Funny Birds

This post accompanies John K.'s "What Do Cartoon Directors Do Anyway? Ask Bob and Tex" post.

These screengrabs are from Tex Avery's "Aloha Hooey" (1942).







Some underwater Scribner acting...

Moths, Veronica Lake and Butt Fights

"Eatin' On The Cuff"
Warner Brothers, Looney Tunes
August 22nd, 1942

Supervision by Robert Clampett
Animation by Virgil Ross
Story by Warren Foster
Musical Direction by Carl W. Stalling

(Dates and credits from Jerry Beck and Will Friedwald's
A Complete Illustrated Guide To The Warner Bros. Cartoons)

This post accompanies John K.'s "What Do Cartoon Directors Do Anyway? Ask Bob and Tex" post.

"Look, a man!"





Who's Veronica Lake?





























"I don't want to set the world on fire..."



"...but it says a moth's attracted to a FLAME!"



The Butt Fight!











"Confidentially speaking..."





"...she STINGS!"

Archive Inspiration, 01

These envelope doodles were inspired by some of the Jim Tyer and Dan Gordan comics that Kent Butterworth so generously donated to the ASIFA-Archive.

Thanks Kent!

Rubber Hose Animation"Swing, You Sinners"

The following 4 posts all accompany John K's upcoming articles on Rubber Hose Animation

Swing, You Sinners (Fleischer Studios, 1930)

















These screengrabs were take from the quicktime file uploaded at the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Blog.

Rubber Hose Animation"The Plow Boy"

The Plow Boy (Walt Disney Studios, 1929)