Mexican Joyride (1947)

 I really enjoy returning back to some Looney Tunes nostalgia, I love the Daffy Duck screwball cartoons from the 40s, he was one of my favorite cartoon characters when I was a teenager. This one used to be one of my favorites of the obscure Looney Tunes cartoons. I always loved the chaotic energy in this one, and the bull is a very likeable character.

The animation was mostly done by Art Davis's staff. They're extremely talented and I always was drawn into this style of animation, as I stated in my previous review of Chuck Jones's Scaredy Cat (1948) I love how unlimited it feels, you could draw basically anything you want, but I do understand restrictions. This short film is the best for it's wild takes, smears and of course Mel Blanc's acting.

I piled some unique frame grabs from this cartoon that have some great individual drawings in them, they feel like what I wanted to do with my animations. 

The bull has great construction and poses. 

Love it when cartoons go badass. 

It's been a hidden staple for the longest time.

Daffy running it gets even more closer.

A very underrated scene of Daffy in a Mexican restaurant, and the inside of his mouth catches on fire. Hilarious.

Really great human designs, like the details of the wrinkles, here's Daffy performing a simple hand slap.

Reminds of Tex Avery with this scene where everyone leaves immediately except for Daffy because of the bull. By that time Daffy is in charge to fight.

I have some more great scenes from this cartoon but each is one singular shot. 

I love Daffy's facial expression.

This is really well-drawn. Daffy's eye pokes right at his approaching enemy.

I have not watched this cartoon at least a couple of years. It hasn't been quite a bit since I last watched Looney Tunes, I keep coming back to it often, especially the Foghorn Leghorn shorts.

This title card is really nice. 

My Favorite Scene from Looney Tunes

 

Chuck Jones's Scaredy Cat (1948) is my favorite cartoon. I have mentioned it a few weeks ago, but I can't blame it. I always loved everything about this cartoon. 

From the atmospheres, to the dreadful but mysteriously fun plot. 

The animation is at it's peak, I love the zany but steady movement the Warner Bros. shorts had at that time. I think I more or so laugh at these than characters going completely insane for some reason that feels outta place.

But Chuck Jones's cartoons are logical and powerful to me that I can't believe I honestly made fun of his work in the past. Seriously I blamed way too hard on cartoons that weren't on the level of Tex Avery and Bob Clampett. 

Anyways this scene is influential. I love the speed and exaggeration of Sylvester running away from the mansion. These backgrounds are also simple but awesome. Great color gradient.

I love the camera angle, the scene goes from one natural environment to another. We can easily see where Sylvester is running to. It reminds me of the lady from Tom and Jerry in that one scene where she rushes to her house in Saturday Evening Puss. 

Sylvester is a character I felt sorry for while I was still watching the classic Looney Tunes shorts especially the shorts starring alongside Tweety. He just doesn't deserve the pain. I like Sylvester as a character, he has alot of deep feelings inside even if he is characterized as a peckish slob in his iconic roles. This is by far my favorite personality of Sylvester. He's very timid, yet he's willing to show his bravery in the final act of this cartoon.

Now appears his conscience. Who is just the most underappreciated and most lovely Looney Tunes characters of all time.

Ha. I would be making faces like Sylvester as well if I been called out for doing something mistaken.

Notice how the skies get more intense as Sylvester fights for his fearlessness. 

This is absoutely magnificent stuff. I think what makes this even better is the incredible Carl Stalling music. 

Here's another great animation scene of Sylvester sprinting back to mansion.

The drawings are so impressive, I don't think I ever seen another art medium like the hand-drawn method do animated frames like this. Like with the close-up frame of Sylvester's feet. 

More "cartoony" drawings done correctly at least to me.

This few seconds of utter chaos.

I would say that when it comes to characters standing up for themselves when they face challenges can be predictable at times, but at the same time, it's one of my favorite type of traits in films. We all can relate to a specific character who is aiming for perseverance. And this cartoon is a perfect example of that.

Tick Tock Tuckered Daffy Shoots Moon

 

Been very icky for the past few weeks. Personally I don't feel comfortable talking about my regular ol' self, but I'm getting sick and tired of almost everything in general. But that doesn't stop me from watching stuff from the 1920s-50s.

Here's a very cuddly and soft escape from the past from Warner Bros., it's Tick Tock Tuckered (1944) starring Porky Pig & Daffy Duck, except it isn't brought that way and has this utterly cool and savage scene of Daffy getting fed up by the full moon, shoots it and something creatively unexpected happens. 

Of course this amazing scene was animated by the one and only Rod Scribner. One of my favorite animators. This was Daffy at his cutest, but also most threatening as Scribner is known for animating characters with that angry facial expression.

The animation here is rubbery but it works well with the overall gag they're going for in this particular scene.

Right after he shoots Moon, it suddenly drops like a big drip of rain. Daffy is immediately in shock.

We get ourselves some wacky drawings.  

This drawing stays on screen the longest. I find these scenes to be wonderful since it feels so different than "limited" animation where the characters don't move impulsively.

Daffy then breaks the 4th wall by saying "Unbelievable, isn't it?" 

This is a remake of Porky's Badtime Story (1937). Still directed by Bob Clampett, there was different gags in that cartoon, and instead of Daffy Duck, it was Gabby Goat.

In the original, the certain scene with the moon disturbing Porky's sleep is by tying the window curtain to his bed, causing a wreck and an accident.  

Here's the full scene in action.

 

Credits to Sakugabooru as I found the clip from there, only slightly trimmed.