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From: shiue@h-sc1.UUCP (steve shiue)
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Subject: WB Cartoons on videotape and at NYC's MMA
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Date: Wed, 23-Oct-85 02:52:49 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 23 02:52:49 1985
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	For rabid cartoon fans (esp. Warner Brothers - Bugs
Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester & Tweety, etc.), there is a
great new development.  Warner Brothers has recently
released about eight hour-length videocasettes of its
classic cartoons of the late forties-fifties period (the
ones that have been largely quoted in the last series of
postings).  Each tape has a theme - one is devoted to Bugs
Bunny, one to Daffy Duck, one to Road Runner & Wile E.
Coyote, one to Porky Pig, one to Sylvester & Tweety, one to
Speedy Gonzales (why Speedy?  I consider him one of WB's
weaker characters, by virtue of being from the more recent
period, when things were already in decline.  I would have
preferred a Foghorn Leghorn tape).  There are in addition
"Salutes" to Chuck M. Jones, Irving "Fritz" Freleng, and Mel
Blanc (Robert McKimson appears in various cartoons on the
above-mentioned tapes, for those of you who like his work).
The name of this series of tapes is "The Warner Bros. 24
Karat Golden Jubilee" or "The WB Golden 24K Jubilee".  These
tapes have definitely already been released to at least some
stores for rental - we (Currier House, Harvard College) have 
been renting them from
Videosmith in Cambridge, MA for a couple of weeks now.
Look for them at your local rental place.
	The release of the tapes is concurrent with the
Warner Bros. Cartoon Studio (30th Anniv?) celebration at the
Museum of Modern Art in New York City - in recognition of
this fine work, the MMA is screening cartoons (excellent
quality prints), displaying sketches and drafts from the
studios, and some of the screenings are introduced by the
likes of Mel Blanc, Chuck Jones, etc.  I am not sure if this
is still going on - but cartoon lovers should go if they are
anywhere near NYC if it is.  I saw it in September, and it
was a really nice thing for someone who grew up watching
these shorts on TV but didn't really appreciate them until
high school and college (that's another point - an amazing
proportion of people aren't aware that the greater part of
the WB cartoons were made as MOVIE shorts, until TV became
huge.  Why would a group of intelligent and funny animators
go through the trouble to make such high quality films,
often with sophisticated humor, for a bunch of 8-year old TV
zombies who would be approximately as happy watching Pac-man
or Scooby Doo?).  Any comments or questions about these
subjects would be appreciated (especially info about the
availability of the classic cartoons for FILM RENTAL).

			-Steve Shiue

"Being disintegrated makes me very angry."
	-Marvin Martian