tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post3563569582834003214..comments2024-03-28T11:45:24.378-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: Back Alley Oproar SmearsYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-18788195500078135082011-10-22T01:05:33.302-07:002011-10-22T01:05:33.302-07:00Also, I noticed that in that DVD set, that they se...Also, I noticed that in that DVD set, that they seem to have made that common mistake by posting a pencil test of Bugs dancing to "Camptown Races" from "Mississippi Hare", which was in fact animated by Ken Harris, since this was a Chuck Jones cartoon, not a Friz Freleng.Steven Hartleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13825398324719609394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-55144367387629460282011-10-21T23:52:53.521-07:002011-10-21T23:52:53.521-07:00Yes, Steven, the drawings were published in one of...Yes, Steven, the drawings were published in one of the Warner's books as well (Steve Schneider's?) and they're great.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-63690349896285752072011-10-21T11:45:38.032-07:002011-10-21T11:45:38.032-07:00The crazy smears in "Falling Hare" are d...The crazy smears in "Falling Hare" are done a lot by Virgil, and he's a solid animator. I guess that Ross liked a lot of smears.<br /><br />On the Looney Tunes Golden Collection set on DVD, I went on a short section where it says "Virgil Ross Pencil Tests", and paused it to find a smear. So interesting to find his smears on paper.Steven Hartleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13825398324719609394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-82392235337608187412011-10-19T02:29:51.544-07:002011-10-19T02:29:51.544-07:00There's a smear drawing in 'A Hare Grows i...There's a smear drawing in 'A Hare Grows in Manhattan' where Virgil treats Bugs' eyes as the same as in the last one, with almost the same angle in the corner. I'll have to dig it up.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-43822882755095539082011-10-18T21:14:08.500-07:002011-10-18T21:14:08.500-07:00The 2 in the middle are Gerry Chiniquy scenes.The 2 in the middle are Gerry Chiniquy scenes.Zartok-35https://www.blogger.com/profile/00449976580118722879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-38236368620431654232011-10-18T06:54:51.568-07:002011-10-18T06:54:51.568-07:00This is probably the best-ever example of "re...This is probably the best-ever example of "revising and improving" a cartoon with justification, since by 1948 there was no market for B&W re-releases, even if audiences would have enjoyed a re-relesed "Notes" more than a second go-round for a 1935 color Merrie Melodie. Plus, while Friz's original cat isn't all that different from Sylvester (albeit this is the first real extended use of his slurripy voice), the cartoon works so much better with Elmer as the victim instead of Porky, because in the original you're not fully committed to rooting for the cat in the same way you are here (which in turn, allowed Friz, Mike and Tedd to blow up Elmer for the improved grand finale -- you couldn't have made that gag work in the original, becacuse you couldn't 'kill' Porky).J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com