Cartoon X-Ray

This week's pick is the 1948 Woody Woodpecker cartoon Wet Blanket Policy which, unbeknownst to Bill, enraged Scott and Mike. It didn't matter that it was the first toon short to use the famous Woody Woodpecker song or that it was the debut of Buzz Buzzard.

This week's pick is the 1954 Robert McKimson Looney Tune Devil May Hare. Bugs Bunny finds a debuting Tasmanian Devil in his encyclopedia just as the animal threatens to devour him. Antics ensue.

This week's pick is the beautifully rendered 1938 David Fleischer Color Classic Hold It. A neighborhood of house cats unhappily put outside in the cold for the night burst into song and dance, tormenting a dog in the process.

This week's pick is the 1950 Robert McKimson Looney Tune Hillbilly Hare. While vacationing in the Ozark Mountains, Bugs Bunny encounters Curt and Pumpkinhead Martin, two dimwitted hillbillies who are duped by Bugs into a violent square dance.

This week's pick is the bizarre 1931 Les Elton cartoon Monkeydoodle. A poor man's Pluto wears ill-fitting pants and while confusing things happen for about eight minutes.

This week's pick is Tex Avery's final theatrical cartoon short SH-H-H-H-H-H! from 1955. A mild-mannered man whose nerves are shot from incessant noise is sent to an exclusive, silent retreat with hilarious results.

This week's pick is the 1952 Robert McKimson Looney Tune the Super Snooper. Daffy Duck stars as Detective Duck Drake trying to solve a case whilst getting shot in the face and a piano dropped on him.

This week's pick is the 1950 cartoon Gerald McBoing Boing, based on the story by Dr. Suess. Young Gerald McLoy can't say any words. He can only communicate by making unusual sound effects. Nya! Nya!

This week's pick is the spooky 1948 Chuck Jones toon Scaredy Cat. Porky and Sylvester spend the night in an old dark house where a cult of killer mice try to eliminate them both. Sylvester tries warning Porky, but he is convinced that Sylvester is a coward.

This week's pick is the 1942 Chuck Jones cartoon the Dover Boys at Pimento University. Three fun-loving, morally upright brothers from Pimento University save their fiancée from their fiendish archenemy, the green-skinned Dan Backslide.