I'm going to be looking into Book Revue once again since it's one of my favorite cartoons Bob Clampett ever made.
I forgot to mention how exaggerated these humans express themselves in this cartoon. This was the start of cartoons being wacky, comedic and not too much story-telling.
Not only that but the technicolor and animation this time period was the best. 1946 is my 3rd best Looney Tunes year. The other favorites are 1948 and 1949.
Alot of these animated characters had been stuck in my mind for as long as I can remember. I always have animation absorbed and distracted inside me.
Whether it would be the Benny Goodman Pied Piper skipping animation
Cartoons are not made like this anymore which is such a disappointing feeling. I would assume it's still safe to make 7 minute shorts and partake on high spirited energy and well designed characters but I rarely see it nowadays. The best I seen in the modern era of animation were Get A Job (1985), Real Inside (1984), The Roger Rabbit shorts, the Pixar shorts like Presto (2008), and Cat Burglar (2022).
I like how people are making something new and crafty. I mean I'm not forcing them to make us something classic and Rod Scribner related.
Some classic cartoons, they have celebrity cameos. This is probably the most appropriate way on doing it. I really miss this type of stuff. If these types of films still existed, they would have a ton of Taylor Swift cameos, and other famous modern hollywood actors, trust me.
We might be getting a modern revamp of Hollywood Steps Out.
We then get to see the best of Daffy Duck.
Look at those hands!
This also has the most unique backgrounds I ever seen. They literally have the whole scenery made outta newspaper articles. I mean I'm not sure if it is, but it's very cool and interesting.
When I first watched this short at 15, I was already mind-blown to shorts such as The Great Piggy Bank Robbery and A Tale Of Two Kitties mostly because of how energetic and fast these are. Because I have a sign of ADHD, and a love for drawing cartoon characters, this was immediately the best entertainment I had at that time. I was immediately amazed that they had a total of 1,000 of these cartoons.
However, not all of them were Rod Scribner type of insane. I still had to sit and watch the bland Bosko cartoons, the not so special b&w porky shorts, and the horribly uncomfortable Daffy and Speedy shorts.
I also think that my first experiences watching this film came from The Wolf's reaction to hearing Sinatra's singing and it's hilarious. It was probably a compilation video I watched on YouTube.
Now we get into a lesser favorite Bob Clampett cartoon of mine.
Eatin' On The Cuff isn't bad, but I wouldn't say this had anything spectacular in it, well besides...
This is supposed to be a widow spider. I really like her personality, in fact I like it in other cartoons too.
For a forgettable cartoon, this has alot of excellent smears.
Bob Clampett's black and white cartoons felt the most natural at that time. I'm sure that audiences back in the early 40s were kinda sick of seeing a b&w short since they were so used to seeing color, but I still have to give it credit, the whole look of this cartoon is pleasent. It doesn't need to be in color.
Especially with this frame.
What's even more hilarious is her disguise only stays still for a few seconds until her bulb nose gets into the picture.
It's stellar animation. It's something I'm striving for too.
They definitely hired the best animators for these type of cartoons. I may not like the story or some of the characters, but in that good side is how expressive the drawings can be.
I would say this cartoon goes more hard on mute, as people say. 😆
The disguise the widow is trying to impress is Veronica Lake, it makes sense. I find her to be an attractive actress myself.
If you want to know what animation I love best it's where the character is doing a quirky pose and then next scene is the pose but more close up and funny looking.
And I'll admit for the fly being such a flat character, he does make some good reactions to the spider.
I also love the ending to this cartoon. I always had a guilty pleasure for the live action and cartoon concept.
This guy's hilarious. I love his hand slap.
I always seemed to care more for the classic actors than the new ones. There was something more memorable and fun to these people than today.
Even then, I was fully grown to the old stuff when I was little, but I didn't like reality shows either at that age.
Something like The Three Stooges, Abbott And Costello and more modern ones like Seinfeld and Malcolm In The Middle hit me more than the newer stuff.
Seeing stuff in a 4:3 or 5:4 aspect ratio is more entertaining than a full screen. You can instantly push more creativity and warmth this way.
When I watch the expressive Clampett cartoons, I love it for it's old fashion.
If you can just watch one older franchise, you'll realize that entertainment has been loved for centuries, and this generation specifically the 20s-50s, was the best of them all.
Looney Tunes was more than just a silly character show, it defined comedy and wackiness as we know it.
If you want to see some Bob Clampett energy for the first time, you'll love
The Great Piggy Bank Robbery
A Tale Of Two Kitties
Falling Hare
Kitty Kornered
A Gruesome Twosome
Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs (if you can face the character designs and the fact that it's a Censored 11 short)
Birdy And The Beast
Probably every single Bob Clampett cartoon made in 1943-1946, is highly watchable.
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