tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post6554744918839071184..comments2024-03-06T00:01:06.897-08:00Comments on Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie: 310. The Timid Toreador (1940)Steven Hartleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13825398324719609394noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-12243820018168671562014-06-14T18:30:20.728-07:002014-06-14T18:30:20.728-07:00PS Steve, sorry if my comments haver bugged you, b...PS Steve, sorry if my comments haver bugged you, but you haven't blocked anyone (or for that matter, attacked anyone else, all of whom would defend me)....please explain in which way I have annoyed you..I think you're doing a great blog and, heck, it's the best that has ever been done. Take care, SC.Pokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-85481432602769379622013-12-07T22:51:32.484-08:002013-12-07T22:51:32.484-08:00Interestingly, Frank Young's page on Tex Avery...Interestingly, Frank Young's page on Tex Avery/Warner Bros. cartoons, titled Supervised by Fred Avery, just reviewed Tex's own bullfighting pig short and the one that Mel Blanc would start his career at WB in:"Picador Porky". I remember Joe Adamson's "Tex Avery: King of Cartoons" got "Picador Porky" mixed up, storywise, with "Timid Toreador", with reference to the tamale ending.Steve.:)Pokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-8773521499491942102013-12-04T20:20:56.176-08:002013-12-04T20:20:56.176-08:00This was about the time Leon Schlesinger decided t...This was about the time Leon Schlesinger decided that all four units would now do both color Merrie Melodies and black & white Looney Tunes. But where the LT shorts were more casual about story structure, by the end of 1940 the MM efforts were very tight on their structure, even in the spot gag cartoons. Which is true for Clampett's first effort, "Goofy Groceries", which came out three months after this short.<br /><br />That might explain the Clampett-McCabe co-credit here, and on the ensuing "Porky's Snooze Reel", as Bob may have turned over part of the directing duties to Norm in order to focus on his color cartoon debut (and after 3 1/2 years of nothing but B&W Porky cartoons, Bob was probably doing Daffy Duck "Woo Woo" bounces around the officer when Leon told him he was finally going to be free of Porky and able to work in color).J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-67617020201237764462013-12-04T19:34:26.687-08:002013-12-04T19:34:26.687-08:00That's Oliver Hardy, not Laurel Hardy.
Welcom...That's Oliver Hardy, not Laurel Hardy.<br /><br />Welcome back.top_cat_jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365510398800837335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1589696115267272664.post-3938037500398340022013-12-04T19:30:04.711-08:002013-12-04T19:30:04.711-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.top_cat_jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365510398800837335noreply@blogger.com