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Cartoons that Time Forgot Vols. 1-3
Topic Started: Dec 8 2014, 11:10 AM (302 Views)
Laughing Gravy
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Here's another set of vintage cartoons that we enjoyed over and over; originally, these were video tapes, and we loved THOSE too. They were a regular staple on FNF for years. These were released on DVD by Image in 1999 (golly, has it REALLY been that long ago?) and as I recall, they were pretty pricey, maybe $29.99 each. They're a lot pricier now, long out of print, though. Some of the cartoons are available from our friends at Thunderbean.

The Ub Iwerks Collection, Vol. 1:
32 cartoons total in three sections, corresponding to three video tapes. All Singing! All Dancing! boasts Fiddlesticks, the first (and only color) Flip the Frog cartoon; Old Mother Hubbard, an operetta; Summertime, which seems to be an influence for Fantasia; and several other Flip cartoons. Willie Whopper's Fantastic Adventures and Other Tall Tales includes cartoon versions of Sinbad, Ali Baba, Don Quixote, and Tom Thumb, plus a handful of cartoons featuring a fat kid with no personality. Free-Form Fairy Tales is the best, with The Brave Tin Soldier, Simple Simon, Dick Whittington's Cat, Puss in Boots, and the other beloved characters who show up in 1930s cartoon fairy tales.

The Ub Iwerks Collection Vol. 2 gives us 26 more cartoons, including a whole bunch o' Flip the Frogs ("Glub! Glub!" was his theme song); some scary or would-be scary cartoons, including The Cuckoo Murder Case, Stratos Fear, Jack Frost, and The Headless Horseman; and several bonus cartoons, including Soda Squirt, with a bunch of movie stars in cameos, including the Marx Bros., Durante, Keaton, and Mae West. You know, the usual suspects.

The final volume is called From the Van Beuren Studio and has 21 cartoons, 13 in Technicolor, including the stunningly goofy (and not very good) Molly Moo-Cow series, plus some that ARE good, Cupid Gets His Man, Neptune Nonsense, Bold King Cole (with Felix the Cat), and some Toonerville Trolley cartoons among them. I think I prefer the Van Beuren Rainbow Parade cartoons to anything Iwerks did, although I do have a soft spot for Flip the Frog, I'll admit.

These 79 cartoons were a staple of our Friday night movies for years and much enjoyed by the kids when they were growing up.
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I'm happy to have everything in the "Cartoons That Time Forgot" collection.
Gravy you said you liked Flip The Frog. Well, Thunderbean is currently working on restoring and releaing the Flips. I don't know which ones tho.
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My personal favorite of the Van Beurens is "Rough on Rats," with "The Sunshine Makers" as number 2. I don't know why I love New York cartoons more than Hollywood ones, I just do. Kids seem to prefer the Warner cartoons and I can see why. What puzzles me is why anybody cares for the Disney shorts. Some of the Goofys are O.K., but the rest pretty much suck.
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Mickey Mouse in the 1930s was fun, and a few of the Donald/Chip 'n' Dale ones have merit. I love to look at the Silly Symphonies, too. But most of the rest don't interest me. Most of the rest. Some do. Fat bears bumping their asses together while picking up litter are always funny.
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