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Yes, at long last, the long-anticipated return of the only good classic cartoon podcast! We break down last fall's surprise disc from Warner Archive of the remaining releasable MGM Tex Avery cartoons. It's a cross-selection of some of the finest, wildest animated shorts ever made - and find out what Bob's personal favorite Tex short is to boot!

A small note: the Patreon will be discontinued after this month. It's obviously not a shock as I've been pausing the billing due to lack of content. The final Spinach Skrewtny will be a public episode, as it's about the first Blu-Ray of Famous Popeye cartoons, and we feel since the second disc was our first episode ever, it only feels right to close the series to the general audience. We may make the entirety of Spinach Skrewtny public, too, over the course of this year.

Bob and I want to say we are immensely grateful for your patronage over the last two years and that Cartoon Logic isn't going away — it just isn't feasible to be on any kind of a regular schedule given this isn't our full-time job. But I think we can look back at our work here with a lot of pride that we've put a lot of information and insight on public record that wouldn't be so otherwise.

So download everything while you can! That's not all, folks...

-Thad Komorowski

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Paul Christoforos

Thank you two very much, Thad and Bob. But I don’t get this. Are you guys still gonna continue running this Patreon, even if you a gonna pause next month’s billing? Keep up the great work, and I’m gonna look forward to more on the future. -Polyvios C.

Anonymous

Loved the podcast! Sorry to hear the Patreon is closing down, but I understand the decision. Even though they're not Tex Avery's best cartoons, I have a soft spot for the films Berny Wolf designed and laid out. Berny's claim that he did the exposure sheets on the early films doesn't make sense to me. In films like Red Hot Riding Hood, it's clearly Tex's timing, such as when the Wolf takes a split-second swig of his drink. Devon Baxter confirmed that Berny did all of the design and layout work on Tex's films from 1942 to 1943. Claude Smith started doing the models beginning in 1944. I wish you both well and hope to see more Cartoon Logic in the future! These podcasts are a treasure trove of information and knowledge that everyone should look to when they're doing animation research. Cheers!

Anonymous

One thing that has puzzled me for, oh, 40 years: why a "Tom and Jerry" end title card was stuck onto "Slap Happy Lion," and why no one in charge ever thought to correct that aberration. It would be oh so easy to replace the era-correct one-shot end title and retain the soundtrack, since it doesn't have to sync up to the score. It bugs me every time I watch this cartoon.

cartoonlogic

An error that dates back to the cartoon’s reissue in 1953. Since that’s the way it is on film, they left it that way. You have to give them credit that with their track record, they could have put a Porky drum ending on it.

Anonymous

Ha! I assumed it was done when the cartoon was re-issued, and it doesn't affect the cartoon itself, but it's a curious error that's become part of film history.

Anonymous

Another great episode! I personally like Deputy Droopy for Ed Benedict’s design work. Looking at it now, that cartoon probably would’ve made a better wrap-up to Tex’s career at MGM. As for the Patreon page, I’m sorry to hear that it’s going away. Regardless, you and Bob have offered so much information and commentary (paywall or otherwise), especially with the exclusive Spinach Skrewtny’s. I wish you both the best in the future, and I hope that we get to hear more.

Anonymous

Great episode as always! Sad to see this Pateron page go. Glad I was able to subscribe last minute! And out of curiosity, do you know why Frank Graham killed him self? And also who voice Droopy in Deputy Droopy?

cartoonlogic

Graham’s suicide made the newspapers. It was related to his wife. Keith Scott can’t ID the Deputy Droopy voice, so I won’t presume to know more than he.

Anonymous

If you look at the model sheets of Senor Droopy in Canemaker's book, it looks like the work of Gene Hazelton, to me. It's too bad he didn't think to sign his model sheets, but when you compare the models Louie Schmitt drew, they're two completely different styles of drawing.

Anonymous

The release of this podcast is well-timed as I think there's been somewhat of a revival of interest in Tex Avery among the general public with Netflix's interactive Cat Burglar cartoon (which features many references and even some gags outright nicked from the Avery MGM canon). I think Slap Happy Lion and Counterfeit Cat are probably my two favourite Avery cartoons because they are both really generic 1940s American cartoon stories, yet Avery embellishes them with so much comedy richness.

cartoonlogic

I'd have to say that Cat Burglar strikes me as far more sincere in its "homage" than Cuphead.