Category Archives: classic animation

I bought this title from a guy who claims that he got this and dozens of other 16mm IB Tech Paramount cartoons (they were mostly all 1960s shorts, this was one of the few exceptions) from a retired theater owner. By the looks of some of their conditions, they’ve seen better days, and were probably stacked for years under a leaky radiator or toilet by said theater owner. This is by no means any sort of extraordinary cartoon, but it does have an Irv Spector story that’s ahead of its time warning about the hazards of smoking, and an ending that was obviously hacked off when Harvey bought it. There’s a lot of great Marty Taras animation in this one too.

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I know this isn’t as cool as the stuff David posts on a regular basis, but I thought people would like to see them anyway.

First, courtesy of a generous private collector, are the original opening titles to Tex Avery’s Wild and Woolfy; compared to the reissue here, we see that they completely redid the opening background (probably lifted from Homesteader Droopy), omitted Walt Clinton’s name for whatever reason, and of course, changed the wanted poster.

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Next is one I posted before, but it had been taken offline, so I’m presenting it here on my own server: the original opening to Hanna-Barbera’s Tom & Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl. In the reissue, they decided to get rid of the pan on the night sky over the Bowl all together (as well as the Tom & Jerry headshot without the names), and just let the credits appear over bland blue titles. Included as a bonus is the MGM Cartoon Carnival tag (MGM’s answer to Warners’ theatrical Bugs Bunny Festivals) with a unique rendition of the 1950s Avery theme by Scott Bradley.

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(For those curious, HB was on a reel with a few other cartoons, but they were ones that did not suffer the same kind of manhandling when reissued. Grumble, grumble…)