Cartoon X-Ray

This week's pick is an all-time Chuck Jones classic Looney Tune from 1950 entitled Rabbit of Seville. Elmer Fudd accidentally hunts Bugs Bunny onto a production of the the Barber of Seville. What ensues is some of Jones' best gags and antics with a head massage, Bugs in drag, and a wedding! Bill and Scott also run through some stats about this podcast from the first 50 episodes. Nnnnnext!

This week's pick is the 1953 Terry Toon How to Relax. Dimwit the Dog tries different hobbies to help calm his terrible nerves with often disastrous results, including murder!

This week's pick is the 1930 stop-motion animated nightmare Hearts and Flowers. Two young men vie for the attention and heart of a young lady. Good luck sleeping after this one.

This week's pick is the 1951 Colombia film noir toon Rooty Toot Toot. It is the musical tale of a murder trial by a jealous lover featuring the voice of Thurl Ravenscroft aka Tony the Tiger.

This week's pick is the 1941 Color Rhapsodies toon the Fox and the Grapes. Crow gets Fox to trade him his picnic lunch for some grapes high on a vine. After many difficulties, the fox manages to get to them but discovers they are sour.

This week's pick is the 1961 Paramount Modern Madcapper the Phantom Moustacher. Sir Percival Prunepit has an uncontrollable urge to draw moustaches on everyone and everything and nothing will stand in his way!

This week's pick is the fun and clever 1933 short Betty Boop's Hallowe'en Party. As the title says, Betty Boop is throwing a Halloween party and big bully tries to ruin it only to have the party decor come to life to scare him off.

This week's pick is the 1930 Ub Iwerks cartoon the Cuckoo Murder Case. A cuckoo clock bird has been murdered and Flip the Frog is on the case to solve the mystery at a spooky house!

This week's pick is the somewhat unsettling 1936 Fleischer Brothers Color Classic the Cobweb Hotel. A spider tricks flies into staying at his "hotel" only to be trap in webbing until its time to be eaten. Can the flies break free and fight back?

This week's pick is the 1939 Fred (not Tex) Avery directed Merrie Melodies cartoon A Day at the Zoo. Featuring an early version of bad boy Elmer Fudd, this cartoon short features a rapid-fire series of puns, gags, plays on words, and topical references, as a narrator describes the action in succession of anthropomorphic behavior.