Some Cartoons for Saturday Morning #235

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

Today's cartoon selection begins with a classic Sylvester and Tweety movie, The Rebel Without Claws (1961). 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." 

Next comes Heckle and Jeckle in Dancing Shoes (1949). Paul Terry considered the Heckle and Jeckle films to be the best cartoons he ever produced and I personally agree with him. I truly love these cartoons. 

Next comes a delightful UPA cartoon short, The Jaywalker (1956). This movie was directed by Bobe Cannon, who directed some of the studio's finest cartoons including all four of the classic Gerald McBoing Boing theatrical shorts. 

Class is now in session. Let us all join Professor Betty Boop in The Swing School (1938). The following are some exhibitor's reviews from The Motion Picture Herald. "SWING SCHOOL: Betty Boop Cartoons— Quite enjoyable. Why not give the whole series a try. Mr. Exhibitor? Running Time, seven minutes. - Pearce Parkhurst. Paramount Theatre, Schroon Lake, N.Y. Small town and summer patronage." "SWING SCHOOL: Betty Boop Cartoons - A dandy cartoon. Clever animation. - L.A. Irwin, Palace Theatre, Penacook, N.H. General patronage." 

Now it is time for a commercial break. 

Now for a silent movie starring Mutt and Jeff, On Strike (1920). 

Next comes a wonderful movie starring Pluto, Bone Trouble (1940). This is actually a very important cartoon for the Disney studio as it was the first short film directed by Jack Kinney, who would go on to direct many of the studio's laugh out loud funniest cartoons. This movie may not be his funniest short but it does show signs of how great of a cartoon director he would become. This theatrical cartoon made its TV debut on the Disney TV special, One Hour in Wonderland (1950). That special was Disney's very first time making something for TV and was used to promote the feature film, Alice in Wonderland (1951). This short film would also later air on an episode of the Disneyland TV show entitled Pluto's Day (1956). 

Now for a fun little cartoon from Columbia, Kongo Roo (1946).

Today's cartoon selection ends with the second of the 1967 made for TV cartoons from the Filmmation Studio that star the DC superhero, The Atom. This is not high art but it is just the kind of corny superhero fun that I enjoy. 

Thanks so much for joining me. Come back next week for another selection of animated treasures. Until then may all your tunes be looney and your melodies merry. 

Resources Used

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

Of Mice and Magic: A History of the American Animated Cartoon by Leonard Maltin

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