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Its too much for your brain, he cautions.
Avery cartoons were meta before meta was cool, Beck notes in a phone interview.
They fully acknowledged that they were indeed cartoons being watched in a movie theater.
Say, what kind of a cartoon is this gonna be, anyway?
And theAnimaniacshelter-skelter pace, meta references, and fourth wall-breaking?
Thats Avery, too.
Its animation, Beck mused.
Upper management didnt pay attention to people like Tex Avery.
It really was like Toontown inWho Framed Roger Rabbit; animators were considered second-class citizens.
Screwball Classics, Volume 1is a solid introduction to Avery.
The Wolfs ecstatically aroused reaction to her act has kept many a connection censor busy.
The final comeuppance of falling objects (anvil, sink, bathtub, piano, etc.)
is a delirious riot of Can you top this?
I surprise him like this all through the picture, he tells the audience.
Who Killed Who?
And thats only the beginning of this particularly inspired collection of gags that spoof the traditional whodunnit.
If you dont have a clue about Tex Avery, this cartoon is a good place to start.
Whats Buzzin Buzzard?
(1943)
Its slim pickings for two starving buzzards who turn on each other.
Things get macabre really quickly.
Symphony in Slang(1951)
I went to pieces.
Outside it was raining cats and dogs.
Lonesome Lenny(1946)
Screwball Squirrels last hurrah after only five cartoons.
Batty Baseball(1944)
This lineup of baseball spot gags is more hit than miss.
Who made this picture?
How about the MGM titles, the lion roar and all that kind of stuff?
In one of the teams better efforts, they tear a forest apart trying to extinguish a runaway flame.
Here, hes pitted against a gopher pillaging his garden.
Hound Hunters(1947)
A puny little mutt gets the best of George and Junior.
There are more cosplay gags here, including George and Junior dressing up as hydrants.
The Screwy Truant(1945)
A canine truant officer is after hooky-playing Screwy Squirrel.
It makes you want to rewatch the end ofLonesome Lenny.
And did we mention Screwball Squirrel is in it?
