Saturday Morning Cartoon: Porky Pig's Feat

Today I'm bringing you "Porky's Pig's Feat" a black and white Looney Tune released in 1943 and directed by Frank Tashlin. Tashlin is one of the lesser-known Looney Tunes directors among the general public; however, he was one of the most successful. He started directed at Warner Bros. in 1938, left for a while and returned for three years, from 1943-1946. At that point Tashlin left animation to become a live-action writer and director, working with such talents as Bob Hope, Red Skelton and Jerry Lewis. He wrote films such as "The Paleface" "The Fuller Brush Man" and "The Lemon Drop Kid," and directed "Cinderfella," "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" and "Artist and Models" among others. In his cartoon work, you can defintely see him experimenting as a director, with odd camera angles and movement that were beyond what the other directors were doing at the time. Watch the scene in this cartoon starting at 2:40, where much of the action is shown via camera pans, reflection, and very odd camera angles. Enjoy!

Saturday Morning Cartoon: The Great Piggy Bank Robbery

It's once again Cartoon Saturday!  I'm surprised it's taken me this long to post a Warner Bros. cartoon, But here is one of my all-time favorites:  "The Great Piggy Bank Robbery" directed by Bob Clampett and released in 1946.  It was one of the last cartoons made by Clampett before he left Warner Bros., and one of his best.  Clampett eventually moved into early television with his puppet characters Beany and Cecil.  Enjoy!