Cartoon Central

Lots of classic cartoons that I haven't seen yet.

A while back I read this article over on Seward Street about watching more animation –sort of immersing yourself in Cartoon Culture if you will. Now, the truth is, you don’t have to twist my arm to watch more cartoons but here lately I’ve been making a conscious effort. Some of the feature stuff I’ve been watching you can see reviewed below but I’ve also been watching as much stuff on Cartoon Network and Boomerang as I can make time for. On some level, I’ve enjoyed every frame of what I’ve seen recently. For instance, I watched an old Laserdisc of Tex Avery cartoons and thought some of them were brilliantly funny. The thing that’s made the biggest impression on me recently however was an old episode of “Toonheads” on Boomerang. The show was titled “The Dreams of Bob Clampett” and it was nothing but old Clampett Warner cartoons featuring dream sequences. This of course included gems like “The Big Snooze” and “Duck Twacy”. Not only are these shorts very, very funny they also have a loose rubbery style that grabs the eye and holds it. I was just grinning from ear-to-ear during the whole show.