…as a result. Complicating matters further, the main cartoon studios (particularly Hanna-Barbera) got so overwhelmed by demand for product, that their talent pool was getting stretched pretty thin, in an…

…course, having already been aired for a number of years In fact, it was already among the longest-lasting cartoon shows, which usually only seemed to get a single season or…

…characters and a melodramatic score. Still, the creators do not forget that they are creating a cartoon, and the composer is allowed to get silly at times with the music,…

…supporting characters, with the Looney Tunes gang tossed in. Yech. I like MJ as much as anyone, but I thought that any Looney Tunes movie should headline the toons, not…

…series. Sony saw that a new cartoon, debuting relatively soon after the movie was released, would likely be a great success. They wisely figured that it would be best to…

…for Cartoon Network’s [adult swim] block, offering plenty of bizarre humor that makes fun of law shows, sitcoms, and yes— beloved old cartoon stars. You know, part of me wants…

…think of it. As I found out in the special features, there were technical advancements that assisted the directors and animators. The most interesting to me was that tiny gears…

…read this section for, right? It’s not a make-or-break kind of thing; it just diminishes the set a wee tiny bit. Ink And Paint: The episodes are correctly presented in…

…pops appear throughout the movie, but this is a tiny quibble. Overall, the transfer is crisp and clean. There’s a choice of two formats: theatrical anamorphic widescreen and a pan-and-scan…

…is more animation than live-action (approximately two-thirds inside Frank’s cartoon innards), but when those real-world inserts come it is hallmark Farrelly humor. Murray makes for the perfect Frank and brings…

…Anita. Soon they are all living together in a tiny townhouse, with Roger’s songwriting just about paying the bills. When Anita’s old schoolmate Cruella De Vil hears that Perdita is…

…the film’s 1.85:1 widescreen shape (and for once it is true 1.85 – note the tiny slivers of black along top and bottom), with anamorphic enhancement. As with Spirit: Stallion…

…1933 cartoon The Mad Doctor – another one of my favorites. Fans will finally be able to see this brilliant cartoon, and get a real kick from the in-jokes (apart…

…Pluto, another cartoon from the same year which is curiously marked as a Silly Symphony in the Disney lists, the selection here moves on to Pluto’s first series cartoon proper:…

…loves and fulfil his destiny… The Sweatbox Review: If Beauty And The Beast was the next generation of Disney artists’ take on the Snow White-styled fairy-tale, and Aladdin their knockabout…

DisneyToon Studios/Walt Disney Home Entertainment (December 13 2005), single disc, 75 mins plus supplements, 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS Surround, Rated G, Retail: $29.99 Storyboard: Set five…

…forgets one is watching a cartoon, the whole look smacks of authenticity both in the designs and the deep, lushly painted backgrounds. The editing is also less frantic than we…

…an instant hit, soon catching the eye of cartoon producer Max Fleischer and his director brother Dave, who were looking for a possible replacement for their Betty Boop cartoon series…