From: sharrington@mpgs.dec.com (Shawn Harrington)
Subject: Re: Cartoons - MGM
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Distribution: rec
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 17:14:46 GMT


In article <2379@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca>, derrick@cs.athabascau.ca (Derrick Rowlandson) writes...
> 
>Hi there. I just discovered this group, so excuse any rehashing of topics...
> 
>I am a big fan of the old 1930-1970 cartoons, those put out by
>Warner Brothers, Disney, Hanna-Barberra, MGM. These cartoons were
>designed to amuse both old and young, and I find them very entertaining.
> 
>The Warner Brother cartoons are well documented in 3 books: 
>Bugs Bunny: 50 Years And Only One Grey Hare
>I Tat I Taw A Putty Tat
>That's All Folks
> 
>The WB cartoons are also well represented by well over a dozen video
>tapes that one can purchase, including the 12 set "Golden Jubilee" series.
> 
>I happenned accross a few great MGM tapes:
>Tex Avery's Wacky Classics (4 volumes of hilarity)
>MGM Cartoon Festival
>Droopy Dog and Friends
>The Adventures of Droopy Dog
>many Tom and Jerry Tapes
> 
>These are my favorites, particularily the Tex Avery stuff. I would love to get
>a good book on the MGM stuff, and would like to know how to find out wether
>any other cartoon tapes of this type of stuff is available.
> 
>Disney seems to be well represented by books and video's also, the Disney
>video's don't appear to be the best value tho ($15 for 3 cartoons, 23 minutes
>total in lenght).
> 
>Can you suggest any good reading on the Tex Avery and MGM cartoons? 
>(I am considering ordering the $40 Tom and Jerry book). Are there any 
>other studio's who put out similar stuff? Any other recomendations 
>(tapes or books)? How about a good mail order source for VHS tapes
>of cartoons?
> 
>thanks for listening.
> 
>Derrick


		Whole Toon Access sells a book you may be interested
	in: _Tex Avery: King of Cartoons_ by Joe Adamson. They describe
	it thusly:

		"The definitive biography of Tex Avery - with many ex-
	clusive interviews of Tex and his co-workers. Adamson traces
	the career of animation's wildest and perhaps most influential
	cartoon director, with special attention to the philosophy and
	experimentation that set Avery apart from the bulk of his con-
	temporaries. Amply illustrated with a complete filmography and
	Adamson's personal critique of every single Avery cartoon."

		They sell it for $16.95, plus $1.75 shipping. Their ad-
	dress is:

			Whole Toon Access
			P.O. Box 369
			1450 19th Ave. N.W.
			Issaquah, WA 98027 USA
			Phone: 206-391-8747

		Whole Toon Access is THE mail-order source for VHS car-
	toons. If it's available, they have it. Call them and ask for
	their Whole Toon Catalog.

		Getting back to books for a moment... They also have
	two Tom and Jerry books, but one is in French, so unless you
	can read that language, all you'd have is a book of pretty pic-
	tures. Likewise, they have two other books about Tex Avery, but
	both of THOSE are in French, too. They're expensive, too - 
	$94 and $59 bucks. Their appeal seems to be that they're chock
	full of artwork... if I was independently wealthy, maybe I'd go
	for them.

		I didn't see any other books listed relating to the MGM
	cartoons.




--- Shawn Harrington, DEC, Shrewsbury, MA

sharrington@mpgs.enet.dec.com


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