Acme Hour - 7/3/01

[Jon Cooke]

Theme: 4th of July

"Safety Second" (MGM, Tom & Jerry)
"Patriotic Popeye" (Popeye)
"Yankee Doodle Mouse" (MGM, Tom & Jerry) - edited
"Yankee Doodle Bugs" - edited
"Yankee Dood It"
"Old Glory"


-Jon

[Thad Komorowski]

Hmm, seems that they had the 4th of July theme early since the ACME HOUR will be pre-empted tomorrow, but I don't anything good will be on.

-Thad:D

[Jack]

Didn't they show "Brother Brat" last year? I'd like to see that one tomorrow, even if it has the Jap line removed.



Jack:D

[hiphats]

There is one cartoon that was left out of the mix..."Ant Pasted" (with Elmer Fudd). I like this one because of the fact that, for once, Elmer gets the boot (in this case, by the ants)!!!

[PorkyandDaffy]

SAFETY SECOND - Good cartoon. There were about 1000 times I thought Tom and/or Jerry would be blackfaced due to the numerous explosions, but it only happened once (at the end, which I'm surprised CN still shows).

PATRIOTIC POPEYE - The whole cartoon is basically like the opening scenes of the previous cartoon shown. Not that great, and the ending wasn't that funny.

YANKEE DOODLE MOUSE - Great cartoon, with lots of violent gags, and good sight gags as well. This also has numerous explosions, and Tom is only blackfaced once.

YANKEE DOODLE BUGS - The limited animation disinterested me a bit, but this had some good gags and scenes. It would've been better if made a few years prior to the animation decline of the mid-50's.

YANKEE DOOD IT! - Very boring. Nothing really that funny.

OLD GLORY - What's this? A serious WB cartoon? Educational, but not what I look for in a funny cartoon.

An okay Acme Hour, but nothing that great. At least there were no early-Merrie Melodies and early-MGM's.

[Jon Cooke]

Originally posted by PorkyandDaffy
An okay Acme Hour, but nothing that great. At least there were no early-Merrie Melodies and early-MGM's.

I don't mind the Merrie Melodies or early MGM cartoons... but only in small doses. I don't mind one or two per Acme Hour. At least it gives us some variety and most of those cartoons aren't aired on the regular B&D or T&J shows anyway.

But even I can't sit though 2 two hours of those early MGM cartoons... :rolleyes:


-Jon

[DR. BELCH]

"Safety Second" (MGM, Tom & Jerry)
Dubbed, even though there's little dialogue in a T&J short. Watch fr the "that itty-bitty firecracker can't hurt me!" look on Tom's face. He gets the came look in "Yankee Doodle Mouse"--one would think he'd learn that those little poppers pack a whallop.

"Patriotic Popeye" (Popeye)
Dubbed. The nephew's dub voices sound weird and froggy, and Popeye sounds like he needs a lozenge. Basically the whole short is the kids scheming to get their firework stash out of the tool shed. Fav scene--the tool shed, tied to the back of the car, whallops Popeye.

"Yankee Doodle Mouse" (MGM, Tom & Jerry)
Well, the jackals cut out my favorite gag, the blackface sunflower with the remains of the teapot...although they left a similar gag in "Safety Second". "Sighted Cat...Sank Same". Fav bit: the little spinner fireballs totally trash the wall plaster; the flinchworthy sound effect as Tom gets a cheese grater run across his butt and cojones. Undubbed.

"Yankee Doodle Bugs"
Histeria did it much funnier, and Big Fat Baby is a much more colorful character than Clyde. Undubbed.

"Yankee Dood It".
Dubbed. The shoemaker sounded hoarse, and Fairy Fudd was really nasal. Mostly an educational cartoon about American business, though Sylvester gets in a couple of good funny moments. "No, I'm sorry, there's no Mr. Jehosephat here." "Oh, what was that magic word?"

"Old Glory"
This one bored me as a kid and did little for me now, although the animation and voicework are top notch. I wonder who did Uncle Sam. The frightening thing is, the old guy was right about American's not fully understanding their freedom; we're all too willing to surrender it for the illusion of safety. Injustice indeed. Undubbed.

"Ant Pasted" was shown a couple of weeks ago on Toonheads, after a couple of other Freleng ant shorts. The first two basically reused the same gags, although I guess bugs are pretty one-note. I recall thinking when that dame slapped that guy into the lake, she had a wicked left hook....