Some Cartoons for Saturday Morning #290

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

Today's cartoon selection begins one of the best Sylvester and Tweety cartoons, Bad Ol' Putty Tat (1949).  Voice actor Mel Blanc would later write, "Sylvester has always been a favorite of mine. He's always been the easiest character for me to play. When I was show the first model sheet for Sylvester with his floppy jaws and generally disheveled appearance, I said to Friz Freleng, 'A big sloppy cat should have a big shthloppy voice. He should spray even more than Daffy.' While recording Sylvester cartoons my scripts would get so covered in sylvia I'd repeatedly have to wipe them clean. I used to suggest to actress June Foray, who voiced Tweety's vigilant owner Granny, that she wear a raincoat to the sessions." 

Next is Mighty Mouse in The Two Barbers (1944). This short film was directed by Eddie Donnely. 

Now for a classic early black and white Silly Symphony, The Clock Store (1931). Like many of the early Silly Symphonies, this movie doesn't have much in the way of plot but instead focuses mainly as a mood piece. This allows the Disney studio to do what they did best, with wonderful animation, beautiful artwork and an incredible sense of atmosphere. No other Hollywood cartoon studio of the time could have done a cartoon like this and make it turn out so well. This film is heavily helped by a truly wonderful group of artists. Johnny Cannon animates the lamplighter. Our first peek inside the clock store is animated by Cecil Surrey. Chuck Couch, an underrated Disney animator and also a cartoon writer for Disney, Walter Lantz and Hanna-Barbera, animates the cockoo clocks. Harry Reeves, who would work as a Disney animator and story writer into the 1950's, animates the four alarm clocks. Hardie Gramatky animates the timepieces. Frenchy de Trémaudan animates the wristwatches and the dancing alarm clocks. Dan Tattenham animates the Swiss clock with the chimes. Albert Hunter, animates the wonderful scene with the minuet figures. Ben Sharpsteen, who would later be supervising director on the Disney features Pinocchio (1940), Fantasia (1940) and Dumbo (1941), animates the grandfather and grandmother clocks. Charles Byrne animates the Dutch windmill clock. Jack King, later director for both Warner Brothers and Disney (at Disney he directed some of the finest Donald Duck cartoons), animates the Dutch dance. Rudy Zamora, who had previously been a major animator at the Fleischer Studios and would later animate on the Charlie Brown TV specials as well directing various TV cartoons for Hanna-Barbera, animates the alarm clocks fighting and the clock on the wall. Joe D'Igalo animates the crowd cheering for the fight. This film made its TV debut on an episode of The Mickey Mouse Club that aired on December 1, 1955. 

Now for the Columbia Color Rhapsody cartoon, The Foxy Pup (1937). This short was directed by UB Iwerks, best remembered for being the co-creator of Mickey Mouse (with Walt Disney). His work on the early Disney shorts, really defined the early Disney style. He would later return to Disney, doing much special effects work and technical innovation on Disney films. both animated and live action. 
  

Now it is time for a commercial break. 

Now for the silent Out of the Inkwell cartoon, Koko's Field Daze (1928). 

Next comes the Woody Woodpecker film, Banquet Busters (1948). This cartoon is a rare time in which two of Walter Lantz's most popular characters, Woody Woodpecker and Andy Panda, appeared in a theatrical short. However, it was not the only time they worked together. Woody made his debut in the Andy Panda short, Knock Knock (1940). Probably the most popular pairing of the two was in the Musical Miniature cartoon, Musical Moments from Chopin (1946). Banquet Busters was the only time Andy Panda appeared in the Woody Woodpecker series as their other appearances together were in other series. 

Next comes the Terry Toons short, Police Dogged (1956).

Now let us close by singing a song we all know. 

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