Category: Cartooning

Getting In Tune

I’m listening to TuneIn…

… I’m reading Tune In…

… and I’m watching Toon In.

Toon In with Me deserves attention and praise for multiple reasons. The show appeals to kids and adult animation fans alike. Although most of the cartoons are from Warner, Fleischer, and MGM, they dig fairly deep into those catalogs. Obviously offensive titles are avoided, so you won’t see “Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips”.

New viewers will quickly learn the names Tex Avery, Bob Clampett, and Chuck Jones. Helpful historical context is provided for cartoons that go as far back as the 1930’s. Each episode of Toon In has a theme, and there are plenty of hokey comedy bits between the cartoons. All that’s missing is a studio audience.

Cartoonomics

“By Word of Mouse” is a Warner Brothers cartoon I watched as a kid. Perhaps it had more of an influence on me than I realized, beyond Hawley Pratt being the layout artist.

https://pinkpanther.fandom.com/wiki/Hawley_Pratt

This video cuts out part of the cartoon in an attempt to keep YouTube from deleting it.

This video includes the parts about Microeconomics that are missing. The 1950’s emphasis on mass production and consumption doesn’t mention the corollary, planned obsolescence.

Spidey’s Web Fluid

Once again, it’s both incorrect and infuriating that Stan Lee is given full credit for creating the Marvel Superheroes. Other than that, this is a good business background on the formation of what is now called the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

The Spider-Man multiverse could have a team of Peter Parker super girlfriends by making his powers an STD. Or have they already done that?