Monday 16 May 2022

Books by Bob Clampett

Bob Clampett’s Book Revue is a cartoon that whips along and hits you with everything—perspective animation, rubbery characters, an incredible scene of Daffy Duck as Danny Kaye topped with him turning into an eyeball, an Mohawk-to-Gene Krupa transformation, a few pop culture references and some inside jokes.

Since it is called Book Revue, books are a necessity. Several were written by Bob Clampett.



The middle one has a book written by Bob Clampett, Friz Freleng (misspelled), Chuck Jones and Bob McKimson, the studio's directing team after Frank Tashlin left in September 1944 (there's a better view of McKimson's name earlier in the scene).

The last one has one book with phrases including covered words that can't be used in cartoons, such as “Damn the torpedos” and “Go to Hell.”

Tom McKimson and Cornett Wood are creditted with layouts and backgrounds in this cartoon.

2 comments:

  1. Always got a good laugh out of the Warner's " Book related " shorts. This one, and " Have You Got Any Castles ".

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  2. The last Dell comic to use that exact logo was #48 (October 1945), three months before this cartoon's release. Afterwards, the Looney Tunes filmstrip was placed in a upper left position, while the MM one occupied the lower right spot.

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