Favorite Columbia/Screen Gems Cartoon(s)

[HorseFeathers]

Anyone out there in InternetLand with a favorite Columbia/Screen Gems theatrical cartoon out there?

UPA Era not included here.

[Leviathan]

To be honest, I love Tangeled Travels for its sheer awfulness.


Oh yeah, and The Herring Murder Mystery is another good one.

[kaseykockroach]

Fox & Grapes
Flora
Up n Atom
Woodsman,Spare that Tree
Herring Murder Mystery
Wolf Chases Pigs

[Thad]

The Fox and Grapes (of course)
Flora
Willoughby's Magic Hat
The Schooner the Better
Wolf Chases Pigs
Woodman Spare That Tree
Professor Small and Mr. Tall
Mr. Moocher
The Beer Parade
Skeleton Frolic

[J. J. Hunsecker]

The Fox and the Grapes
Flora
Willoughby's Magic Hat
River Ribber
Cockatoos For Two
Flop House (Starring Scrappy!)

And the parts I've seen of He Can't Make It Stick

[David Gerstein]

1929 FARM RELIEF
1931 THE DOG SNATCHER, BATTLE OF THE BARN
1932 RITZY HOTEL, THE CRYSTAL GAZABO, SNOWTIME
1933 BROADWAY MALADY
1934 KATNIPS OF 1940
1936 LI'L AINJIL
1941 FOX AND THE GRAPES
1942 WOLF CHASES PIGS, TOLL BRIDGE TROUBLES, CHOLLY POLLY
1943 ROCKY ROAD TO RUIN, ROOM AND BORED
1944 BE PATIENT PATIENT
1945 RIVER RIBBER
1948 FLORA

There are lots of early Krazys and Scrappys (pre-1935) that I think are very good, too—just not as good as these.
The Fox and Crow and Flippity and Flop, meanwhile, are wonderful characters, with wonderful animation and voices—but their cartoons just aren't plotted as well as I wish they were.

[WoodpeckerWoody]

No DVD out there?

Fox and Crow look promising.

[Duck Dodgers]

The Beer Parade


I'd really love to own a good copy of this, or, better, an headsless hors....copy:D :D
I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it for the first time. Best Silly Simphony parody ever. The dwarfs look exactly like the ones in many early Disney shorts too.
Oh, well, "Here's to alcohol, the cause of—and solution to—all life's problems".

[Matt the Y]

The Fox and the Grapes (To quote Thad, "Of course":D )
Flora (and again, "Of course")
Wolf Chases Pigs
Wacky Wigwams
Slay It With Flowers
Tooth or Consequences
Grape Nutty
Kindly Scram
Kitty Caddy (I must be the only person in the world who actually likes this cartoon!!!!!!!)
Unsure Runts
Tollbridge Troubles
Malice in Slumberland

I've not included "Prof. Small and Mr. Tall" only because I've never actually had the pleasure of seeing this cartoon even though it looks hilarious and hopefully I'll get a chance to view it sooner or later.

[frizfrelengfan]

Fox & Grapes
Flora
Mr. Moocher
Professor Small and Mr. Tall
Wolf Chases Pigs
Up N Atom
Boston Beanie
Skeleton Frolic (but only with the original music)
Merry Mannequins
The Schooner the Better
The Wild and Woozy West

[Bartman]

My choices:

The Fox and The Grapes (that's a given) :rolleyes:
Wacky Wigwams (might be un-PC today, but screw 'em if they can't take a joke)
King Midas Jr.
Woodman Spare That Tree (funny from start to finish)
The Bulldog & The Baby
Professor Small & Mr. Tall
Wolf Chases Pigs
Malice in Slumberland
Tree for Two (my fave Fox & Crow short)
Be Patient, Patient (see my avatar)
The Tangled Angler (c'mon-the fish is pretty funny!)
A Hollywood Detour (the Kate Smith gag alone is worth it!)
Swiss Tease (one of Sid Marcus' best Columbia toons)
The Vitamin G-Man
Old Blackout Joe

[Lee Glover]

My faves are (in no particular order):

The Fox & The Grapes
Room & Bored
Mr. Moocher
Tollbridge Troubles
Farm Relief
The Dog Snatcher
The Little Match Girl
The Greyhound & The Rabbit
Wolf Chases Pigs
Flora
Up N Atom
Boston Beanie
Professor Small & Mr. Tall
Katnips of 1940
Way Down Yonder In the Corn
Kitty Caddy