A 1983 ad for Knott's Berry Farm promoting the opening for the first "Camp Snoopy" area:

A 1983 ad for Knott's Berry Farm promoting the opening for the first "Camp Snoopy" area:

Was this done at Bill Melendez's studio? Snoopy looks nothing like the specials at the time......higher budget maybe?

Here's a 1989 ad for the "Warner Bros. Collection" catalog featuring one of Mel Blanc's final performances. This ad was included in the first video release of "Daffy Duck's Quackbusters":

Here a 1989 ad for the "Warner Bros. Collection" catalog featuring one of Mel Blanc's final performances. This ad was included in the first video release of "Daffy Duck's Quackbusters":

I always liked the part where [daffy] is mistaken for [donald]



At least it's one of the better commercials to put on VHS.........tiny toons' How I spent my vacation had a fruit snacks commercial that was obnoxious and felt like it didn't needed to be put on VHS.

tiny toons' How I spent my vacation had a fruit snacks commercial that was obnoxious and felt like it didn't needed to be put on VHS.

Yeah, but I guess that's what they only had to put on the VHS at that time. Unless I might be wrong, they might of had more better Tiny Toons commercials that should of been on there. Or at least they should of putted in a Fox Kids promo of Tiny Toons instead.

Now it's time for something different...

As some of you may know , Sanrio had a film division that lasted from 1977 to 1985 in a rather misguided attempt to upstage Disney. Their biggest failure in the U.S. was the abysmal "Metamorphoses" (later retitled "Winds of Change"), but they made other films worth seeking out on their own terms, several initially released only in Japan.

While many of Sanrio's films have received some sort of previous U.S. release, a few have slipped through the cracks. Today, I'm going to highlight "Joe and the Rose", made in 1977.

Like the much more well-known "Ringing Bell", this was based off of a story by Takashi Yanase, who for this film served as director as well. The style is much more "childish", yet thematically the film is just as mature; it is about a dog, named Joe, who falls in love with a rose, and in turn finds himself constantly being attacked by a malicious (jealous?) crow (who at one point brings in a bunch of other crows, and at another somehow commands the weather). In the end, as winter comes, Joe (who has already sustained several injuries) and the rose die, illustrating that love, sacrifice, and death go hand in hand in hand.

The music certainly helps drive the film, though the same song, it seems, is repeated a few times. There's no denying how unique, creative and gorgeous the design is, even if it does get pretty trippy. And the animation is top-notch, especially by 70s standards.
Enjoy!
https://drive.google.com...yIJYhk67taFA1eDVoN2E4OUk  (Part 1)
https://drive.google.com...yIJYhk67tZzA0MUJVTFJJcTQ  (Part 2)

EDIT (11:33 PM Central Time, 2/29/2016): As all Youtube copies of the film have disappeared, I have resorted to sharing it through Google Drive courtesy of ibcf. For the two or so of you who are bothering to revisit this film, please give him your thanks!

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Greetings everyone,

I’ve been watching the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies shorts in chronological order and I’ve been able to track down many of the unrestored films on various video sites such as Youtube and Dailymotion. But I hit a snag with “My Little Buckaroo” from 1938. Can someone point me in the right direction (if you have a link) or possibly upload it to Youtube (or preferred video streaming service)?

I’ve bought all of the Golden Collections as well as every release with restored, new-to-dvd LT/MM cartoons. I’ve also bought many of the Stu’s Show episodes with Jerry Beck to stay up to date with news on the restorations. I always wanted to watch these cartoons in chronological order, and I was going to wait until they were all properly restored and released, but since that doesn’t seem likely to happen in my lifetime I decided to go ahead and watch with whatever available versions I can find. If anyone can help me in this endeavor I would sincerely appreciate it.

Kind regards,
Claybone

I’ve been watching the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies shorts in chronological order and I’ve been able to track down many of the unrestored films on various video sites such as Youtube and Dailymotion. But I hit a snag with “My Little Buckaroo” from 1938. Can someone point me in the right direction (if you have a link) or possibly upload it to Youtube (or preferred video streaming service)?

I’ve bought all of the Golden Collections as well as every release with restored, new-to-dvd LT/MM cartoons. I’ve also bought many of the Stu’s Show episodes with Jerry Beck to stay up to date with news on the restorations. I always wanted to watch these cartoons in chronological order, and I was going to wait until they were all properly restored and released, but since that doesn’t seem likely to happen in my lifetime I decided to go ahead and watch with whatever available versions I can find. If anyone can help me in this endeavor I would sincerely appreciate it.

For me, I try to track down all the original black & white, and uncut versions of the post-1935/pre-1943 black & white Looney Tunes, but there are those I can only find in hand-drawn or computer colorized prints. I prefer watching every single one (119 in total from 1935's "A Cartoonist's Nightmare to 1943's "Puss N Booty") how the way they were seen when they were released.

WB only remastered 43 on their Looney Tunes DVD releases so far, and there are some unremastered on other DVD releases. I hope when WB earns back their restoration budget, they will do a complete set of the remaining 73 cartoons that were not remastered on DVD and/or Blu Ray.

For me, I try to track down all the original black & white, and uncut versions of the post-1935/pre-1943 black & white Looney Tunes, but there are those I can only find in hand-drawn or computer colorized prints. I prefer watching every single one (119 in total from 1935's "A Cartoonist's Nightmare to 1943's "Puss N Booty") how the way they were seen when they were released.

WB only remastered 43 on their Looney Tunes DVD releases so far, and there are some unremastered on other DVD releases. I hope when WB earns back their restoration budget, they will do a complete set of the remaining 73 cartoons that were not remastered on DVD and/or Blu Ray.

What really struck me thus far, watching chronologically, is just how beautiful and razor sharp the restored black and white films are when directly compared to the unrestored black and whites. They're positively crackling with life and seem to pop right off the screen. I didn't think restoration mattered as much with B&W, but now I've changed my mind on that. And I'm amazed at how much I'm enjoying these cartoons from the early thirties. They may be thin on plot, but they're so incredibly vibrant with playful charm. I now see just how important they were for prepping the audience for the main feature.

I’ve been watching the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies shorts in chronological order and I’ve been able to track down many of the unrestored films on various video sites such as Youtube and Dailymotion. But I hit a snag with “My Little Buckaroo” from 1938. Can someone point me in the right direction (if you have a link) or possibly upload it to Youtube (or preferred video streaming service)?

Never mind.....found a copy.

Another "something different"...

Here is one of the great stop-motion animator Władysław Starewicz's early films, The Cameraman's Revenge, which deals with insect infidelity (with additional suicide and domestic violence):

The sign on the club translates to "Cabaret—Cheerful Dragonfly". The title of the film-within-a-film exposing Mr. Beetle's adultery is more or less "Unfaithful Husband"; take note of the now-abolished "yat" (ѣ) letter used in the spelling of the word for "unfaithful", and the old usage of the "yer" (ъ) at the end of the word for "husband" to denote that the preceding consonant (in this case ж, "zh") is not pronounced with a slight y sound. (This was made when Starewicz was living in Tsarist Russia, after all!)

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30s cartoon homages in a nutshell:

As a tribute to Disney Legend Keven "Moochie" Corcoran, here's "Goliath II" (1960) where he voiced the title character. Written by Bill Peet, this Academy Award nominated short was the first to utilized the Xerox process which would copy the animators' original drawings to the cel (rather than an inker hand trace it) and unfortunately, (which the director of this cartoon took advantage of) made it easier to reuse animation. Note the reuse animation from "Peter Pan" and "Alice in Wonderland". Also note the animation of the elephants marching (and crashing into each other) that was later reused for "The Jungle Book":

I wish someone who has a copy or recording of Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie 1001 Rabbit Tales with the cartoon "A Sheep in the Deep" would at least upload just that sequence on any site (except YouTube since WB is strict to copyrights on that site today).

I actually rented the copy of that movie from Hollywood Video when I was a kid. I did get the rare 1983 VHS recently, but the movie is the same as how it's seen today without that cartoon.

Here's a weird animated segment from "Sesame Street" that I recall seeing briefly in the early '90's. That's Joe Raposo narrating:

So I see Paramount are setting up a "Paramount Vault" YouTube channel with feature films streamable for free if you live in the US. Intriguingly there's a (non geo-blocked) clip from MORE PEP on there, one of the titles Olive didn't release. Appears to be a recent scan looking on par with the Olive releases (albeit cropped and in SD), is this an indication they're going to add shorts to the channel?

Fleischer Studios (although not making new cartoons) also has a YouTube channel and their own website

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtCAhYwGZxcAPDpu5Q7ueKQ

http://www.fleischerstudios.com/ 

Fleischer-esque German animated commercial featuring an imitation of Minnie Mouse:

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Here's a few 1929-30 Fleischer Screen Songs that were animated (entirely, it appears) by Sid Marcus:

- Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDtdJUrtVNY 

- Bedelia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXhWDQ7v0hE 

- Prisoner's Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U7CVkZdFyI 

And here's the Talkartoon Hot Dog (1930), containing more Sid Marcus greatness. Not sure who animated the rest of it, but 4:18 to the end is either entirely or almost entirely by Marcus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUbboHKuq3Q 

How exactly do you know those were animated by him? I don't see any drafts or original drawings or nothing.