This movie also marks the first time a Disney cartoon had the dialogue and sound effects prerecorded. 

Now for a commercial break. 

Up next is Sylvester and Tweety in Muzzle Tough (1954). About the Sylvester and Tweety cartoons, director Friz Freleng stated, "Tweety doesn't do anything. He can't even put a hat on because his arms are too short. And he's got such a bug head. The comedy comes out of Sylvester and his determination, his stubbornness to get the bird no matter what happens to him. Still everybody says 'Oh I love that Tweety.' Audiences are funny. They never love the characters that really get the laughs." Despite Friz's comments Tweety does have some pretty funny lines in this film. 

Next is Green Lantern in the first of his TV cartoons for Filmation, Evil is As Evil Does (1967).

Now to close with a song. 

Resources Used

I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat: Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety by Jerry Beck.

Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies: A Companion to the Classic Cartoon Series by Russell Merritt and J.B. Kaufman 

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