"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

It is funny looking back now there were so many references that I just didn't understand as a kid. Be it simply something from the 1940's that was well before my time or something to do with WWII. I am pretty sure Bugs Bunny (and many other cartoons) were introduced right in the middle of WWII if I'm not mistaken.
My Saturday mornings were filled with Looney Tunes and Hanna Barbera cartoons. I think Tom and Jerry was my next favorite :) Those old cartoons influenced many things in my life especially my love for art, comedy, animation and cartooning.
 
Those cartoons were originally created to be shown in theaters while the reels were being changed for the main show or sometimes between shows if there was a double feature. I'm old enough to remember intermissions while the reels were being changed. The cartoons were designed to entertain both adults and kids.
 
Prester John said:
Bugs was the greatest. Got early exposure to classical music with Looney Tunes and The Lone Ranger. "Hi-yo, Silver! Away!"
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I had the opportunity to watch a bunch of Looney Tunes cartoons with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra playing the soundtrack live. It was great!

The audience makeup was interesting. Lots of folks like me who were old enough to remember Saturday morning cartoons and a bunch of children. I think the adults enjoyed it even more than the kids.
 
knarfeng said:
Those cartoons were originally created to be shown in theaters while the reels were being changed for the main show or sometimes between shows if there was a double feature. I'm old enough to remember intermissions while the reels were being changed. The cartoons were designed to entertain both adults and kids.
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I remember seeing some at drive-in theatres. Don't forget the Three Stooges!
 
knarfeng said:
I'm old enough to remember intermissions while the reels were being changed.
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Yep!!! :eek: When I was 3 to 7 years old I used to stay with my maternal Grandfather and Grandmother on Saturday because my parents both worked. My grandfather would take me to the local theater for the matinee. Most of the time they would be playing westerns but they always played the cartoons between shows and during reel changes! :cool: Great memories! ;)
 
Man I hated the Flintstones. If that little carhop can carry the bronto ribs so easily, how can they be heavy enough to flip the car? Suppose you could make a stone movie camera to film a stone-age Tony Curtis? The stone film wouldn't work.

Bugs Bunny remains a great hero of mine, right up there with King Arthur and Errol Flynn.

Whatever happened to Bugs Bun-ny happened to the best of me.
 
Will Power said:
When I was a child I didn't like cartoons too much, Disney I actively disliked :D:cool:

But 'The Flintstones' was an entirely different matter;):thumbsup: I still think it's very clever and funny:cool:
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Yeah, for some reason I've always hated Mickey Mouse & friends. Love Fred Flintstone. It was originally televised on prime-time in the evening, and replayed later on on Saturday morning with other cartoons. At least, here in the US.

Yabba-dabba-do!
 
"I made a funny, son! Don't ya get it?" Foggy was great.

Curly was also a Howard brother. He replaced Shemp so Shemp could do other things, then Shemp replaced Curly after Curly had a stroke.
 
My wife's late grandfather was a county school superintendent and teacher from the mid thirties until he retired in the mid sixties. We still have his 16mm projector. At one time there were numerous reels of cartoons from the thirties and forties. She remembers watching them as a kid when she visited him.

We found a film of him and his students at a local school from 1938 that we donated to the University of Georgia media department. They restored the film and converted it to digital.

The serials were long gone by the time I went to the local theater in the late 50's early 60's. There is a great book on old time radio that lists a large number of the serials and programs from the early years of radio until the move to television. It's amazing how many popular tv series were originally on radio.
 
My grandfather used to have a bunch of old film reels of Laurel and Hardy. We would watch those all the time in the basement when I was a kid along with the Three Stooges. This all makes me want to have an old cartoon and comedy marathon at home soon :)
 
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