365 Days of Tunes - 267/365: In Chuck Jones’ SCENT-IMENTAL ROMEO (’51), Penelope disguises herself as a skunk to get fed by a zookeeper, but as expected, she finds herself the target of Pepe le Pew’s amorous advances.

365 Days of Tunes - 266/365: In LEGHORN SWOGGLED (’51), directed by Bob McKimson, Henery Hawk realizes that “everybody wants somethin’”: he has to barter with Barnyard Dawg, a cat, and a mouse to nab Foghorn for his chicken dinner.

365 Days of Tunes - 265/365: Bugs Bunny’s showbiz biopic WHAT’S UP DOC? (’50), directed by Bob McKimson, tells us how the rabbit broke into movie stardom. Surviving production papers had the working title HARE’S MY STORY.

365 Days of Tunes - 264/365: It’s the first day of autumn, so here’s Frank Tashlin’s NOW THAT SUMMER IS GONE ('38). While all the squirrels store their acorns for the winter, Junior Squirrel gambles away his supply of nuts against his father’s wishes.

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365 Days of Tunes - 263/365: In Chuck Jones’ THE DUCKSTERS (’50), Porky is the luckless contestant on a radio quiz show run by Daffy Duck. Daffy’s zaniness as a game show host ventures into cruel territory as he punishes Porky throughout the short.

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365 Days of Tunes - 262/365: In Chuck Jones’ 8 BALL BUNNY (’50), Bugs encounters his little penguin friend from FRIGID HARE and takes on the daunting responsibility of returning Playboy home to the South Pole. (“Oooooh, I’M DYIN’!!”) *Saving that title for the winter holidays.

365 Days of Tunes - 261/365: "I'm here to help ya, son!" In Art Davis’ THE PEST THAT CAME TO DINNER (’48), Porky’s house becomes besieged by Pierre, a hungry French termite, so he enlists the help of Sureshot, a charlatan exterminator.

365 Days of Tunes - 260/365: vimeo.com/1119443099 In Art Davis’ MEXICAN JOYRIDE (’47), tourist Daffy Duck goes on vacation to Mexico, where his heckling at a bullfight lands him in the arena to fight the bull himself.

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365 Days of Tunes - 259/365: In Art Davis’ CATCH AS CATS CAN (’47), a scheming Bing Crosby parrot employs Sylvester—sans lip and a more dopey voice—to bump off a crooning Frank Sinatra canary. Radio mimic/character actor Dave Barry provided the vocals for the Crosby and Sinatra birds.

365 Days of Tunes - 258/365: In Chuck Jones’s SCENT-IMENTAL OVER YOU (’47), a hairless chihuahua dons a fur coat to impress the pooches of Park Avenue—a skunk pelt. While it repels the hounds away, it attracts a particular amorous skunk in his second film appearance.

I’m spending more time on the fact-packed e-booklet about Bob McKimson’s WB cartoons from the 1940s. When it's finished, it will be sold on my Patreon page. It’s such fun working on this…

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One of my favorite little bits in Peter Pan is when Peter flies around goading Smee into shooting him, and for no reason he flies around on his ass as if he was sitting on a roller coaster while flailing his arms like a lunatic.

365 Days of Tunes - 257/365: In HARE REMOVER (’46), Frank Tashlin’s final cartoon for Warners, mad scientist Elmer Fudd tests his new secret formula to turn Bugs Bunny into a savage beast. (Publicity materials and press reviews listed the title as ELMER’S HARE REMOVER.)

365 Days of Tunes - 256/365: In THE BIG SNOOZE (’46), Bob Clampett’s swan song at Warners, Elmer tears up his WB contract and stomps out of a typical Bugs-Elmer picture. Wanting to keep the act together, Bugs retaliates by invading his dreams.

365 Days of Tunes - 255/365: A CORNY CONCERTO (’43), Bob Clampett’s parody of Disney’s FANTASIA, features two Johann Strauss waltzes: “Tales of the Vienna Woods” (enacted by Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig) and the “Blue Danube”(with Daffy as The Ugly Duckling).

365 Days of Tunes - 254/365: “Hocus-pocus, slippety-slam, a razzamatazz, and alakazam!” With Judge Porky presiding, Mrs. Daffy Duck (Sara Berner) wants a divorce when Father Daffy loses their egg with disappearing magic tricks in Bob Clampett’s comic domestic drama, THE HENPECKED DUCK (’41).

365 Days of Tunes - 253/365: vimeo.com/1117482388 Tex Avery’s travelogue spoof CROSS COUNTRY DETOURS (’40) offers a series of scenic wonders of the United States. Tex wanted a realistic approach towards character acting and had live-action reference shot for much of the cartoon.

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365 Days of Tunes - 252/365: Tex Avery’s HAMATEUR NIGHT (’39) is a simple spot-gag cartoon of an amateur night at the “Warmer Brothers” Theater. Tex himself provided vocals and boisterous guffaws for the hippo in the audience (“It’s a killer!”)

365 Days of Tunes - 251/365: Friz Freleng’s SHE WAS AN ACROBAT’S DAUGHTER (37) satirizes the Depression-era moviegoing experience: its program contains newsreels, an audience sing-along, and a spoof of Warner Bros.’ recent hit, THE PETRIFIED FOREST.

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365 Days of Tunes - 250A/365: vimeo.com/1116485606 To commemorate 80 years since World War II’s official end, here’s THE RETURN OF MR. HOOK (’45), commissioned for the Navy to promote the sale of war bonds.

365 Days of Tunes - 250/365: We’re at 250 now, which calls for a “Cartoon Special” from the very late era, NORMAN NORMAL ('68), created and voiced by Paul Stookey (of Peter, Paul and Mary) and Dave Dixon.

My gf and I went to RetroCon today and I got to chat and take pics next to legendary VAs Rob Paulsen and Mauriche LaMarche. Glad I can cross that off my list now 😄 (Rob and I did a bit with the PJ/Carl Wheezer voice together, which is why we’re both laughing in our pic…)

365 Days of Tunes - 249/365: Ralph Phillips, the child protagonist in Chuck Jones’s FROM A TO Z-Z-Z-Z-Z (’54), would rather daydream about being the hero in many adventurous situations than study his lessons.

“Happy Birthday Yogi” Kellogg’s spot, animated by Irv Spence.

Kellogg's Corn Flakes spot with Huck and the gang, animated by Ed Love.

Another in a long list of "how did it take me so long to see this movie?"

One of the greatest things ever.

365 Days of Tunes - 248/365: vimeo.com/1116018794 80 years ago, Bob Clampett’s THE BASHFUL BUZZARD (’45) had its nationwide release to theaters. Kent Rogers recorded his dialogue for Clampett in March 1944, four months before his tragic death in July, just weeks shy of his 21st birthday.

365 Days of Tunes - 247/365: In Frank Tashlin’s THE STUPID CUPID (’44), Daffy Duck is the target of Elmer Cupid and claims to be immune to his arrows, having fallen victim the year before. Cupid then retaliates with a giant arrow that causes Daffy to go into a sexual frenzy with a married hen.

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365 Days of Tunes - 246/365: In Chuck Jones’s LOST AND FOUNDLING (’44), Sniffles the mouse adopts a newly hatched bird, whom he believes is a baby chick. Sniffles learns differently when he finds his fully matured son is actually a hawk whose natural instinct is to eat rodents.

365 Days of Tunes - 245/365: In Chuck Jones’s FOX POP (’42), a red fox paints himself silver, believing he will live in luxury, but soon finds out why silver foxes are valuable.

365 Days of Tunes - 244/365: Bob Clampett imbues an overabundance of blatant sexual humor in THE HEP CAT (’42), when an alley cat fancies himself as the Don Juan of the backyard fences.

365 Days of Tunes - 243/365: In Bob McKimson’s CLAWS IN THE LEASE (’63), Sylvester Junior, tired of living in the city dump with his father, finds a home owned by a lady (Nancy Wible) who doesn’t allow Sylvester inside when he arrives on her doorstep.

365 Days of Tunes - 242/365: Friz Freleng’s THE UNMENTIONABLES (’63) has Bugs playing agent “Elegant Mess” in the Prohibition era, assigned to apprehend Rocky and his gang.

365 Days of Tunes - 241/365: In THE LAST HUNGRY CAT (’61), Friz Freleng’s spoof of TV’s ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS, Sylvester wrestles with his conscience when he’s convinced he has finally eaten Tweety. Character actor Ben Frommer supplied the Hitchcock impersonation in this cartoon.

Bill Nolan again. Bill used his "flag principle" (a term he coined) here, where the arcs and delay timing resemble a flag waving.

Bill Littlejohn, another animator with a long, durable career. Best known for his animation of Snoopy in the PEANUTS TV specials.

More incredible Irv Spence cartooning.

Pioneer animator Bill Nolan at work. (Nolan started in the teens, where he helped evolve the "rubber-hose" school of cartooning in the business.)

Dick Bickenbach. (Bick was laid off from MGM, joined Schlesinger's and stayed for 8 years; returned to MGM working on the T&J cartoons, and stayed put until the studio closed in '57.)