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ToonHeads
''ToonHeads'' is an American animation anthology series consisting of Hanna-Barbera, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Bros., and ''Popeye'' cartoon shorts, with background information and trivia, prominently about animators and voice actors of the shorts. ''ToonHeads'' was originally broadcast on Cartoon Network from October 2, 1992, until November 23, 2003. The series was first announced on the Cartoon Network Special "Droopy's Guide to the Cartoon Network" as part of a promotion advertising the various blocks that would appear on the channel and what order they would be shown in. This special was the very first broadcast on the Cartoon Network's launch on October 1, 1992, and was re-aired throughout October 1992. The series includes more than 102 episodes (many undocumented), when including five specials (four one-hour specials and one half-hour special, two of which ("The Best of the Worst Cartoons Ever" and "The Twelve Missing Hares") were never aired). Format Early seasons feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tex Avery Show
''The Tex Avery Show'' is an American animated showcase series of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Warner Bros. cartoon shorts prominently by animator Tex Avery (a.k.a. Fred Avery). In between the shorts, Don Kennedy gives short facts about the cartoons. The showcase premiered on the Cartoon Network in 1996 (not long after the Time Warner- Turner merger allowed for common ownership of all but four of Avery's cartoons), and was taken off the air in 2002, while reruns continued to be shown on Cartoon Network until April 11, 2004. It was soon re-broadcast on Boomerang. List of featured Tex Avery cartoons * ''Dangerous Dan McFoo'' * ''Aviation Vacation'' * '' Blitz Wolf'' * '' The Early Bird Dood It!'' * '' Dumb-Hounded'' * '' Red Hot Riding Hood'' * '' Who Killed Who?'' * ''One Ham's Family'' * '' What's Buzzin' Buzzard'' * '' Screwball Squirrel'' * ''Batty Baseball'' * ''Happy-Go-Nutty'' * ''Big Heel-Watha'' * ''The Screwy Truant'' * ''The Shooting of Dan McGoo'' * '' Jerky Turkey'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Kennedy
Donald J. Kennedy (born March 2, 1930) is an American radio and television personality and voice talent, whose career began in the late 1940s with a radio announcer spot on Pennsylvania station WPIC. In the mid-1950s, Kennedy was a contributor to the NBC Radio Network weekend show "Monitor," where he developed several features, including one about a local character known as the Goat Man. Kennedy is remembered as Officer Don, the host of the long-running Atlanta children's TV show ''The Popeye Club''. It was seen on Channel 2 WSB-TV from 1956 to 1970. During his time at the Popeye Club, Kennedy established 96.1 WKLS (now WWPW), an Atlanta FM radio station, serving as station President and General Manager. The "K" in the call sign was for his last name. Kennedy later did movie voicework, playing Tansit in ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'', and several characters on ''The Brak Show'' and ''Aqua Teen Hunger Force''. In 1986, he began hosting "Big Band Jump," an internationally syn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detouring America
''Detouring America'' is a 1939 Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon directed by Tex Avery. The short was released on August 26, 1939. Plot A tour of the United States, with recurring checks on the progress of the human fly climbing the Empire State Building. Also featured are jokes and gags on the Everglades, the Wyoming prairies, Alaska, a California prospector, Sioux Indians and a Jerry Colonna-esque (literal) Texas cow-puncher. Home media *LaserDisc – '' The Golden Age of Looney Tunes'', Volume 5, Side 2 (USA 1995 Turner print) *DVD – ''Each Dawn I Die'' (USA 1995 Turner print added as a bonus) Censorship *Two scenes are excised from the cartoon when aired on Cartoon Network and Boomerang A boomerang () is a thrown tool, typically constructed with aerofoil sections and designed to spin about an axis perpendicular to the direction of its flight. A returning boomerang is designed to return to the thrower, while a non-returning b ... United States television ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
So Much For So Little
''So Much for So Little'' is a 1949 American animated short documentary film directed by Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng. In 1950, it won an Oscar at the 22nd Academy Awards for Documentary Short Subject, tying with '' A Chance to Live''. It was created by Warner Bros. Cartoons for the United States Public Health Service. As a work of the United States Government, the film is in the public domain. The Academy Film Archive preserved ''So Much for So Little'' in 2005. Produced during the Harry S. Truman administration, it attained renewed relevance during the modern Medicare for All movement in the United States nearly seven decades later. Plot The cartoon begins by stating that, annually, 118,481 babies — out of well over two million born — will die before reaching their first birthday. From there, we are shown John E. Jones, a baby who, unless good oversight of the environment is maintained and John himself is provided consistently good healthcare, may potentially add to this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Dream Is Yours
''My Dream Is Yours'' is a 1949 Technicolor musical romantic comedy film starring Jack Carson, Doris Day, and Lee Bowman. Plot The film opens in Los Angeles, where Doug Blake is dumped as a manager by Gary Mitchell. He goes to New York City to find a new singer to replace Gary on the ''Hour of Enchantment'' radio show. While in New York, he discovers Martha Gibson turning records in a jukebox factory. He takes her to Los Angeles and tries to introduce her to Felix Hofer. His efforts lead to a series of communication failures. Meanwhile, Martha has begun to fall in love with Gary. Doug takes her to a party at Gary's house where Gary gets drunk and is unable to sing on his radio program. Martha replaces him and becomes successful. Gary, whose ego has driven away all of the people who once helped him, cannot find anyone who will hire or even represent him. Knowing how Martha feels about Gary, Doug helps him come back, but Gary goes back to his old ways and drives Martha away. Marth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Guys From Texas
''Two Guys from Texas'' is a 1948 American comedy musical western film directed by David Butler and starring Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, and Dorothy Malone. The film was written by Allen Boretz and I.A.L. Diamond, produced by Alex Gottlieb, and released by Warner Bros. Pictures on September 4, 1948. This was a follow-up to the 1946 film ''Two Guys from Milwaukee'', also starring Morgan and Carson, which in turn was an attempt to capture some of the appeal of Paramount's Bing Crosby and Bob Hope ''Road'' pictures. Plot Song-and-dance men Steve Carroll and Danny Foster walk to a Texas dude ranch after their car runs out of gas. The team's friend, singer Maggie Reed, gets the boys a job. With their auto stolen, the two settle into ranch life. While Danny consults with Dr. Straeger to conquer his fear of animals, Steve courts ranch owner Joan Winston. When their stolen car is used in a robbery, the duo must then find the real culprits. This proves difficult, because the town sheriff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Return Of Mr
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private Snafu
Private Snafu is the title character of a series of black-and-white American instructional adult animated shorts, ironic and humorous in tone, that were produced between 1943 and 1945 during World War II. The films were designed to instruct service personnel about security, proper sanitation habits, booby traps and other military subjects, and to improve troop morale. Primarily, they demonstrate the negative consequences of doing things wrong. The main character's name is a play on the military slang acronym SNAFU, "Situation Normal: All Fucked Up." The cleaned-up version of that phrase, usually used on radio and in print, was "Situation Normal: All Fouled Up." The series was directed by Chuck Jones and other prominent Hollywood animators, and the voice of Private Snafu was performed by Mel Blanc. Background The character was created by director Frank Capra, chairman of the U.S. Army Air Force First Motion Picture Unit, and most were written by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, Phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Any Bonds Today?
"Any Bonds Today?" is a song written by Irving Berlin, featured in a 1942 animation, animated propaganda filmCohen (2004), p. 40 starring Bugs Bunny. Both were used to sell war bonds during World War II. Song "Any Bonds Today?" was based on Berlin's own "Any Yams Today," sung by Ginger Rogers in 1938's ''Carefree (film), Carefree'', which in turn was a modified version of "Any Love Today," which he wrote in 1931 but didn't have recorded. Berlin wrote the tune "at the request" of Henry Morgenthau, Jr., then U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, to promote the U.S. Treasury Department, Treasury Department's defense bond and savings stamp drive, the National Defense Savings Program. The United States Treasury adopted the piece as the official song of the National Defense Savings Program in 1941. Its copyright, held by Morgenthau, is dated June 16, 1941.Jones (2006), 198. Barry Wood (singer), Barry Wood introduced the song (along with another Berlin composition called "Arms for the Love o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady, Play Your Mandolin!
''Lady, Play Your Mandolin!'' is the first Warner Bros. ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoon, directed by Rudolf Ising of Harman and Ising. The short was released in August 1931, and stars Foxy, a character who appeared in three 1931 shorts. Overview The cartoon features Foxy as a gaucho. He visits a local saloon which is disguised as a café, reflecting that when this cartoon was made, Prohibition was law of the land in the United States. Also, as a reflection of Prohibition, liquor bottles have skull and crossbones labels. His horse soon finds himself drunk and begins to hallucinate wildly. Similarly to Foxy, the cartoon features a female fox character that is very reminiscent of Minnie Mouse. As was typically the case with the early entries in the ''Merrie Melodies'' series, one purpose of the cartoon was to promote a Warner-owned popular song. The title theme, written by Oscar Levant with lyrics by Irving Caesar, was a 1930 #5 pop hit sung by Nick Lucas and released by Brunswick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cryin' For The Carolines
''Crying for the Carolines'' is a 1930 short film made by Leon Schlesinger. The theme for this short film is played on the Wurlitzer organ formerly installed at Warner Brothers studios by Milton Charles, a theatre organist during the silent era of film. He is dubbed the 'Singing Organist' in the film. The film, which was recorded on Western Electric apparatus, was the only one made in a planned series called ''Spooney Melodies''. The film is a music video to advertise the song sung by Charles. The organ music was written by Frank Marsales, who would go on to write the musical arrangements for the Merrie Melodies series, including the cartoon ''Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!'' Plot The films open, with art deco style animation, set to organ music. After, some animation. It cuts to Charles playing the organ and singing ''Cryin' for the Carolines'', a song written by Harry Warren, Sam M. Lewis, Sam Lewis, and Joe Young (lyricist), Joe Young the same year. The film's animation which is show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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