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Devon Baxter @devonbaxter.bsky.social · 2h

365 Days of Tunes - 288/365:
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In 1952’s THE SUPER SNOOPER, Bob McKimson and writer Tedd Pierce put Daffy in the role of Duck Drake, Private Eye. In it, Daffy investigates a murder involving a “se-duck-tress” (voiced by Grace Lenard) in a plush mansion.

The Super Snooper (1952)

Released on November 1, 1952.

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Devon Baxter @devonbaxter.bsky.social · 1d

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In Chuck Jones’s WATER, WATER EVERY HARE (’52), Bugs is washed away by a flood and finds himself in the castle of an evil scientist (voiced by John T. Smith), who wants to transplant his brain into a giant mechanical robot.

Water Water Every Hare (1952)

Released on April 19, 1952.

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Devon Baxter @devonbaxter.bsky.social · 2d

365 Days of Tunes - 286/365:
In Bob McKimson's THE PRIZE PEST ('51), Porky wins Daffy Duck as a grand prize on a radio program. When Daffy’s antics eject him from the house, the duck claims to have a Jekyll/Hyde split personality, where he turns into a vicious monster when mistreated.

The Prize Pest (1951)

Released on December 22, 1951.

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Devon Baxter @devonbaxter.bsky.social · 3d

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In Chuck Jones’s THE HYPO-CHONDRI CAT (’50), Hubie and Bertie use their psychological head games to convince the neurotic and hypochondriac Claude Cat that he has a serious illness to eject him from their newfound home.

The Hypo-Chondri-Cat (1950)

Released on April 15, 1950.

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Around August of 1947, the newsletter of Screen Cartoonists Guild Local 1461, Top Cel, went around identifying scabs who worked at Terrytoons during their infamous strike. It didn’t go unnoticed as, according to Devon Baxter, (who digitized these) it got the union in deep water!

Black text on white that reads “ KNOW YOUR SCABS Long ago when all was peace and quiet in Utopia, (terrytoonsto you, and we were all innocent babes-in-the-woods, a press book was printed re- vealing to the world the marvels of cartoon pro- duction as conceived by Mr. Terry and his staff of artists.The story came complete with pictures of the personnel for which we arenow very grate- ful. We are going to put those pictures to a ra- ther ironic use. Since many of our friends fron the West coast have written for information or who is scabbing, and have asked what they can do to help, we are printing below the faces as well
as the names-of the scabs.
Fix these faces if
your minds, friends.
We do not want to forget
these people.

Black text that reads

A.E. Bartsch
E. Davis
Ed. Donnelly
John Foster
G.J. McAvoy
T. J. Morrison
J.C. Rasinski
P.A. Scheib
F. Schudde

Notes: Art Bartsch worked for Van Beuren before heading to Terry
Mannie Davis, as he was called, was the elder brother of Phil, Sid, & Srt Davis, who all had animation careers at one point (Art outlived all of them and was the most lucky of them all)
Ed. Donnelly worked for MetLife before getting into cartooning and eventually, animation. He’d also spent some time at Disney before heading back east
George McAvoy worked for a lot of studios as an editor and was the recipient of a caricature (via a photograph) in the 1952 Heckle & Jeckle cartoon, “House Busters”. Said caricature is also one of few times that Terrytoons self-inserted their staff as jokes
Tom Morrison worked on Wall Street the day the market crashed, and got the job at Terry around 1931-1932 due to sheer nepotism
Connie Rasinski had an older brother, cameraman Joe (who striked) and was basically one of the leading figures of Terrytoons, working there when it opened up until a few days before his death
Phil Scheib once played the organ for silent movies and studied music at a conservatory in Berlin
Frank Schudde would open up an Ice Cream parlor after retiring from animation and once had an offer to work for Hanna-Barbera

“Nominees For Oblivion” on top (black text)

The McAvoy’s (white text)
Mrs. Gleason (black text)
Maier (black text)
Deleo (black text)
Muriel Gushue (black text)
R. Linderman (white text)
DeNunzio (black text)
Sparky Schudde (black text)
D. Moye (black text)
Mcole (white text)
Polly Donnelly (nee: Bourne and black text)

Bottom text that reads “Terrytoon Scabs”

Notes: Muriel Gushue taught art at Watertown High School in Watertown, CT after Terry and lived to be 100!
Doug Moye was one of the first black camera operators in the business, he got into the business out of necessity as health problems became a bane for his band leading career. And it was Paul Terry who showed him the ropes! Moye would also be cast as a voice actor whenever needed.
Polly Bourne would marry director/animator Eddie Donnelly in 1951, they had no kids as Eddie already had kids from a previous marriage

Also contains text that reads “Bags” and “Scab” (model too) alongside an illustration of a skull & crossbones on the bottom of Gushue’s picture and a little anchor on Mcole’s arm

White text that reads

A. Bartsch
C. Rasinski
Charley Perrin
Bill Weiss
Phil Scheib
Mannie Davis
Fennelly
Christina Morrison (mother of Tom Morrison)
Capt. Terry

Black text

Tom Morrison
Alexander Anderson
Drucker
Walt Gleason
Crampton

Notes:

Christina Morrison worked as a pencil test cameraman and lived to be a centenarian! Outliving her husband, her immediate family, and Tom
Charley Perrin was Paul Terry’s maternal cousin who worked as an animation supervisor and ran it like a combo of a grade school & prison. According to Charlie Judkins, the man who is seen photographing Perrin is Cliff “Red” Auguston, who was seen filming footage of the strike as it unfolded, which alerted Bill Weiss!
Alex Anderson was Paul Terry’s nephew and worked for the studio on & off for about a decade or so in various capacities, he would end up back in California to partner up with his childhood friend, Jay Ward, and get into the fledging TV Animation Business, in which they done shows like Crusader Rabbit and Rocky & Bullwinkle.

Also has additional text that reads “COP” (someone involved with the New Rochelle Police Force no doubt) and “FINK”

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Devon Baxter @devonbaxter.bsky.social · 3d

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Devon Baxter @devonbaxter.bsky.social · 4d

365 Days of Tunes - 284/365:
In Friz Freleng’s THE LION’S BUSY (’50), Beaky Buzzard informs birthday boy Leo the Lion that his kind rarely live beyond ten, and the buzzard waits for the lion to expire. Freleng (and writer Tedd Pierce) make Beaky more calculating with deadpan determination.

The Lion's Busy (1950)

Released on February 18, 1950.

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Devon Baxter @devonbaxter.bsky.social · 4d

CLOWNING is one of several early B&W Terrytoons not included in television syndication packages, which makes this a rarity. (I'd advise lowering the volume; the sound is boosted pretty high.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y0I...

Clowning (1931)

YouTube video by Joseph Blough

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Devon Baxter @devonbaxter.bsky.social · 4d

Bill Tytla! (CLOWNING, 1931.)

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Devon Baxter @devonbaxter.bsky.social · 5d

365 Days of Tunes - 283/365:
In BYE, BYE BLUEBEARD (’49), the last cartoon from the Art Davis unit, a radio bulletin about the escaped homicidal maniac Bluebeard terrifies Porky, and a food-obsessed mouse uses it to his advantage.

Bye, Bye Bluebeard (1949)

Released on October 21, 1949.

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Devon Baxter @devonbaxter.bsky.social · 6d

365 Days of Tunes - 282/365:
SCAREDY CAT (’48), the first of Chuck’s horror-comedy trilogy with Porky and Sylvester, has the pair spending the night in an old, eerie house, inhabited by a murderous lot of mice. Only Sylvester knows the danger, while his master refuses to believe anything sinister.

Scaredy Cat (1948)

Released on December 18, 1948.

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Devon Baxter @devonbaxter.bsky.social · 7d

365 Days of Tunes - 281/365:
In THE GREAT PIGGY BANK ROBBERY (’46), considered Bob Clampett’s magnum opus, comic-book maniac Daffy Duck knocks himself out in his excitement over the latest issue of Dick Tracy, and dreams he’s “Duck Twacy” on the trail of stolen piggy banks.

The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946)

Released on July 20, 1946.

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Devon Baxter @devonbaxter.bsky.social · 7d

The Dorsey Brothers recorded with several bands in 1930 alone. This may help: www.google.com/books/editio...

The Dorsey Brothers: That's It!

A biodiscography updating two award-winning books about the big band-leading Dorsey Brothers by Robert L. Stockdale. Included are additions, corrections and deletions to the author's biodiscograph...

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Devon Baxter @devonbaxter.bsky.social · 7d

My good friend Charlie Judkins tells me this is Benny Goodman on clarinet. (If not Benny, possibly Jimmy Dorsey.)

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Devon Baxter @devonbaxter.bsky.social · 7d

Tommy Dorsey on trombone. (SWING YOU SINNERS, 1930.)

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Devon Baxter @devonbaxter.bsky.social · 8d

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In MOUSE MENACE (’46), Art Davis’s first official cartoon for Warners, Porky builds a mechanical “ro-bit” cat to rid himself of a pesky mouse that easily dispatches each feline (housecat, mountain lion, and even a contract killer) that crosses its path.

0486 - Mouse Menace (Web)

This is "0486 - Mouse Menace (Web)" by Devon Baxter on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Devon Baxter @devonbaxter.bsky.social · 8d

"Repulsive!"

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Devon Baxter @devonbaxter.bsky.social · 8d

That’s basically what BLACK BOOKS is: “These paying customers bought all of my books and now I have to order more?? I wanted to kick back, read and smoke…”

warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 9d

Bluesky engineers when their website is successful

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Devon Baxter @devonbaxter.bsky.social · 9d

365 Days of Tunes - 279/365:
In Chuck Jones’s horror masterpiece, HAIR-RAISING HARE (’46), Bugs Bunny is lured inside a mad scientist Peter Lorre’s evil castle by sexual motivation—a mechanical lady rabbit— as a meal for the giant, hairy monster (later named Gossamer) kept inside.

Hair-Raising Hare (1946)

Released on May 26, 1946.

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Devon Baxter @devonbaxter.bsky.social · 10d

365 Days of Tunes - 278/365:
In THE IMPATIENT PATIENT (’42), directed by Norm McCabe, postman Daffy Duck seeks to deliver a telegram to “Chloe,” when he develops a severe case of the hiccups. He goes into the home of “Dr. Jerkyl,” hoping for a cure.

The Impatient Patient (1942)

Released on September 5, 1942.

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Devon Baxter @devonbaxter.bsky.social · 11d

365 Days of Tunes - 277/365:
In Bob Clampett’s Stone Age picture, PREHISTORIC PORKY (’40), our caveman hero sets out to get a new suit with his trusty club.

Prehistoric Porky (1940)

Released on October 12, 1940.

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Devon Baxter @devonbaxter.bsky.social · 12d

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Devon Baxter @devonbaxter.bsky.social · 12d

365 Days of Tunes - 276/365:
Officer Porky Pig tangles with a happy-go-lucky ghost in a haunted house in Bob Clampett’s JEEPERS CREEPERS (’39).

Jeepers Creepers (1939)

Released on September 23, 1939.

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Devon Baxter @devonbaxter.bsky.social · 13d

365 Days of Tunes - 275/365:
THE CASE OF THE STUTTERING PIG (’37), Frank Tashlin’s directorial crowning moment in the 1930s, has Porky and his relatives terrorized by Lawyer Goodwill, who plans to finish them off to claim their departed uncle’s inheritance.

The Case of the Stuttering Pig

Released on October 30, 1937.

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Devon Baxter @devonbaxter.bsky.social · 13d

I interviewed a fellow who ghosted for Schulz in the Dell comic books, who said “NO ONE could draw Charlie Brown’s head like Sparky.”

Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 13d

The first Peanuts strip by Charles M. Schulz was published on October 2, 1950.

Four black and white panels of a boy and girl sitting on steps. 1st panel: Charlie Brown is approaching and the boy says “Well! Here comes ol’ Charlie Brown!” 2nd panel: As Charlie Brown passes, he says “Good ol’ Charlie Brown…yes, sir!” 3rd panel: “Good ol’ Charlie Brown…” 4th panel: Once Charlie is gone, “How I hate him!”

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