Comments on: Cartoons

By: Kevin Butler

Kevin Butler — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:09:48 +0000

The better movie cartoons came from The Fleischers and from Warners..not
from Disney.

Max And Dave and their animators created humor from the feel of the

city and from the raw expressions of human frailities.The Termite terrace

animators made fun of all sacred cows and also spoofed adult mores.

These cartoons were not ment for kids nor were they ment to be shown
on tv..but..they did have a successful revival on many local and network
kids tv shows during the 1950’s and 60’s.

By: John Bialas

John Bialas — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:38:07 +0000

I’ve always preferred Warner Brothers cartoons to Disney cartoons. Disney’s cartoons were quaint moralistic fables for young children while the W.B. cartoons were anarchistic parodies for young adults. Kids imitated Bugs and Daffy because they had funnier lines than Mickey and Donald.

By: joan aiken

joan aiken — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:38:31 +0000

We just finished laughing with your episode with reference to the keystone kops,et al –
Please advise me of the schedule coming to our city again –
Toronto Ontario Canada – and – we see PBS over the Buffalo New York Outlet – Do not want to miss any of these outstanding shows.
Thanks
Joan Aiken.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:16:49 +0000

Anyone who watched the Popeye cartoons unspooled on early TV will remember that the scripted dialogue spoken by Jack Mercer(spelling?), the original voice of Popeye, wasn’t half as funny as his ad-lib asides.

By: w. whitman

w. whitman — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:59:17 +0000

Iam74now,and i treasure my memories of keystone kops,laurel and hardy,harold lloyd,etc. they were just plain funny, the simsons are an insult to comedy. rude and profane, a sign of our indifferant times and family manners….

By: Joe Adamson

Joe Adamson — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:01:25 +0000

Winsor McCay is spelled W-i-n-s-o-r, not Windsor (which probably would have been more correct).