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Vincent Alexander

@NonsenseIsland

10 months

I'm still bitter at Elon Musk for changing Twitter to X because I had to reanimate this scene in my new cartoon.

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Vincent Alexander

@NonsenseIsland

2 years

Old Hollywood bloopers are a thing of beauty.

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R.I.P. Arleen Sorkin, the original voice of Harley Quinn. The way Sorkin was able to combine twisted loopiness with a hint of sympathetic sadness is key to what made the character work so well.

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In honor of Jane Russell's birthday, he's one of the all-time great movie bloopers that got left in the movie itself. Jane getting knocked into the pool in GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953) was an accident, but it was so funny it was left in.

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This is one of my favorite Road Runner gags because it's such a ludicrous idea that could go wrong in a million different ways, and then it goes wrong in the simplest. Such brilliant animation in the bit where Wile E. tries to keep balance.

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Vincent Alexander

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2 years

The mumbled ad libs in the Popeye cartoons are a gift from the gods.

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Some more good ones:

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R.I.P. Jack Sheldon, jazz musician and actor of SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK fame. Everybody knows this voice:

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35mm scan of this terrifying scene from THE BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER.

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Alright, last one:

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Happy birthday to cartoon genius Tex Avery, who was born today in 1908. No one has ever had better comic timing.

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THREAD: In 1937, the Nazis exhibited art they deemed “Degenerate” in order to mock it. I was looking through a list of these amazing artists the Nazis hated, and I was ashamed at how many of them I didn’t know, so let’s look at their work together! Here’s Alexej von Jawlensky.

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While Eric Goldberg was animating for Chuck Jones on the Road Runner short CHARIOTS OF FUR (1994), Goldberg vented to Jones about all the executive interference on Disney's POCAHONTAS. Jones answered, "Well, you know, they'll always hate you because you can draw and they can't."

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3 years

An aria of Rossini’s “Barber of Seville” that shows up constantly in animation is “Largo al Factotum,” which introduces the Figaro character. Even the piece’s Wikipedia article credits the tune’s lasting legacy to its use in cartoons. Here are just a few iconic examples:

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3 years

I feel like I should weigh in on the Dr. Seuss controversy: Seuss used ignorant racial stereotypes typical of the period in his early work, but grew more progressive over time. He was drawing staunchly anti-racist cartoons during WWII, a very bold move in the early ‘40s.

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The brilliant Dr. Seuss was born 120 years ago today. If you haven't seen his "midnight paintings," they're so cool and have the same whimsical imagination of his books.

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Concept art from Disney's PINOCCHIO (1940) by Swedish-American artist Gustaf Tenggren.

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A great Jessica Rabbit scene from the Roger Rabbit cartoon TRAIL MIX-UP (1993), which apparently outraged Disney executives. Mark Kausler animated the Jessica closeup, while Mark Henn handled the other Jessica shots.

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2 years

MTV bumper directed by Henry Selick, before he directed NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, CORALINE, and WENDELL & WILD.

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1 year

Speaking of THE LITTLE MERMAID, here's some cool footage of Sherri Stoner, the live-action model for Ariel. She was later an ANIMANIACS writer and created and voiced Slappy Squirrel.

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3 years

You may not know Franz Schubert’s “Der Erlkönig” by name, you’ll know it when you hear it, thanks to Looney Tunes cartoons. It was written about a supernatural king of the fairies, but WB composer Carl Stalling would always pull it out to underscore a villain’s entrance.

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This is cool!! UCLA's new restoration of the 1935 cartoon MUSICAL MEMORIES really gives you a chance to appreciate the Max Fleischer studio's incredible Stereoptical backgrounds (3D sets built on a turntable with the 2D characters placed in front).

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2 years

I haven't seen the PINOCCHIO remake, but the 1940 original is hard to beat. The art of hand-drawn animation at its height, put to the service of an epic fantasy full of humor, excitement, and pure terror. Just a masterpiece that can't be topped.

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“Dance of the Comedians” by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana (from the comic opera THE BARTERED BRIDE) was used as an unofficial musical theme for the Road Runner cartoons. The propulsive energy of the piece matches well with Wile E. Coyote’s various failures.

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1 year

Anybody have any favorite examples of cartoons slipping things by the censors? I just wrote an article for Cartoon Brew with examples of animators working around the Hays Code, but I'm curious what scenes come to mind for you guys. I like this bit from FATHER'S DAY OFF (1953).

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Bugs Bunny famously conducted Franz von Suppé’s “Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna” in the classic BATON BUNNY. This cartoon has been screened with live orchestral accompaniment on Broadway, at the Hollywood Bowl, and the Royal Festival Hall for the royal family.

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Released 80 years ago today: Tex Avery's masterpiece RED HOT RIDING HOOD (1943), a still-hilarious work of irreverent genius that inspired everything from ROGER RABBIT to THE MASK.

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3 years

I haven’t seen SPACE JAM 2 yet, but I feel like this is a good time to remind everyone that the original Looney Tunes of the 1940s and 1950s are absolute treasures of American comedy and we’re so lucky to have them.

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@NonsenseIsland

4 years

Behind-the-scenes art from the original MULAN, by LILO & STITCH director Chris Sanders. #Mulan

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“The Blue Danube” is one of Strauss’s most famous and beautiful waltzes, thus making it ripe for animated parody. The piece was burned into my brain from infancy due to a VHS tape I had of A CORNY CONCERTO, and now I always hear quacking to go along with it.

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2 years

Off-the-charts comedic timing.

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THREAD: To celebrate Goofy turning 90 years old today, here’s a thread of famous cartoon characters in their first appearances. Here’s Goofy - originally named Dippy Dawg - in his scenes from his first cartoon MICKEY’S REVUE (1932).

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The work of Austrian composer Johann Strauss, known as the Waltz King, is in literally hundreds of cartoons. "Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410 (Voices of Spring)" was frequently used when characters dance or daintily frolic across the screen. You'll know it when you hear it:

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2 years

Old cartoons are the best.

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Brilliant pantomime acting, timing, and expressions from the unbeatable Chuck Jones.

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As a cartoonist, you're always looking for ways to put an absurd cartoon spin on everyday activities. It's impressive the amount of the jokes they spin off of winding a camera in the Goofy cartoon HOLD THAT POSE (1950).

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“Die Fledermaus” by Johann Strauss served as the entire basis for the 1950 MGM short TOM AND JERRY IN THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL. As with several Bugs Bunny shorts, this film later was actually screened at the Hollywood Bowl, with live orchestrations to go with it.

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@ToonHive

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HBO Max will not be returning LOONEY TUNES Seasons 16-31 to their service. Source: @Variety

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A CORNY CONCERTO, Bob Clampett’s hilarious spoof of Disney’s FANTASIA, brilliantly sets a violent Bugs Bunny chase to Johann Strauss’s peaceful “Tales from the Vienna Woods.” You can make any classical piece better by adding the “b-b-b-b-b” noise.

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4 years

This is relevant again.

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Taz's deadpan line delivery here is so funny.

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2 months

Also this one.

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3 years

Gun to to your head, what is the *best* Simpsons joke? However you wanna define it; pics, GIFs, clips, and overwrought explanations welcome.

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"The Minute Waltz" by Polish composer Frédéric Chopin (or as Bugs would say, "Choppin') is featured in the classic short HYDE AND HARE, where the beautiful trill descends into madness.

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Disney's WWII short REASON AND EMOTION (1943) is one of the best anti-Nazi cartoons. Smart writing and beautiful animation, and the premise seems to have inspired the Pixar movie INSIDE OUT.

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4 years

The new Tex Avery blu-ray set is INCREDIBLE. Tex Avery is a god, and the restorations are stunning. This classic, nearly 80-year-old scene has never looked better!!

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8 months

The comic timing here is unbeatable.

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I need everyone to post their favorite Looney Tunes clips

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2 years

THREAD: Anybody have a favorite bit of water animation? The best for me might be Disney’s PINOCCHIO from back in 1940. Amazing mix of stunning realism and painterly abstraction. You could only get a look like this in animation.

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Happy 85th birthday to Daffy Duck, maybe the greatest character ever created for anything.

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We'll be seeing a lot of Mickey Mouse knock-offs now that STEAMBOAT WILLIE is in the public domain, but let's not forget the original Mickey Mouse knock-off: Milton Mouse, a character that got the Van Beuren Studio sued by Disney in 1931.

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Strauss must be the #1 composer among cartoonists, because he sure shows up a lot. The Oscar-winning Tom & Jerry short JOHANN MOUSE is even named after him. Here are just a few different Strauss pieces that have made their way into animated shorts:

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Concept art for Disney's original PETER PAN (1953) by the great Mary Blair. No one understood color better than her.

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The extremely brief Wikipedia article on composer Gustav Lange features the dismissive quote that his works are "pretty in character, but they are not marked by any very striking features." I think cartoon fanatics would disagree. "Flower Song" is an oft-used classic:

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A really cool Tex Avery-inspired ad for the French restaurant chain Père Dodu. Made by Richard Williams' studio.

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3 years

Some pieces are ONLY famous due to their use in cartoons. I could find almost no information on Arthur A. Penn’s 1907 piece “Carissima,” but cartoon fans will remember its inclusion in this hilarious bit from the Sylvester cartoon BACK ALLEY OPROAR.

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Disney is associated with wholesome family entertainment nowadays, but the studio’s earliest Silly Symphonies focused on dancing skeletons and demons cavorting in the fiery pit of Hell, backed up by macabre melodies from Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg.

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Brahms' Hungarian Dances serve as the soundtrack for the WB classic PIGS IN A POLKA. Director Friz Freleng would time out his cartoons on musical bar sheets in order to get the synchronization precise. This is Freleng at his best:

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70 years of animated title sequences in live-action movies.

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There's not much point doing "edgy" versions of STEAMBOAT WILLIE when the original is so full of gleefully twisted humor.

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First look at another ‘STEAMBOAT WILLIE’ horror movie, which begins filming in Spring. The film will follow a sadistic mouse who torments a group of unsuspecting ferry passengers.

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Another Chopin piece everybody knows from cartoons is "Funeral March," which plays when a character dies or is about to die, as in this memorable bit from the Merrie Melodies short BARS AND STRIPES FOREVER.

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Happy 100th birthday to Felix the Cat, the original cartoon star. Here's a little tribute I animated. #FELIXTHECAT

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Tchaikovsky’s strongest ties to animation are probably the Disney features FANTASIA and SLEEPING BEAUTY, but his music popped up in dozens of Looney Tunes and MGM cartoons, providing the soundtrack for shoemaking elves, ice skating mice, and suicidal birds.

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The Looney Tunes are cultural treasures. They should be as readily available to everybody as possible.

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The entirety of the classic ‘Looney Tunes’ shorts will leave Max on December 31.

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The only reason some of these old cartoon characters don't have "pop culture importance" is because networks haven't aired their cartoons in ages. If Cartoon Network had played Woody Woodpecker, Betty Boop, or Rocky & Bullwinkle when I was a kid, I would've loved them.

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There are few things better than classic cartoons trashing Nazis. (THREAD)

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I laugh every time.

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Gun to to your head, what is the *best* Simpsons joke? However you wanna define it; pics, GIFs, clips, and overwrought explanations welcome.

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AI sucks. (Cartoon by me, drawn by hand.)

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Dreamworks co-founder Jeffery Katzenberg says AI will cut animation production time and labor by at least 90% within the next three years.

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It's really a shame THE BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER isn't available anywhere to stream. So many future Disney/Pixar greats worked on it, and it's full of memorably terrifying little moments like the random Nightmare Clown.

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Daffy's flipout in DUCK! RABBIT! DUCK! is one of my all-time favorite animated moments. It's like Daffy's whole cartoon career finally reached a boiling point.

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Mel Blanc doing his baby voice while manically shrieking in this clip is comedy gold.

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80 years ago today: Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck met for the first time in Frank Tashlin's PORKY PIG'S FEAT (1943).

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In addition to voicing Harley Quinn - a role specifically designed for her - Arleen Sorkin was also a talented writer. She co-wrote a couple of episodes of TINY TOON ADVENTURES.

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Murderous psychopath Donald Duck is the best Donald Duck.

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In honor of #DonaldDuck90 , when Legend Of The Three Caballeros was developed, Disney excs told Matt Danner and Matt Chapman that "Donald wasn't a bad person" Danner made a sizzle reel of the classic Donald shorts featuring him lying,cheating, violent acts, the excs where scared.

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Looney Tunes: making fun of Disney 60 years before SHREK.

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Following the war, Seuss saw the error of his ways. He visited Japan, and wrote the classic HORTON HEARS A WHO in 1954 as an allegory for the treatment of the Japanese by isolationists. He dedicated the book to his "Great Friend, Mitsugi Nakamura of Kyoto, Japan.”

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Cartoons were better when everybody was trying to kill each other all the time.

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So sad to hear about the death of Chris Reccardi, one of my all-time favorite artists. He did great work on classic shows like REN & STIMPY and his pilot film THE MODIFYERS is an underrated gem. I especially love his beautiful paintings. He'll be missed.

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