Ideas for New Episodes of TOONHEADS

[Thad Komorowski]

What do you think would be good Toonheads episodes? Here's my ideas:

Cheater Cartoons
"The Adventures of Popeye"
"His Hare-Raising Tale"
"Life with Tom"

Spike & Tyke
"Love That Pup"
"Give and Tyke"
"Scat Cats"

MGM Remakes
"Good Will to Men"
"Millionaire Droopy"
"Cat's Meow"

Tom & Jerry Remakes
"The Egg & Jerry"
"Tops with Pops"
"Feedin' the Kiddie"

Shorty
"Happy Birthdaze"
"The Marry-Go-Round"
"Moving Aweigh'

Porky at War
"Boom, Boom"
"Confusions of a Nutzy Spy"
"Brother Brat"

WB Remakes
"Tick Tock Tuckered"
"Wagon Heels"
"Dough for the Do-Do"

Native American Cartoons
"Slightly Daffy"
"A Feather in His Hare"
"Two Little Indians"

Popeye Remakes
"House Tricks?"
"A Peep in the Deep"
"Nurse to Meet Ya"

Another Night at the Bullfight
"Mexican Joyride"
"Mucho Mouse"
"Mexican Cat Dance"

-Thad:D

[Brandon Pierce]

hiawhatta's Rabbit Hunt should be shown with Native American Toons, not A Feather In His Hare. Mainly because I have AFIHH and I'm bored with that episode. Here are some ideas of mine.

Gabby Goat
Woody Woodpecker
The Pink Panther
Speedy Gonzales
BTW, this is my 100th post!

[hippety hopper]

Those are all GREAT ideas.
Toonheads could do almost anything because theres at least 3 toons with the same subject.

[AuroraSzalinski]

I hope they make new episodes of Toonheads to coincide with Adult Swim! ;)

I really like the idea of a Speedy Gonzales or Pink Panther toonheads. How about a "Late De-Patie Freleng WB's" with a Cool Cat cartoon, Merlin the Magic Mouse, and "Bunny and Claude"? (I know you hate 'em, but I'm a sucker for the later cartoons ;) ). Or a Zany Daffy / Bitter Daffy episode (this would work better as an hour, to show Daffy's progression). How about a Porky and Daffy episode, they could show different 'stages' in their relationship, like show "Porky Pig's Feat" where they're friends, then "Daffy Doodles" where they're enemies, and then maybe "Duck Dodgers" where Porky is Daffy's sidekick. I love the Porky and Daffy cartoons. :D

[Patrick McCart]

Here's some old and new ones I came up with:

ANOTHER NIGHT IN THE BOOK STORE

Three's A Crowd
You're An Education
Have You Got Any Castles?

FOXY AND ROXY

Lady Play Your Mandolin!
Smile Darn Ya Smile
One More Time

TEX AVERY'S LOST MERRIE MELODIES

Isle of Pingo Pongo
Uncle Tom's Bungalow
All This and Rabbit Stew

DAFFY DUCK IN WWII

Scrap Happy Daffy
Daffy: The Commando
Plane Daffy

REALITY MEETS SURREALITY

The Adventures of Popeye
A Cartoonist's Nightmare
You Ought To Be In Pictures

MUSICAL MADNESS

Me Musical Nephews
What's Opera Doc?
Magical Maestro (uncut)

BEAKY BUZZARD

Bugs Bunny Gets The Boid
The Bashful Buzzard
Strife With Father

BEHIND THE SCENES

Popeye Makes A Movie
A Star Is Bored
Blooper Bunny

CARTOONS BY CARTOONS

Porky's Preview
Cartoons Ain't Human
Little Nemo (McCay)

[hippety hopper]

Originally posted by Patrick McCart
Here's some old and new ones I came up with:

ANOTHER NIGHT IN THE BOOK STORE

Three's A Crowd
You're An Education
Have You Got Any Castles?


TEX AVERY'S LOST MERRIE MELODIES

Isle of Pingo Pongo
Uncle Tom's Bungalow
All This and Rabbit Stew




2 things
firstly what did they(CN USA) show in their version of "Late night in the book store"?

Secondly "Tex avery's lost merrie melodies"-
NOT A CHANCE IN HELL!!!!!!

[Jack]

2 things
firstly what did they(CN USA) show in their version of "Late night in the book store"?

"I like Mountain Music" B&W
"Speaking Of The Weather"
"Book Revue"

Jack:D

[DR. BELCH]

I wonder if CN has ever considered showing the only (I think) short Avery made for the Lantz studios, "The Legend of Rockabye Point". This classic was shown on Fox's mediocre new Woody Woodpecker series back in 1999. It came to my rather sleep-deprived mind late Saturday night after sitting for my niece, who I've discovered will only stop bawling after I rock her rapidly and hum "Rock-a-Bye-Baby" at high speed to her repeatedly like the bear (I think it was a bear) did to the bulldog in that cartoon. Along with "Jerky Turkey" and "King-Size Canary" that's one of my favorite Avery shorts....

[AuroraSzalinski]

How about a "Gossamer" episode with the three cartoons that involved Gossamer?

[Jack]

Actually, Avery directed several at Lantz, they include:

Sh-h-h-h-h
The Legend of Rockabye Point
Crazy Mixed-up Pup
I'm Cold

They could do a one-hour special about the history of Avery and his short tenure at Lantz. That is if CN ever got the rights to show the Lantz cartoons again....

I think they could do an episode about Hook, or Snafu. Actually, they could easily dedicate a season or two of Toonheads just to WWII cartoons.

Jack:D

[hippety hopper]

Originally posted by Jack


"I like Mountain Music" B&W
"Speaking Of The Weather"
"Book Revue"

Jack:D

Thanks for that jack I was just wondering becuase we got those plus they manged to get "Sniffles and the bookworm" as well.
I also remember seeing "you're an education" somewhere but I think it was in a different toonheads.

[Jack]

Actually, I checked out Jon's Toonheads Episode Guide (http://www.toonzone.net/looney/tv/turner/textoon.html) and it said:


6. MIDNIGHT IN THE BOOKSTORE (12/18-20/1998):
"Speaking Of The Weather" (w/A.A.P. logo)
"You're An Education" (w/A.A.P. logo)
"Book Revue"* (as "Book Review")
[Note: During the weekend of 03/19-21/1999, "You're An Education" was
replaced with a hand-colored print of "I Like Mountain Music" as the
first title played. "Speaking Of The Weather" became the second
cartoon to be shown, followed by "Book Revue". New wraparound intros
were made for "I Like Mountain Music" and "Speaking Of The Weather",
now as a "dubbed version", during the weekend of 10/06-08/2000.]

So they actually went back and redid an episode of Toonheads.

Jack:D

[Thad Komorowski]

They most likely replaced "You're an Education", due to the numerous black, Chinese, and Indian stereotypes in the cartoon. Though they still play a certain cartoon in a bookstore, which contains caricatures of many famous black people......

-Thad:D

[Owl Jolson]

How about:

BLUES IN THE NIGHT

Minnie the Moocher
Tin Pan Alley Cats
Rooty Toot Toot


and:

TERMITE TERRACE'S DUMBEST CHARACTERS

Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk
The Bee-Deviled Bruin
[Any suggestions for a third cartoon? I keep coming up with Freleng cartoons, but it would be better to have a third director, I think.]

[PorkyandDaffy]

Jones directed BEE DEVILED BRUIN. Also, CN will most likely never show TIN PAN ALLEY CATS.

[Owl Jolson]

Originally posted by PorkyandDaffy
Jones directed BEE DEVILED BRUIN. Also, CN will most likely never show TIN PAN ALLEY CATS.


1. Yes, I know Jones directed "Bee-Deviled Bruin" and all the other Three Bears cartoons. It's just that most of the WB cartoons I could think of with "dumb" characters (the kind who say "duh") seemed to be Freleng cartoons ("Bugsy and Mugsy," "A Hare Grows in Manhattan," etc.)

2. About "Tin Pan Alley Cats"--we can dream, can't we?;)

[TServo2049]

How about "Dough-Ray-Me-Ow?" Not only does it feature a dumb character, but it's also directed by someone other than Jones or Freleng: Art Davis.

[Sogturtle]

Originally posted by Jack
Actually, Avery directed several at Lantz, they include:

Sh-h-h-h-h
The Legend of Rockabye Point
Crazy Mixed-up Pup
I'm Cold

They could do a one-hour special about the history of Avery and his short tenure at Lantz. That is if CN ever got the rights to show the Lantz cartoons again....

I think they could do an episode about Hook, or Snafu. Actually, they could easily dedicate a season or two of Toonheads just to WWII cartoons.

Jack:D

Dr. Belch and Jack~

Besides the 4 Lantz cartoons Jack denoted there were the two cartoons that Tex was allowed to write and direct for the very bored Bill Nolan back in 1935. They were almost certainly the cartoons "The Quail Hunt" and "Towne Hall Follies". In addition he worked as gag-men on a number of Lantz cartoons just before this. These two cartoons are historically VERY IMPORTANT as they served as Tex's entre to Leon Schlesinger. When he left Lantz the second time (in the Fifties) he almost certainly left storyboards to several more cartoons which were completed and credited to Alex Lovy. Joe Adamson identifies these toons as... "Hot And Cold Penguin", "Hold That Rock", and "Room And Wrath".

On the WWII front they could indeed do a season of War themed toons. Annnnd who knows they might even dredge up Avery's Bertie the Bomber toons...

[Nelson]

Here's some idea's for TOONHEADS

SILENT TOON STARS
Krazy Kat
Felix The Cat
Koko The Clown


DUMB AND DUMBER
Do Rey Me-ow
A Bear For Punishment
Two Crows From Tacos

FORGOTTEN STARS
Flip The Frog
Toby The Pup
Aesop's Fables


POLITICALLY INCORRECT
All This And Rabbit Stew
Scrap The Japs
Uncle Tom's Cabana

[Sveven Dvorking]

If it will air at 1am, these would be some ideas.

MEXICAN-THEMED CARTOONS
.My Little Buckeroo
.Little Pancho Vanilla
.Mexican Joyride

WARTIME DAFFY
.Scrap Happy Daffy
.Daffy the Commando
.Plane Daffy

RARE CARTOONS FROM A COMMON SERIES
.The Unbearable Bear
.Half-Pint Pygmy (MGM)
.Crockett-doodle-do


They could probably make a whole season with Native American portrayal in cartoons.

Sweet Sioux
Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee (B&W)
Sioux Me

A Feather in his Hare
Porky's Phony Express (B&W)
Slightly Daffy

Wagon Heels
Scalp Trouble (B&W)
Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt

Hocus Pocus Pow Wow
Injun Trouble (1938, B&W)
Injun Trouble (1969)

A Horsefly Fleas
Westward Whoa (B&W)
Tom-Tom Tomcat

just to name a few!

[Argus Sventon]

Fleischer's 3-D backgrounds

Popeye Meets Ali Baba and His Forty Thieves.

Restored Popeye cartoons

[hippety hopper]

How about a Christmas special(I love Xmas toons)

Gifted wrapped
Bedtime for sniffles
The shanty were santa claus lives(B&W)(Maybe) or Bugs bunnys christmas carol

[Jack]

I think it would be neat if they updated the Toonheads Christmas Special every year, instead of playing the same one. That's one of favorite Toonheads. They could add Good Will To Men, Gift Wrapped, Bugs Bunny Christmas Carol, The Fright Before Chistmas, The Shanty Where Santy Clause lives, and maybe another short from Fletcher, there has to be at least one with a Christmas theme... Do they show the Xmas special in the UK?

How about an original titles episode, sure it would take some effort on CN's part to find some prints of BRMMs with original titles, but it would be a great episode.

I still think a special about redreawns would be good too, they could compare a redrawn popeye to a B&W Popeye, the redrawn "Puss and Booty" to the original, and one other cartoon. They would, of couse, only show clips of the redrawn cartoon while the full B&W cartoon could be shown after...

Also, Sogturtle, about the cartoons Avery helped with, and even storyboarded, I'd like it if the completely revamped the now mediocre Tex Avery Show to be just as great, and as bold as the Bob Clampett Show. There, they could make reference to these shorts, perhaps even show some. Sure, they would have to get permission from Lantz, but I think compromises should be made if they ever want a decent show that really pays tribute to Avery's genious. Maybe some Bertie the Bomber would fit into the show too.




Jack:D