Brian Cruz
06-25-2002, 04:22 PM
From CN's August Programming Highlights:
TOONHEADS
Sundays at 9 p.m. (ET, PT)
ToonHeads, Cartoon Network’s acclaimed documentary series, returns with new episodes in August, including a special one-hour edition. Each week, ToonHeads features classic cartoons from the Hanna-Barbera, MGM, Warner Bros. and Paramount libraries that are related to one another by a particular theme. ToonHeads presents rarely seen, but historically significant, classic cartoons in their entirety, along with trivia and anecdotes about their creation and the artists behind them. Following is the schedule for ToonHeads premieres in August:
Sunday, August 4: “Hubie & Bertie” - Hubie and Bertie, two trouble-making mice created by the great Chuck Jones, made their debut in 1943’s “The Aristo Cat.” This edition of ToonHeads features their first cartoon, as well as ”Mouse Wreckers,” the 1949 short nominated for an Academy Award, and “Cheese Chasers,” which co-stars their hungry nemesis, Claude Cat.
Sunday, August 11: “The Great Race” - This hour-long special edition looks at five classic races from the Looney Tunes library. In addition to three match-ups between Bugs Bunny and Cecil Turtle (“Tortoise Beats Hare,” “Tortoise Wins by a Hare,” and “Rabbit Transit”), there are two races starring the hustling ham himself, Porky Pig. “Porky’s Road Race,” is loaded with references to Hollywood legends like Greta Garbo, Laurel and Hardy, W.C. Fields and Charlie Chaplin, while in “Porky’s Naughty Nephew,” our hammy hero takes to the water for a swim race.
Sunday, August 18: “Cartoons in the Real World” - From time to time, clever animators blended the cartoon world with real life. These two are among the best. In “The Adventures of Popeye,” the mumbling mariner steps off the screen to take up for a little boy who is being bullied. In a restored, colorized print of “You Ought To Be In Pictures,” Daffy Duck convinces Porky Pig he should be starring in feature films. Porky marches into Leon Schlesinger’s office on the Warner Bros. lot to convince the powerful studio exec to give him his big break as a leading man.
TOONHEADS
Sundays at 9 p.m. (ET, PT)
ToonHeads, Cartoon Network’s acclaimed documentary series, returns with new episodes in August, including a special one-hour edition. Each week, ToonHeads features classic cartoons from the Hanna-Barbera, MGM, Warner Bros. and Paramount libraries that are related to one another by a particular theme. ToonHeads presents rarely seen, but historically significant, classic cartoons in their entirety, along with trivia and anecdotes about their creation and the artists behind them. Following is the schedule for ToonHeads premieres in August:
Sunday, August 4: “Hubie & Bertie” - Hubie and Bertie, two trouble-making mice created by the great Chuck Jones, made their debut in 1943’s “The Aristo Cat.” This edition of ToonHeads features their first cartoon, as well as ”Mouse Wreckers,” the 1949 short nominated for an Academy Award, and “Cheese Chasers,” which co-stars their hungry nemesis, Claude Cat.
Sunday, August 11: “The Great Race” - This hour-long special edition looks at five classic races from the Looney Tunes library. In addition to three match-ups between Bugs Bunny and Cecil Turtle (“Tortoise Beats Hare,” “Tortoise Wins by a Hare,” and “Rabbit Transit”), there are two races starring the hustling ham himself, Porky Pig. “Porky’s Road Race,” is loaded with references to Hollywood legends like Greta Garbo, Laurel and Hardy, W.C. Fields and Charlie Chaplin, while in “Porky’s Naughty Nephew,” our hammy hero takes to the water for a swim race.
Sunday, August 18: “Cartoons in the Real World” - From time to time, clever animators blended the cartoon world with real life. These two are among the best. In “The Adventures of Popeye,” the mumbling mariner steps off the screen to take up for a little boy who is being bullied. In a restored, colorized print of “You Ought To Be In Pictures,” Daffy Duck convinces Porky Pig he should be starring in feature films. Porky marches into Leon Schlesinger’s office on the Warner Bros. lot to convince the powerful studio exec to give him his big break as a leading man.