A Bear and a Hound Dog

Welcome back, everyone!  Hope the leadup to the holidays has treated you all kindly, whatever you celebrate.

Alrighty, so this time, we’re taking a look at two of cartoons’ earliest TV superstars, Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound.

While Yogi tends to be more highly regarded, he actually got his beginnings on Huck’s show, the Huckleberry Hound Show, which ran from 1958-1961.  Yogi was a supporting character with his own segment on the show until his popularity ended up being enough to grant him his own show in 1961.  At that point, Huck played second fiddle to Yogi, and it’s been pretty much that way ever since.

If you want more indepth information on early Hanna-Barbera cartoons, including Yogi and Huck, check out Yowp, a blog dedicated to exactly that purpose.

Alright, so we’ll start with Huck.  He doesn’t have a lot, sadly, that I’ve found, but here’s what I do have of him.

The coloring pages are from a 1963 coloring book, and the images are from Random Acts of Geekery, more specifically, this post on it.  No information is available on the comics pages up there.

OK, time for Yogi to step up.  He doesn’t have a ton either, but more than Huck.   Getting right to it, we’ll start with this… thing that looks like it could be a Pog.

These next two are promo pieces for Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park Campgrounds.

A few comics pages are next…

Alright, moving now into the TV shows, this is from 1958’s ‘The Stout Trout’. (EDIT (March 1st, 2021): Replaced with 1080p versions)

Next, we have a single shot from a 1987 direct to TV special, Yogi’s Great Escape.

Finally, we move into the very ill-fated ‘Yo, Yogi!’, a very bad 90s cartoon starring Yogi and company as teenagers that live in a mall.  Hey, it doesn’t get much more 90s than that.

This one is from ‘Hats Off to Yogi’.  Gotta love the paintball style masks here.

Well, that’s all for 2018!  Happy holidays to you all, and I’ll see you in the New Year!

Cats VS. Mice (That Are Not Named Tom and Jerry)

Happy Friday, everyone!  Welcome back!  Today’s entry will be short, as I’ve been pretty busy.

This week, I’ve decided to take a look at pieces from my collection that come from shows or comics that have the cat against mouse rivalry as a main point that are not named Tom and Jerry.

First, we’ll take a look at Mighty Mouse, the superhero mouse who was the bane of cats everywhere.

This set is from the The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse episode ‘Night On Bald Pate’.

 

How the hell is a family of three sharks expected to get a full meal out of tiny little Pearl (our resident damsel in distress)?!  Times are clearly hard.

This next set is from Adventures of Mighty Mouse #150, ‘The Dangerous Dive’.  Artist info not available.

 

Comic book logic; the only reason that poor mouse the fat cat is sitting on doesn’t have every single internal organ squashed into paste.

OK, next up, we’re stepping into Hanna-Barbera land, starting with Pixe and Dixie and Mr. Jinks.  Just two pics here, one from an unknown comic, and a coloring page.

Next, we have a lesser known cartoon named Punkin Puss and Mushmouse.  The episode is ‘Catch As Cat Can Day’.

A dry well… really should fix that, boys.

Finally, we have Motormouse and Autocat, with ‘Water Sports’.

And that’s all for this week!  Thanks for reading, and I’ll be back in another couple of weeks!

 

 

 

What’s Up, Doc?

Welcome back, everyone!

To end off the Easter special, let’s take a look at TV Guide’s #1 cartoon character of all time!

Little factoid before we start: While a character that was kind of a draft for Bugs appeared in 1938s Porky’s Wild Hare Hunt, the Bugs we know today debuted in 1940 in the Tex Avery directed ‘A Wild Hare’.

Let’s get started.  I actually don’t have a ton of Bugs when compared to many other famous cartoon characters, but I do have enough to make a post.  Here are some coloring pages…

No prizes for guessing how this ends.

OK, from the newer Looney Tunes Show, we have ‘The Black Widow’, and in this scene, Bugs is trying to find Lola’s mother’s bracelet.

Now, some comics.  I don’t know where any of these are from, unfortunately.

(EDIT (Mar. 28th, 2023): The fourth through sixth images here are from Dell’s Bugs Bunny #71)

Now, here’s 1955’s Something Fishy.

I’m sure no-one ever thought Bugs would be full of it…

Next, we have a few sets from Baby Looney Tunes.  First is Duck’s Reflucks…

(Edit (Feb. 5th 2022): Replaced next three sets with 1080p versions)

Petunia the Piggy Bank…

The Littlest Tweety

Finally, here are the rest of what I have, including comic covers, shirts, and various other things.

Well, this is all I have of Bugs solo shots.  There’s a few more with him with other characters, but that’s for another day.

Have a great Easter, folks, and see you next week!

A Laugh To Drive You Crazy

Welcome back, everyone!

This is going to be another two day entry, as this section of my collection is somewhat numerous.  Today, we’re going to look at the most successful screwball type of character from the 40s and 50s, Woody Woodpecker.

With his new direct to DVD CGI movie out, I thought this would be a good time to show these off.  It should be noted that said movie debuted in movie theaters in Brazil, where Woody has enjoyed a renaissance.

By the way, this will also contain sets from Chilly Willy cartoons, as they often aired alongside Woody.

Alright, on with the show.  There’s actually not very much that I’ve found from the older cartoons.  There’s this set with Woody, and I don’t know what episode this is from…

There’s also this set with Chilly Willy from ‘Salmon Loafers’.

Nice to see Chilly’s mask suddenly get a plastic lens just when Smedley needs it, huh?

Now moving to comics, here are some comic covers from various places…

Dyn: This is why you put the mask on BEFORE diving. Oww…my eyes

Some comics now.  Unfortunately, I don’t know where any of these are from.

This is from Four Color Comics 740, and the story is ‘The Big Catch’.

And now some Woody odds and ends.

With this, I’m actually going to stop for today, but tomorrow, I’ll be showing off the pics I have from the late 90s-early 2000s run of the Woody Woodpecker Show, and there’s a ton to cover, so come on back tomorrow!

 

The Foxes from Germany, Part 2

And welcome back!

So, today, after looking at the Fix and Foxi animated series yesterday, I’ll focus on the comics now.

Firstly, let’s look at the covers, and there are many.  First, with our title characters.

Next, from Lupo, who actually had his own self-titled publication…

And here’s everyone else.  The mole is Pauli, which had his own stories in Fix and Foxi comics, and the raven is Professor Knox, a scientist character.

Now, for the comics themselves.  I’ll just be separating by character here.  First, Fix and Foxi (With a guest appearance by Lupo and someone disguised as Knox).  Unfortunately, I don’t remember what specific issues these are from.

And now Lupo…

And one with Pauli…

Finally, here’s a few miscellaneous pics…

And there we have it, folks.  That’s my entire collection of this franchise so far.  Of course, there’s almost certainly more out there, and when I get my hands on enough, I’ll make a part 3.  In the meantime, however, I hope you all enjoyed looking at some of these.

I’ll be back next Friday.  With what?  Well, you’ll have to come back to find out.

 

 

A Mouse is Stirring…

… and the cat is right behind him!  Welcome back, folks.

Well, I’m sure y’all are expecting to see something along the lines of a Holiday themed post this week, but the truth is, I don’t really have anything suitable in my collection to make such a post with.

So this week, I’ll fulfill a request instead.

Tom and Jerry date back to 1940, when William Hanna and Joseph Barbera released the first of what would be 114 shorts for it’s initial run under the MGM banner, where Tom was called Jasper and Jerry was called Jinx.

We’ll focus on Jerry first, eh?

This is from the end of 1967’s Cannery Rodent, and Jerry’s performing an age-old gag here…

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The Devil has come, and he bears a shark fin.

This next one is from 1951’s Jerry and the Goldfish.  When looking for this, be careful, as this is right at the very end of the short and for some reason, a number of videos cut this out.

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And now a few odds and ends… here’s some comic covers.  Starting here, you’ll also see Tuffy, Jerry’s nephew.

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A couple of comic pages…

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And a VHS box cover.

Here’s a few pages with Tuffy going solo.

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On to Tom, he has a few more than Jerry, but oddly enough, his are mostly in newer shorts.

This first set is from 2006’s ‘Polar Peril’, where Tom and Butch, his partner in this short, try to catch Jerry, only to get thwarted repeatedly by a polar bear. (EDIT (March 2nd, 2021): Added high quality versions)

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Next up, we have 2008’s ‘Catfish Follies’. (EDIT (March 2nd, 2021): Added high quality versions)

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Trying to use a full size speargun to stick a mouse… overkill much?

Finally, we have 2014’s ‘Top Cat’.  No, no cameo by the character of the same name. (EDIT (March 2nd, 2021): Added high quality versions)

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Here’s a bit from the Tom and Jerry/Jonny Quest crossover movie Spy Quest.  This is from the closing credits, with Tom as one of the frogmen from Jonny Quest’s first cartoon.

Now in the non-animation section, some comics pages.

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And a coloring page.

Now, we have some of the two of them together.  First up is Tom and Jerry Kids’ ‘Beach Bummers’, released in 1990.  This was the series that was part of the ‘regression’ craze around that time, where popular cartoon characters had series’ released with them as kids or babies.

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Here’s a couple of shots from 1975’s ‘Watch Out Watch Dog’.

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We’re not quite done yet, though… Spike and Tyke, come on down!

Here’s some from ‘The Fish That Shoulda Got Away’.

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I don’t remember the name of this comic’s story…

Here, I’ll even throw in the Droopy cartoons that were a part of Tom and Jerry Shows.

This is from 1992’s ‘High Seas Hjjinks’.

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And this is from ‘Double ‘O’ Droopy’ from the same year.

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Whew… that was quite a bit, eh?

Well, here, I’ll fill one more request.  ‘Tis the season, after all.

Emil Eagle was a small time villain, appearing primarily in Gyro Gearloose and Moby Duck Disney comic stories.  He was supposed to be an ‘evil scientist’ and a rival for Gyro.  However, he’s been requested, and yes, I do have one comic of him in the collection.

This is from ‘Waterproof Positive’ in Moby Duck 12.

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And that finally brings this post to a close!  Hope you all enjoyed!

This will be my last post for this year, as I’ll be taking next week off, and possibly the following week as well, to recharge from this a bit.  Don’t wanna overdo this, you know?

See you all in the New Year, and Happy Holidays!

The Frogmen

Welcome back, everyone.  Today, we’re going to look at some frogs!

What else did you think I meant in the title?  😉

Getting right to it, we’ll start with some shots from Crazy Frog’s 2005 video, Popcorn.

Next up, we have the Frogger episode, Spaced Out Frogs, from 1983.  This was part of the Saturday Supercade show.

There’s also another episode of this called ‘The Great Scuba Scoop’, but alas, I’ve never been able to find it.

Here, we have a Sugar Smacks commercial from 1978, starring Dig ‘Em Frog.

Finally, from Strange Adventures 155, a bit of reverse scuba here…

That’s all for this week, folks.  Come back next week!

 

Ducktales, Woo-oo!

Well, folks, the new Ducktales cartoon’s first season is in full swing, and largely to positive reviews.

Before you ask, as of this posting, no, there’s nothing to add to the collection from that… yet.  Hopefully that’ll change soon.

However, in the meantime, why don’t we take a look at it’s predecessor?  Hell, maybe we’ll even look at the rest of its Disney Afternoon co-stars too.

Ducktales definitely had it’s share of underwater adventures.  Today, we’ll look at the SCUBA examples of that.

Firstly, these two sets are from “Much Ado About Scrooge”.  The first part is Scrooge after super door to door salesman Filler Brushbill gets done with selling him a bunch of random crap he doesn’t need.  The final bill: $444,444.04.  And a pair of four dollar glow in the dark socks.

Second set here is said super duper salesman sneaking aboard Scrooge’s boat as he seeks out a lost play, and putting to shore as they arrive.

That ‘stashe is totally fake.  Has to be.

This is a single shot from “The Bride Wore Stripes”, where Ma Beagle tries to catch Scrooge in a marriage scheme to take his money in the event of his death (or 1/2 in a divorce).  This was so quick and brief that I just got the one pic.

Pretty sure this is Burger.  Can’t believe they turned him into a total stick figure in the present cartoon.

Here, we have a postman delivering a party invitation to the Creature From the Blue Lagoon in “The Ducky Horror Picture Show”.

That’s just dedication to your job there.

Next, we have Fenton Crackshell counting all of Scrooge’s money that he dumped into the lake in “Liquid Assets Part 1”.  Also included is a show commercial bumper of him.

Whew, and we’ve hardly even looked at the main ducks yet!

From “Merit Time Adventure”, the crew looks into sinkings of transport ships from a sea monster’s rampage.  At one point, Scrooge gets kidnapped, and escapes via SCUBA, and deal with the ‘sea monster’ the same way.

Next, we have “Wrongway In Rongway”, which was the five part series premiere.  Here, Scrooge is testing out some underwater dredging gear, and then escaping some quicksand.

Don’t ask how Scrooge slipped on that SCUBA gear while completely submerged in quicksand.  Cartoon magic, people.  It explains everything.

Next, we have “Bermuda Triangle Tangle”, where the ducks get trapped on an island made out of seaweed that is inhabited by a giant sea monster.  In this scene, they’re trying to cut the seaweed off of a ship’s propeller to try to make their escape.

Finally, for the last of the cartoon, here’s “Duckman of Aquatraz”, where Scrooge gets framed for a robbery he didn’t commit and gets sent to Aquatraz, the Alcatraz equivalent for Duckberg.  In this scene, the nephews are recovering a painting that can prove their uncle’s innocence.

To end off today, we also have some miscellany from the show.  I’ll just mash these up into one group.  A fair number of comic pages here.

Come back tomorrow, where we’ll take a look at the rest of it’s Disney Afternoon compatriots!

Ranger Rick, Part 2

Welcome back, folks.  Let’s continue from where we left of yesterday…

In June and July of 2008, while on a kayaking trip, Boomer actually had to take a couple of snorkeling expeditions…

Who would’ve thought Boomer thought to bring a knife with him?  Perhaps he was aiming to fillet those fish right there in the kayak?

Next up, we have Boomer at it again, this time, giving himself a mild case of the bends…

So Boomer’s never heard of the Bends?  Someone needs to fire his SCUBA instructor… preferably out of a torpedo hatch.

In this March and April 2005 two parter, the trio goes on another dive and, naturally, get into difficulties…

I have to wonder why Boomer’s the only one in swim trunks here…

OK, so this is the last bit.  This is from August and September 2015, and you’ll notice that the crew looks a bit… different here.

In 2009, the magazines editors decided it was time to make the move to CGI artwork for the Ranger Rick stories, and hired The CharacterShop (yes, apparently, this is how they write their name), a production house in England.  In my opinion, this was a step back.  The characters looked ugly, and the scenes looked pretty average.

In 2016, they redesigned the characters again, and again, I’m not really sold on it.  Plus, they got rid of Ollie Otter altogether and replaced him with some other otter named Reggie who looks like a total stoner. You can find more on the Ranger Rick website, if you wish.

Also, before I go, if you want a more rounded and complete history of the Ranger Rick series, please take a look at Classic Ranger Rick.  It hasn’t been updated in several years, but it’s still a fine place to go to read up on the subject.

(Edit (Nov. 14th, 2020): Sadly, Classic Ranger Rick appears to be no more. You can view an archived version of the page via the Wayback Machine here.)

(Edit (August 4th, 2021): Check that, it’s back again, with a bit of a redesign.)

So this is all I have from Ranger Rick.  There might be more out there to be found, but I haven’t encountered it yet.  If I do, I’ll provide an update.

I’ll post again soon.  Not sure what it’ll be yet, but I’ll try to make it exciting.  Until then!

Ranger Rick, Part 1

Well, it’s been requested, and this IS his 50th year of his magazine, so why not?

Most Americans have at least heard of his magazine, published since January 1967 by the American based National Wildlife Federation to promote it’s vision to the nation’s children.  Ranger Rick, for the past 50 years, has been promoting wildlife conservation and appreciation to it’s readers.

Rick himself is a park ranger hat wearing raccoon with a passion for wildlife and environmental issues and educating his fellows on said subjects.  Usually with him are Scarlett Fox, his second in command who generally has a low tolerance for stupidity, and Boomer Badger, a goof who regularly tests Scarlett’s (and sometimes Rick’s) patience.

Naturally, in the course of 50 years, they’ve gotten wet a few times, and over the next couple of days, we’re going to see some of that.

Almost all of these were illustrated by the talented Robby Gilbert who illustrated the stories starring Rick and company from 1999 to 2009.  This first set is actually the first time the stories were presented in comic form in March of 2000. (Again, click the pictures for larger images.)

This next one is actually a rarity, with no Boomer or Scarlett.  In this November 2005 story, Sammy Squirrel and Punky Porcupine join Rick on a little boating trip…

You know, Sammy never did get in the water…

Finally, this two parter has Ollie Otter joining Rick and Scarlett… and almost dying a horrible drowning death for his overconfidence.  I don’t remember the issues, sorry.  If someone remembers, please let me know.

Two things here; one, Ollie, webbed feet and holding your breath for, what, 10 minutes, does not equate to SCUBA gear, you damned fool.

Second, when Ollie and Toby were in trouble there, why didn’t Rick and Scarlett, you know… move in and give them a puff instead of (presumably) floating there watching them struggle?  I suppose events might’ve unfolded pretty fast, but still…

Anyway, stay tuned until tomorrow, when I’ll have the rest of what I have with Ranger Rick shown.