Author: Dr. Foolio

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Bugs and Thugs

“Jiggers! The cops!”

It’s rabbit season, but Bugs is a city dweller, so he’s in no danger. That all changes when a mysterious car stops at the bank Bugs is at. Mistaking it for a taxi, Bugs hops in and soon finds out its the getaway car of Rocky and Mugsy! (The latter of whom is making his first appearance.) Figuring out they are crooks, Bugs tries to call for help, but fails and now has to stall the crooks. When they get to the hideout, Rocky tells Mugsy to let Bugs have it. In the other room, Bugs asks to be given “it”, with “it” being the gun.

To survive, Bugs imitates the cops, causing the crooks to hide in the oven. Still pretending, (Even though he could now leave. Classic Bugs) he tells himself that if they were in the oven, he would not turn on the gas or throw in a lighted match. After his charade, the real police arrive causing the same dialogue we just heard. The crooks beg to be arrested, and Bugs goes back to the city as a detective.

Personal Rating: 4

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Puddy Tat Twouble

“This is what I get for dweaming of a white Christmas.”

This short starts with Tweety singing his theme song. After the intro, we see it’s winter and Tweety has been spotted by Sylvester and an orange cat. They both grab the bird, but there is not enough for the both of them. They fight and eventually end up in a basement. Tweety sees a toy dunking bird and mistaking it for a real bird, tries to make friends, Orange makes the same mistake and eats the toy.

The two putty tats fight and they end up outside again. They see a hole near a sign that says “thin ice,” with Tweety’s hat beside it. In reality he is picking a circle around the cats and they fall in the water. (“thin ice,” my butt.) We end with the cats both suffering from colds. Probably dreaming of the cream of Tweety they don’t have.

Personal Rating: 3

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Tweety

Is there anything more adorable than a baby bird? How about a bird who is smarter than you average cat and an expert at exterminating them? Tweety got his start in Clampett’s “A Tale of Two Kitties.” He was different than you see him today. He was pink, and more violent than he is now. (He had no problems with killing cats.) They changed his color to yellow since he was pretty much naked. (Yet nobody cared that Porky wore no pants. As they shouldn’t.)

With his new feathers, they teamed him up with Sylvester and Warner Bros. won its first Oscar for animated short. Tweety has been very successful since then, with a lot of merchandise and his own movie. One more bit of trivia TWEETY IS A FREAKING BOY! This really seems to blow peoples minds but it just seems natural to me. (Okay, I admit it.  I too thought he was a girl at one point. I’m terribly ashamed.)

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Super Smash Bros. Looney Tunes

Now then, my favorite video game of all time (at the time of this writing) is Super Smash Bros. Brawl. So what do you get if you combine that with my all time favorite cartoons? You get awesome to the extreme, that’s what! This series is created by a very talented person who goes by “HotCheetoVidoes.” (Or as I like to call her, the  cheetowoman. I think she’s okay with that.) Luckily for me, even though we barely know each other, she was willing to let me feature her work on this site. I would rather not spoil these for you. So,watch and enjoy, then go to her channel and watch more! Dr. Foolio demands you! It’s pure art! Pure genius! A true masterpiece!

Personal Rating: 2 (Well, they aren’t perfect)

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Kit for Cat

“Baby kittens are so cute”

It is a cold night and Sylvester and a little kitten seek shelter in Elmer’s house. He says he would like a cat, but can not decide which one to keep. Deciding to sleep on it, Sylvester decides to use this time to plot on how to screw the little one over. He pours milk over it and breaks the bottle causing Fudd to run down. The plan backfires when Elmer just thinks the kitten is hungry and gives it more food. Sylvester tries to make it look like it broke some dishes, but as Fudd runs downstairs the kitten starts gluing them back together. Sylvester begins breaking them again only for Elmer to see him.

Soon, Elmer says that one more sound and Sylvester will be kicked out. The kitten tries to make as much noise as possible. Elmer says he has made up his mind about who’s leaving, and so has his landlord. In the end Elmer is with the cats in the alley looking through the trash. (Fun fact: the landlords message is a bunch of gibberish followed by the sentence: “In other words: get out!”)

Personal Rating: 3

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Sylvester

When I was younger, this guy was scary. I thought that in every cartoon, he ate the little bird. My fears were wrong and he became one of my favorites.

First appearing in “Life with Feathers” Sylvester did not really have to change his appearance. He is also used quite a lot in cartoons. With Tweety he hunts, with Porky, he is afraid of everything, with his son he tries to be an impressive father, with Hippity Hopper he tries to prove his worth by catching the giant “mouse”, with Elmer he annoys him, with Speedy he guards stuff, with Foghorn he fights, and with Wile E, he teams up. Plus there are the cartoons without any of them. That makes 9 actual lives for Warner Bros clownish cat. (That’s an accurate description. He was designed to look like a clown).

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Bunker Hill Bunny

“I got ya outnumbered one to one.”

It’s the revolutionary war, and it’s “we” versus “them.” Obviously, “we” is Bugs Bunny defending his native soil from (Yosemite) Sam the Hessian. They charge and take each other’s forts. This angers Sam and he runs back just as Bugs does. Right back where they started, Sam tries again only to run into a cannon. (This cartoon is all about cannon gags)

In the final scene, Sam lays a trail of gunpowder up to the rabbit’s base, unaware that it’s pouring out. He lights a match, and soon the trail is chasing him all over the countryside. In the end, he decides that if you can’t beat them, join them.

Personal Rating: 3

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Canary Row

“Dat putty’s gonna hurt himself if he’s not more careful.”

In a birdwatchers society, Sylvester is spying on Tweety. Seeing the cat through his own binoculars, Tweety is well aware of what’s to come. Sylvester runs into the opposite building, but is kicked out as dogs and cats are not allowed in. He tries climbing a drain pipe but Granny throws him down. (In this short, she is voiced by Bea Bennadaret.) He tries again climbing in the pipe, but Tweety throws a bowling ball down. He tries a monkey disguise that does not fool the old lady. Then he somehow sneaks in and hears Granny saying she is checking out. (But it’s an apartment.) He disguises himself as a bellboy to get her luggage but when he opens the cage, he finds Granny in there.

Apparently, she was not leaving, as Sylvester is still trying to break in. He uses a lever and tosses a weight on the other end. It bounces him up, and he grabs Tweety, but upon landing the weight lands on his head. Swinging over just makes him crash into the wall. Finally, he tries to get over by crawling over an electric wire. A trolley comes along, which repeatedly shocks him. As he runs off, we see it’s Granny and Tweety piloting the trolley.

Personal Rating: 3

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Granny

You are probably wondering why I am mentioning this character instead of the cat or the canary. Well, the next cartoon I am going to talk about is her debut appearance, so it seemed like a good idea.

Granny seems like a stereotypical old woman, but she can be pretty violent when protecting her pets. She is one of the few characters from Looney Tunes who still has one of her original voice actresses, (Granny had two) the great June Foray. I like Granny. She is a nice person, just don’t tick her off.

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Drafty, isn’t it?

“Have I got your attention?”

This is an army recruitment short. We see Ralph Phillips (who starred in “From A to ZZZZZ” and “Boyhood Daze”) now around 19 years old. His dreams are being haunted by an ominous shadow. While he sleeps, a little imp like creature named Pete comes and starts to talk to the young man. He tells him that he should join the army no matter what. It will help him throughout life and the horrible conditions are pretty much exaggerated in the cartoons, anyway. Ralph’s dog chases the creature, waking Ralph. They see the shadow again outside the window ,and now realize it is a join the army poster.

Personal Rating: 2