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Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#4201: Nov 7th 2024 at 10:42:37 AM

I have exactly zero idea what he means

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AegisP Kindhearted SSSSSNAKE Man Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#4202: Nov 7th 2024 at 10:43:39 AM

[up][up] I forgot or didnt know we had such a thread.

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#4203: Nov 7th 2024 at 10:43:41 AM

Here’s the link to the merger thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16211870770A11459400&page=65

Like I said, it’s a more appropriate place for the Zazlav article on the last page. For people just coming in.

Edited by BigBadShadow25 on Nov 7th 2024 at 1:43:56 PM

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Smasher from The 1830's, but without the racists (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: The best thing that ever happened to a bum like me
#4204: Nov 7th 2024 at 11:33:48 AM

Who owns the MGM theatrical cartoons? Because they aired on Cartoon Network. The Hick Critic is going to review every MGM cartoon soon. (there are less than half as many compared to Looney Tunes)

Edited by Smasher on Nov 7th 2024 at 1:34:04 PM

Aldo930 Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon from Quahog, R.I. Since: Aug, 2013
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#4205: Nov 7th 2024 at 11:45:54 AM

The WB, through their purchase of Turner.

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Smasher from The 1830's, but without the racists (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: The best thing that ever happened to a bum like me
#4206: Nov 9th 2024 at 11:05:42 PM

So here it is, The Hick Critic Reviewing MGM! Starting with Ub Iwerk's Flip The Frog and Willy Whopper! Also including Bosko under the Happy Harmonies label!

We have two 9's in Stratos-Fear and To Spring, three 2's in Cleaning House, Run Sheep Run, and Bosko's Easter Eggs and our first 10 in An Optical Poem.

That's 105 cartoons down, and 303 to go!

Edited by Smasher on Nov 11th 2024 at 2:14:56 PM

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#4207: Nov 9th 2024 at 11:38:19 PM

I watched Stratos-Fear for the first time semi-recently and I whole-heartedly agree that it's Willie Whopper's best short, yeah. Overall, I agree with Hick in that Willie Whopper is a little underappreciated and had the potential to become a recognizable star had they given his shorts more time to gel before cancelling them. It's honestly too bad.

I will say that I had actually never heard of An Optical Poem until I watched this video for the first time. I dunno how I missed out on learning about it, though, it looks like a super fascinating short (especially for 1938).

And I said it before in the Tom and Jerry thread and I'll say it again: I was aware that the pre-Hays Code MGM distributed cartoons (Flip the Frog especially) could get pretty raunchy but it still kind of shocked me just what they got away with (especially in certain cartoons like The Office Boy). Even the pre-Hays Code Looney Tunes shorts still weren't super racy even at their worst to the best of my knowledge.

Also, I recall reading that Chuck Jones originally worked for Ub Iwerks and he remarked that Ub was a great animator and artist...but the problem was that he just wasn't a funny guy. I figure that probably explains in part why Ub's solo shorts tended to be kind of all over the place in terms of how strong the writing and gags were.

Edited by kablammin45 on Nov 9th 2024 at 11:41:54 AM

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Smasher from The 1830's, but without the racists (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: The best thing that ever happened to a bum like me
#4208: Nov 13th 2024 at 8:37:24 PM

Is it true that Rudy Larrvia intentionally made his Road Runner shorts bad to spite Chuck Jones?

Edited by Smasher on Nov 13th 2024 at 10:52:15 AM

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#4209: Nov 13th 2024 at 8:41:19 PM

[up] Doubt it. It's more a case of Larriva being a weaker director, and having crappier budgets.

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SpongeGuy11 Since: Jun, 2018
#4210: Nov 13th 2024 at 9:06:49 PM

[up]It is said though that Rudy Larriva had a grudge against Chuck Jones for not rehiring him for his unit after World War 2 ended (Larriva used to animate under Jones until he was drafted in 1942).

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#4211: Nov 15th 2024 at 5:52:19 AM

If Warner Bros. wanted to be cool they would upload all their Looney Tunes to their Youtube channel.

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Smasher from The 1830's, but without the racists (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: The best thing that ever happened to a bum like me
#4212: Nov 15th 2024 at 8:21:32 AM

Even the super racist and super terrible ones?

Edited by Smasher on Nov 15th 2024 at 10:23:12 AM

Robbery Since: Jul, 2012
#4213: Nov 15th 2024 at 9:20:12 PM

[up] The racist and terrible ones are already on Youtube. Or the racist ones are, anyway.

Edited by Robbery on Nov 15th 2024 at 9:20:34 AM

alanh Since: May, 2010
#4214: Nov 16th 2024 at 7:46:40 AM

A lot of them are public domain so WB can't do anything about them. "All This and Rabbit Stew" for example.

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
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#4215: Nov 16th 2024 at 7:51:32 AM

I watched the Iron Giant. It was an okay movie for the first hour, and then it was a great movie. I wish it spent a bit less time on the whole "hiding the big thing from the parents" bit.

There are many questions that remain unanswered, but my biggest is... where did Hogarth get that high beam searchlight flashlight of his?

Kent is a fun villain. I thought he was going to be the love interest for the mom or something at first. And then... it's the scrapyard guy instead? Okay... Kind of out of left field.

That nuke is... weird. It fires right off the coast, clearly moves into the city within visible range, but then it is suddenly way out in space.

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Ultimatum Disasturbator from The Wiggle Room (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#4216: Nov 16th 2024 at 8:35:02 AM

> That nuke is... weird. It fires right off the coast, clearly moves into the city within visible range, but then it is suddenly way out in space.

Its a dramatic nuke,its range and trajectory are all depend on how much drama it causes

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Robbery Since: Jul, 2012
#4217: Nov 18th 2024 at 8:29:47 AM

"Kent is a fun villain. I thought he was going to be the love interest for the mom or something at first. And then... it's the scrapyard guy instead? Okay... Kind of out of left field."

I kinda figured Dean would become the mom's love interest as soon as he was shown to be sympathetic to Hogarth.

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#4218: Nov 18th 2024 at 8:32:31 AM

[up]Me too.

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Brandon Deadly Vu! from Between Thanksgiving and Christmas (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
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#4219: Nov 18th 2024 at 1:42:38 PM

Here's something I (and many others) didn't know. Actor Jerry Hausner, voice of Mr. Magoo's nephew, voiced Bugs in the cheater short "Devil's Feud Cake".

It was in production shortly after his automobile accident.

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#4220: Nov 18th 2024 at 3:43:49 PM

Aside from Daws Butler filling in for him for a few episodes of The Flintstones, Blanc claimed his son Noel did a few cartoons for him as well while he was incapacitated.

Before he died, Blanc said his son was going to take over doing the voices for most of his characters... aside from a few episodes of Tiny Toons, that never really happened.

Edited by Aldo930 on Nov 18th 2024 at 3:47:47 AM

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chasemaddigan I'm Sad Frogerson. Since: Oct, 2011
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#4221: Nov 18th 2024 at 5:40:54 PM

Noel Blanc did voice Elmer Fudd in a cutaway gag from Family Guy once:

SpongeGuy11 Since: Jun, 2018
#4222: Nov 18th 2024 at 6:28:43 PM

He also did Yosemite Sam, Sylvester, Speedy Gonzales, and Barnyard Dawg in Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball and various You Rang messages.

Smasher from The 1830's, but without the racists (Don’t ask) Relationship Status: The best thing that ever happened to a bum like me
#4223: Nov 22nd 2024 at 3:18:44 PM

From watching both The Hick Critic's reviews and The Merry History of Looney Tunes, it shows that Looney Tunes peaked with What's Oprea, Doc and started going downhill ever since then.

That being said, what's considered the best of the Looney Tunes animated project between What's Oprea Doc and today? This includes the rest of the shorts and various movies and tv shows.

SpongeGuy11 Since: Jun, 2018
#4224: Nov 22nd 2024 at 3:31:54 PM

Tony Anselmo showed up to the premiere of The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie and giving us the first Daffy and Donald crossover in over 35 years.

Anselmo and Bauza also confirm they'd love to do another Roger Rabbit movie.

Brandon Deadly Vu! from Between Thanksgiving and Christmas (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
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#4225: Nov 22nd 2024 at 4:12:06 PM

It may seem weird, but Daffy commenting on Donald's "speech impediment" is one of my favorite jokes in Roger Rabbit. If only because as a kid, I found it interesting how two different duck characters had "speech impediments" (Daffy having a lisp, Donald simply being difficult to understand), and it's funny how the movie actually lampshaded that.

Edited by Brandon on Nov 22nd 2024 at 4:12:25 AM

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