recursal/Fanatic-Fandom huggingface dataset:
Hobo Amigos

**Hobo Amigos** was a series of videos that ran on the Hobo Bros channel. It functions exactly like the regular Hobo Bros program, but two new members are added into the mix. The two new members are Martin and Harry, both who are the editors for SMG4 and Hobo Bros. The first episode of this series aired on July 3, 2017, with a gameplay of Mario Party 10. On April 30, 2018, Luke announced the end of the series because of Harry's departure. It was briefly revived upon Martin's departure on February 19, 2019.
Bad Luck Blackie

**Bad Luck Blackie** is a 1949 short directed by Tex Avery.

## Title

The title is a pun on a character "Boston Blackie".

## Plot

Bad Luck Blackie is a black cat whose job it is to bring bad luck wherever needed... and it IS needed by a poor little kitten, constantly tortured by an evil bulldog. "Whenever you need me, just blow the whistle," Blackie says to the kitten. Whenever the dog bothers the kitten, the kitten blows the whistle and Blackie comes out of nowhere, crossing the dog's path and giving him bad luck... usually in the form of something large and heavy falling on him from the sky! As his luck gets worse and worse, the objects get bigger and bigger. Falling objects include (in successive order) a flowerpot, a kitchen sink and a battleship.

## Availability

* (1988) VHS - *Tex Avery's Screwball Classics*
* (1990) LaserDisc - *Tex Avery's Screwball Classics*
* (1993) LaserDisc - *The Compleat Tex Avery*, Side 5
* (2006) DVD - *Kitty Foyle*
* (2012) Blu-ray - *Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2*, Disc 3
* (2017) Blu-ray - *Grand Old Toons* (original credits and ending)
* (2020) Blu-ray, DVD - *Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1* (restored)

### Streaming

* Boomerang (2019 - )
* HBO Max (2020 - ) (restored)
* WarnerMedia RIDE (2021 - ) (restored)

## Censorship

* On Cartoon Network, this cartoon is missing the scene where Butch sticks his head out of a pipe and appears with a Chinese face.

## Notes

* This is the first short to feature a bulldog character known as Butch, the character's officially debut in "Wags to Riches".
* The gag with the falling plane, falling ship, etc., was later reused in *Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring*.
* Clips of this cartoon were featured on a TV in the video for "Stray Cat Strut" by The Stray Cats.
* The first scene of the cartoon is closely similar to "Puss Gets the Boot".

## References

1. ↑ http://www.whataboutthad.com/mgm-cartoon-filmography-by-production-number/
2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/1976motionpictur3301213libr/page/120/mode/1up
3. ↑ https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/hello-all-you-happy-tax-payers-tex-averys-voice-stock-company/
4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYAqW5lgSXQ
5. ↑ https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?p=16437019
6. ↑ https://www.intanibase.com/forum/posts/t3848-Grand-Old-Toons-stills
7. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20070205112019/http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/ltcuts/mgmcuts.html
Grin and Share It

**Grin and Share It** is the nineteenth *Droopy* cartoon directed by Michael Lah released in 1957.

This is the first Droopy short to be completely directed by Michael Lah. The first short to be written by Homer Brightman. The first officially made Droopy short to be produced in CinemaScope, the following cartoons afterwards would be produced in CinemaScope, as well as being directed by Michael Lah, with Homer Brightman doing the writing.

## Notes

* This is a first cartoon where Butch given his current name.
Chips Off the Old Block

**Chips Off the Old Block** is a 1942 MGM cartoon directed by Robert Allen.

## Plot

Butch sees four little kittens on his doorstep and tries to get rid of them so the lady of the house doesn’t see them. They prove, however, to be much trouble for the cat. When they are finally found out, she is delighted to see four little copies of him.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034594
2. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034594/fullcredits
3. ↑ https://tralfaz.blogspot.com/2021/10/running-butch.html
4. ↑ http://www.whataboutthad.com/mgm-cartoon-filmography-by-production-number/
Dumb-Hounded

**Dumb-Hounded** is a 1943 *Droopy* cartoon directed by Tex Avery. This cartoon is notable for being the debut of Tex Avery's MGM star, Droopy.

## Plot

A wolf escapes from a prison and all of the bloodhounds go to capture him. But one of the dogs, Droopy, his best friend, stays behind and says "Hello all you happy people. You know what? I'm the hero" and walks off to find the wolf. The wolf goes into hiding but is confronted by Droopy everywhere he goes. The rest of the cartoon focuses on the eager wolf running away from Droopy with each attempt failing. Droopy eventually drops a boulder on the wolf and he is captured. At the end, Droopy says "I'm so happy" and the cartoon ends.

## Availability

* (1993) Laserdisc - *The Compleat Tex Avery, Side 1*
* (2007) DVD - *Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection* (reissue; Warner Bros.) (unrestored turner print)
* (2020) Bluray - *Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1* (restored)

## References

1. ↑ http://www.whataboutthad.com/mgm-cartoon-filmography-by-production-number/
2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/catalogofc19703241213libr/page/49/mode/1up
Blackboard Jumble

**Blackboard Jumble** is a 1957 *Droopy* cartoon.

## Plot

An educational teacher dog who looks like Butch literally loses his mind over the kids and leaves the schoolhouse dramatically, and then decides to give the job to the first person he sees which is the Southern Wolf. He gives the job to him (speaking normally and twitching at the same time) and then runs off into the distance unhinged.

The rest of the cartoon plays as the Southern Wolf is being tormented by the kids, which have him going insane by the end of the cartoon.

## Notes

* Droopy doesn't speak in this cartoon outside of the title card, nor does he act like his normal self acting more like a rowdy kid along with the other two.
* The cartoon's plot is similar to "The Three Little Pups".
* This is also the only Droopy cartoon in which The Southern Wolf and Butch only appear together in.

## Censorship

In most American TV airings, particularly the version currently shown on MeTV, the scene where the stereotypical southern wolf wants the Droopy kids to finger-paint the Confederate flag (and the stars are added after the Southern Wolf gets hit on the head) was cut, due to the Confederate flag being a highly controversial flag in American history.
Academy Award

**Academy Awards**, now officially known as the **Oscars**, are a set of awards given annually for excellence of cinematic achievements by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

## MGM's Oscars

### Winners

* "The Milky Way" (1940)
* "The Yankee Doodle Mouse" (1943)
* "Mouse Trouble" (1944)
* "Quiet Please!" (1945)
* "The Cat Concerto" (1947)
* "The Little Orphan" (1949)
* "The Two Mouseketeers" (1952)
* "Johann Mouse" (1953)
* "The Dot and the Line" (1965)

### Nominees

* "The Calico Dragon" (1935)
* "The Old Mill Pond" (1936)
* "Peace on Earth" (1939)
* "Puss Gets the Boot" (1940)
* "The Night Before Christmas" (1941)
* "The Rookie Bear" (1941)
* "Blitz Wolf" (1942)
* "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse" (1947)
* "Hatch Up Your Troubles" (1949)
* "Jerry's Cousin" (1951)
* "Little Johnny Jet" (1953)
* "Touché, Pussy Cat!" (1954)
* "Good Will to Men" (1955)
* "One Droopy Knight" (1957)

### Submitted, screened, but not nominated

* "Wags to Riches" (1949)
* "One Cab's Family" (1952)
* "Just Ducky" (1953)
* "Tom's Photo Finish" (1957)
* "Robin Hoodwinked" (1958)
* "The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit" (1962)
* "Guided Mouse-ille" (1967)
* "The Bear That Wasn't" (1967)

## References

1. ↑ https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/cartoons-considered-for-an-academy-award-1948/
2. ↑ https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/cartoons-considered-for-an-academy-award-1951/
3. ↑ https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/cartoons-considered-for-an-academy-award-1953/
4. ↑ https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/cartoons-considered-for-an-academy-award-1957/
5. ↑ https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/cartoons-considered-for-an-academy-award-1958/
6. ↑ https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/cartoons-considered-for-an-academy-award-1961/
7. ↑ https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/cartoons-considered-for-an-academy-award-1966/
8. ↑ https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/cartoons-considered-for-an-academy-award-1967/
Billy Bletcher

**William Bletcher** (September 24, 1894 – January 5, 1979) was an American actor. He was known for voice roles for various classic animated characters, most notably Pete in Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse short films and the Big Bad Wolf in Disney's *Three Little Pigs*.

## Credits

* Hey-Hey Fever (1935) - Old King Cole, Little Boy with Deep Voice, Mother Hubbard's Dog
* No More Ladies (1935) - Leo the Lion (trailer only)
* The Hound and the Rabbit (1937) - Fox
* The Captain and the Kids film series (1938-1939) - The Captain, Long John Silver (The Captain's Christmas)
* Who Killed Who? (1943) - Detective, Ghost
* Tom and Jerry film series (1944-1949) - Spike Bulldog, Tom Cat (speaking in The Bodyguard and laughing in Solid Serenade)
* Barney Bear film series (1944-1949) - Barney Bear
* The Screwy Truant (1945) - Slick Wolf (laughing)
* Swing Shift Cinderella (1945) - Slick Wolf (laughing)
* Make Mine Freedom (1948) - Labor Employee
* Going Places (1948) - Sam Sudso

## References

1. ↑ https://tralfaz.blogspot.com/2019/03/boskos-radio-references.html
2. ↑ https://tralfaz.blogspot.com/2012/10/hound-fights-fox.html
Good Will to Men

***Good Will to Men*** is a 1955 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon short directed by William Hannah and Joseph Barbera, about a post-apocalyptic world populated only by animals. It is a CinemaScope remake of an earlier 1939 cartoon, *Peace on Earth*.

## Synopsis

A group of young mice is in the ruins of a church, practicing singing for an upcoming service. After singing an adulterated version of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing," the mice wonder about the last line, "Good will to men." One of them asks the chorus master, an old mouse, "What are men?"

The old mouse explains that they all killed each other off by building bigger and more destructive weapons, first guns, then missiles, then bombs. At the end of the fighting, clouds are seen, implying that nuclear weapons were used by each side.

The old mouse shows the boys some rules to live by that men seem to have forgotten. He is reading from a Bible.

## Voices

* Elmore Vincent - Preacher Mouse
* June Foray - Old Lady
* Sandy Descher - Child
* Mitchell Boys Choir - Vocalists

## Production

Compared to *Peace on Earth*, this post-World War II version featured updated and even more destructive forms of warfare technology such as flamethrowers, bazookas, and nuclear weapons. This version used a choir of mice as the main characters including a Deacon mouse who tell the story to his charges (voiced by an uncredited Elmore Vincent), and also had more direct religious references (though the *Bible* is simply referred to as the book of humans' rules in both, *Good Will to Men* includes a reference to the New Testament, while *Peace on Earth* only includes verses from the Old Testament). This new version was also nominated for the Best Animated Short Subject Oscar, but it lost to the Mr. Magoo short *When Magoo Flew*.

## Notes

* This was the final cartoon to be produced by Fred Quimby before retiring.
* The mice resemble the style of what mice are drawn in Tom and Jerry.
* Working title: "The Little Church Mouse".

## Availability

This cartoon was made available on the *Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection* DVD released by Warner Home Video in 2008.

1. ↑ http://www.whataboutthad.com/mgm-cartoon-filmography-by-production-number/
2. ↑ https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First&Search\_Arg=RE0000151747&Search\_Code=REGS
3. ↑ https://tralfaz.blogspot.com/2022/02/mgm-odds-and-ends-part-4.html
Jerry Mann

**Jerome Wolfman** (August 1, 1910 – December 6, 1987) was an American comedian and actor.

## Filmography

* War Dogs (1943) - Sergeant
* The Stork's Holiday (1943) - Walter Winchell, Kittens
* The Zoot Cat (1944) - Tom Cat, Radio Announcer
* Batty Baseball (1944) - Catcher, Umpire
* The Million Dollar Cat (1944) - Tom Cat, Telegram Boy
* Solid Serenade (1946) - Tom Cat (reused from The Zoot Cat)
* The Framed Cat (1950) - Tom Cat, Spike Bulldog
* Casanova Cat (1951) - Butch Cat
* Life with Tom (1953) - Radio Announcer
* Smarty Cat (1955) - Tom Cat (reused footage from The Zoot Cat)
Drippy

**Drippy** is Droopy's identical twin brother. He first appeared in *Droopy's Double Trouble*. He is much stronger, more violent and aggressive than Droopy. In the cartoon, because of his great strength, he was hired by the head butler to prevents any intruders from coming to the mansion and throw them out. He caused confusion to Butch Dog (still goes by his original official name, "Spike"), who does not know that his old pal, Droopy, has an identical twin brother. He thought Droopy was going through a split personality until he saw both brothers at once, leaving him to a nervous breakdown as he thought he was seeing double.

Although he does not appear in *Tom and Jerry Kids*, Dripple has some of his traits, such as super strength.

Drippy also appeared in the *Tom and Jerry Tales* episode "Endless Bummer", where he and Droopy have been secretly switching places. It revealed that Drippy is also a better surfer than his brother.
Baby Puss

**Baby Puss** is a 1943 Tom and Jerry cartoon directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

## Plot

Nancy is playing house, and pretending to be the mother and has also dressed Tom, apparently the family pet, up to be her pet kitten. She is scolding Tom, who is hiding under some furniture. She drags Tom out by his tail and threatens to spank him. Tom is resentful over his treatment and feels embarrassed. She carries him to the bassinet, tucks him in, and shoves a bottle of milk in his mouth. She warns him, under threat of more spanking, to stay in bed while she goes downtown to buy a new girdle. Indignant at first, Tom gets a taste of milk and quickly accepts his lot, mumbling like a baby and drinking from his baby bottle.

Jerry peeks from behind a doll house and sees Tom. Incredulous at first, Jerry proceeds to mock him by playing "Rock-a-bye Baby" on the turntable and pretends to be a baby himself. Tom is furious and chases Jerry into the dollhouse. Just when it seems that Tom has Jerry cornered, Nancy returns and scolds Tom again. Tucking Tom back in bed, Nancy threatens to feed him castor oil if he gets out again. Tom goes back to his role playing. Jerry emerges from the doll house and runs to the window to get the attention of three cats, Meathead, Butch and Topsy, who are just outside. they arrive in the window, When the trio see Tom, they begin to make fun of him. When Tom confronts the other cats, they continue to tease and humiliate him, tossing him like a ball causing him to land in a fish bowl resulting in a wet diaper. They then proceed to change his diaper with oil and powder, before fitting him with rubber pants.

The three cats are caught up in their abuse of Tom, singing "Mama Yo Quiero". Jerry looks behind the window and cackles. Then Nancy reappears and the other three cats rush off from the scene, leaving Tom to take the heat. Tom, as promised, gets scolded by being forced to have a spoon of castor oil. Tom resists, but with a little help from Jerry by squeezing a nutcracker on his tail, he takes the castor oil. He immediately feels nauseous and rushes off to be sick out of the nearby window. Jerry, victorious, continues to laugh at Tom's humiliation. However, his triumph is short-lived as payback catches up to him, in the form of the castor oil spilling down from the highchair, and right into the mouse's laughing mouth. Jerry is also immediately overcome with nausea and rushes to be sick out of the window next to Tom.

## Notes

* This is the 12th released Tom and Jerry cartoon.

## Credits

* Director/Story: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
* Animation: Ken Muse, Irven Spence, Ray Patterson, Pete Burness
* Music: Scott Bradley
* Film Editor: Fred McAlpin (uncredited)
* Producer: Fred Quimby
Goldfish

**Goldfish** is a character in Tom and Jerry.

## Appearances

* "Puss Gets the Boot" (1940) (cameo)
* "Puss N' Toots" (1942) (cameo)
* "Baby Puss" (1943) (cameo)
* "The Million Dollar Cat" (1944) (cameo)
* "Casanova Cat" (1951) (cameo)
* "Jerry and the Goldfish" (1951)
* "The Missing Mouse" (1953) (cameo)
* "The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off" (1965) (cameo)
* "Haunted Mouse" (1965) (cameo)
* "Filet Meow" (1966)
Homesteader Droopy

**Homesteader Droopy**

## Notes

* The title card for this is similar to the title card from "Wild and Woolfy".
* Baby Droopy was said to be precursor to Droopy's son Dripple.

1. ↑ http://www.whataboutthad.com/mgm-cartoon-filmography-by-production-number/
2. ↑ https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First&Search\_Arg=RE0000084864&Search\_Code=REGS
3. ↑ https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/avery-vol-2-well-imagine-that/
Daws Butler

**Charles Dawson "Daws" Butler** (November 16, 1916 – May 18, 1988) was an American actor.

## Filmography

* Little Rural Riding Hood (1949) - Slick Wolf, Telegram Boy
* Out-Foxed (1949) - Reginald Fox, Kennel Master
* The Cuckoo Clock (1950) - Narrator, Blackie Cat
* The Chump Champ (1950) - Gorgeous Gorillawitz, Announcer, Referee, Fortune Teller, Queen of Sports
* The Peachy Cobbler (1950) - Narrator, The Cobbler, Elf
* Jerry and the Goldfish (1951) - Chef Francois
* Droopy's Double Trouble (1951) - Mr. Jeeves, Butch (one line)
* Fresh Laid Plans (1951) - Black Market Crow, Laid-Off Worker
* Magical Maestro (1952) - Mysto the Magician
* One Cab's Family (1952) - John the Cab, Doctor
* Little Johnny Jet (1953) - Johnny Jet, Jets, Men
* T.V. of Tomorrow (1953) - Gambler
* The Three Little Pups (1953) - Southern Wolf, Narrator
* Billy Boy (1954) - Southern Wolf
* Pet Peeve (1954) - George
* Pup on a Picnic (1955) - Spike Bulldog
* Smarty Cat (1955) - Butch Cat
* Deputy Droopy (1955) - Droopy, Sheriff, Tall Robber
* Pecos Pest (1955) - TV Announcer
* Down Beat Bear (1956) - Melody Time Host
* Barbecue Brawl (1956) - Spike Bulldog
* Give and Tyke (1957) - Spike Bulldog, 2nd Dog, Dogcatcher
* Scat Cats (1957) - Spike Bulldog, George, Lightning Cat
* Mucho Mouse (1957) - Tom Cat
* Blackboard Jumble (1957) - Southern Wolf, Butch
* Tom's Photo Finish (1957) - George, Spike Bulldog
* Sheep Wrecked (1958) - Southern Wolf, Narrator
* The Phantom Tollbooth (1970) - The Whether Man, The Senses Taker, The Terrible Trivium, The Gelatinous Giant
Doggone Tired

**Doggone Tired** is a 1949 cartoon directed by Tex Avery.

## Plot

An energetic dog needs a night's rest if he's going to be ready for rabbit hunting at dawn. A crafty rabbit does everything he can to keep him awake.

## Availability

* (1986) VHS - *Wacky Wabbit*
* (1986) VHS - *Bugs Bunny 1010*
* (1987) VHS - *Over One Hour of Cartoons Volume 9*
* (1988) VHS - *The 3 Little Pigs*
* (1988) VHS - *Mighty Mouse and Elmer Fudd*
* (1988) VHS - *Daffy Duck*
* (1989) VHS - *Elmer Fudd Vol. 1*
* (1989) VHS - *Mary's Little Lamb and Other Cartoon Classics*
* (1989) VHS - *Bugs Bunny All This and Rabbit Stew*
* (1990) VHS - *The Three Little Pigs*
* (1990) VHS - *2 Hour Babysitter Volume 1*
* (1990) VHS - *Canine Capers*
* (1991) VHS - *Cartoon Carnival Vol. 2*
* (1992) VHS - *Bugs Bunny 5089*
* (1992) LaserDisc - *All This and Tex Avery Too!*
* (1993) LaserDisc - *The Compleat Tex Avery*, Side 5
* (1993) VHS - *Tweety and Friends Cartoons*
* (1998) DVD - *Cartoon Crazys 2*
* (2001) DVD - *Cartoon Explosion: Volume 1*
* (2002) DVD - *Bugs Bunny and Friends Vol 7*
* (2004) DVD - *Cartoon Craze Volume 20: Gumbasia*
* (2006) DVD - *Crazy Critter Cartoons*
* (2015) Blu-ray - *On the Town* (Warner Bros.)
* (2015) Blu-ray - *Frank Sinatra Five Film Collection* (Warner Bros.)
* (2018) Streaming - Boomerang (Warner Bros.)
* (2020) DVD/Blu-ray - *Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 2* (restored; Warner Bros.)

## References

1. ↑ http://www.whataboutthad.com/mgm-cartoon-filmography-by-production-number/
2. ↑ https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/avery-vol-2-well-imagine-that/
Hound Hunters

**Hound Hunters** is a 1947 George And Junior short directed by Tex Avery

## Notes

* The working title was "What Price Fleadom", which would be later used as the title of a cartoon featuring Homer Flea released the following year.
* The name of the short is a play on the later on HGTV 1999 show "House Hunters".

## References

1. ↑ http://www.whataboutthad.com/mgm-cartoon-filmography-by-production-number/
2. ↑  (3 October 2022) *Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2* (in en). BearManor Media.
Fred Quimby

**Frederick Clinton Quimby** was the head producer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's cartoon studio from its establishment up until his retirement in 1955. He won seven Academy Awards as a result of producing the *Tom and Jerry* cartoon series.

## History

Quimby was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and started his career as a journalist. In 1907, he managed a film theater in Missoula, Montana. Later, he worked at Pathé, and became a member of the board of directors before leaving in 1921 to become an independent producer. He was hired by Fox in 1924, and moved to MGM in 1927 to head its short features department.

In 1937, Quimby was assigned to establish an in-house animation department for MGM. In 1939, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera presented Quimby with a proposal for a series of cartoons featuring a cat and a mouse. Although he had no interest in the idea, Quimby approved, and the result was *Puss Gets the Boot*, which was nominated for an Academy Award. He initially refused to produce more cat-and-mouse cartoons, but he changed his mind following the success of *Puss Gets the Boot*.

Quimby retired from MGM in May 1955, after the production of *Good Will to Men*. Hanna and Barbera assumed his role as co-heads of the studio and took over the production title for the rest of the MGM cartoon shorts.
Jitterbug Follies

**Jitterbug Follies** is a 1939 *Count Screwloose and J.R. the Wonder Dog* cartoon directed by Milt Gross.

## Plot

Count Screwloose is running some sort of amateur night scheme but is prevented from running off with the money by some toughs; he instead tries to get his dog to take the prize by dressing up as an ostrich. Meanwhile, two penguins try reciting/enacting a funnied up bit of rhyming coupletry known as Bingen on the Rhine.

1. ↑  (3 October 2022) *Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2* (in en). BearManor Media.
Butch Cat

**Butch Cat** is a Tom and Jerry character created by Hugh Harman. He is a black and white alley cat whose appearance generally vary from a friend or ally to a rival of Tom Cat.

## Appearances

* "The Alley Cat" (1941) (as Tom)
* "Baby Puss" (1943)
* "Springtime for Thomas" (1946)
* ”Trap Happy" (1946)
* "A Mouse in the House" (1947)
* "The Truce Hurts" (1948)
* "Heavenly Puss" (1949) (cameo)
* "Tennis Chumps" (1949)
* "Saturday Evening Puss" (1950)
* "Casanova Cat" (1951)
* "Jerry's Cousin" (1951) (cameo)
* "Sleepy-Time Tom" (1951)
* "Life with Tom" (1952) (cameo)
* "Baby Butch" (1954)
* "Smarty Cat" (1955)
* "Muscle Beach Tom" (1956)
* "Blue Cat Blues" (1956)

## Notes

* An unrelated cat who is also named Butch appeared in "Chips Off the Old Block".
Comics and Stories (1996)

**Comics and Stories** is a comic book series featuring Tex Avery's characters. The series ran for four issues in 1996.

The series ran for only a few than four issues that started in April 1996 until July of the same year.

## Issues

* Comic and Stories Issue 1
* Comic and Stories Issue 2
* Comic and Stories Issue 3
* Comic and Stories Issue 4

## External Links

1. https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?TID=274841
2. https://tex-avery-red.fandom.com/wiki/Comics\_and\_Stories
Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life

Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life is an 1965 Tom and Jerry Cartoon directed by Chuck Jones

## Plot

As the title cards are shown, Tom's pursuit of Jerry circles around a room and back to Jerry's mouse hole. Tom is moving so fast, he runs into the wall and turns into a four-legged stool. Tom attempts to cut off a 4×4 area of the wall with Jerry's mouse hole in it in order to reach the mouse, but instead, the rest of the wall falls—on him.

Then Jerry is being chased by Tom in another direction, and suddenly a second Jerry zooms past. Tom is puzzled as six more Jerry's zoom past, and faces the direction they are coming from, even one passed onto him as he faces it. Angry, a ninth Jerry comes from the other direction, and pulls back Tom's eyelids. Tom then chases Jerry outside into the air. Jerry breaks off before falling into space, but Tom fails. He sees the streets (approximately) 50 stories below and grabs onto the drapes again, which brings him back inside but wraps him up with the drapes. Tom and Jerry then both run into free-fall. Jerry grabs a question mark and catches a pipe. Tom grabs onto an exclamation point and then twists it into a hook shape when he sees Jerry safe, but too late—he slams into the ground shortly thereafter. As he fixes himself like a jack using his tail, Tom climbs a rain gutter, but falls and lands in a manhole and screams.

Jerry discovers an air horn, which Jerry sounds behind Tom on a ledge. Tom is left chattering on a nearby pole. Next, Jerry retreats into a second rain gutter, but Tom lassos him using a fish hook and with a chuckle, gives Jerry a taste of his own medicine. To get revenge, as Tom is laughing, Jerry dreams up some knives and throws them at Tom. Tom runs to the end of the sidewalk and narrowly avoids all knives, giving Jerry a good laugh. Tom then becomes stuck in the down pipe of the second rain gutter, with his head and front legs at the bottom and his tail and hind legs at the top, while trying to chase Jerry through it. Jerry suggests using the air horn to "scare" Tom's hind legs and tail down the pipe so Tom can be free. After this, the two shake hands, and Tom kisses Jerry. After kissing him a few times, he becomes hungry, and the chase then recommences. As Tom chases Jerry around a corner, Tom's midsection is now several meters long and he makes train noises as this cartoon closes.

## Notes

* This was the first to use classic MGM sound effects since *Tot Watchers* (1958).
* This short was shown in the 1992 movie *Honeymoon in Vegas*.
* The cartoon's title is a play-on-words of the song "Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life" from Naughty Marietta, although the storyline bears no resemblance.
* Some gags in this cartoon are reused from the classic Felix the Cat cartoons in the 1920's.

## Availability

* (1994) LaserDisc - *The Art of Tom & Jerry, Volume III: The Chuck Jones Cartoons* (Disc 1)
* (2009) DVD - *Tom and Jerry: The Chuck Jones Collection* (Restored)
* (2011) DVD - *Tom and Jerry: Fur Flying Adventures Volume 3* (Restored)
Harry E. Lang

**Harry Edward Lang** (December 29, 1894 – August 5, 1953) was an American actor who had appeared in *The Cisco Kid*.

## Filmography

* The Wayward Pups (1937) - Cat
* Buried Treasure (1938) - Leopard
* Jitterbug Follies (1939) - Opening Announcer, Penguin
* The Little Goldfish (1939) - Catfishes
* Puss Gets the Boot (1940) - Tom Cat
* The Alley Cat (1941) - Butch Cat, Toodles Galore, Butler
* The Midnight Snack (1941) - Tom Cat
* The Night Before Christmas (1941) - Tom Cat
* Fraidy Cat (1942) - Tom Cat
* Chips Off the Old Block (1942) - Butch
* Fine Feathered Friend (1942) - Tom Cat
* Sufferin' Cats! (1943) - Tom Cat, Tom's Conscience, Topsy Cat
* The Lonesome Mouse (1943) - Tom Cat, Jerry Mouse, Jerry's Inner Voice
* Baby Puss (1943) - Tom Cat, Meathead Cat
* The Bodyguard (1944) - Tom Cat whistling
* Mouse Trouble (1944) - Tom Cat
* Mouse in Manhattan (1945) - Alley Cat
* Quiet Please! (1945) - Tom Cat
* The Hick Chick (1946) - Charles (screeching)
* Solid Serenade (1946) - Tom Cat
* Part Time Pal (1947) - Tom Cat
* The Cat That Hated People (1948) - Blackie Cat (screeching)
* Bad Luck Blackie (1949) - Kitten
* Jerry's Diary (1949) - Uncle Dudley
* Triplet Trouble (1952) - Tom Cat (laughing)
* Cruise Cat (1952) - Tom Cat
* The Missing Mouse (1953) - Tom Cat
1939

**1939** is one of the years in the Golden Age of MGM Cartoons.

## Shorts

1. Petunia Natural Park
2. Seal Skinners
3. Mama's New Hat
4. Jitterbug Follies
5. Wanted: No Master
6. The Little Goldfish
7. Art Gallery
8. The Bear That Couldn't Sleep
9. Goldilocks and the Three Bears
10. The Bookworm
11. One Mother's Family
12. The Blue Danube
13. Peace on Earth
14. The Mad Maestro
Frank Graham

**Frank Lee Graham** (November 22, 1914 – September 2, 1950) was an American radio announcer, actor and cartoon voice actor.

## Works

* The Night Before Christmas (1941) - Narrator
* Blitz Wolf (1942) - Narrator
* The Early Bird Dood It! (1942) - Early Bird
* Sufferin' Cats! (1942) - Tom's Devil Conscience
* Dumb-Hounded (1943) - Slick Wolf, Mayor
* Red Hot Riding Hood (1943) - Slick Wolf, Announcer, Narrator, Cab Driver
* Big Heel-Watha (Buck of the Month) (1944) - Narrator, Big Chief Rain-in-Face
* The Shooting of Dan McGoo (1945) - Narrator, Slick Wolf, Bartender, Announcer
* Jerky Turkey (1945) - Indian
* Swing Shift Cinderella (1945) - Slick Wolf, Announcer
* Flirty Birdy (1945) - Eagle
* Wild and Woolfy (1945) - Race Caller
* Springtime for Thomas (1946) - Jerry's Devil Conscience, Butch Cat
* The Hick Chick (1946) - Bull
* Trap Happy (1946) - Butch Cat
* Northwest Hounded Police (1946) - Slick Wolf, Dr. Putty-Puss, R.C.M.P Chief
* Slap Happy Lion (1947) - Mouse
* King-Size Canary (1947) - Mouse
* Kitty Foiled (1948) - Jerry Mouse (Indian disguise)
* The House of Tomorrow (1949) - Narrator, Machine Voice
* Jerry and the Lion (1950) - The Lion, Radio Announcer
* The Chump Champ (1950) - Announcer (final event)
Greyfriars Bobby

This 1961 Disney Irish film has a narrator, like:
1. Goldilocks and the Three Bears
2. Home on the Range
3. The Milky Way
4. Gallopin' Gals
5. Adbul the Bulbul Ameer
6. The Rookie Bear
7. Little Cesario
8. The Night Before Christmas
9. The First Swallow
10. Blitz Wolf
11. Wild Honey
12. Barney Bear's Victory Garden
13. Red Hot Riding Hood
14. One Ham's Family
15. Batty Baseball
16. Big Heel Watha
17. The Shooting of Dan Mc Goo
18. The House of Tomorrow
19. The Cuckoo Clock
20. The Chump Champ
21. The Peachy Cobbler
22. Car of Tomorrow
23. Barney Bear's Hungry Cousin
24. Johann Mouse
25. TV of Tomorrow
26. The Three Little Pups
27. Homesteader Droopy
28. The Farm of Tomorrow
29. Dixieland Droopy
30. Field and Scream
31. The First Bad Man
32. One Droopy Knight
33. Sheep Wrecked
Benny Burro

TBA

## Appearances

* The Prospecting Bear (1941)
* Little Gravel Voice (1942)
* Caballero Droopy (1952)
* Half-Pint Palomino (1953)

## Notes

* He made a cameo appearance in the 1988 Disney/Touchstone film *Who Framed Roger Rabbit* in the Maroon Cartoon Studios scene.
* Benny Burro also appeared with Barney Bear in the 2013 Warner Bros. direct-to-video film *Tom and Jerry's Giant Adventure*.
George Gordon

**George Gordon** (September 2, 1906 – May 24, 1986) was an American film and TV animator and director of animated productions. Starting in film in 1926, he moved to TV in its early days. Gordon is credited with hundreds of cartoons from 1937 through 1983.

## Works

### As a Director

* The Stork's Holiday (1943)
* Innertube Antics (1944) (uncredited)
* The Tree Surgeon (1944) (uncredited)
* Bear Raid Warden (1944) (uncredited)
* Barney Bear's Polar Pest (1944) (uncredited)
* The Unwelcome Guest (1945) (with Michael Lah) (uncredited)
* Why Play Leap Frog? (1950) (uncredited)

### As a Animator

* Cleaning House (1938)
* Blue Monday (1938)
* Poultry Pirates (1938)
* The Captain's Pup (1938)
* A Day at the Beach (1938)
* The Winning Ticket (1938)
* The Honduras' Hurricane (1938)
* The Captain's Christmas (1938)
* Petunia National Park (1939)
* Mama's New Hat (1939)
* The Little Goldfish (1939)
* The Bear That Couldn't Sleep (1939)
* Goldilocks and The Three Bears (1939)
* The Bookworm (1939)
* Peace on Earth (1939)
* Puss Gets the Boot (1940)
* The Milky Way (1940)
* The Bookworm Turns (1940)
* Romeo in Rhythm (1940)
* The Homeless Flea (1940)
* Gallopin' Gals (1940)
* The Lonesome Stranger (1940)
* Abdul the Bulbul-Ameer (1941)
* The Prospecting Bear (1941)
* The Goose Goes South (1941)
* The Rookie Bear (1941)
* The Midnight Snack (1941)
* Officer Pooch (1941)
* The Night Before Christmas (1941)
* Fraidy Cat (1942)
* Dog Trouble (1942)
* Puss N' Toots (1942)
* The Bowling Alley-Cat (1942)
* Fine Feathered Friend (1942)
* Sufferin' Cats! (1943)
* The Lonesome Mouse (1943)
* The Yankee Doodle Mouse (1943)
Bosko

Bosko image

**Bosko** is a cartoon character created by Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising.

In 1929, Harman/Ising presented to Leon Schlesinger the pre-short, *Bosko The Talk-Ink Kid*. Schlesinger then let them produce cartoons at their studio for him. His first animated appearances were in Leon Schlesinger and Warner Bros. Looney Tunes series of animated cartoons, which he starred in from 1930's *Sinkin' in the Bathtub* to 1933's *Bosko's Picture Show*.  In 1933, Harman and Ising had a dispute with Schlesinger over budget and severed ties. Through the process, Schlesinger started making Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies in house and Harman/Ising took the rights to Bosko with them. The duo later got a job at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and began producing *Happy Harmonies* for them at their studio.

Bosko's first appearance in a cartoon released by MGM was 1934's *Bosko's Parlor Pranks*.

Notably, 1935's *Hey-Hey Fever* was the last cartoon to feature Bosko with his original design.

Starting with *Run, Sheep, Run!*, Bosko's design was completely overhauled into a young black boy.

Due to the overbudget of Happy Harmonies and the stereotyping of the black boy, the character was retired in 1938. He only appeared in 9 Happy Harmonies shorts. He has the most appearances out of any character in the series. He would not be seen again until *Fields of Honey*, a 1990 episode of the Warner Bros. Television/Amblin Entertainment television series *Tiny Toon Adventures*. His design was once again completely overhauled. This new design resembled the *Looney Tunes* Bosko, except he had a more pronounced jaw and floppy dog-like ears to eliminate the blackface parallels.

## Filmography

* "Bosko's Parlor Pranks" (1934)
* "Hey-Hey Fever" (1935)
* "Run, Sheep, Run!" (1935)
* "The Old House" (1936)
* "Circus Daze" (1937)
* "Bosko's Easter Eggs" (1937)
* "Little Ol' Bosko and the Pirates" (1937)
* "Little Ol' Bosko and the Cannibals" (1937)
* "Little Ol' Bosko in Bagdad" (1938)

## Notes

* A character resembling him appears in the Willie Whopper short "The Good Scout".
Robin Hoodwinked

**Robin Hoodwinked** is a 1958 *Tom and Jerry* cartoon produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

## Availability

* DVD - *Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection: Volume 3* - (original CinemaScope format, remastered; Warner Bros.)
* DVD - *Tom and Jerry: Tricks & Treats* (Warner Bros.)
* DVD - *Tom and Jerry: Pint-Sized Pals* (Warner Bros.)

## Notes

* This short was considered for an Academy Award in 1958, but was not nominated.

## References

1. ↑ http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/cartoons-considered-for-an-academy-award-1958/
Dixieland Droopy

**Dixieland Droopy** is a 1954 *Droopy* cartoon directed by Tex Avery.

## Plot

An unseen narrator (John Brown) tells the story of a Dixieland-music-loving dog named John Irving Pettybone (Droopy, voice of Bill Thompson). Pettybone's one love is listening to a record of Dixieland jazz, specifically "Tiger Rag", and pretending to conduct the music. Unfortunately, the manager of the dump where Pettybone lives is not a fan of Dixieland, and he evicts the hapless dog from the dump.

Pettybone travels to several locations (a cafe, an organ grinder, an ice cream truck, a merry-go-round) in an attempt to play his music, but is thrown out each time. Pettybone is heartbroken when his record is accidentally smashed, but his luck changes when he hears a group of fleas called "Pee Wee Runt and his All-Flea Dixieland Band". He goes there, despite a sign that says dogs aren't allowed inside. He is, however, chased by the owner of a flea circus. After the owner locates Droopy, he demands the fleas returned. Droopy refuses to comply and continues running from him throughout the city (while the fleas take a smoke break).

The pursuit continues with the owner chasing Droopy inside Jazza Plaza. Droopy ultimately escapes the owner by hiding inside a theatrical agent's office. The agent does not approve of dog acts, and demands for Droopy to leave. He retracts when he hears the flea band, and mistakenly believes that Pettybone is making the music himself. Pettybone becomes famous as "John Pettybone, Dog of Mystery", and realizes his dream of playing the Hollywood Bowl.

As the cartoon concludes with a close-up of the flea circus band, the narrator states that no one ever discovered the secret to Pettybone's music. Because only Pee Wee Runt knew and would never tell as he, the trumpeter, reveals, "For you see, he - that flea, Pee Wee - is me! See?".

## Availability

* VHS - *Cartoon Moviestars*: Here Comes Droopy!
* LaserDisc - *The Compleat Tex Avery*
* DVD - *The Long, Long Trailer* (Warner Bros.)
* DVD - *Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection* (restored).
* Blu-ray - *Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 2* (restored).

1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/boxofficeoctdec180boxo/page/n101/mode/1up
2. ↑ https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/avery-vol-2-well-imagine-that/
George and Joan

## Appearances

### Latest appearance

"The Vanishing Duck" (May 2, 1958) (George)
"Tot Watchers" (August 1, 1958) (Joan)

### Created by

William Hanna
Joseph Barbera

### Voiced by

Daws Butler (George, 1954-1957)
June Foray (Joan, 1954-1956)
Julie Bennett (Joan, 1956-1958)
Pilar Arcos (Joan, "Mucho Mouse")
Richard Anderson (George, "The Vanishing Duck")
Perry Sheehan (Joan, "The Vanishing Duck")

**George and Joan** are the characters in Tom and Jerry.
Car of Tomorrow

**Car of Tomorrow** is a short directed by Tex Avery in September 22, 1951.

## Synopsis

A series of demonstrations of the kind of motoring accessories we'll all take for granted in the future...

## Plot

* Next, the “Step Down Model” the man opens the car and when he tried to step in he fell down like a hole and hits the ground.
* Next, a model with built in seal beam headlights, but 2 real seals popped out of the headlights and they honk, and the narattor takes the pencil and draws a cross and scribbles as he orders “Oh No!”.
* Next, a parking problem free model, a driver stops in the middle of the street and closes his car until it is the size of a book so no more parking problems and the man walks away.

## Censorship

* Most versions of this short shown on American television (specifically on the Ted Turner-owned networks TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, and Boomerang) cut the scenes featuring a Native American-style convertible with a teepee top and a Chinese car that runs like a rickshaw due to concerns over ethnic stereotypes. The scenes featuring jokes about women drivers and a car used by men to trap their female dates, however, were never censored.

## Voice Cast

* Tex Avery as Hiccups vocals
* June Foray as the Fashion announcer and Talking turn signal
* Gilman Rankin as the Narrator
1934

## Shorts

### Film Preservation Associates era

* Hell's Fire
* Robin Hood, Jr.
* Insultin' the Sultan
* Reducing Creme
* Rasslin' Round
* Cave Man
* Jungle Jitters
* The Good Scout
* Viva Willie

### Turner era

* The Hot Choc-Late Soldiers (part of Hollywood Party)
* The Discontented Canary
* The Old Pioneer
* Tale of the Vienna Woods
* Bosko's Parlor Pranks
* Toyland Broadcast
Jerry's Cousin

**Jerry's Cousin** is the 57th *Tom and Jerry* cartoon directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

## Plot

One day at Hogan's Alley, Jerry's cousin Muscles is showing the cats who's boss. After dispatching of his feline nemesis, Muscles retrieves his mail, which includes a letter from Jerry, begging for help in dealing with Tom.

An angry Muscles packs his bag and goes to Jerry's home. As he marches through the alleyway, the cats cower in fear; Butch is so scared of Muscles that he digs his own grave and buries himself.

At Tom and Jerry's house, the mouse is being mercilessly terrorized by Tom, who throws sticks of firecrackers into Jerry's mouse hole. Muscles arrives just as a stick of dynamite is thrown into the hole. Muscles goes out of the hole with the dynamite and forces Tom to endure the explosion in his mouth. This causes the cat's eyes, cheeks and eardrums to briefly pop out as smoke comes out of his ears. Tom, thinking Muscles is another simple, helpless mouse, grabs Muscles, but the mouse easily throws him off and sternly demands that, as long as Muscles is around, Tom lay off his little cousin Jerry "*Listen Pussycat! Don't let me catch you picking on my little cousin while I'm around, you understand? Now beat it!*" He then gives Tom a further taste of his strength by hurling him into a vase and spits on it, revealing that the cat has conformed into the vase's shape.

Tom tries weight training, but as he visits Muscles and gives Muscles a punch, Muscles blows his own hand into a very big one and punches Tom strongly. Tom then tries a divide and conquer strategy, and even attempts murder, but finds himself outwitted at every turn; Muscles is either too strong or too crafty for him. In desperation, Tom calls a group of feline thugs for hire to dispose of Muscles. Even though the thugs ambush Muscles, they are quickly immobilized and tossed from the house. Tom, thoroughly intimidated, begins to grovel at Muscles' feet. Before Muscles returns home, he gives Jerry an outfit which is identical to his, with him reminding him to whistle. Jerry gets himself dressed and toughen himself up to look more like Muscles. While Jerry steps out of his mousehole and whistles, Tom believes that Jerry is Muscles, rushes there to bow to him and kisses his feet, much to the mouse's delight.

## Availability

* (2004) DVD - *Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection: Volume 1* (unrestored; Warner Bros.)
* (2008) DVD - *Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection* (restored; Warner Bros.)
* (2012) DVD - *Tom and Jerry: Tricks & Treats* (unrestored; Warner Bros.)

## Notes

* This is the fifth Tom and Jerry short to be nominated.
* This was the last short to have Tom and Jerry in their 1940s style.
* Irven Spence is credited as Irvin Spence in the opening credits; he was also credited as Irv Spence in other credits.
* A gang of alley cats in this short would later reappear in *The Tom and Jerry Show* episode "The Police Kitten", as the antagonist who spoke in the episode.
Good Little Monkeys

**Good Little Monkeys** is a 1935 *Happy Harmonies* cartoon directed by Hugh Harman.

## Plot

The cartoon begins at midnight during a rain storm in a house full of books. A tiny devil emerges from a copy of Dante's Inferno and stalks through the room, coming across statuettes of three good monkeys that have come to life. They sing a song about their virtue, "speak no evil, see no evil, hear no evil."

The devil calls to the monkeys but is rejected with a repeat of their song. He grabs a pair of peanuts from a dish and uses them as maracas, inviting characters from other books such as Rip Van Winkle and Black Beauty to help him create music, using the song and a trail of peanuts to lure the monkeys away. The monkeys follow him, singing and eating the peanuts, until a woman from one of the books puts on a sultry belly dancing performance that makes them remember their virtue. They rebuke her and reprise their virtue song, but have already been lured close to the Inferno book, which the devil tries to drag them into.

The characters in the other books hear the monkeys cries as they try to escape the cackling devil, and rally together to save them. Staging a military assault by turning the items around the room into artillery, they chase the devil back into the book.

Now safe, the monkeys return to their perch and sing their song once more, covering their mouth, eyes, and ears as they go to rest. The "see no evil" monkey uncovers his eyes and gives the audience a wink.

## Notes

* This cartoon marked the first appearance of the Good Little Monkeys.
* This cartoon is a successor to 1933 Disney short "Three Little Pigs".

## References

1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyr3161213libr/page/41/mode/1up
Alias St. Nick

**Alias St. Nick** is a 1935 *Happy Harmonies* cartoon directed by Rudolf Ising.

## Plot

It's Christmas Eve, and Mrs. Mouse is reading "A Visit from St. Nicholas" to her brood, but Little Cheeser is having none of it- he doesn't believe in Santa Claus! Meanwhile, outside, a vagabond cat battles a fearsome blizzard. The cat overhears them arguing about the existence of Santa Claus, so, seeking shelter, he dresses up as St. Nick in order to get himself a Christmas dinner of mice. Little Cheeser is bored, as he doesn't believe in Santa. Against his mother's will, he strikes out on his own. He is influenced by the Devil himself to go wrong. The naïve Mrs. Mouse lets in the fake Santa, but fortunately, Little Cheeser doubts that the cat is really Santa. Little Cheeser and the "wolf in Santa's clothing" have an exciting time on Christmas Eve. After Little Cheeser gets into trouble, he goes running home to mother. He soon unmasks the nefarious imposter, and he assaults the stray feline with toy tanks and steam shovels.
Hey-Hey Fever

**Hey-Hey Fever** is a 1935 *Happy Harmonies* cartoon directed by Hugh Harman.

## Plot

Bosko and Bruno are sadly walking at the park. Bosko packed a sandwich but he lets Bruno eats it, so he only ate the crumb pieces. Bosko then falls asleep dreaming he is at Mother Goose's house in the country. Then Bosko follows her by another house. Then Bosko goes off on his own to a Shoe-footed house. Bosko then sees a mother with alot of babies. He then sees kids wanting candy. Bosko then goes on the dirt road with Mother Goose and the mom and her babies. They then approach a guy looking similar to Pinocchio. Bosko goes inside a knight like house. He then meets up with a king. He later then leads a parade to a farmer's house. He leads the parade again all the way to another house to have dinner with everyone. Everyone is happy as the cartoon ends.

## Trivia

* This is the last cartoon to feature the original Bosko look.

## Availability

* (1994) LaserDisc - *MGM Cartoon Classics: Happy Harmonies*, Side 2
* (2006) DVD - *A Tale of Two Cities* (dubbed version)
* (2008) DVD - *MGM Collection Volume 1*

## References

1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/catalogofcopyr3161213libr/page/40/mode/1up
Carlo Vinci

**Carlo Vinci** (February 27, 1906 – September 30, 1993) was an American animator active from the 1930s to the 1970s. He is mainly known for his career at the Terrytoons and Hanna-Barbera cartoon studios. Among the characters he animated were the original Mighty Mouse, Yogi Bear and Flintstones.

## Biography

He was born Carlo A. Vinciguerra on February 27, 1906 in the city of New York, as the only son of a family of Italian immigrants. His father Andrea was a barber, and his mother Maria a seamstress.

He worked as a commercial artist from 1921 to 1932. In 1933, he was hired at the Van Beuren Studios in New York as an animator, where he trained a young newcomer named Joe Barbera. When Van Beuren closed, Vinci found work at the Terrytoons studio. In 1938, he met his future wife Margaret Leonardi. They married in 1939, they became parents to four children and they also had 10 grandchildren and were together for the next 54 years.

Vinci was fired during a nasty strike at Terrytoons on May 16, 1947 but returned the following November 15. In 1955, Vinci was offered a job at MGM in California by Barbera, where he was first credited on the animated short "Give and Tyke." He remained at the studio until it closed in 1957. Barbera helped Vinci land a temporary job with the Walt Disney studio until the Hanna-Barbera cartoon studio opened later that year. Vinci was one of the original four animators hired at H-B, and remained there until his death in 1993.

## Filmography

* Fleischer Studios (1926-1934)
* Van Beuren Studios (1933-1936)
* Terrytoons (1936-1955)
* MGM Cartoons (1955-1957)
* Walt Disney Animation Studios (1957-1961)
* Hanna-Barbera (1957-1993)
* DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (1963-1981)