Seen so many in my years, love all the ones recommended to date. Here are a few more that stuck with the:
Popeye in "A Clean Shaven Man, where Popeye and Bluto give each other a shave to impress Olive.
In the WB universe, let me add “Duck Dodgers in the 24th and 1/2 Century” for having Porky Pig playing against type with Marvin the Martian and Daffy Duck.
For series episodes, my two favorite programs are Johnny Quest and Samurai Jack. For both of them there are many episodes I remember fondly, but "The Invisible Monster" scared the hell out of a 7-yr old me first time I saw it, and "Jack and the Three Blind Archers", only the 7th episode of the series, told me that I had something special here.
Nope! I love the hunting trilogy that CalMeacham references - they are each a masterpiece.
But equally brilliant are a lot of Tom and Jerry cartoons. I think that Mouse Trouble is a definitive T&J, and it has the added bonus that Tom’s grievous injuries stay with him through the length of the cartoon. No mysteriously re-attaching tails!
I love the two Chuck Jones Duck Dodgers cartoons (they traditionally play the first one at the start of each Boston 24 hour Science Fiction Film Marathon at the Somerville Theater), but I also like the series they made of it that ran 2003-2005 on Cartoon Network, and carried on and expanded the idea. That cartoon provided one of the few genuine laughs I had from a cartoon in years.
Porky Pig (as Cadet to Duck Dodgers getting into spaceship): Use the Force, sir.
Duck Dodgers: Thanks, but I think I’ll use this expensive Targeting Computer I’ve got here.
I have to agree. If you are not writing about cartoons, then you really should write about something. You just have too much knowledge to keep it to yourself.
Ever hear the expression, “Do not hide your light under a bushel?”
Ummm … Whoever originally said that said it a lot better than I did.
That is why you should be the one writing a blog or something and not me.
One of at least two WB shorts involving Porky and Sylvester spending the night in a house “haunted” by mice where Porky is oblivious and Sylvester spends all night saving Porky’s life (the other that I know of is “Scaredy Cat”). Anyways, the ending with Porky bashed on the head while singing “Home on the Range” and getting “stuck” on the line cracks me up every time.
Holy Crap, Shodan! I was just about to post a description of this cartoon (along with the square dance sequence lyrics) asking someone to identify it. You beat me to it. This is indeed my favorite.
