Supervising Animator / Moderator
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Apr 28, 2006, 6:42 PM
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Worst Looney Tunes shorts
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In your opinion-which cartoons did you find to be horrible?
However- please note- I will not be accepting any of the DePatie-Freleng Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck Cool Cat, Merlin the Magic Mouse, or Roadrunner shorts. I already know that these lacked the charm and fun that the earlier ones had and with the rare exception of a few, most of them were duds.I also won't except later cartoons such as "Invasion of the Bunny Snachers" or "Little Go Beep"
Now let me tally off a few to get this started.
1.Corn Plastered-Only saw this one a few times, and I never truely cared for it. That crow was absolutely annoying both in voice and behavior. He never had any justifications for heckling that farmer. The farmer wasn't any better-looked like a hillbilly! The only scene that I ever found funny was when the crow claimed that the light in the fridge stayed on when you closed it-and that scene of course was censored. This cartoon was said to possibly be the start of a new series. Well I'm glad that that never happened.
2.Conrad the Sailor-Every single time this cartoon had been on tv-I shut it off. It's not Daffy's fault. Daffy's perfect, it's Conrad Cat that bugged me. He was boring and lacked personality. He never actually talked to Daffy in this short,and had little reason to be Daffy's enemy. I mean just because Daffy was wrecking the nice recently cleaned floor he had to chase after him? Give me a break!
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Supervising Animator / Contributor
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Apr 28, 2006, 7:26 PM
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Too much to list, but the 2 you chose, glowworm, are 2 out of many I hate.
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(This post was edited by cameron3 on Apr 28, 2006, 7:26 PM)
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Apr 28, 2006, 7:53 PM
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My absolute least favourite Bugs toon is Now Hare This (by Robert McKimson c. 1958). The setup is lame and the ending is so predictable a deaf, dumb and blind kid (when he's not playing pinball) could have seen it coming a mile away. I think even Bugs would agree with me on that because he just seemed to walking through it as bored as the audience.
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Directing Animator / Contributor
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Apr 28, 2006, 8:02 PM
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Offhand, I would have to say Quackodile Tears (1962). It wasn't Daffy's performance that I had a problem with; he was fine. No complaints about the alligator couple either. Nor the plot. My sole reason for hating this short was that hateful shrew of a wife that poor Daffy was saddled with throught the story. I know Mr. Duck was been hen(duck?)pecked by a spouse in other LT shorts, but none were as annoying and downright repellent as this bullying housewife from Hell. It would have been refreshing if just once Daffy had told his wife to shut up. Just once. Despite the voice talents of June Foray, Mrs. Daffy in this short ranks among Looney Tunes' most unlikable characters, and she's what makes "Quackodile Tears" unwatchable (to me, at least).
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(This post was edited by SpaceDemon on Apr 28, 2006, 8:17 PM)
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Directing Animator / Moderator
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Apr 29, 2006, 1:27 AM
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There is a Tex Avery-directed Merrie Melodie (on which I think he received no screen-credit, as he had already moved to MGM before its release) that had two truly unlikeable characters; a seagull and a crow who are vying for the affections of a Dorothy Lamour-like siren on a deserted island (in the style of the Hope-Crosby "Road" pictures). I can't remember the title of this short, but always found it to be unfunny and annoying every time it ran on TV.
There is a Chuck Jones-directed Merrie Melodie that is the ultimate study in frustration:
A man owns a dog (named Shep) and a cat. The dog is doted upon, while the cat always gets treated like s**t. I can never bear to watch this cartoon, because of the extremely unfair way the cat gets treated; especially since the dog is really an evil SOB who actually deserves the punishments endured by the cat. 
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Supervising Animator / Contributor
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Apr 29, 2006, 3:23 AM
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a seagull and a crow who are vying for the affections of a Dorothy Lamour-like siren on a deserted island (in the style of the Hope-Crosby "Road" pictures).
That's Aloha Hooey (1942)
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Directing Animator / Contributor
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Apr 29, 2006, 5:56 AM
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Here's my Worst List...
"Good Night Elmer" (1940) A REALLY BAD Elmer Fudd cartoon.
"Hasty Hare" (1952) Not one of the best Bugs Vs. Marvin cartoons.
"Wackiki Wabbit" (1943)
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Supervising Animator / Moderator
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Apr 29, 2006, 7:15 AM
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There is a Chuck Jones-directed Merrie Melodie that is the ultimate study in frustration:
A man owns a dog (named Shep) and a cat. The dog is doted upon, while the cat always gets treated like s**t. I can never bear to watch this cartoon, because of the extremely unfair way the cat gets treated; especially since the dog is really an evil SOB who actually deserves the punishments endured by the cat.
Bingo! I can't stand this one either for the exact same reasons! The first time I saw it I was in second grade up to the part with the burglar- and did not want to see the rest of it. The second time I saw it-all of it-I was upset. That poor cat! Even Justice wouldn't help it! It was called "Fresh Airdale"
I don't know why-but I actually sort of liked "Now Hare this"
"Catch as Cats Can" had to be my least favorite Sylvester cartoon. He didn't even sound like Sylvester-and it was extremely creepy to watch his face turn different colors(remember my phobia) and act like a vaccum cleaner.
"Bingo Crosbiana" -a horrible cartoon about a bunch of flies in the kitchen. One is a real casanova and coward. Rather boring little cartoon.
Then there was "the Wacky Worm" I think it was because of the crow turning green from eating all the apples- but it was also that annoying creepy worm with a mustashe that had to be why I hated this one- although "Greetings Bait" with that worm was brilliant!
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(This post was edited by Glowworm on Apr 29, 2006, 7:21 AM)
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Supervising Animator / Contributor
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Apr 29, 2006, 9:37 AM
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1. The casanova and coward in the first cartoon was patterned after popular crooner Bing Crosby. Legend has it that Bing saw this cartoon himself back in the day and didn't appreciate the portrayal of him either. I think he even threatened to sue or something.
Both Bingo Crosbyana and Let It Be Me, made earlier the same year (1936) potrayed Bing as a casanova/coward (in the latter film he was a Rooster) - both were directed by Friz Freleng. Bing tried to get distribution of the shorts stopped because they portrayed him as a "vainglorious coward", according to Dave Mackey.
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Directing Animator / Contributor
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Apr 29, 2006, 11:21 AM
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One of my least favorite Lonney Tunes would have to be Honey's Money. A horrible remake of His Bitter Half, an earlier Daffy Duck short, which, while not perfect, was Shakespearean compared to the remake. I disliked this short intensely, one reason being because as Glowworm noted, I find nothing funny about spousal abuse, which this short was chock full of, and that enormous Lennie Small lookalike kid with the tiny child's voice really freaked me out! I alwys made sure to switch channels whenever this short came on.
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Supervising Animator / Contributor
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Apr 29, 2006, 2:45 PM
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Because I want to have fun, I'll post individually.
A Waggily Tale - I only saw 1/2 of the short and that kid made me turn off my TV. He's bratty and abusive. Every time I see the title of this short, I leave the room.
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As much as I love the traditional style of cartoons, two dimensional characters can be rather frustrating sometimes. Exhibit A:
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Directing Animator
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Apr 29, 2006, 3:59 PM
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I also hate "Fresh Airdale." I refuse to watch that one.
There's another cartoon with a dog who's supposed to deliver a package. When his owner first handed him the package, she's mean to him and hits him on the head with a rolling pin. Then a cat (who turns out to be the recipient of the package) tries to take it from the dog.
Can't stand that one either.
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Directing Animator
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Apr 29, 2006, 4:21 PM
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I also can't stand "A Pest In The House." Every time Daffy makes a noise, the businessman punches Elmer.
I refuse to watch that one too.
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Supervising Animator / Moderator
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Apr 29, 2006, 6:28 PM
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I don't like "Along Came Daffy" Not 100% sure why.
"Strained Eggs" is one of my least favorite Foghorn Leghorn cartoons. Here-surprisingly Henery is an orphan left on Miss Prissy's doorstep. Now we know Henery isn't going to eat Prissy(too bony and motherly) and Foghorn seems to be on his worst behavior. The beginning is quite simmular to "Little Boy Boo" and Foghorn is extremely nasty and violent-he'll actually try to kill a child-even if it is a chickenhawk. For some reason I love "A Broken Leghorn" which also has Foghorn trying to kill a little rooster, but this cartoon isn't half as fun. Foghorn just wanted to hang out in Prissy's nice neat henhouse for crying out loud-he deserved to be bitten by Henery. And why the heck is Foghorn flying at the end? That seemed a tad bit farfetched.
I also dislike "a fractured leghorn" because Foghorn talks WAY TOO MUCH! The cat is so much more entertaining in this one.
I also have had the privelege to own and view "Jungle Jitters"- and it's terrible. I don't like cannibalism to begin with-and the poor cannibals seem both barbaric- and stupid when they're checking out the salesman's stuff. I cringed when one cannibal replies to the "Queen" in stereotypical language that "we are havin' a salesman for dinner,my queen!" Maybe if the cannibals weren't drawn so crudely and stereotypically I would have found it to be funnier.
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"Homer,we just brought Flanders back from the dead. Did you use the notebook to make a flock of penguins peck him to death?"
Marge-"Murder He Wrote"-a Simpsons Comic story.
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Supervising Animator / Contributor
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Apr 29, 2006, 7:50 PM
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"Strained Eggs"? Don't you mean Strangled Eggs?
The Hardship of Miles Standish never interested me.
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As much as I love the traditional style of cartoons, two dimensional characters can be rather frustrating sometimes. Exhibit A:
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Director / Moderator
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Apr 29, 2006, 8:27 PM
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There's another cartoon with a dog who's supposed to deliver a package. When his owner first handed him the package, she's mean to him and hits him on the head with a rolling pin. Then a cat (who turns out to be the recipient of the package) tries to take it from the dog.
Can't stand that one either.
That one's called Doggone Cats (by Art Davis c. 1947).
Another one I don't like is Doggone People (by Robert McKimson c. 1960). This is the first Elmer Fudd cartoon where they were trying out Hal Smith as the new voice of Fudd since Arthur Q. Bryan had sadly died a year earlier. They should have let Elmer rest in peace with Arthur (well at least until Billy West did an amiable job of Elmer in the '90's anyway). Hal did a terrible job. Also, the slow-paced, as-predictable-as-the-worst-sitcom story doesn't do it any favours either. This is one I'm certanly not ina hurry to see on dvd.
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Apr 30, 2006, 12:04 AM
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2.Conrad the Sailor-Every single time this cartoon had been on tv-I shut it off. It's not Daffy's fault. Daffy's perfect, it's Conrad Cat that bugged me. He was boring and lacked personality. He never actually talked to Daffy in this short,and had little reason to be Daffy's enemy. I mean just because Daffy was wrecking the nice recently cleaned floor he had to chase after him? Give me a break!
Porky's Cafe (1942), also starring Conrad Cat (paired with Porky this time), was likewise a snore and a bore. I never saw it on TV, but one viewing on a dollar-store DVD convinced me that this was a disaster. Conrad didn't speak at all in this one. All he did was make flapjacks and chase a pygmy ant... what a waste of celluloid! His no-dimensional character was undoubtedly the reason why he was dropped from view forever after appearing in three cartoons in six weeks. Not a good start for director Chuck Jones, but he smartened up fast.
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Directing Animator / Contributor
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Apr 30, 2006, 10:35 AM
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A Waggily Tale - I only saw 1/2 of the short and that kid made me turn off my TV. He's bratty and abusive. Every time I see the title of this short, I leave the room.
I didn't find "A Waggily Tale" (1958) to be especially horrible, it (like many WB shorts from this era) just wasn't up to their usually qualilty. However, I have to say though that this short had one of the weakest endings imaginable.
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Supervising Animator / Contributor
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May 1, 2006, 9:19 PM
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Old Glory - It's absolutely humorless and longer than an average Porky cartoon.
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As much as I love the traditional style of cartoons, two dimensional characters can be rather frustrating sometimes. Exhibit A:
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Research Guru
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May 1, 2006, 10:22 PM
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I also have had the privelege to own and view "Jungle Jitters"- and it's terrible. I don't like cannibalism to begin with-and the poor cannibals seem both barbaric- and stupid when they're checking out the salesman's stuff. I cringed when one cannibal replies to the "Queen" in stereotypical language that "we are havin' a salesman for dinner,my queen!" Maybe if the cannibals weren't drawn so crudely and stereotypically I would have found it to be funnier.
Racist and stereotypical, yes -- but not nearly as much, IMHO, as Bugs Bunny Nips The Nips (1944), which I saw a couple of years ago at an "underground" theater. The offensiveness started with the title and kept going from there.
Yes, it was WWII... but Bugs calling Japanese soldiers with Coke-bottle eyeglasses "monkey face" and "slant eyes" marked a real low. Yes, I and other audience members laughed -- but we were laughing at the bigotry... and feeling guilty at the same time.
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Directing Animator / Moderator
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May 2, 2006, 1:47 AM
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...and that enormous Lennie Small lookalike kid with the tiny child's voice really freaked me out! I read somewhere that the child whose voice was recorded for Honey's Money was either Friz Freleng's nephew or his grandson. It would have been funnier if they had gotten Stan Freberg to do the voice, ala "Junyer Bear". Also, the kid's voice that they used sounds like it was recorded in a different venue from that of Mel Blanc. I agree that this was a poor remake of His Bitter Half. I, too, abhor spousal abuse in any form. Yeah, I know these are just cartoons... but I just don't find it funny when a husband gets a rolling pin over the noggin. My all-time least favorite cartoon series, comic strips and 2-reel comedy shorts that depict such abuse are:
Bringing up Father (by George McManus)
The Beary Family (Walter Lantz Productions)
Any episode of The Flintstones where Fred and/or Barney get clobbered
The Leon Errol comedy shorts produced by RKO during the 30's and 40's
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Supervising Animator / Moderator
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May 14, 2006, 6:16 AM
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One more cartoon I forgot to mention earlier.
"A Kiddie's Kitty" - I don't find animal abuse-even unintentional animal abuse to be funny. I could have sworn that Susan was the inspiration for Tiny Toons' Elmira- who I also could never stand due to the same reasons. I just don't find dressing a cat up as an astronaut and strapping a rocket to his back in order to set him into orbit to be funny. I don't care if the little girl doesn't know any better-hiding a cat in the fridge from one's mother is rather creepy.
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May 15, 2006, 9:27 PM
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I'm surprised that nobody mentioned "Tokio Jokio", a short that must have been hilarious at the time it was made, but seems unsufferably long and slow-moving now.
A lot of the "mean widdle kid" cartoons, in which the kid gets away with all sorts of atrocities, can be frustrating to watch, because you know the kid isn't going to get the beating he deserves.
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Cartoon Aficionado / Contributor
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May 18, 2006, 6:05 AM
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There was a short about this old guy who throws his cat out of the house as punishment for not catching mice. However, the old geezer discovers he's no match for the rodents, and offers his cat a second chance. I always hated that one.
Good Night Elmer was absolutely horrible, and served no purpose at all.
I also hated one that was probably "Boobs In The Woods." One scene showed Porky trying(and failing) to start a campfire by rubbing two sticks together, while suspense-building music was playing in the background.
And Porky's Party? Oh, please! Lose the silkworm!
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