a short that woefully flies under my radar more than is moral, i rewatched Hollywood Daffy months ago and still find myself thinking about this sequence by Virgil Ross to the day. incredibly enchanted by the way this moves—i love the very inspired detail of Daffy grabbing the cop and having to physically pull him down a little to account for the height difference… love that bouncy settle after the Errol Flynn line (i feel i say this with EVERYTHING, but “DON’T ANSWER THAT” is one of my favorite line deliveries from Blanc and Daffy alike) and the head tilts give Daffy a nice nuance and dimension to his acting. it's a great contrast to the purposefully obtuse, flop-footed run cycles and general exorbitance from the cop. so stinkin' good
Along with producer Leon Schlesinger, other members of the Warner Bros. animation studio played the live-action roles: writer Michael Maltese was the security guard, animator Gerry Chiniquy was the live-action director, and manager Henry Binder was the stagehand who tosses Porky out of the soundstage. With the exception of Schlesinger, all voices were dubbed over by Mel Blanc.
YOU OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES (1940) | dir. Fritz Freleng
bugs and daffy discussing a script (bugs had let daffy take the only chair, but he was too busy complaining talking to realize both bugs’ gesture and feelings. I’m imagining that atp bugs finds daffy’s obliviousness amusing and it’s a bit of a game to see how far he can push/tease daffy).
Currently thinking about that time I was watching a review for Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021) on YouTube and the reviewer complained about the scene where “they went into an old TV show.” And that “TV show” was actually Casablanca (1942).
Here’s the scene in question:
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What’s most interesting to me about it is it’s not even the first time the Looney Tunes franchise has been involved with Casablanca.
In 1995 an adaptation of the film called “Carrotblanca” played before The Amazing Panda Adventure in US theaters and The Pebble and the Penguin internationally. It has (in my opinion) one of the best post Mel Blanc voice casts including Joe Alaskey, Bob Bergen, Maurice LaMarche, Greg Bryson, and Tress MacNeille. I believe MacNeille’s performance remains the only time Penelope Pussycat has been given a voice; something I really wish Warner Brothers would bring back to the character. The short’s music was composed by Richard Stone, who was often described as the stylistic successor to Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn, the two most prolific Looney Tunes composers in The Golden Age.
Does anyone who hates on Brendan Fraser understand that he starred in the best 3D movie to ever be made? I mean Journey to the Center of the Earth proved you could break the laws of physics to grasp a jellyfish flying off the screen and yet people dare disrespect him? It’s the only movie that proves those stupid fucking glasses work, and it came out in the time of blue and red 3D glasses which was Peak Cinema