Which post-1948 WB cartoon is most deserving of an Academy Award?

[Crazy Tom]

This is part 2 of my poll. I sure liked the selections with the first poll...so here goes another, wondering which post-1948 cartoon from WB is most deserving of an Academy Award.

There were a couple of good choices, I thought...maybe it's a music teacher's bias opinion, but I have to go with High Note, with Pied Piper a very close second. I can't ask for a more intoxicated ending than that.

[AuroraSzalinski]

High Note is one cartoon I love and I never get sick of, so I went with that. Very cute cartoon. :D

[Thad Komorowski]

It was a hard choice between "Mouse Wreckers", "Mexicalli Shmoes", "The Pied Piper of Guadalupe", and "Beep Prepared", but I chose "Guadalupe". If "Tabasco Road" was on the list, I'd definitly vote for that. That's gotta be Robert McKimson's BEST Speedy cartoon.

-Thad:D

[hippety hopper]

I voted "Sandy claws",theres just something about this toon that just keeps it in my heart.

[Sveven Dvorking]

I voted for Sandy Claws . The Sylvester and Tweety at the beach seemed like a very good idea. It's a great cartoon!

[lislebartman]

I vote for Mexicali Shmoes, one of Friz's best Speedy cartoons. Jose and Manuel were the best! It's a shame they weren't used more often in other situations. Their hopeless attempts to catch Speedy using their 'brains' were very funny, especially the last scene with Slowpoke Rodriguez!!

"High Note" is an okay cartoon, but I find it too 'cute', know what I mean?

"Now Hear This" is best enjoyed while under the influence (Marijuana parfumar!!)

:cool:

[Matt Yorston]

The cartoon I would have selected is not on the list (Disney's "No Hunting" from 1955; of all the Disney cartoons that were nominated for Oscars but *didn't* win, why did this have to be one of them?) so the one I chose that was on the list was "Now Hear This".

I must admit I am a little more tolerant of this cartoon than many other WB fans. I am rather inclined to agree that sometimes the film is too strange and artsy to be appreciated but I think it does just fine in its own right. I do somewhat admire the WB studio and Chuck Jones for at least trying something different... to prove cartoons can be something more than just dynamite and dropping anvils.

However, I must confess it was difficult to choose between "Now Hear This" and "Beep Prepared". "Beep Prepared" is one of the better 1960's Road Runner films and it's good to see an entry from this fine series receive an Oscar nomination. A shame it didn't win.

[Matt Yorston]

I now see why Disney's "No Hunting" was not on the list... the poll only extends to WB cartoons!!! Sorry about that, folks. Guess I should start reading the topic headings a little more closely! :D

[Garrett]

I'm still mystified as to why "Rabbit of Seville" and "What's Opera, Doc?" weren't even nominated......

Garrett

[Sveven Dvorking]

Originally posted by Garrett
I'm still mystified as to why "Rabbit of Seville" and "What's Opera, Doc?" weren't even nominated......

Garrett

I assume from what I heard here that at the time they were considered regular Bugs Bunny cartoons. Only later did they receive fame and good thoughts.

[Jack]

I think Sveven's right, Warner Brothers cartoons weren't really favorted by critics it seems. For the longest time, they favored Disney, then MGM's Tom and Jerry, and then UPA.

I think "Rhapsody Rabbit" should have been nominated and should have won the award, it's doesn't seem right that "The Cat Concierto" won, both are great cartoons, and both were most likely developed as separate ideas. It's only when Technicolor royally screwed things up that MGM rushed "Cat Concierto" through production to beat WB, even though it wasn't released theatrically until the next year... "Rabbit of Seville" would be my next choice for an award winning short.

Also, I voted for "Mouse Wreckers," an all around great cartoon from one of my most favorite series (Hubie and Bertie!) with beautiful animation, timing, gags, layout, and backgrounds. It's only problem is the abrupt ending.



Jack:D

[lislebartman]

I agree with you, Jack! "Mouse Wreckers" does have a rather abrupt ending. I wonder if something was edited from this cartoon after its initial release and before its "Blue Ribbon" re-release.

Gives you something to ponder, don't it?

[Sveven Dvorking]

I often have to remind myself that the post-48 Blue Ribbons actually are re-releases. They have fake titles. You sometimes hear the Looney Tunes soundtrack. Mouse Wreckers is one of the older cartoons in this set, being released in 1949. However, it was not even worthy of a nomination (in my opinion.)

[Crazy Tom]

Originally posted by Matt Yorston
"Beep Prepared" is one of the better 1960's Road Runner films and it's good to see an entry from this fine series receive an Oscar nomination. A shame it didn't win.

The funny thing is, I have no clue which cartoon won back in 1961!

However, for my "Miles Standish" (milestonish) 50th post, I will tell you that the final scene, with Wile E. and the Acme Rocket Sled--with the end result of Wile E. in a constellation of a Robin Hood pose with his bow and arrow, is one of the finest cartoon scenes WB ever put out--and certainly one of the most memorable.

[Sveven Dvorking]

At least one of the cartoons from my favorite series was nominated. I wish more were. However, I ended up voting for Sandy Claws, instead.

[angilbas]

My vote goes to "High Note," which is clever in an understated way. Its style was copied by National Film Board of Canada animators in "Concerto Grosso Modo" (1985).

-Tony

[pudealee]

I would have voted for "From Hare to Eternity" but I don't think it was ever released in the theatre. ;)

[Jack]

Originally posted by pudealee
I would have voted for "From Hare to Eternity" but I don't think it was ever released in the theatre. ;)
Really? or are you just pulling our legs? :p Also, I believe you are right, the cartoon was only released on video.



Jack :confused:

[pudealee]

Notice the wink up there?

[Matthew Hunter]

Well, shut my mouth and butter my bread, it's a thread back from the dead! Well, anyway, I hadn't ever seen it, so...I picked "Mouse Wreckers". It was a tough call between that and "Pied Piper of Guadelupe"...but "Wreckers" really is more award-caliber than many of the others there.
-Matthew

[Tintin]

Me are Mouse Wreckers. A great classic! ;)

[Crazy Tom]

Originally posted by Matthew Hunter
Well, shut my mouth and butter my bread, it's a thread back from the dead! Well, anyway, I hadn't ever seen it, so...I picked "Mouse Wreckers". It was a tough call between that and "Pied Piper of Guadelupe"...but "Wreckers" really is more award-caliber than many of the others there.

I'm literally flipping out.

I must say that I have always loved "The Pied Piper of Guadelupe." I have not seen the movie in a long time, but it is a timeless classic (also used in 1001 Rabbit Tales).

Don't mean to be bias about this, but I am not very familiar with Mouse Wreckers.