#UArts Film/Video '14. Digital Restoration Artist, Professional Video Editor, Animation Historian/Researcher. Other interests: comics, food & retro video games.
Pennsylvania, USA
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Eric Bauza has sadly passed away at the age of 46.
The modern voice of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck alongside many other beloved characters.
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Next Saturday, on Halloween, I’m presenting an animator breakdown of Disney’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” (1949) on Patreon. Here’s a special treat: a music-only version of Ichabod Crane’s introductory song—you can tell how much it relies on Bing Crosby and the girl singers.
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Devon Baxter retweeted
TODAY on CARTOON RESEARCH: A deep dive into the Fleischer Studios in 1936 cartoonresearch.com/index.ph…
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A new Fleischer animator breakdown, as we join Betty Boop and Pudgy in THE SWING SCHOOL (’38)! This post is offered to Patrons at the $3 level and up, or as a separate $3 product to non-subscribers.
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What I feel is Bob McKimson’s most overlooked piece of animation for Warners, from TORTOISE BEATS HARE (’41). Tex Avery’s staging, McKimson’s beautifully crafted draftsmanship, and Mel Blanc’s brilliant vocal performance of the winded rabbit make it all stick together.
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I know they changed it, but all I'm thinking of is --
***ANNOUNCEMENT***
Coming on December 1st on Blu-ray in the US from @WarnerArchive: #TexAvery's Screwball Classics Volume 4!
Fans of classic animation rejoice! Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 4 completes the filmography from his amazing tenure in the M-G-M cartoon department. With his signature brand of humor and style, Avery’s works are more beloved than ever as new generations discover his timeless brilliance. This collection is highlighted by some of his absolute best work, featuring his most beloved characters including the “Wolf” and “Red,” George and Junior, and of course, his beloved stone-faced hound Droopy. Also included are CinemaScope remakes of earlier Avery works, and additional adventures featuring Avery’s Droopy under the helm of other Metro animators. 14 complete and uncensored cartoons provide endless laughs in this superb assembly of animated masterworks.
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BD-50
ENGLISH SDH
Aspect Ratios 16x9 1.37:1 and 16x9 2.35:1 Letterbox
Audio Specs: DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono
NOT RATED
Contains 14 Uncut, uncensored animated shorts:
HENPECKED HOBOES (1946)
UNCLE TOM’S CABANA (1947)
HALF PINT PYGMY (1948)
LUCKY DUCKY (1948)
DROOPY’S GOOD DEED (1951)
CABALLERO DROOPY (1952)
MILLIONAIRE DROOPY (1956)
CAT’S MEOW (1957)
GRIN AND SHARE IT (1957)
BLACKBOARD JUMBLE (1957)
ONE DROOPY KNIGHT (1958)
SHEEPWRECKED (1958)
MUTTS ABOUT RACING (1958)
DROOPY LEPRECHAUN (1958)
#BluRay #PhysicalMedia #BluRays #BoutiqueBluRay #CultMovies #DiscConnected #WarnerArchive #Animation
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You read right, folks! ALL of Tex Avery’s MGM cartoons to own just in time for the holidays!! (It was hard to keep shut about it…)
Coming December 1st from Warner Archive:
TEX AVERY-THE DEFINITIVE SCREWBALL CLASSICS COLLECTION: Featuring EVERY Tex Avery-directed short from his MGM era.
SPECIAL FEATURES! A 72-PAGE BOOKLET! 4 DISCS ON BLU-RAY!
Simply put, put this on your holiday list NOW!
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Today on Patreon, we are live on the air with Mickey and the gang in this animator breakdown video of 1931’s THE BARNYARD BROADCAST! This post is offered to Patrons at the $5 level and up, or as a separate $5 product to non-subscribers.
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This familiar cat yowling/screeching SFX originated in PLUTO’S JUDGMENT DAY (’35), provided by Clarence Nash (and possibly another Disney staffer). It became part of a huge stock library of sound effects used everywhere afterward. One of Ward Kimball's first big sequences.
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16mm print on the left (via Thunderbean Animation), and 35mm master positive on the right (via the Library of Congress MBRS).
Lookee here, folks—offered at the $3+ level: an excerpt from an early Van Beuren cartoon in 35mm! (Compared with early sound cartoons from other animation studios, original 35mm elements of VB cartoons are quite rare.)
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Lookee here, folks—offered at the $3+ level: an excerpt from an early Van Beuren cartoon in 35mm! (Compared with early sound cartoons from other animation studios, original 35mm elements of VB cartoons are quite rare.)
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Their thinking: “Wait, we have to scan the track neg, too? How much will that set us back?”
A big issue is that a lot of the restorations (including the ones done for HBO Max and have been released on the Warner Archive sets) simply reuse the audio from the 1990s Turner copies which sound heavily noise reduced.
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