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• What's Opera, Doc? - djprobed 13:21:05 12/18/03 (0)
  In Reply to: Favorite short cartoons posted by Rico on December 10, 2003 at 13:55:26:

  I always chime in here, so here goes:

  Although it's tempting to say this cartoon is a distillation of Wagner's Ring into 7.5 minutes, it is really a visual and musical hodgepodge of Wagnerian stereotypes that doesn't relate directly to the plot of any of his operas (any more than RABBIT OF SEVILLE has to do with the plot of Rossini's opera).

  What's more, while all of the music in WHAT'S OPERA DOC is derived from Wagner, most of it doesn't come from the Ring. The opening section is from THE FLYING DUTCHMAN and most of the rest is from TANNHAEUSER (including the ballet sequence and the bogus duet "Return my Love," based on the melody of the Pilgrim's Chorus). Only the "Kill the wabbit" motif (from the Ride of the Valkyries) and the section "O mighty hunter of great fighting stock..." (based on Siegfried's horn call) are from the Ring.

  An interesting bit of trivia: when it was released, this was the most expensive animated short ever made (according to my book BUGS BUNNY: 50 YEARS AND ONLY ONE GRAY HARE).
  
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• Re: Favorite short cartoons - olddude55 20:20:13 12/12/03 (0)
  In Reply to: Favorite short cartoons posted by Rico on December 10, 2003 at 13:55:26:

  Ren and Stimpy, "Space Madness"
  Bugs Bunny, "What's the Matador?"
  "Toby Danger" a dead on Jonny Quest parody from the Freakazoid show.
  Animaniacs "Apocalypse Now" parody.
  Ren and Stimpy, "Untamed World."
  
  

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• Every "Itchy and Scratchy" ever made...nt - dwill123 14:56:06 12/11/03 (0)
  In Reply to: Favorite short cartoons posted by Rico on December 10, 2003 at 13:55:26:

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• Re: Favorite short cartoons - PeterS 02:33:30 12/11/03 (0)
  In Reply to: Favorite short cartoons posted by Rico on December 10, 2003 at 13:55:26:

  All good choices. My all-time favorites are the Tom & Jerry toons; "Flying Cat", "Uncle Tex", and "Two Musketeers". Some of the Droopy toons are classics too.

  PeterS
  If nature loathes a vacuum then why do vac. tubes sound so natural???
  
  

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• Although not funny, I personally like the 17 Fleischer Superman cartoons from the early 40's. - Audiophilander 18:15:58 12/10/03 (1)
  In Reply to: Favorite short cartoons posted by Rico on December 10, 2003 at 13:55:26:

  For humor, I'd have to go with Max Fleischer Studios again because I like those pre-code Betty Boop cartoons for their bold, often ribald, tongue 'n cheek wit.

  AuPh
  
  

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  • Re: I have those... - rico 06:49:00 12/11/03 (0)
    In Reply to: Although not funny, I personally like the 17 Fleischer Superman cartoons from the early 40's. posted by Audiophilander on December 10, 2003 at 18:15:58:

    I have those onlaserdisc. i have always liked the way that they look EXACTLY like the forties comic books. For me, that will be the way Supe, Lois, and the gang will always look.
    
    

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• My all time favorite! - Joven 16:55:51 12/10/03 (1)
  In Reply to: Favorite short cartoons posted by Rico on December 10, 2003 at 13:55:26:

  "I Love to Singa" by Tex Avery c. 1936

  Jolson, Owl - The jazz loving cartoon owl and son of serious classical music teacher Fritz Owl in the 1936 Warner Brothers cartoon, I Love To Singa, a parody of Al Jolson's The Jazz Singer. His stern Germanic father kicks him out of the tree for singing jazz, but they later reconcile live on the radio station G-O-N-G program, Jack Bunny and his Amateur Hour, where little Owl Jolson wins first prize.

  
  "I love to singa about the moona and the June-a and the spring-a."

  "I love to singa about a sky of blue and a tea for two-a and a thing with a swing in it and I love you-a."

  "I love-a to... I love-a to siiiiiiiiiiiing."

  Great cartoon!!!
  Joven
  
  

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  • South Park honors its predecessors - djprobed 13:08:52 12/18/03 (0)
    In Reply to: My all time favorite! posted by Joven on December 10, 2003 at 16:55:51:

    In one of the very first episodes, some alien influence comes over Cartman (and later, Officer Barbrady), causing their faces to freeze in a rosy-cheeked smile and sing this very song.

    I love all the old Warner Brothers stuff. But the cartoon that made me laugh the hardest in recent memory was the Jennifer Lopez episode of SOUTH PARK. Before that, it was the tooth fairy episode of the same show, in which the subplot of Kyle's existential crisis results in an out-of-body experience that had me still giggling at the office the next day.
    
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• Re: Favorite short cartoons - Troy 15:55:18 12/10/03 (0)
  In Reply to: Favorite short cartoons posted by Rico on December 10, 2003 at 13:55:26:

  Gotta throw "Duck Dodgers in the 24th 1/2 Century" in there too.

  Some Roadrunner too. Don't know 'em by title.

  Ren and Stimpy's "Ren's trip to the Dentist"

  "Leah's press on Limbs" from the Spike and Mike shows too.
  
  

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• Those are 4 of my all time favorites, as well - padreken 14:22:12 12/10/03 (3)
  In Reply to: Favorite short cartoons posted by Rico on December 10, 2003 at 13:55:26:

  You have bought the Looney Tunes Golden Collection 4 DVD box set, have'nt you? If not, go get it NOW-the restoration is often stunning (the colors are incredibly vivid) and there's lots of great extras as well. I've been having a blast watching this with my son.

  I'd add "Feed the Kitty" to your list-another Chuck Jones gem. The one where Bugs gets into a battle royale with the opera singer who objects to Bugs singing and playing the banjo while he's rehearsing is a classic, too (both are in the Golden Collection).

  
  

  "A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them".
  -P. J. O'Rourke
  
  

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  • Re: Those are 4 of my all time favorites, as well - rico 06:51:17 12/11/03 (2)
    In Reply to: Those are 4 of my all time favorites, as well posted by padreken on December 10, 2003 at 14:22:12:

    I have a lot of these on laserdisc and plan to purchase the DVD box but I am stunned that "What's Opera, Doc?" is not included in the new collection.
    
    

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    • I was upset about that too, at first - padreken 09:04:06 12/11/03 (1)
      In Reply to: Re: Those are 4 of my all time favorites, as well posted by Rico on December 11, 2003 at 06:51:17:

      But there are so many great shorts on this collection-and they had to leave at least some of the classics for vol. 2.
      

      "A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them".
      -P. J. O'Rourke
      
      

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      • Re: If there IS a Volume II... - rico 10:53:40 12/11/03 (0)
        In Reply to: I was upset about that too, at first posted by padreken on December 11, 2003 at 09:04:06:

        I thought that the DVD box was the definitive collection.
        
        

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