These past 300 Cartoons (Part 5-7) truly felt where Looney Tunes really shine. Awesome Review in this wonderful insanity era of so many incredible cartoons! Also, Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot are truly the most wholesome animated characters in anything ever! ❤️
The best part of Duck Dodgers for me isn't even the gags, it's the visuals. They're gorgeous and imaginative. The shot with the eyeball was so unnecessary and yet so iconic. I personally think it has more eye candy than even What's Opera, Doc.
Not saying Friz was lazy or anything, but he definitely preferred to repeat himself once he found success. Just about everything he did was either Bugs or Sylvester related. At least McKimson tried to change it up, even if he occasionally missed.
Surprisingly, it feels like they should've taken each other's directing styles. Friz could've used some more one-shots during this era to keep it fresh (although all of his Bugs/Sam shorts being golden in this era does help) and McKimson honestly should've done more of his Daffy/Porky shorts which are always bangers, along with Foghorn Leghorn. His one-shots in this era could be great, but its a super mixed bag.
@@cherylshover6728 I thought the Rocky and Mugsy short, repeating the one with Sylvester, felt more to me like an improvement, mostly because of the fact it’s someone we’re not suppose to root for that’s getting the abuse, especially with a henchman that’s a dimwit.
"Feed the Kitty" is my absolute favorite Looney Tunes short. It's adorable, sweet, funny and sad all in merely 7 minutes. The perfect cartoon. Also, I love that you gave "Much Ado About Nutting" such a high rating. IMO, it's a really underrated short, but it's also fantastic and both the premise and the squirrel are adorable. Also, you and I are very much of the same opinion of "Fool Coverage." It's a great short, but why the heck would Porky leave a screwdriver lying around in the oven? Did he just absent-mindedly leave it in there for no apparent reason?
The subsequent Mark Anthony and Pussyfoot cartoons are far less emotional. They are more in the vain of the usual WB cartoon brand of pure slapstick. Mark, or a dog bearing a striking resemblance has a cameo in Jones' 1954 Looney Tunes short No Barking at the end. The final appearance(s) of both characters in the golden age was in 1958's CAT FEUD. There is a brand new(as of this writing) MA/PF cartoon just released as part of Max's Looney Tunes Cartoons.
So many classics in this one! Some of my personal favorites in this row are Canary Row, Rabbit of Seville, Early to Bet, Bunny Hugged, A Bone for a Bone, the Hunting Trilogy, Cheese Chasers, and so much more! The three best ones in this video, in my personal opinion, are Drip-Along Daffy (one of Daffy's absolute best), Bully for Bugs (the greatest bullfighting cartoon ever made), and Chow Hound ("This time, we didn't forget the gravy!"). Sorry this was so long, it's just that I love this series! Keep up the great work!
Some cartoons from 1949 are part of that package too. And rating Corn Plastered a 4 out of ten is, believe it or not, a fair assessment, because it does play out like a failed attempt at a new recurring character pair. But I would have rated it a 5 out of ten because at least McKimson knew it was a failure and ended the short with the two of them drowning themselves.
I’ve been greatly enjoying this series, keep up the great work! I personally prefer vintage theatrical cartoon shorts to TV animation and I’m glad that people like you and Anthony’s Animation Talk are giving every Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies short the respect they deserve!
Man, you're on fire with these review parts. By this point you should reach the end by summertime and tbh, even if the last era is really dreadful, those are the ones I really can't wait for you to review.
Shorts like The Chow Hound and Stooge for a Mouse are two special cases, much like Fresh Airdale, of Looney Tunes shorts that do a good job of making their antsgonists hateable. But unlike Fresh Airdale (Which I haven't seen), these two give the antagonists some just desserts. I particularly appreciate The Chow Hound. It wasn't a funny comeuppance, but rather a satisfying comeuppance after all the abuse and conning he's done. And it adds to the impact that it's the one time that the cat, with the voice of Bugs, speaks at all. "This time, we didn't forget the gravy."
I always felt like with Cheese Chasers, the reason Claude won’t eat the mice is based in his own scattered kitty brained logic. Think about it , you’re a cat and out of nowhere two mice just walk into your mouth without putting up a fight, that’s a huge spit in the face to both nature and the food chain. If I were Claude I’d think something was wrong with that too
I thought it was because Claude has been tricked and gaslit by these mice so much that a sincere request to assist them with suicide feels like yet another trap they set up. I know the Looney Tunes cartoons don't have continuity the way modern cartoons do, but sometimes it's there.
@@canaisyoung3601 Not all cartoons go by canon or continuity, I would classify Looney Tunes as Vaudeville continuity, where the only rules are by the characters personalities, their dynamics, and nothing else. One such example would be how Wile E. Coyote is silent in the Road Runner shorts, but speaks in a posh manner in Bugs Bunny shorts. Also, from what I’m guessing, Claude Cat might’ve thought the Mice laced themselves with poison, because why else would they want to end themselves? I still like the “IT JUST DON’T ADD UP!!!” Joke at the end of “Cheese Chasers”.
Canned Feud is a tour-de-force for Sylvester but at the same time it does cross the line of being too mean spirited. One quick scene of Sylvester abusing the mouse would have remedied this. At least in Stooge for a Mouse Sylvester does try to kill the mouse early on and the rodent gets his comeuppance in the end. It's a shame such a beautiful friendship ended because of a trolling little pest.
Cats and mice are natural enemies, an extra scene with Sylvester being antagonistic to the mouse isn't really needed. When you have only 6 minutes to work with in your cartoon short, you have to shave off the fat as much as possible.
this was amazing. so, SO many fantastic cartoons, especially on Chuck Jones's side. But sadly, you can kind of see Bob Mckimson devolve a tiny little bit. Something else that you mentioned at the end was the dreaded 1960's, more specifically, the 1964-69 season, which includes some of the absolute worst Looney Tunes cartoons OF ALL TIME, but we haven't gotten there yet so that's good. The other sad thing is that this is kind of where Looney Tunes peaked, so that means nothing will really come close to the level of fantastic this batch did. I know there'll still be some banger cartoons like What's Opera Doc?, One Froggy Evening, Speedy Gonzales, Showbiz Bugs, Ali Baba Bunny, Robin Hood Daffy and so, so much more but it's still something to fear.
Yeah I did notice that with Bob McKimson. He's still able to make some really good cartoons as of right now, but most of the clunkers during this time are his cartoons. He's getting more inconsistent, and I've even seen a couple of his later cartoons, and they're absolutely horrible.
The Bulldog in the Sylvester cartoons (like Sylvester) had to get a name change to not have people confused with a character from Tom and Jerry. For the Cat, he had to be renamed from Thomas to Sylvester, while for the Bulldog, he had to be renamed from Spike to Hector. In fact, the Dog was given the name “Hector” in “Fowl Weather”.
Is unbelieble how talent and great you are, I just don't get tired to say thank you and how your videos are master pieces like Chuck Jones' best cartoons, I love it how much this collection of cartoons are one of the best from the catalogue, anyways, billion thanks again, you're the greatest!
I’m always excited when one of these videos releases ngl. This was a fantastic collection of cartoons, and I’m pretty intrigued to see what you think about some of the later cartoons during the “dark age” of Looney Tunes when we get there
@@thehickcritic A lot of directors' early cartoons were bad. Chuck Jones particularly hated his pre-1948 stuff (though I do like some of them, and Bedtime for Sniffles is/was my mom's favorite cartoon, so to see it with a 4 out of ten rating breaks my heart).
@@canaisyoung3601 The Brave Little Bat is a good Snuffles short too, I feel Snuffles’ personality is fine as is, and that Batty being the yakkity-yakker is better than Snuffles being the yakkity-yakker.
Rabbit of Seville is my favorite musical cartoon, Room and Bird is my forvrite Tweety cartoon. Cheese Chasers is really funny. Ballot Box Bunny is my favorite Same cartoon Operation Rabbit is funny. Feed the Kitty is so sweet, Gift Wrapped is a great cartoon for the holiday season. Little Red Rodent Hood is a good storybook parady to me. The Hasty Hare is one of my Favorite Marvin the Marvin cartoon. Rabbit's Kin is a fun cartoon Forward March Hare is a really funny cartoon. Duck Amuck the best Daffy Duck cartoon EVER! Duck Dogers and the 24th and a Half Centery is down right funny. Bully for Bugs is a childhood cartoon for me. Lumber Jack-Rabbit is my fun cartoon. Duck, Rabbit, Duck is my favorite of the Hunting Trilogy ever.🐻
About Foxy by Proxy - I miss that avalanche of dogs that used to be in some of the Looney Tunes shorts. About Fool Coverage - was that "devilishly entertaining" joke intentional, given it's the 666th cartoon in the series??? Or just coincidence lol?
Hey, Hick Critic! Excellent series! I just finished binging all of your Looney Tunes reviews so far. I can't wait for Part 8! I was curious if you had any plans to review all of Tex Avery's MGM shorts? Thankfully there's only about 60 - 70 of them lol, so it wouldn't be as much of an undertaking.
I haven't made a decision about what my big project is going to be since right now I just want to focus on getting this one done. However, MGM cartoons is definitely a real possibility; and it's something that I would like to do some day. Thank you for watching and I'm glad you've enjoyed the series so far!
@The Hick Critic I totally understand. I can imagine just wanting to finish it, I'd be doing the exact same thing if I were you haha. But yeah, excellent job man. You're doing the lord's work here. A lot of people are greatly appreciating this.
@@thehickcritic 39:39: In all honestly, I bet that was the intention the whole time, considering the short started with a letter originally being sent to a guy named “B. Bonny”, only for it to fall into the hands of Bugs Bunny, who never questioned why there was a misprint.
The whole Ralph wolf thing actually annoys the hell out of me If they really wanted to be lazy about it there were plenty of one off wolf designs that they could’ve recycled Or if they were dead set on using wile coyote’s design at least color him grey For the longest time I just thought they were the same character under different names. Like Sylvester and Thomas
53:23 so that’s where the basis of the north american house hippo psa came from jokes aside this cartoon also serves as the first upa-esque cartoon chuck jones ever made; it would’ve been re-checked in “from a to z-z-z-z” (1954) and perfected in “one froggy evening” (1955)
There was a sequel cartoon made in the 1990s called Another Froggy Evening, showing how Michigan J Frog was exploited for his singing talent throughout history, and then there's the fact that Michigan J Frog was the mascot for the WB network, but those came after Michigan J Frog's popularity came back vis-a-vis One Froggy Evening being rerun to death on television (sometimes with the "Free Beer" sign gag removed) and released on home media (VHS, laserdisc, and DVD).
Yeah I just listened to the cartoon's audio again and you are correct; that is what Daffy says. In my opinion "24 and a half," just rolls off the tongue better, but it is technically incorrect.
The scene in 'Fowl Weather' of Hector imagining Granny shooting him isn't out of nowhere. Before she leaves the farm she stops at his doghouse and says, "Hector! Don't let anything happen to Tweety, or..." Then she points her umbrella at him and mimics a machine gun going, "ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-aht" 😂
The funny part though is that for years, the scene of Hector imagining Granny brutally shooting him after discovering that Tweety is missing from his cage was always censored out when I saw it on Cartoon Network. I knew Hector was nervous about losing Tweety thanks to Granny's warning earlier, but didn't realize that he was actually freaking out because he was imagining her shooting him!
@@glowworm2 I watched it last week on dailymotion - they have tons of the old WB shorts posted. Granny radiates psycho vibes in Fowl Weather: Right after threatening Hector she gets in her buggy and harshly whips the horse.
@@glowworm2That makes two of us. Cartoon Network has a history of flip-flopping between cut and uncut versions of cartoons. And now MeTV is carrying on that legacy.
"Scent-imental Romeo" is actually funnier/more subversive than it lets on. Listen to the Greg Ford commentary on this (on the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection volume 2) and he does explain some of references (or, if you can't find that, Anthony's Animation Talk is a good substitute). And that Tunnel of Love part isn't just disturbing because the redheaded man is alone on the ride. There's also the fact that there's a French Foreign Legion recruitment booth at the end of the ride. Why is that there? Is that for men who have given up on love and decide to join the military to ease the pain? Or experience kind of homosexual awakening? And it should also be noted that the next Pepe cartoon after this is Little Beau Pepe, and, while the redhead guy isn't there, Pepe does join the Legion because of a broken heart (since the cat ran off at the end of "Scent-imental Romeo" and Pepe tries to go after her, but the zookeeper takes Pepe back). And the apache dance part near the end is funnier when you realize that dance has some misogynistic connotations to it and here, Pepe's using it for romance. That's probably why I feel this is more an 8/10 than a 7, because I now get some of the jokes that went over my head, but, hey, if you think it's a 7, then it's a seven. And "Wild Over You" really is that crazy (both for its time and now). It still boggles my mind that the Hays Office didn't see anything wrong with Pepe enjoying the pain of getting whaled on by an escaped wildcat (though The Cats Bah wins for most sexually disturbing Pepe cartoon) and such American TV channels as ABC, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network/Boomerang air it freely. That was the cartoon that made me realize that Looney Tunes weren't for children. And I think Gift Wrapped was supposed to be released in December of 1951, but, for whatever reason, got postponed until February 1952. That seems like the only logical explanation for why a Christmas cartoon got released in February. And yay, someone else who noticed that continuity error on "Tweety's SOS" with the seasickness medicine. And if you're wondering why there's nitroglycerin in the cruise infirmary...nitroglycerin is used for heart problems.
I must confess that, until nearly a week ago, I hadn't watched "Rabbit Fire", and the same goes for "What's Opera, Doc?", "Duck Amuck", and "One Froggy Evening". I certainly regret missing out on them for so long, as they're some of the best cartoons I've watched; that "Elmer Season" joke got a big laugh out of me and Mum - just pure, unexpected brilliance. I got the Golden Collection on DVD and watched some other cartoons. The Bosko and Buddy ones were boring but historically interesting nonetheless, I took a liking to "Now Hear This", and I was surprised by "Norman Normal" which I hear is the one bright spot of an otherwise dark period for "Looney Tunes". Overall, lots of fun and interesting content.
It's great to know that such classic shorts, such as "What's Opera Doc?", "Duck Amuck", "Rabbit Fire" and "One Froggy Evening" are still just as funny to people like you who are finally discovering/watching them for the first time.
The problem I have with His Hare Raising Tale, and it's status as a clip, is the ending punchline (where it's revealed Bugs was lying the whole time) DOES NOT WORK, since we're shown clips from previous Bugs shorts, showing he was in fact on all those adventures that he's telling Clyde. This really should have included new footage, but I guess maybe this was one of those shorts they needed to hammer out to meet the quota, or because Friz wanted to focus his attention on another short.
Great series of videos. Love what I'm hearing, but do you have to give cartoons for which you have childhood nostalgia higher ratings? 14 Carrot Rabbit is almost certainly one of the weakest pre-shutdown Bugs and Sam teamups, and in no world does it deserve the same rating as the masterpiece-of-suspense Hare Lift. Really solid work all around, though. I'm jealous that I never got around to doing a video like this.
Actually 14 Carrot Rabbit wasn't one of the cartoons that I grew up; I do genuinely think it's a great, enjoyable outing. But I do agree with you that "Hare Lift" is better. But yeah, sometimes I do acknowledge that cartoons that I have a nostalgic connection to are ranked probably a little bit higher than they normally would… but that's okay, because my reviews and opinions aren't objective. Thanks! Glad to hear that you enjoyed it! I had a blast doing all these reviews!
Technically, there are three shorts with Gossamer if you count the much later "Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24 1/2th Century" from 1980, which was also directed by Chuck Jones. This is the only short where Gossamer is addressed by this name. He is unnamed in "Hair-Raising Hare" and is called "Rudolph" in "Water, Water Every Hare".
So many bangers during this batch of 100 cartoons, Many a Many Classic Chuck, Frieling, and even McKimson cartoons in this bunch (although you can slowly start to see his decline of making great cartoons ESPECIALLY during his late 50's and early 60's cartoons my lord). Anyways there's a couple of comments I would like to make about some of these cartoons that you just mentioned starring now. The off screen fight between the My-nah bird (not Minah bird) and the dinosaur felt so unexpected and out of nowhere that it made me laugh a lot first time seeing it making my ranking on the cartoon a tad bit higher. The ending of the Cartoon Two's a crowd when I initially saw it was also not what I was expecting and was also quite funny imo. It doesn't help that the dog in "A Fox In A Fox" was aware of the Foxes scheme to get the chickens from the beginning making the cartoon feel even more pointless. Chow Hound is an infinitly funnier and superior cartoon than Little Airdale back in 45' for no other reason than it was justified, felt natural, had a better ending punchline, and inflicted karma into the villain perfectly and have him exactly what he deserved. It's unfortunate that 1951 was the year of the last solo Porky, Charlie Dog, Hubie, Bertie, and Claude, and 3 Bears cartoon (all done by Chuck Jones) as I feel that the characters could've had a ton more potential put into other cartoons with either new settings, dynamics with new characters, twists/spins on the plot, or whatever else you can do to try and keep all these characters fresh and still have their cartoons be funny and original. I never even noticed the animation error from Tweety's S.O.S and I hate you more for pointing that out. I kinda wish that Bruno, the socking rooster, and Pete puma could've had more classic cartoons during this period even for a little bit more. I wonder how a cartoon between Bugs, Daffy, and Nasty Canasta would've been like (Hopefully like the hunting trilogy but even more violent). I also wonder how the audience would've reacted if the upcoming train gag from "Operation Rabbit", and (like you mentioned) the fake water stand gag from "Beep Beep" were the final gags from their own respected cartoons... Did you know that the opening sequence and the running gags (and even the designs) with the dogs were insipred from (or outright even stolen from) a late 1949 Tex Avery Droopy cartoon? I bet you didn't. I'm surprised that the whole "Virginity joke" from "Going-Going-Gosh" (1952) And the entirety of 1953's Pepe's "Wild Over You" had gotten by the censors. I found the Boarder Joke and Claude's Canasta Game with Butch at the end was also unexpected and funny and felt like the cartoon deserved a 7/10, but that's just my opinion. And for the longest time, I thought that the cartoon "The Turn-Tale Wolf" was a Bugs Bunny Cartoon... For some reason. Anyways I enjoyed your review of Part 7 immensely, Good Luck on Part 8 of the series, and if you're wondering why I sound awfully similar to a commenter on your channel called "Evelyn Gomez", it's cuz I'm his alt. Anyways have a good day bye!!
@@thehickcritic That's a fair assessment, but news flash: Everyone hates that cartoon. That and Angel Puss. It's pretty much common for Looney Tunes fans to hate one or both of those shorts. Personally, I know what kind of cartoon Tokio Jokio is based on the time period it's from, so I treat it more as a yet another example of the historical racism that was prevalent back then and how America used propaganda to demonize our enemies in times of war. Angel Puss...at least Chuck tried to humanize the black boy by having him momentarily realize that what he's doing is wrong, but he needs the money.
No he's male. Just watch Kiss Me Cat. At the beginning a husband and wife are arguing that Pussyfoot's not good at keeping the mice away. When the woman says, But John HE"S just a little kitten. John replies " Kitten, or not, HE"S got to do his job or we'll just have to get another cat" Also at the end of Feed The Kitty the mistress tells Mark Anthony that he can keep that kitten , he must keep HIM fed and that HE"S his responsibility" I will admit however that the eyelashes do give him a feminine look.
These past 300 Cartoons (Part 5-7) truly felt where Looney Tunes really shine. Awesome Review in this wonderful insanity era of so many incredible cartoons!
Also, Marc Anthony and Pussyfoot are truly the most wholesome animated characters in anything ever! ❤️
The best part of Duck Dodgers for me isn't even the gags, it's the visuals. They're gorgeous and imaginative. The shot with the eyeball was so unnecessary and yet so iconic. I personally think it has more eye candy than even What's Opera, Doc.
Not saying Friz was lazy or anything, but he definitely preferred to repeat himself once he found success. Just about everything he did was either Bugs or Sylvester related. At least McKimson tried to change it up, even if he occasionally missed.
Surprisingly, it feels like they should've taken each other's directing styles. Friz could've used some more one-shots during this era to keep it fresh (although all of his Bugs/Sam shorts being golden in this era does help) and McKimson honestly should've done more of his Daffy/Porky shorts which are always bangers, along with Foghorn Leghorn. His one-shots in this era could be great, but its a super mixed bag.
@@cherylshover6728 I thought the Rocky and Mugsy short, repeating the one with Sylvester, felt more to me like an improvement, mostly because of the fact it’s someone we’re not suppose to root for that’s getting the abuse, especially with a henchman that’s a dimwit.
"Feed the Kitty" is my absolute favorite Looney Tunes short. It's adorable, sweet, funny and sad all in merely 7 minutes. The perfect cartoon. Also, I love that you gave "Much Ado About Nutting" such a high rating. IMO, it's a really underrated short, but it's also fantastic and both the premise and the squirrel are adorable. Also, you and I are very much of the same opinion of "Fool Coverage." It's a great short, but why the heck would Porky leave a screwdriver lying around in the oven? Did he just absent-mindedly leave it in there for no apparent reason?
The subsequent Mark Anthony and Pussyfoot cartoons are far less emotional. They are more
in the vain of the usual WB cartoon brand of pure slapstick. Mark, or a dog bearing a striking resemblance has a cameo in Jones' 1954 Looney Tunes short No Barking at the end. The final appearance(s) of both characters in the golden age was in 1958's CAT FEUD. There is a brand new(as of this writing) MA/PF cartoon just released as part of Max's Looney Tunes Cartoons.
Why 'wouldn't' Wily E. Coyote speak in Operation Rabbit? The only reason he doesn't speak in the Roadrunner flicks is that he has no one to talk to!
That is the most logical explanation I ever heard. For that, I denounce “Little Go Beep” as canon.
So many classics in this one! Some of my personal favorites in this row are Canary Row, Rabbit of Seville, Early to Bet, Bunny Hugged, A Bone for a Bone, the Hunting Trilogy, Cheese Chasers, and so much more! The three best ones in this video, in my personal opinion, are Drip-Along Daffy (one of Daffy's absolute best), Bully for Bugs (the greatest bullfighting cartoon ever made), and Chow Hound ("This time, we didn't forget the gravy!"). Sorry this was so long, it's just that I love this series! Keep up the great work!
Never realized it, but the 40s and early 50s really were the golden age of the Looney Tunes. Some really great ones in here.
I would really like to see a review series such as this done with MGM era Tom & Jerry and Fleischer era Popeye!
Alright Part 7 this series rocks I must say
the bugs bunny and tweety show package
Some cartoons from 1949 are part of that package too.
And rating Corn Plastered a 4 out of ten is, believe it or not, a fair assessment, because it does play out like a failed attempt at a new recurring character pair. But I would have rated it a 5 out of ten because at least McKimson knew it was a failure and ended the short with the two of them drowning themselves.
I’ve been greatly enjoying this series, keep up the great work! I personally prefer vintage theatrical cartoon shorts to TV animation and I’m glad that people like you and Anthony’s Animation Talk are giving every Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies short the respect they deserve!
I love this series!!! Say, do you think you will review every Tom and Jerry cartoon soon?
Man, you're on fire with these review parts. By this point you should reach the end by summertime and tbh, even if the last era is really dreadful, those are the ones I really can't wait for you to review.
Shorts like The Chow Hound and Stooge for a Mouse are two special cases, much like Fresh Airdale, of Looney Tunes shorts that do a good job of making their antsgonists hateable. But unlike Fresh Airdale (Which I haven't seen), these two give the antagonists some just desserts. I particularly appreciate The Chow Hound. It wasn't a funny comeuppance, but rather a satisfying comeuppance after all the abuse and conning he's done. And it adds to the impact that it's the one time that the cat, with the voice of Bugs, speaks at all. "This time, we didn't forget the gravy."
I always felt like with Cheese Chasers, the reason Claude won’t eat the mice is based in his own scattered kitty brained logic. Think about it , you’re a cat and out of nowhere two mice just walk into your mouth without putting up a fight, that’s a huge spit in the face to both nature and the food chain.
If I were Claude I’d think something was wrong with that too
I thought it was because Claude has been tricked and gaslit by these mice so much that a sincere request to assist them with suicide feels like yet another trap they set up. I know the Looney Tunes cartoons don't have continuity the way modern cartoons do, but sometimes it's there.
@@canaisyoung3601 Not all cartoons go by canon or continuity, I would classify Looney Tunes as Vaudeville continuity, where the only rules are by the characters personalities, their dynamics, and nothing else. One such example would be how Wile E. Coyote is silent in the Road Runner shorts, but speaks in a posh manner in Bugs Bunny shorts.
Also, from what I’m guessing, Claude Cat might’ve thought the Mice laced themselves with poison, because why else would they want to end themselves? I still like the “IT JUST DON’T ADD UP!!!” Joke at the end of “Cheese Chasers”.
Canned Feud is a tour-de-force for Sylvester but at the same time it does cross the line of being too mean spirited. One quick scene of Sylvester abusing the mouse would have remedied this. At least in Stooge for a Mouse Sylvester does try to kill the mouse early on and the rodent gets his comeuppance in the end. It's a shame such a beautiful friendship ended because of a trolling little pest.
Cats and mice are natural enemies, an extra scene with Sylvester being antagonistic to the mouse isn't really needed. When you have only 6 minutes to work with in your cartoon short, you have to shave off the fat as much as possible.
this was amazing. so, SO many fantastic cartoons, especially on Chuck Jones's side. But sadly, you can kind of see Bob Mckimson devolve a tiny little bit. Something else that you mentioned at the end was the dreaded 1960's, more specifically, the 1964-69 season, which includes some of the absolute worst Looney Tunes cartoons OF ALL TIME, but we haven't gotten there yet so that's good. The other sad thing is that this is kind of where Looney Tunes peaked, so that means nothing will really come close to the level of fantastic this batch did. I know there'll still be some banger cartoons like What's Opera Doc?, One Froggy Evening, Speedy Gonzales, Showbiz Bugs, Ali Baba Bunny, Robin Hood Daffy and so, so much more but it's still something to fear.
Yeah I did notice that with Bob McKimson. He's still able to make some really good cartoons as of right now, but most of the clunkers during this time are his cartoons. He's getting more inconsistent, and I've even seen a couple of his later cartoons, and they're absolutely horrible.
The Bulldog in the Sylvester cartoons (like Sylvester) had to get a name change to not have people confused with a character from Tom and Jerry. For the Cat, he had to be renamed from Thomas to Sylvester, while for the Bulldog, he had to be renamed from Spike to Hector. In fact, the Dog was given the name “Hector” in “Fowl Weather”.
Is unbelieble how talent and great you are, I just don't get tired to say thank you and how your videos are master pieces like Chuck Jones' best cartoons, I love it how much this collection of cartoons are one of the best from the catalogue, anyways, billion thanks again, you're the greatest!
I’m always excited when one of these videos releases ngl. This was a fantastic collection of cartoons, and I’m pretty intrigued to see what you think about some of the later cartoons during the “dark age” of Looney Tunes when we get there
You give Friz Freleng a hard time? I hadn't really noticed!
Some of his early cartoons were really really bad. I didn't really call him out by name, but I was very harsh on some of his early efforts.
@@thehickcritic I feel maybe you were harder on Chuck Jones' early cartoons! Anyway, awesome series! I look forward to every installment 🤩
@@thehickcritic A lot of directors' early cartoons were bad. Chuck Jones particularly hated his pre-1948 stuff (though I do like some of them, and Bedtime for Sniffles is/was my mom's favorite cartoon, so to see it with a 4 out of ten rating breaks my heart).
@@canaisyoung3601 The Brave Little Bat is a good Snuffles short too, I feel Snuffles’ personality is fine as is, and that Batty being the yakkity-yakker is better than Snuffles being the yakkity-yakker.
Rabbit of Seville is my favorite musical cartoon, Room and Bird is my forvrite Tweety cartoon. Cheese Chasers is really funny. Ballot Box Bunny is my favorite Same cartoon Operation Rabbit is funny. Feed the Kitty is so sweet, Gift Wrapped is a great cartoon for the holiday season. Little Red Rodent Hood is a good storybook parady to me. The Hasty Hare is one of my Favorite Marvin the Marvin cartoon. Rabbit's Kin is a fun cartoon Forward March Hare is a really funny cartoon. Duck Amuck the best Daffy Duck cartoon EVER! Duck Dogers and the 24th and a Half Centery is down right funny. Bully for Bugs is a childhood cartoon for me. Lumber Jack-Rabbit is my fun cartoon. Duck, Rabbit, Duck is my favorite of the Hunting Trilogy ever.🐻
Duck Amuck is, in my opinion, not only the best Chuck Jones cartoon, but the best in the entire Looney Tunes opus.
It's weird. But somehow I wish I never have seen Duck Amuck. Because it will be delightful to see this short as a second time as the first time.
About Foxy by Proxy - I miss that avalanche of dogs that used to be in some of the Looney Tunes shorts.
About Fool Coverage - was that "devilishly entertaining" joke intentional, given it's the 666th cartoon in the series??? Or just coincidence lol?
Hey, Hick Critic! Excellent series! I just finished binging all of your Looney Tunes reviews so far. I can't wait for Part 8! I was curious if you had any plans to review all of Tex Avery's MGM shorts? Thankfully there's only about 60 - 70 of them lol, so it wouldn't be as much of an undertaking.
I haven't made a decision about what my big project is going to be since right now I just want to focus on getting this one done. However, MGM cartoons is definitely a real possibility; and it's something that I would like to do some day.
Thank you for watching and I'm glad you've enjoyed the series so far!
@The Hick Critic I totally understand. I can imagine just wanting to finish it, I'd be doing the exact same thing if I were you haha. But yeah, excellent job man. You're doing the lord's work here. A lot of people are greatly appreciating this.
@@thehickcritic 39:39: In all honestly, I bet that was the intention the whole time, considering the short started with a letter originally being sent to a guy named “B. Bonny”, only for it to fall into the hands of Bugs Bunny, who never questioned why there was a misprint.
The whole Ralph wolf thing actually annoys the hell out of me
If they really wanted to be lazy about it there were plenty of one off wolf designs that they could’ve recycled
Or if they were dead set on using wile coyote’s design at least color him grey
For the longest time I just thought they were the same character under different names. Like Sylvester and Thomas
Canned feud was the first-ever Sylvester cartoon I watched. And after we watching it, brings back so much nostalgia and laughter
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so that’s where the basis of the north american house hippo psa came from
jokes aside this cartoon also serves as the first upa-esque cartoon chuck jones ever made;
it would’ve been re-checked in “from a to z-z-z-z” (1954) and perfected in “one froggy evening” (1955)
I actually didn't think about that on my first viewing of Punch Trunk.
Michigan J Frog IS A ONE TIME CHARACTER!? That eldritch incarnation of pure evil is a one-timer!?
There was a sequel cartoon made in the 1990s called Another Froggy Evening, showing how Michigan J Frog was exploited for his singing talent throughout history, and then there's the fact that Michigan J Frog was the mascot for the WB network, but those came after Michigan J Frog's popularity came back vis-a-vis One Froggy Evening being rerun to death on television (sometimes with the "Free Beer" sign gag removed) and released on home media (VHS, laserdisc, and DVD).
I believe it's Duck Dodgers in the 24th and a half century.
Yeah I just listened to the cartoon's audio again and you are correct; that is what Daffy says. In my opinion "24 and a half," just rolls off the tongue better, but it is technically incorrect.
Bully for Bugs: My Childhood
The scene in 'Fowl Weather' of Hector imagining Granny shooting him isn't out of nowhere. Before she leaves the farm she stops at his doghouse and says, "Hector! Don't let anything happen to Tweety, or..." Then she points her umbrella at him and mimics a machine gun going, "ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-aht" 😂
The funny part though is that for years, the scene of Hector imagining Granny brutally shooting him after discovering that Tweety is missing from his cage was always censored out when I saw it on Cartoon Network. I knew Hector was nervous about losing Tweety thanks to Granny's warning earlier, but didn't realize that he was actually freaking out because he was imagining her shooting him!
@@glowworm2 I watched it last week on dailymotion - they have tons of the old WB shorts posted. Granny radiates psycho vibes in Fowl Weather: Right after threatening Hector she gets in her buggy and harshly whips the horse.
@@glowworm2 That scene is now shown on Cartoon Network (or, rather Boomerang).
@@canaisyoung3601 Really? I'm actually quite surprised.
@@glowworm2That makes two of us. Cartoon Network has a history of flip-flopping between cut and uncut versions of cartoons. And now MeTV is carrying on that legacy.
"Punch Trunk" is criminally underrated, and undernoticed. Was it possibly a commentary on the then-recent emergence of UFOs?
I used to see that short a LOT on Nickelodeon as a child. Always had a soft spot for that one. It's fantastic.
For snow business I always wondered: “why didn’t Sylvester just eat the mouse instead of tweety”
I mean… would you want to mess with something that deranged?
Fair
Too scrawny. Also, it's funnier if the starved mouse goes after Sylvester.
@@thehickcriticI don’t want to imagine the mouse eating Sylvester from inside his stomach, if Sylvester would be THAT dumb to not chew his food.
"Scent-imental Romeo" is actually funnier/more subversive than it lets on. Listen to the Greg Ford commentary on this (on the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection volume 2) and he does explain some of references (or, if you can't find that, Anthony's Animation Talk is a good substitute).
And that Tunnel of Love part isn't just disturbing because the redheaded man is alone on the ride. There's also the fact that there's a French Foreign Legion recruitment booth at the end of the ride. Why is that there? Is that for men who have given up on love and decide to join the military to ease the pain? Or experience kind of homosexual awakening? And it should also be noted that the next Pepe cartoon after this is Little Beau Pepe, and, while the redhead guy isn't there, Pepe does join the Legion because of a broken heart (since the cat ran off at the end of "Scent-imental Romeo" and Pepe tries to go after her, but the zookeeper takes Pepe back). And the apache dance part near the end is funnier when you realize that dance has some misogynistic connotations to it and here, Pepe's using it for romance.
That's probably why I feel this is more an 8/10 than a 7, because I now get some of the jokes that went over my head, but, hey, if you think it's a 7, then it's a seven.
And "Wild Over You" really is that crazy (both for its time and now). It still boggles my mind that the Hays Office didn't see anything wrong with Pepe enjoying the pain of getting whaled on by an escaped wildcat (though The Cats Bah wins for most sexually disturbing Pepe cartoon) and such American TV channels as ABC, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network/Boomerang air it freely. That was the cartoon that made me realize that Looney Tunes weren't for children.
And I think Gift Wrapped was supposed to be released in December of 1951, but, for whatever reason, got postponed until February 1952. That seems like the only logical explanation for why a Christmas cartoon got released in February.
And yay, someone else who noticed that continuity error on "Tweety's SOS" with the seasickness medicine. And if you're wondering why there's nitroglycerin in the cruise infirmary...nitroglycerin is used for heart problems.
27:12: Stuart K. Reiley: Remember when Bugs got high on ether fumes? More like “Drugs Bunny”.
I must confess that, until nearly a week ago, I hadn't watched "Rabbit Fire", and the same goes for "What's Opera, Doc?", "Duck Amuck", and "One Froggy Evening". I certainly regret missing out on them for so long, as they're some of the best cartoons I've watched; that "Elmer Season" joke got a big laugh out of me and Mum - just pure, unexpected brilliance.
I got the Golden Collection on DVD and watched some other cartoons. The Bosko and Buddy ones were boring but historically interesting nonetheless, I took a liking to "Now Hear This", and I was surprised by "Norman Normal" which I hear is the one bright spot of an otherwise dark period for "Looney Tunes". Overall, lots of fun and interesting content.
It's great to know that such classic shorts, such as "What's Opera Doc?", "Duck Amuck", "Rabbit Fire" and "One Froggy Evening" are still just as funny to people like you who are finally discovering/watching them for the first time.
17:33: I don't think it was a error, I see more like a cruise staff just put in another bottle after Sylvester ate the first one.
IT JUST DON'T ADD UP
The problem I have with His Hare Raising Tale, and it's status as a clip, is the ending punchline (where it's revealed Bugs was lying the whole time) DOES NOT WORK, since we're shown clips from previous Bugs shorts, showing he was in fact on all those adventures that he's telling Clyde. This really should have included new footage, but I guess maybe this was one of those shorts they needed to hammer out to meet the quota, or because Friz wanted to focus his attention on another short.
Bunny Hugged was a wrestling cartoon, wasn't it?
yeah basically
Great series of videos. Love what I'm hearing, but do you have to give cartoons for which you have childhood nostalgia higher ratings? 14 Carrot Rabbit is almost certainly one of the weakest pre-shutdown Bugs and Sam teamups, and in no world does it deserve the same rating as the masterpiece-of-suspense Hare Lift. Really solid work all around, though. I'm jealous that I never got around to doing a video like this.
Actually 14 Carrot Rabbit wasn't one of the cartoons that I grew up; I do genuinely think it's a great, enjoyable outing. But I do agree with you that "Hare Lift" is better.
But yeah, sometimes I do acknowledge that cartoons that I have a nostalgic connection to are ranked probably a little bit higher than they normally would… but that's okay, because my reviews and opinions aren't objective.
Thanks! Glad to hear that you enjoyed it! I had a blast doing all these reviews!
Fantastic! Keep it up!
Wait, wait! There were 2 cartoons with the monster Gossamer in them? I thought I was only looking for one cartoon!
Technically, there are three shorts with Gossamer if you count the much later "Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24 1/2th Century" from 1980, which was also directed by Chuck Jones. This is the only short where Gossamer is addressed by this name. He is unnamed in "Hair-Raising Hare" and is called "Rudolph" in "Water, Water Every Hare".
Is it in "Lovelorn Leghorn" that Miss Prissy addresses the audience and says ,""Land's Sake! A Man!" as Foghorn speaks to her?
So many bangers during this batch of 100 cartoons, Many a Many Classic Chuck, Frieling, and even McKimson cartoons in this bunch (although you can slowly start to see his decline of making great cartoons ESPECIALLY during his late 50's and early 60's cartoons my lord). Anyways there's a couple of comments I would like to make about some of these cartoons that you just mentioned starring now.
The off screen fight between the My-nah bird (not Minah bird) and the dinosaur felt so unexpected and out of nowhere that it made me laugh a lot first time seeing it making my ranking on the cartoon a tad bit higher.
The ending of the Cartoon Two's a crowd when I initially saw it was also not what I was expecting and was also quite funny imo.
It doesn't help that the dog in "A Fox In A Fox" was aware of the Foxes scheme to get the chickens from the beginning making the cartoon feel even more pointless.
Chow Hound is an infinitly funnier and superior cartoon than Little Airdale back in 45' for no other reason than it was justified, felt natural, had a better ending punchline, and inflicted karma into the villain perfectly and have him exactly what he deserved.
It's unfortunate that 1951 was the year of the last solo Porky, Charlie Dog, Hubie, Bertie, and Claude, and 3 Bears cartoon (all done by Chuck Jones) as I feel that the characters could've had a ton more potential put into other cartoons with either new settings, dynamics with new characters, twists/spins on the plot, or whatever else you can do to try and keep all these characters fresh and still have their cartoons be funny and original.
I never even noticed the animation error from Tweety's S.O.S and I hate you more for pointing that out.
I kinda wish that Bruno, the socking rooster, and Pete puma could've had more classic cartoons during this period even for a little bit more.
I wonder how a cartoon between Bugs, Daffy, and Nasty Canasta would've been like (Hopefully like the hunting trilogy but even more violent).
I also wonder how the audience would've reacted if the upcoming train gag from "Operation Rabbit", and (like you mentioned) the fake water stand gag from "Beep Beep" were the final gags from their own respected cartoons...
Did you know that the opening sequence and the running gags (and even the designs) with the dogs were insipred from (or outright even stolen from) a late 1949 Tex Avery Droopy cartoon? I bet you didn't.
I'm surprised that the whole "Virginity joke" from "Going-Going-Gosh" (1952) And the entirety of 1953's Pepe's "Wild Over You" had gotten by the censors.
I found the Boarder Joke and Claude's Canasta Game with Butch at the end was also unexpected and funny and felt like the cartoon deserved a 7/10, but that's just my opinion.
And for the longest time, I thought that the cartoon "The Turn-Tale Wolf" was a Bugs Bunny Cartoon... For some reason.
Anyways I enjoyed your review of Part 7 immensely, Good Luck on Part 8 of the series, and if you're wondering why I sound awfully similar to a commenter on your channel called "Evelyn Gomez", it's cuz I'm his alt. Anyways have a good day bye!!
43:53: Bugs’ disguise in this short reminds me of Bre’r Rabbit for some reason.
Oh Yeaya
51:04 WB
the Dogs name is Hector not Spike ...Spike is from tom and jerry
Hi! Just out of curiosity, what do you consider the worst short you’ve seen so far?
The worst one so far is "Tokio Jokio." It's the only one so far that I've actually considered giving a 1 out of 10 rating.
@@thehickcritic That's a fair assessment, but news flash: Everyone hates that cartoon. That and Angel Puss. It's pretty much common for Looney Tunes fans to hate one or both of those shorts.
Personally, I know what kind of cartoon Tokio Jokio is based on the time period it's from, so I treat it more as a yet another example of the historical racism that was prevalent back then and how America used propaganda to demonize our enemies in times of war.
Angel Puss...at least Chuck tried to humanize the black boy by having him momentarily realize that what he's doing is wrong, but he needs the money.
My favorite cartoon is His hare rasing tale 14:57
40:32: actually, Pussyfoot is a girl
No he's male. Just watch Kiss Me Cat. At the beginning a husband and wife are arguing that Pussyfoot's not good at keeping the mice away. When the woman says, But John HE"S just a little kitten. John replies " Kitten, or not, HE"S got to do his job or we'll just have to get another cat" Also at the end of Feed The Kitty the mistress tells Mark Anthony that he can keep that kitten , he must keep HIM fed and that HE"S his responsibility" I will admit however that the eyelashes do give him a feminine look.
@@chrismulwee4911 maybe, they don't know Pussyfoot's real gender, so they assume she's male.
@@chiebukachibee-zoraeduBy the time of the 2nd short, I'm sure they checked.
@@PetProjects2011 okay
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40:40 Duck Amuck
Every single director had their own bulldog and cat character.