The first time I ever truly knew about this actress was just yesterday. I was exploring around various 40s music, until I stumbled across her song, Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief. The version I watched was her appearance in movie The Stork Club (1945).
I was absolutely amused by her performance and I needed to know more about her immediately. Later as I realized, I really associate her eccentric personality, usually when a person sings, they just go along with it in a normal perspective, when she sings she does these zany movements it makes it even more entertaining.
I'll prove it to you.
When I first watched this, I was laughing, she was so full of spirit it's hard to dislike it because she's having fun with her performance and y'know that makes me extremely contented.
Observe as she sings "I'm Just A Square In A Social Circle" Great song!
Normally, I love old songs, the people sound gentle, and the rhythm, melody is all whimsical and calm, sometimes the song can go over-the-top ridiculous in many great ways like with my favorites from Glenn Miller, and Tony Pastor. My favorite music decades are the 30s and 40s and almost every song sounds comforting to listen to.
But in that vain of normal goodness, it's always rare to see a music number be so astonishing and impressive to me, I have a playlist on YouTube with all my favorite songs and there's only a course of 30 I put in so far I could listen on repeat. That's saying alot from a person who listens to over a million songs.
However with Betty Hutton's performances, all I seen so far, she's perfect in all of them. I'm not kidding. How did I not grow up with this actress?
This is another great one!
She was one of the most comedic, most overlooked entertainers in the 20th century if you ask me.
Betty Hutton will always be remembered and not to be forgotten, it's no wonder as to why I never experienced her until now. She's absolutely marvelous. I would recommend to check out her stuff.
Fashion can be really easy to appreciate and love, it can be more fresh, attractive and vibrant to how you can express yourself.
Wouldn't it be great to make people entertained by the way you look or how other people look?
I think cartoons barely go for special occasions where they dress casually or in special, unique ways.
It makes the character have more personality and a chance at being iconic.
I've been loving this genre ever since I watched The Three Stooges, almost every episode they would have different and fun outfits.
I love the duo/trio group trope. I'm doing it myself with my characters. I think having just one character isn't as easy as it sounds. It's all fun in games when you bring another pal, or even a few more of them.
Drawing characters and making them wear clothing takes alot of work and adds more attention to the audience. They can't just be bare-naked, they have to fit into the right atmosphere and setting.
Look at Porky Pig here. In the Charlie Dog cartoons, he always wears his usual blue coat and red bow tie, here he's fit into the farmer archetype. The straw hat, overalls you name it. It's more sensible and fitting.
Characters like Bugs Bunny don't need to have too much clothes because his natural and witty personality fits perfectly with how he looks, however when he does wear fashion, it's less expressive than you think but it's still able to work decently.
In fact, Bugs absolutely looks fine in various outfits.
I love stuff like this. The poses, the amusing talking, A Hare Grows In Manhattan in particular is really underrated, and well told.
It takes inspiration and influences to create something just like The Three Stooges and Bugs Bunny and this proves otherwise.
You barely see anyone wear fashion like this anymore and it's really good to explore and experience the past. It's also visually pleasing. Everyone looks slim, clean and confident.
I love a good bit of quirkiness and whenever one of my favorite cartoon characters or actors just go to the silly route, it's a really interesting ride.
Sometimes weird can be funny and I believe that. When I first saw Three Stooges's Creeps (1956), I was absolutely floored by how uncanny but hilarious Moe, Larry and Shemp are dressed as babies. The short is a clip-show, but I think it has some good clips.
While we all love to wear whatever we want and try not to be too modest and classy especially in the modern world of today, we still have to appreciate what styles and trends we have experienced so we can talk about them and send love and passion for it. We gotta be grateful somehow.
Even in those animated versions, you can still like it and appreciate the appeal.
I love Cock O' The Walk. It has some fantastic dance scenes, and underrated silent characters.
Not only does this 90 year old cartoon have personality but it's widely acceptable for the era. Seeing anthropomorphic roosters dance and having a rubbery boxing match feels like true cinema. I really miss stuff like this. If this ever happens again, don't make it have useless talking involved, make it have exceptional dialogue and trust-worthy and reliable characters who know how to dance and feel at ease and spirit. I'm begging for this genre to come back.
I think the post renaissance of fashion and entertainment was the 90s and 2000s. I grew up with one of the most creative, sharp and collected TV shows I ever watched. Backyardigans was full of exploration and I loved alot of the music. I think it was clearly inspired by the classics. It's really fun and perfect for younger audiences.
You know how people always think to themselves they would watch something that feels special to them, maybe it's something old, but they've wished to be living in that decade?
Some people might say the 80s, the 60s, the 70s, to me it would be the 40s.
This is why the 1940s was the greatest
BIG BANDS!
WACKY CARTOONS!
MUSICAL MOVIES!
THE MODEST FASHION!
Everything about this decade was fantastic. But what about other decades?
I love the 1930s too. So does the 50s, every other decade is good but not as powerful. That being said I think alot of good has happened after the golden age of entertainment passed on, but man the 30s to the 50s, were probably the best the entire world has to offer.
When I watch an old film, I like how more logical and sensible the characters and actions are. This was also the course where things start to get even funnier.
Throughout the course of the early 20th century, films were silent, and you couldn't even get the knowledge of laughing too much or relating to the characters.
The late 20s, to early 30s, everyone was talkin' and it became more lively and natural.
There was a potential rise to cartoons as well. There were a few exceptions to cartoons back then like Out Of The Inkwell, and Winsor McCay's shorts but that's it really.
There was strong characters in the 30s through the 50s. Every character that is still considered popular today was created this period of the century.
Man, I would've lived my whole life expecting something fresh and iconic more commonly than today. Disney Movies were a big exception by the 30s-40s.
The reason why I think the later Disney movies don't do much to me anymore it's because of the amount of dialogue you have to be awake to.
This is Bambi, a movie that barely has any dialogue whatsoever. Sure, it does have some speaking in it, but it isn't stuffed with drama too often. Not to mention that the calm and quiet environments is what makes a movie focus.
I imagined Artmania especially my TV show to have dancing scenes and music just like the classics because you just can't beat THE CLASSICS!
When I worked on Artmania's Spirit Of Christmas last December, one post I payed tribute to the big bands like Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, and Tommy Dorsey. With all those unique and stylish names, I created band leader, Vinn Kringle.
What happened to this type of music? Where did it go?
I seem to think every musician and song I love best doesn't get the impact and recognition they really deserve anymore. I know we have to move forward, but it really staggers me that for such a chaotic world we're living in right now, I can't see why the most calm piece of entertainment is hidden by most people. I mean it's free to experience and explore around.
YouTube isn't all about content farms and trends you know.
If your a fan of classics and both exploring social media, you would know you shouldn't be afraid to search random clips of talents and performances. You don't have to pay online for movies if you don't want to, you can just freely experience around 2-5 minutes of fun.
Speak for yourself.
The Andrews Sisters were special to me. I remember first experiencing and listening to their biggest hits, and something about these three just felt easy to appreciate and they had a sense of humor mostly when they were on screen.
Attractiveness
There was something so unique about how people looked and dressed like back in the golden age of hollywood.
Judy Garland is one of those actresses that shine just the way you look at the fashion, and style. I truly love her, her singing voice is full of beauty.
The Amount Of Funny Stuff You'll Get
I watched a few Three Stooges shorts lately and I think it's one of the most hilarious series of entertainment I ever seen.
If you get the outlandish speech given with one of the characters, you'll easily find it more normal to experience. The jokes and gags felt more creative and simple back then.
Tex Avery for example would add a sign to one of his cartoons and I always found those to be hilarious since it's a sign of reality.
I also think this is how comedy should work and not a bunch of horrendously bad celebrity roasts and shock value.
Drawn Energy
I call it this because these films can easily get stuck in your mind, and whenever your playing a song that sounds groovy to listen to, you can draw your mind into the classic animated movements of characters or real people dancing along with the song.
Remember The Three Caballeros? I usually have those dance scenes drawn into me even ever since I first watched them.
This is one of my favorite scenes from that movie.
You see movie posters nowadays, they look good, but they're kinda lazy in terms of the cast of characters.
When I look at these, it just warms my heart because artists back then used their artistic skills to paint all these people and advertise it.
This is me bringing back that old-school spirit.
The best decades of all time relate to my drawing style and perspective of how I view creativity and knowledge.
I hope you all liked what I enjoy about these decades and their wonderful chemistry of entertainment and timeless value.
Since January is half way over and 2025 has just started, I wanted to send over lots and lots of drawings.
Enjoy.
These are my new recent characters I worked on. It's my own versions of The Tortoise and The Hare. Apparently, I planned my first cartoon that I ever finished involving these guys.
But you'll have to wait for another post to see it. 👀
Another character I made recently is named Bren McGee. He's the smallest bully in the world.
He's supposed to be like Speedy Gonzales who I find annoying. Hopefully you guys don't think this character can make you turn off the TV.
I made this funny drawing of Mike and Dotts and here Dotts holds up a sign similar to the Tex Avery MGM cartoons that I'm obsessed with.
Szac and Dredd in 20s fashion
My boys Dutcher and Ben Obvious out in town.
Apparently they have a nephew who is supposed to be a Ward Kimball caricature but more anthropomorphic.
I admire this guy's animation alot. He animates the characters so smoothly and the designs mostly involve big heads and rubbery dancing skills.
This is the first time I drew Roger Rabbit and I was having so much fun with it.
I got into the Preston Blair book and man I been learning new things about animating immediately.
I did a mouse and I traced the final product.
I also did the dog too. I try to not copy all the designs on the book but I think it's important to note that the characters easily fit my style.
Mike The Dog sketches I did. I mostly looked up random thumbnails of Pluto cartoons on YouTube to get inspiration and study.
My recent love lately has been The Jazz Frogs cartoons. I have a guilty pleasure for those since they involve music and good energy.
These are probably the best celebrities as animals cartoons I ever saw.
People can't take a rest when they say that these are racist because I don't get easily offended by them. I mean come on, they are spoofs of famous black people. What's so stereotypical about it?
Szac and Dredd work decently in show-biz. I wouldn't say it works perfectly but honestly they are a piece of entertainment after all.
Szac is one of my favorite characters, I can imagine him being normal and reserved because he is, but he's also calm and cares about others needs. I learned about this, just because someone may look tough or hard to get to know, you might know they are good people.
I think Artmania should have one-shot cartoons just like Looney Tunes and MGM do.
I made a character named Muriel who is a young burro who wants to be ready to see the real world around him.
I made a model sheet helped by the Preston Blair tutorials.
Of course more human designs.
《 CARICATURES 》
I always wanted to draw caricatures. I just admired how well-drawn they looked. I remember going to a baseball game with my parents once when I was little and I got a caricature of myself and I was just mind-blown someone could do something like that in less than 20 minutes. And when I was watching those old hollywood cartoons, I wanted to draw some myself.
Well... except for these types of designs.
YUCK.
First, I made a Peter Lorre drawing. I haven't experienced this guy besides the multiple inspirations from it like Ren Hoek, and in Looney Tunes cartoons like Hair Raising Hare and Birth Of A Notion. But I do like his face. It's easy and fun to draw.
For Elvis's 90th birthday, I drew my own caricature of him. Apparently it's not the best but it does look like him. He's iconic for alot of reasons so that's why I took part in it.
I haven't sketched The Three Stooges in a long time and I wanted to redraw them because they're the funniest people in entertainment.
While I think The Three Stooges are the the funniest people on Earth, Bing Crosby is the most attractive person in entertainment. I cannot stop thinking about this guy's laid-back faces he throws us on screen.
Of course I seen a few movies and a documentary on him and it always puts a smile on my face when he just looks reserved as ever.
I'm one of those people who respects Bing and his soothing music because I seen he's done alot of good deeds and impacted people for many decades.
Frank Sinatra was always a decently good singer to me.
This is supposed to be a model sheet for a music video I wanted to make.
Here's a finished version of him, looking fresh as ever.
