SENIOR ROAD RUNNER

Try running after your four year old granddaughter when you are 71 and you will immediately

 sympathize with Wile E. Coyote's efforts to catch the Road Runner!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY!

I guess this is the one that got away, but hopefully you'll be having a delicious turkey dinner today. Enjoy!

“Freedom From Want” by Norman Rockwell, 1943.

The Pepe Le Pew controversy!

And I just hope they leave Speedy Gonzalez alone!

 

HALLOWEEN HALL O' FAME!

 These are images from some of my favorite Halloween-themed films, TV specials and cartoons:

MUNSTER, GO HOME

Feature film starring Fred Gwynne, Yvonne DeCarlo, Al Lewis and Butch Patrick

(1966)

THE MUNSTERS REVENGE starring Fred Gwynne, Yvonne DeCarlo & Al Lewis

TV Special (1981) NBC

Jonathan Winters in "HALLOWEEN HALL O' FAME" from 

WALT DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOR, 

aired October 30, 1977

HALLOWEEN WITH THE NEW ADDAMS FAMILY

TV Special (1977) starring Carolyn Jones, John Astin and Ted Cassidy

FLIP THE FROG CARTOONS

THE CUCKOO MURDER CASE

SPOOKS

Ichabod Crane from Walt Disney's 

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW (1949)

Katrina Von Tassel

from Walt Disney's THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW (1949)

THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN

from Disney's LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW

                                                                 CLAWS FOR ALARM

                                      (1954 Merrie Melodies Cartoon starring Porky & Sylvester)

                                         

                                         

                                         

                                         

CLAWS FOR ALARM 

MARTIAN OUT!

                         When you're pretty sure life is better somewhere else in the universe!

IN LIKE FLYNN!

 ERROL FLYNN, born June 20, 1909 in Tasmania, Australia, was one of my first heroes from the silver screen. He is mostly remembered for being the best Robin Hood in films but his career spanned many other worthwhile performances.

 CAPTAIN BLOOD, THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE, DAWN PATROL, THE SEA HAWK, THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON, GENTLEMAN JIM, VIRGINIA CITY, OBJECTIVE, BURMA!, DESPERATE JOURNEY, THE ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN and THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE  are just a few of his better and most fondly remembered films.

Because most of his performances were portraying heroic figures, he was admired by moviegoers as the ultimate swashbuckler. His career began to wane in the late forties and, except from a few memorable  appearances during the fifties, Flynn could never regain the top star status he had achieved during the thirties and early forties.
But still, his reputation as a movie icon has not tarnished. He still remains the template for all screen swashbucklers.

Long Live Errol Flynn!

Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck paid homage to Flynn in two cartoons directed by Chuck Jones:
RABBIT HOOD (1949) and ROBIN HOOD DAFFY (1958)

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x20z63h

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3be23d

FATHER'S DAY 2019

You can celebrate ST. PATRICK'S DAY even if you're not Irish!

And of course there are many ways to remember St. Patrick's holiday which must include watching some great classic Irish-themed cartoons!
These two are my perennial favorites!

1951 - WEARING OF THE GRIN. Written by Michael Maltese and directed by Chuck Jones. The expressions on Porky's face make this, one of the funniest entries in the Merrie Melodies library!

 

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4831na

1958 - DROOPY LEPRECHAUN - MGM-Hanna-Barbera Productions. Directed by Michael Lah.  Droopy's last theatrical cartoon is memorable for Spike, the Irish dog who's obsessed with catching a leprechaun! 

Opening scenes from DROOPY LEPRECHAUN:

Anyway, Happy St. Patrick's Day!