King-Size Canary, an MGM cartoon directed by Fred “Tex” Avery, released December 6, 1947.
3 thoughts on “Who Has The Bigger Button?”
I thoroughly enjoyed that. Almost as good as (a moment of silence, please), the great Bob Clampett. It has all the break-neak pacing, outrageous exaggeration, and adult humor that we came to love from WB.
I think it’s no coincidence that the greatest acclaim Chuck Jones enjoyed came after Tex Avery and Bob Clampett were no longer alive. Friz Freleng, who was great in his own right, but a step down from the “Holy Trinity,” tended to decline wading into the controversy.
In “Bugs Bunny, Superstar” Clampett called Jones a gifted animator, and I think he was the best of them all. His “Roadrunner” cartoons have a unique sort of subtle physics to them that remains unique to this day. “The Dover Boys at Pimento University” (1942) by Jones was incredibly ahead of its time, and it’s one of my all-time favorite cartoons.
Forget your over-hyped Chuck Jones, often sexist, sometimes racist, but Tex he was the funniest, and as can be beautifully seen here, the absolute master of reductio ad absurdum. Looking forward to re-watching the other one. Thanks.
I thoroughly enjoyed that. Almost as good as (a moment of silence, please), the great Bob Clampett. It has all the break-neak pacing, outrageous exaggeration, and adult humor that we came to love from WB.
I think it’s no coincidence that the greatest acclaim Chuck Jones enjoyed came after Tex Avery and Bob Clampett were no longer alive. Friz Freleng, who was great in his own right, but a step down from the “Holy Trinity,” tended to decline wading into the controversy.
In “Bugs Bunny, Superstar” Clampett called Jones a gifted animator, and I think he was the best of them all. His “Roadrunner” cartoons have a unique sort of subtle physics to them that remains unique to this day. “The Dover Boys at Pimento University” (1942) by Jones was incredibly ahead of its time, and it’s one of my all-time favorite cartoons.
Forget your over-hyped Chuck Jones, often sexist, sometimes racist, but Tex he was the funniest, and as can be beautifully seen here, the absolute master of reductio ad absurdum. Looking forward to re-watching the other one. Thanks.