tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post3008004238929018500..comments2024-03-28T11:45:24.378-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: She Sends Me Back a WireYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-60988405550646421562012-10-29T21:16:37.120-07:002012-10-29T21:16:37.120-07:00I have strong doubts UPA was trying to make funny ...I have strong doubts UPA was trying to make funny cartoons outside of the Magoo series (and after the first two Fox and Crows were forced on them by Columbia). At best, they were going for whimsy. I can't imagine anyone laughing at something like "Baby Boogie."<br />Your last comment reminds me of the end of the first Droopy cartoon, although Avery never allowed the character to get that hyper again.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-45497371576876645682012-10-29T18:59:20.428-07:002012-10-29T18:59:20.428-07:00Avery seemed to grasp far better than UPA (assumin...Avery seemed to grasp far better than UPA (assuming UPA was trying to make funny cartoons) that modern animation and limited animation could be funny if they were used as contrasts with fuller animation. The stylized movements in the flashback part of "Slang" or the from-out-of-nowhere hyperactivity of the Paul Frees-voiced stoic warden in "Cellbound" are funny because they're unexpected and at odds with what came before it.<br /><br />The motion is funny because it's not standard. If you start out the cartoon with goofy walks or sudden changes of pace, you've lost the element of surprise to do it later and get a laugh from the audience.J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com