Make your own pick for the 50 greatest cartoons

[Nelson]

And now for something completly different.....

I figured on doing something differently and I came upon an idea that all of our members can make their very own picks, as what you would conisder to be ther 50 greatest cartoons ever made.I've seen historians make their very own picks, so let's have out own verison as well.Let's all submit our picks this Sunday, as there's no need to rush and it would be perfect to a good ol' debate.

So is everybody up for this?;)
Let's have some fun gang!

[Geezil]

I'll be working on mine, Nelson! Stay tuned. :dodo: :droopy: :donald: :andy: :magoo: :betty: :felix:

[doctoon]

I could only come up with twenty-five, so far. Mine are, from 25 to number one, the following:

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor, Skyscraper Caper, Sugar and Spies, Paul Bunyan, Hockey Homicide,

Half-Baked Alaska, Bunny and Claude, House of Tomorrow, Now Hear This, A Wild Hare, The Hole, Peace on Earth, Hashimoto-San, Gerald McBoing Boing, Norman Normal,

Geronimo & Son, Rugged Bear, A Dream Walking, Les Miserobots, Hawks and Doves, Hurts and Flowers, Duck Amuck, The Pink Phink, John Henry and the Inky-Poo, and finally Brotherhood of Man

[BloodyChamp]

http://forums.goldenagecartoons.com/showthread.php?t=4529&highlight=top+100 :D

[Nelson]

I personally think it would be fun to see what everyone's thoughts of what they would pick as the greatest 50 cartoons and I hope that all the members will submit their picks.:)

[Walt Disney]

http://forums.goldenagecartoons.com/showthread.php?t=4529&highlight=top+100 :D
That list was hilarious. No Disney cartoons mentioned! ha ha hee hee ha ha ho ha hee hee. You are a VERY funny person.

[CueBallCat79]

That list was hilarious. No Disney cartoons mentioned! ha ha hee hee ha ha ho ha hee hee. You are a VERY funny person.

Yeah, I winced when I saw "Puppy Tale" listed there. Talk about a lame Tom and Jerry short.

[BloodyChamp]

That list was hilarious. No Disney cartoons mentioned! ha ha hee hee ha ha ho ha hee hee. You are a VERY funny person.

Well I can appreciate the fantastic animation there but a cartoon has to be funny to make my list. Dsiney cartoons are pretty but funny they are not!

[Thad]

Well I can appreciate the fantastic animation there but a cartoon has to be funny to make my list. Dsiney cartoons are pretty but funny they are not!

While I won't argue your view on Disney, I seriously hope you did not find anything funny about "The Little Match Girl".

[J. J. Hunsecker]

50 cartoons are a lot to name, but here goes (in no particular order, just as off the top of my head)...


THE GREAT PIGGY BANK ROBBERY
BABY BOTTLENECK
A CORNY CONCERTO
BOOK REVUE
COAL BLACK AND DE SEBBEN DWARFS
PORKY IN WACKYLAND
DUCK AMUCK
THE DOVER BOYS
KITTY KORNERED
FEED THE KITTY
CHEESE CHASERS
CHOW HOUND
PORKY PIG'S FEAT
SCRAP HAPPY DAFFY
DRAFTEE DAFFY
THE RABBIT OF SEVILLE
THE FOX AND THE GRAPES
LITTLE RURAL RIDING HOOD
THE BEE-DEVILED BRUIN
WAGS TO RICHES
BAD LUCK BLACKIE
BASEBALL BUGS
ONE FROGGY EVENING
BUNNY HUGGED
LONG-HAIRED HARE
DUCK! RABBIT, DUCK!
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
FRESH AIREDALE
BULLY FOR BUGS
THE CAT CAME BACK (National Film Board of Canada)
SNOW WHITE (Fleischer)
BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR
CLOCK CLEANERS
HOCKY HOMICIDE
DER FUERHER'S FACE
LONESOME GHOSTS
MOUSE CLEANING
BLITZ WOLF
RED HOT RIDING HOOD
DUMB HOUNDED
THUGS WITH DIRTY MUGS
THE WORM TURNS
HOLLYWOOD STEPS OUT
MODERN INVENTIONS
MICKEY'S GARDEN
THRU THE MIRROR
DOGGONE CATS
DAFFY DOODLES
EASTER YEGGS
PINK PHINK
*Whew* I'm surprised at how many titles are similar to the ones chosen for the Jerry Beck book.

[speedy fast]

1. Duck Amuck
2. Steamboat Willie
3. Der Fuhers Face
4. The New Spirit
5. A Wild Hare
6. Rabbit Fire
7. Beep Prepared
8. The Three Little Pigs
9.The Blitz Wolf
10. Red Hot Riding Hood
11. Sinking in the Bathtub
12. Bacall to Arms
13. You Ought to Be in Pictures
14. The Wild Chase
15. To Beep or Not to Beep
16. Tortilia Flaps
17. Mickey's Delayed Date
18. The Spirit of '42
19. Get Rich Quick, Porky!
20. A Dream Walking
21.Chariots of Fur
22. One Froggy Evening
23. Plane Crazy
24. The Dangerous Dan McPhee
25. Tortose Wins by a Hare
26. Night of the Livign Duck
27. Robin Hood Daffy
28. Show Biz Bugs
29. Duck Dogers and the 24th and a Half Century
30. The Foghorn Leghorn
31. Mother was a Rooster
32. The Million Hare
33. The Rabbit of Seville
34. Gonzales Tamales
35. Daffy Rents
36. Beep Beep
37. Fast and Furry-ous
38. The Daff Doc
39. Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too
40. Box Office Bunny
41. Porky in Wackyland
42. The Film Fan
43. Porky Pig's Feat
44. Porky's Pooch
45. The Hole Idea
46. Ducking the Devil
47. Hyde and Go Tweet
48. Satan's Waitin'
49. Trip For Tat
50. Rodent to Stardom

[CueBallCat79]

Wow the vast majority of cartoons getting votes around here are from WB. I see a few MGM Averys but not a whole lot else.

[BloodyChamp]

While I won't argue your view on Disney, I seriously hope you did not find anything funny about "The Little Match Girl".

I've been over that before. The difference between "...Girl, "There's Good Boos Tonight," Color Classics etc and Disney cartoons is that the cartoons I picked spawn emotion. Disney cartoons do nothing. They're just 7 minute walks through diasies with no purpose. "Little Match Girl" isn't funny but it and the cartoons like it are accpetions to the rule because they atleast go somewhere.

[Thad]

I've been over that before. The difference between "...Girl, "There's Good Boos Tonight," Color Classics etc and Disney cartoons is that the cartoons I picked spawn emotion. Disney cartoons do nothing. They're just 7 minute walks through diasies with no purpose. "Little Match Girl" isn't funny but it and the cartoons like it are accpetions to the rule because they atleast go somewhere.

I guess I misinterpreted "a cartoon has to be funny to make my list".

Personally, I've always been under the impression that Color Classics and Casper spawned the emotion to make people leave the theater, but I guess it's a difference in personal taste.

[BloodyChamp]

I guess I misinterpreted "a cartoon has to be funny to make my list".

Personally, I've always been under the impression that Color Classics and Casper spawned the emotion to make people leave the theater, but I guess it's a difference in personal taste.

Well I've been over how I'm a sucker for the tear jerkers a hundred times. I just didn't explain. I can go for a cartoon that hits home, like "Little Match Girl" or Somewhere in Dreamland," but only in the rare circumstance that I'm felling sappy. The Disney cartoons just don't pull it off. They don't get inside you. Anybody who doesn't atleast stop and think after "Somewhere in Dreamland"...I just dunno about em.

But other than that a cartoon has to be funny.

[Cartman]

The 50 Greatest Cartoons according to me (in no particular order)


Der Fueher's Face
Confidence
The Karnival Kid
The Beach Nut
Book Revue
Hillbilly Hare
Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarves
The Little Match Girl
The Fox and Grapes
Poor Cinderella
Mysterious Mose
The Great Piggy Bank Robbery
The Reckless Driver
The Barber of Seville
Porky in Wackyland
Porky Pig's Feat
Hockey Homicide
Tweetie Pie
Kitty Kornered
The Gallopin' Gaucho
Speedy Gonzales
Magoo's Masterpiece
The Telltale Head
The Band Concert
Smoked Hams
A Clean-Shaven Man
The Blitz Wolf
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse
Drip-A-Long Daffy
Peace on Earth
Mississippi Hare
Silly Scandals
Hell's Bells
Tramping Tramps
Draftee Daffy
The Mad Doctor
Room Runners
The Old Man of the Mountain
Off to the Opera
Way Down Yonder in the Corn
Knock Knock
The Vitamin G-Man
Bottles
Tree Saps
Circus
Chew Chew Baby
Baby Bottleneck
I Love to Singa
I Heard
Snow White

[Mr. Semaj]

I haven't seen too many (non-Popeye) Fleischers, Columbia-Screen Gems, UPA, Terrytoons, or a few others to judge among them beyond one or two cartoons, if any.

So, here's my list (in no particular order):

1. Steamboat Willie (Disney, 1928)
2. A Wild Hare (WB, 1940)
3. Heavenly Puss (MGM, 1949)
4. Niagara Fools (Lantz, 1956)
5. Flowers & Trees (Disney, 1932)
6. Slap Happy Lion (MGM, 1947)
7. Ali Baba Bunny (WB, 1957)
8. Der Fueher's Face (Disney, 1943)
9. One Froggy Evening (WB, 1955)
10. Butterscotch & Soda (Paramount/Famous, 1948)
11. Tortoise Wins by a Hare (WB, 1943)
12. The Beach Nut (Lantz, 1944)
13. My Daddy the Astronaut (Paramount/Famous, 1967)
14. Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day (Disney, 1968)
15. Draftee Daffy (WB, 1945)
16. Red Hot Riding Hood (MGM, 1943)
17. Gerald McBoing-Boing (UPA, 1951)
18. The Pink Phink (DePatie-Freleng, 1964)
19. Popeye and the Forty Thieves (Paramount/Flesichers, 1937)
20. Porky's Duck Hunt (WB, 1937)
21. Porky in Wackyland (WB, 1938)
22. Hillbilly Hare (WB, 1950)
23. Donald's Cousin Gus (Disney, 1939)
24. Lonesome Ghosts (Disney, 1937)
25. Tweetie Pie (WB, 1947)
26. Northwest Hound Police (MGM, 1947)
27. Wackiki Wabbit (WB, 1943)
28. Pitchin' Woo at the Zoo (Paramount/Famous, 1944)
29. I'm Cold (Lantz, 1954)
30. Pigs in a Polka (WB, 1943)
31. The Brave Little Tailor (Disney, 1938)
32. Corny Concerto (WB, 1943)
33. The Little Whirlwind (Disney, 1941)
34. Musical Moments of Chopin (Lantz, 1948)
35. The Nifty Ninties (Disney, 1941)
36. The Hole Idea (WB, 1955)
37. Baseball Bugs (WB, 1946)
38. Trick or Treat (Disney, 1952)
39. The Screwy Truant (MGM, 1945)
40. Easter Yeggs (WB, 1948)
41. It's Hummer Time (WB, 1950)
42. Porky's Badtime Story (WB, 1937)
43. Hockey Homicide (Disney, 1945)
44. Three Little Pigs (Disney, 1933)
45. The Pointer (Disney, 1939)
46. The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (WB, 1946)
47. Half-Baked Alaska (Lantz, 1965)
48. Cue Ball Cat (MGM, 1950)
49. Thru the Mirror (Disney, 1936)
50. The Riveter (Disney, 1940)

[Walt Disney]

Well I've been over how I'm a sucker for the tear jerkers a hundred times. I just didn't explain. I can go for a cartoon that hits home, like "Little Match Girl" or Somewhere in Dreamland," but only in the rare circumstance that I'm felling sappy. The Disney cartoons just don't pull it off. They don't get inside you. Anybody who doesn't atleast stop and think after "Somewhere in Dreamland"...I just dunno about em.

But other than that a cartoon has to be funny.
How many Disney cartoons, exactly, have you seen, or are you just going by what John K. says? :rolleyes: :shame:

[Matt the Y]

I take my favorite cartoons seriously; I actually took a red pen and wrote down my 50 favorite cartoons on a large pad of paper before posting this (took me about seven minutes).

Here goes (in random order)...

1) Often an Orphan (WB; 1949)
2) Dig That Dog (Lantz; 1954)
3) The Dover Boys (WB; 1942)
4) A Wild Hare (WB; 1940)
5) Knock Knock (Lantz; 1940)
6) Hockey Homicide (Disney; 1945)
7) No Hunting (Disney; 1955)
8) Father's Day Off (Disney; 1953)
9) How to Be a Detective (Disney; 1952)
10) Temites From Mars (Lantz; 1952)
11) Freeloading Feline (Lantz; 1960)
12) The Fox and the Grapes (Columbia; 1941)
13) What's Brewin', Bruin? (WB; 1948)
14) The Little Wise Quacker (MGM; 1952)
15) Mouse Trouble (MGM; 1944)
16) Education for Death (Disney; 1943)
17) Wabbit Twouble (WB; 1941)
18) The Heckling Hare (WB; 1941)
19) Magical Maestro (MGM; 1952)
20) Duck Amuck (WB; 1953)
21) Dough Ray Me-ow (WB; 1948)
22) Now Hear This (WB; 1963)
23) Trombone Trouble (Disney; 1944)
24) Smoked Hams (Lantz; 1947)
25) The Hungry Goat (Famous; 1943)
26) Happy Birthdaze (Famous; 1943)
27) Magoo Express (UPA; 1955)
28) Zipping Along (WB; 1953)
29) Doggone Tired (MGM; 1949)
30) Porky Pig's Feat (WB; 1943)
31) Nasty Quacks (WB; 1945)
32) The Pink Phink (DFE; 1964)
33) Pinkfinger (DFE; 1965)
34) Pink Punch (DFE; 1966)
35) Fox-Terror (WB; 1957)
36) Rebel Rabbit (WB; 1949)
37) Who Killed Who? (MGM; 1943)
38) Flora (Columbia; 1948)
39) Slay It With Flowers (Columbia; 1943)
40) Tooth or Consequences (Columbia; 1947)
41) Hold That Pose (Disney; 1950)
42) Three Little Woodpeckers (Lantz; 1965)
43) Norman Normal (WB; 1968)
44) Chicken Little (Disney; 1943)
45) The Pelican and the Snipe (Disney; 1944)
46) How to Play Golf (Disney; 1944)
47) The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (WB; 1946)
48) Horton Hatches the Egg (WB; 1942)
49) Baseball Bugs (WB; 1946)
50) Rugged Bear (Disney; 1953)

I would also like to give honorable mention to "Mouse Menace" (WB; 1946), "Scaredy Cat" (WB; 1948), "Sink Pink" (DFE; 1965), "Well Oiled" (Lantz; 1947), "His Bitter Half" (WB; 1950), and "Space Mouse" (Lantz; 1959; haven't seen it in over ten years but remember liking it a lot!). If this were a list of top 56 favorite cartoons, those would surely come next! :D

[Thad]

I had a hastily assembled list up last night, but I took it down. I need to reconsider it looking at it again, realizing I left out too many absolute favorites. I'll put my list up later.

[BloodyChamp]

How many Disney cartoons, exactly, have you seen, or are you just going by what John K. says? :rolleyes: :shame:

I've seen plenty of Disney cartoons from different periods. There are some good ones but nothing in my top 100. One thing we can agree on is that Joh K is an idiot and a jerk :tweety:

[Nelson]

(Laughling)It's great to see some members gettin the jump on the list, even though Sunday was the day to submit your picks, but It's great to see fans picking their own choices.Also, it's always great to have debates on certain selections and a lot of fun, but as for me, I'm currently putting together my list and mine will be ready to go this Sunday with some "MAJOR" surprises and may shock some cartoon fans.;) :eek:

[Duck Dodgers]

(Laughling)It's great to see some members gettin the jump on the list, even though Sunday was the day to submit your picks, but It's great to see fans picking their own choices.Also, it's always great to have debates on certain selections and a lot of fun, but as for me, I'm currently putting together my list and mine will be ready to go this Sunday with some "MAJOR" surprises and may shock some cartoon fans.;) :eek:

I'd love to do a list but my perfect number for a list of best cartoons is 100. I cannot name only 50. I would not know which cartoons to delete from my list.

[Thad]

I'd love to do a list but my perfect number for a list of best cartoon is 100. I cannot name only 50. I would not know which cartoons to delete from my list.

I had trouble doing 50 as well. My list right now is 50 Warner shorts and 50 assorted non-Warners.

There's just way too many!!!

[Martin Juneau]

I've seen plenty of Disney cartoons from different periods. There are some good ones but nothing in my top 100. One thing we can agree on is that Joh K is an idiot and a jerk :tweety:

I admire John K. like a man who really know the true means of cartoons with his style. I'm sad that you considered like a jerk :(

Anyway, here's my top 50:

1. What's Opera, Doc? (WB, 1957)
2. Duck Amuck (WB, 1953)
3. Red Hot Riding Hood (MGM, 1943)
4. You Ought to Be in Pictures (WB, 1940)
5. Gertie the Dinosaur (McCay, 1914)
6. A Wild Hare (WB, 1940)
7. The Cat Concerto (MGM, 1947)
8. A Dream Walking (Fleischer, 1934)
9. Clock Cleaners (Disney, 1937)
10. Donald's Crime (Disney, 1945)
11. One Froggy Evening (WB, 1955)
12. Book Revue (WB, 1946)
13. Coal Black and De Sebben Dwarfs (WB, 1943)
14. King-Size Canary (MGM, 1947)
15. Gerald McBoing Boing (UPA, 1950)
16. The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (WB, 1946)
17. The Friendly Ghost (Famous, 1945)
18. Tweetie Pie (WB, 1947)
19. Springtime for Thomas (MGM, 1946)
20. Duck! Rabbit! Duck! (WB, 1953)
21. Crazy Mixed-Up Pup (Lantz, 1955)
22. Porky Pig's Feat (WB, 1943)
23. The Poet and the Peasant (Lantz, 1946)
24. Little Rural Riding Hood (MGM, 1949)
25. The Band Concert (Disney, 1935)
26. Duck dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century (WB, 1953)
27. The Rabbit of Seville (WB, 1950)
28. The Pink Phink (DFE, 1964)
29. The Ugly Duckling (Disney, 1939)
30. Magic Fluke (UPA, 1949)
31. Fast and Furry-ous (WB, 1949)
32. Walky Talky Hawky (WB, 1946)
33. Mouse Trouble (MGM, 1944)
34. Fish Fry (Lantz, 1944)
35. Bad Luck Blackie (MGM, 1949)
36. The Brave Little Tailor (Disney, 1938)
37. Ferninand the Bull (Disney, 1938)
38. Bully for Bugs (WB, 1953)
39. Drag-A-Long Droopy (MGM, 1954)
40. Wet Blanket Policy (Lantz, 1948)
41. Me Musical Nephews (Famous, 1942)
42. Rabbit Seasoning (WB, 1952)
43. Draftee Daffy (WB, 1945)
44. The Tell-Tale Hearth (UPA, 1953)
45. How to Be a Sailor (Disney, 1944)
46. Ski for Two (Lantz, 1944)
47. Peace on Earth (MGM, 1939)
48. Der Fuhrer's Face (Disney, 1943)
49. Rabbit Fire (WB, 1951)
50. The Night Before Christmas (MGM, 1941)

[Nelson]

I can honestly say that putting such a list(that's a whopping 50 toons)is not easy and takes a little time to assemble, as I had to re-do 50 to 40 so far.It's hard work but fun in doing so, just going from studio to studio, what year the short came out, etc, etc.So far from what i've seen in members picks, that some are of historical importance and others just favorites among cartoon fans and that's what's really cool about this topic.

[Bugsmer]

Rabbit of Seville
Pigs in a Polka
Mickey's Orphans (the original)
Der Fuehrer's Face
Old MacDonald Duck (just for his remark to the chicken)
Popeye The Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor
Popeye The Sailor Meets Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves
Feline Frame-Up
Feed The Kitty
Early To Bet
It's Hummertime
Robin Hood Daffy
The Little Orphan
Peace on Earth
Battling Bosko
Dumb Patrol (1931)
Three Little Wolves
The Unbearable Bear
The Trial of Mr. Wolf
A Mouse In The House
Barnacle Bill The Sailor
A Wild Hare
High Diving Hare
Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt
Music Land
A Tale of the Vienna Woods
House Cleaning Blues
Mickey's Mellerdrammer
Rover's Rival
Goofy Groceries
Ups and Downs
Herr Meets Hare
Birth of a Notion
Daffy Duck Slept Here
Daffy Doodles
Southern Fried Rabbit
Ant Pasted
Hare Remover
I Love To Singa
One Froggy Evening
Sleepy-Time Tom
Part-Time Pal
Little Gravel Voice
The Wabbit Who Came To Supper
The Wacky Wabbit
The Water Babies
Elmer Elephant
Donald's Happy Birthday
Plane Crazy
Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie-Woogie Beat

[BloodyChamp]

[QUOTE=Martin Juneau]I admire John K. like a man who really know the true means of cartoons with his style. I'm sad that you considered like a jerk :(
QUOTE]

I won't deny his greatness though, all personal junk aside. Ren and Stimpy was golden. Nice list you have there btw...

[J. J. Hunsecker]

I had a hastily assembled list up last night, but I took it down. I need to reconsider it looking at it again, realizing I left out too many absolute favorites. I'll put my list up later.
Yeah, I left out HORTON HATCHES THE EGG and TORTOISE WINS BY A HARE, two of my absolute favorite Clampett cartoons! Maybe I subconsiously thought my list was a little too top heavy with Clampett titles. :sowhite: :dodo:

[Matthew Hunter]

I think I'll go with Thad's model and separate the WB cartoons from everyone else, because there are so many more of those! I left way too many out, but I tried to pick some more unconventional choices, because there are some that I think are better than the more popular choices, yet they're often overlooked. And since it's getting late, the non-WB list will come tomorrow! (cause I have to think about it!)

1."Bosko In Person"
2."Gold Diggers Of '49"
3."Daffy Duck and Egghead"
4."Porky in Wackyland"
5."Porky's Last Stand"
6. "Eatin' On the Cuff"
7. "Kitty Kornered"
8. "Draftee Daffy"
9. "Book Revue"
10."The Hep Cat"
11. "Tweetie Pie"
12. "A Wild Hare"
13. "The Heckling Hare"
14. "Haredevil Hare"
15. "Rabbit's Kin"
16. "Hillbilly Hare"
17. "Rabbit Seasoning"
18. "Hare Brush"
19. Wild and Woolly Hare"
20. "Operation Rabbit"
22. "Gee Whizzz"
23. "Guided Muscle"
24. "Whoa Be Gone!"
25. "Feline Frame Up"
26. "The Cat's Bah"
27. "The Ducksters"
28. "Speedy Gonzales"
29. "Gonzales' Tamales"
30. "Mexican Boarders"
31. "The Wild Chase"
32. "The Foghorn Leghorn
33. "A Fractured Leghorn"
34. "Weasel While You Work"
35. "The Unexpected Pest"
36. "Ducking the Devil"
37. "Two Gophers From Texas"
38. "Doggone Cats"
39. "Porky Pig's Feat"
40. "Puss N' Booty"
41. "Duck Dodgers In the 24-1/2th Century"
42. "Daffy's Diner"
43. "Bunny and Claude"
44. "Bartholomew vs. The Wheel"
45. " Injun Trouble"
46. "Merlin the Magic Mouse"
47. "Three Little Bops"
48. "Kiss Me Cat"
49. "Early To Bet"
50. "Show Biz Bugs"

[Vorral]

Okay, let's see how well this goes. Mind you, most of them are going to be WB, MGM, or Disney (the latter because that's what my son makes me watch most of the time).

1. Punch Trunk
2. Porky in Wackyland
3. One Froggy Evening
4. No Sail (Disney)
5. Red Hot Riding Hood (MGM)
6. Dixieland Droopy (MGM)
7. High Note
8. Porky's Duck Hunt
9. The Band Concert (Disney)
10. Duck Amuck
11. Baby Bottleneck
12. Baby Puss (MGM)
13. Now Hear This
14. The Door
15. Horton Hatches the Egg
16. Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (Fleischer)
17. Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century
18. Have You Got Any Castles?
19. Red Hot Rangers (MGM)
20. An Itch in Time
21. The Northwest Hounded Police (MGM)
22. The House/TV/Car/Farm of Tomorrow (MGM) - basically the same toon four times
23. Red Hot Mamma (Fleischer)
24. Gerald McBoing-Boing (Columbia)
25. A Foghorn Leghorn
26. Cinderella (Fleischer)
27. Klondike Casanova (Famous)
28. The CooCooNut Grove
29. Louvre Come Back To Me!
30. Rhapsody Rabbit
31. Conrad the Sailor
32. Stage Fright
33. Wackiki Wabbit
34. Steamboat Willie (Disney)
35. Falling Hare
36. Book Revue
37. Wagon Heels
38. Rabbit Hood
39. Knighty-Knight Bugs
40. Bunny Hugged
41. Early to Bet
42. Beep Beep
43. Duck! Rabbit, Duck!
44. Magical Maestro (MGM)
45. Cellbound (MGM)
46. Happy Landing (TerryToons)
47. Two Chips and a Miss (Disney)
48. Goofy Gymnastics (Disney)
49. Bully for Bugs
50. Aviation Vacation

Well, that could have been worse, I suppose...and it only took two hours, as opposed to the five I thought it'd take. And for the most part, with the exception of the top 10, I could rearrange the order of these toons and be just...um...err, ducky. Sorry about that.

[FleischerFan]

First off, I strongly disagree with Bloody Champ about Disney cartoons not being funny. As you’ll see from my list, I find several of them very funny. In general, the Mickey’s from the 1930’s are excellent, the best of the Donald Ducks and nearly all of the Goofy’s are quite funny.

I tried putting these in order from the top down, but quickly gave up. I love all these cartoons. You’ll see that while I name more Warner’s cartoons than any other studio, there’s still a pretty good assortment.


King-Size Canary (MGM/Tex Avery)
Thru the Mirror (Disney/Mickey Mouse)
A Dream Walking (Fleischer/Popeye)
One Froggy Evening (WB/Chuck Jones)
Northwest Hounded Police (MGM/Droopy)
Bimbo’s Initiation (Fleischer/Betty Boop)
Ali Baba Bunny (WB/Bugs Bunny)
Cueball Cat (MGM/Tom & Jerry)
Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (Disney/Silly Symphony)
Duck Amuck (WB/Daffy Duck)
Red Hot Riding Hood (MGM/Tex Avery)
Superman (“The Mad Scientist”) (Fleischer/Superman)
Mickey’s Trailer (Disney/Mickey Mouse)
What’s Opera, Doc? (WB/Bugs Bunny)
Pluto’s Judgment Day (Disney/Pluto)
Book Revue (WB/Daffy Duck)
Betty Boop’s Snow White (Fleischer/Betty Boop)
Duck Dodgers in the 24½ Century (WB/Daffy Duck)
Luxo, Jr. (Pixar)
Popeye Meets Sinbad the Sailor (Fleischer/Popeye)
The Zoot Cat (MGM/Tom & Jerry)
Birds Anonymous (WB/Tweety & Sylvester)
Is My Palm Red? (Fleischer/Betty Boop)
Deduce You Say (WB/Daffy Duck)
Duck Pimples (Disney/Donald Duck)
Gypsy Life (Terrytoons/Mighty Mouse)
Duck! Rabbit! Duck! (WB/Bugs & Daffy)
Brave Little Tailor (Disney/Mickey Mouse)
Who Killed Who? (MGM/Tex Avery)
The Milky Way (MGM/Harman-Ising)
A Wild Hare (WB/Bugs Bunny)
Hockey Homicide (Disney/Goofy)
Show Biz Bugs (WB/Bugs & Daffy)
Screwball Squirrel (MGM/Screwy Squirrel)
Clock Cleaners (Disney/Mickey Mouse)
Robin Hood Daffy (WB/Daffy Duck)
Jumping (Tsuka)
You Ought to Be in Pictures (WB/Daffy Duck)
Goonland (Fleischer/Popeye)
Coal Black and De Sebben Dwarves (WB/Clampett)
Der Fuehrer’s Face (Disney/Donald Duck)
Gerald McBoing Boing (UPA/Gerald McBoing Boing)
The Scarlet Pumpernickel (WB/Daffy Duck)
Christmas Comes But Once a Year (Fleischer/Grampy)
Knock! Knock! (Lantz/Woody Woodpecker)
Rollercoaster Rabbit (Disney/Roger Rabbit)
Bottles (MGM/Good Little Monkeys)
The Lonesome Stranger (MGM/Freleng)
The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (WB/Daffy Duck)
Broken Down Cartoon (Tsuka)

[Der Captain]

Duck Amuck (Warners)
Rabbit of Seville (Warners)
King Size Canary (MGM)
The Cat Who Hated People (MGM)
Cat Concerto (MGM)
Mouse in Manhattan (MGM)
Long Haired Hare (Warners)
The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (Warners)
Coal Black (Warners)
One Froggy Evening (Warners)
Rooty Toot Toot (UPA)
Autograph Hound (Disney)
Snow White (Fleischer)
Betty Boop's Big Boss (Fleischer)
Tortoise Wins By A Hare (Warners)
Baby Bottleneck (Warners)
Kitty Kornered (Warners)
Heavenly Puss (MGM)
Solid Serenade (MGM)
Mouse Trouble (MGM)
Puttin On the Dog (MGM)
Fox and the Grapes (Columbia)
Tell Tale Heart (UPA)
Gertie The Dinosaur (McCay)
Little Rural Riding Hood (MGM)
Red Hot Riding Hood (MGM)
Another Day Another Doormat (Terrytoons)
Ski For Two (Lantz)
Clock Cleaners (Disney)
Who Killed Cock Robin (Disney)
Polly Want A Doctor (Columbia)
A Dream Walking (Fleischer)
Popeye the Sailor with Poopdeck Pappy (Fleischer)
To Be (National Film Board of Canada)
Dover Boys (Warners)
Willoughby's Magic Hat (Columbia)
Comicalamities (Pat Sullivan)
Porky in Wackyland (Warners)
Duck Dodgers (Warners)
Northwest Hounded Police (MGM)
Mouse Cleaning (MGM)
The Poet and Peasant (Lantz)
The Little Match Girl (Columbia)
The Critic (Pintoff)
Your Face (Plympton)
Rhapsody in Rivets (Warners)
The Band Concert (Disney)
Barber of Seville (Lantz)
High Diving Hare (Warners)
Rabbit Seasoning (Warners)

Subject to change if my mood swings.

[Nelson]

Since some members already make their selections, so I decided to post my 50 greatest cartoons, ever made, choices.My picks are not a random, but in order, starting from no.50 all the down to the number one pick...So hope you enjoy my picks gang and feel free to coments.


50.POWER OF THOUGHT(48)-Heckle & Jeckle (Terry/20th Century Fox)
49.THE SKELETON DANCE(29)-Silly Symphonies (Disney)
48.HIS BITTER HALF(50)-Daffy Duck (Warners)
47.CONFIDENCE(33)-Oswald (Lantz/Universal)
46.DUMB HOUNDED(43)-Droopy (MGM)
45.MINNIE THE MOOCHER(32)-Betty Boop (Felsicher/Paramount)
44.BOWERY BUGS(49)-Bugs Bunny (Warners)
43.DONALD'S NEPHEWS(38)-Donald Duck (Warners)
42.A UNICORN IN THE GARDEN(53)-Jolly Frolics (UPA)
41.FALLING HARE(43)-Bugs Bunny (Warners)
40.THUGS WITH DIRTY MUGS(39)-Merrie Melodies (Warners)
39.THE LEGEND OF ROCK-A-BYE POINT(55)-Chilly Willy (Universal)
38.ZOOT CAT(44)-Tom & Jerry (MGM)
37.CHOLLY POLLY(42)-Phantasy (Columbia/Screen Gems)
36.A CORNY CONCERTO(43)-Bugs, Elmer, Porky, Daffy (Warners)
35.BALLOON LAND (35)-Color Comics (Iwerks/Celebrity Pictures)
34.HOCKEY HOMOCIDE(45)-Goofy (Disney)
33.TERMITES FROM MARS(53)-Woody Woodpecker (Lantz/Universal)
32.THE FOX AND THE GRAPES(41)-Fox And Crow (Columbia/Screen Gems)
31.EARLY TO BET(51)-Merrie Melodies (Warners)
30.FARM RELIEF(29)-Krazy Kat (Columbia Pictures Corp.)
29.STEAMBOAT WILLIE(28)-Mickey Mouse (Disney)
28.FISH FRY (44)-Andy Panda (Lantz/Universal)
27.FELIX ALL PUZZLED(25)-Felix the Cat (Sullivan/M.J.Winkler)
26.COAL BLACK AND DE SEBBEN DWARFS(43)-Merrie Melodies (Warners)
25.VENTRILOQUST CAT(49)-Tex Avery (MGM
24.WHAT'S OPERA DOC(58)-Bugs Bunny (Warners)
23.PORKY'S DUCH HUNT(37)-Porky & Daffy (Warners)
22.GERTIE THE DINOSAUR(14) (Windsor McCay)
21.THE MAD DOCTOR(33)-Mickey Mouse (Disney)
20.HELL'S BELLS(29)-Silly Symphonies (Disney)
19.PORKY'S ROMANCE(37) -Porky Pig (Warners)
18.SUPERMAN(41) (Fleischer/Paramount)
17.MAGICAL MAESTRO(52)-Tex Avery (MGM)
16.QUIET PLEASE(45)-Tom & Jerry (MGM)
15.THE HERRING MURDER CASE(31)-Talkartoon w/Bimbo (Felsicher/Paramount)
14.THREE LITTLE PIGS(33)-Silly Symphonies
13.WHO KILLED WHO?(43)-Tex Avery (MGM)
12.ROOTY TOOT TOOT(52)-Jolly Frolics (UPA)
11.THE MAGIC FLUKE(49)-Fox and Crow (UPA)
10.THE SINKING OF THE LUISTANIA(18) (Windsor McCay)
9.BIMBO'S INITIATION(31)-Talkartoons w/Bimbo (Fleischer/Paramount)
8.POST WAR INVENTIONS(45)-Gandy & Sourpuss (Terry/20th Century Fox)
7.BIRDS ANOYMUS(57)-Tweety & Sylvester (Warners)
6.POPEYE MEETS SINBAD THE SAILOR(36)-Popeye (Felsicher/Paramount)
5.THE POET AND PEASANT(46)-Andy Panda (Lantz/Universal)
4.THE BLITZ WOLF(42)-Tex Avery (MGM)
3.DUCK AMUCK(53)-Daffy Duck (Warners)
2.DER FUEHRER'S FACE(43)-Donald Duck (Disney)

And for my number one greatest cartoon of all time......

1.THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL(37)-Color Rhapsodies (Columbia/Screen Gems)

[J. A. Boschen]

I copied this out of my big list of theatrical shorts: Here are my to 60, (can't narrow it down any further!). in Alphabetical order
PS--I copied this out of my list of short films I own, thats why all of the distributors, year, and color process is mentione.

TITLE OF FILM, STUDIO—DISTRIBUTOR, SERIES, COLOR/B&W, YEAR

1. Barber of Seville, Walter Lantz—Universal Pictures , Woody Woodpecker, (Full) Technicolor, 1947

2. Bathing Buddies, Walter Lantz—Universal Pictures , Woody Woodpecker, (Full) Technicolor, 1946

3. Beach Nut, Walter Lantz—Universal Pictures , Woody Woodpecker, (Full) Technicolor, 1944

4. Beep Beep, Warner Bros., Merrie Melodies, (Full) Technicolor, 1951

5. Beep Prepared, Warner Bros.., Merrie Melodies, (Full) Technicolor, 1961

6. Bone Trouble, Walt Disney—RKO Radio Pictures, Pluto, (Full) Technicolor, 1940

7. The Calico Dragon, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Happy Harmonies, (2-strip) Technicolor, 1935

8. Chew Chew Baby, Walter Lantz—Universal Pictures , Woody Woodpecker, (Full) Technicolor, 1945

9. Clock Cleaners, Walt Disney—RKO Radio Pictures, Mickey Mouse, (Full) Technicolor, 1937

10. Commando Duck, Walt Disney—RKO Radio Pictures, Donald Duck, (Full) Technicolor, 1944

11. Daffy Doc, Warner Bros., Looney Tunes, BLACK & WHITE, 1938

12. Daffy Duck & the Dinosaur, Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies, (Full) Technicolor, 1939

13. Daffy The Commando, Warner Bros., Looney Tunes: Daffy Duck, (Full) Technicolor, 1942

14. O Der Furhers’s Face, Walt Disney—RKO Radio Pictures, Donald Duck, (Full) Technicolor, 1942

15. Designs on Jerry, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Tom & Jerry, (Full) Technicolor, 1953

16. Dippy Diplomat, Walter Lantz—Universal Pictures , Woody Woodpecker, (Full) Technicolor, 1945

17. Dizzy Acrobat, Walter Lantz—Universal Pictures Woody Woodpecker, (Full) Technicolor, 1943

18. Donald’s Snow Fight, Walt Disney Productions—RKO Radio Pictures, Donald Duck, (Full) Technicolor

19. Dough For the Do-Do, Warner Bros., Merrie Melodies: Porky Pig, (Full) Technicolor, 1948

20. Dover Boys at PimentoUniversity, Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies, (Full) Technicolor, 1942

21. Duck Dodgers in the 24th ½ Century, Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies, (Full) Technicolor, 1952

22. First Aiders, Walt Disney—RKO Radio Pictures, Pluto, (Full) Technicolor, 1944

23. Hip Hip Hurry, Warner Bros., Merrie Melodies , (Full) Technicolor, 1959

24. Little Dutch Mill, Paramount Pictures, Color Classic, Cinecolor, 1934

25. Magician Mickey, Walt Disney—United Artists, Mickey Mouse, (Full) Technicolor, 1937

26. Mickey’s Service Station, Walt Disney—United Artists , Mickey Mouse, BLACK & WHITE, 1935

27. Mickey’s Trailer, Walt Disney—RKO Radio Pictures, Mickey Mouse, (Full) Technicolor¸ 1938

28. Night Before Christmas, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, An MGM Cartoon: Tom & Jerry, (Full) Technicolor, 1940

29. Pecos Pest, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Tom & Jerry , (Full) Technicolor, 1953

30. Plane Daffy, Warner Bros., Looney Tunes: Daffy Duck, (Full) Technicolor, 1943

31. Play Safe, Paramount Pictures, Color classic, (Full) Technicolor, 1936

32. Polar Trappers, Walt Disney—RKO Radio Pictures, Donald & Goofy, (Full) Technicolor, 1938

33. Poor Cinderella, Paramount Pictures, Betty Boop/Color Classic, Cinecolor, 1934

34. Porky Pig in Wacky Land, Warner Bros., Looney Tunes: Porky Pig, BLACK & WHITE, 1938

35. Pup’s Christmas, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Happy Harmonies, (Full) Technicolor, 1936

36. Red Hot Riding Hood, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, ------------- , (Full) Technicolor, 1943

37. Room Runners, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Flip The Frog, BLACK & WHITE, 1932

38. O Russian Rhapsody, Warner Bros., Merrie Melodies, (Full) Technicolor, 1943

39. Scrap Happy Daffy, Warner Bros., Looney Tunes: Daffy Duck, BLACK & WHITE, 1942

40. Snow Man (L-B&W, TV-print), Ted Eshbaugh—Invincible Pictures, ----------- , (2-strip) Technicolor, 1932

41. Somewhere in Dreamland, Paramount Pictures, Color classic, (Full) Technicolor, 1936

42. Stop! Look! Hasten!, Warner Bros., Merrie Melodies , (Full) Technicolor, 1953

43. Sunshine Makers, Ted Eshbaugh: Borden’s Dairy Products, --------------------, Cinecolor, 1935

44. Tale of Vienna Woods, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Happy Harmonies,Cinecolor, 1935

45. Tee For Two, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Tom & Jerry, (Full) Technicolor, 1945

46. Three for Breakfast, Walt Disney—RKO Radio Pictures, Donald Duck, (Full) Technicolor, 1947

47. Thru the Mirror, Walt Disney—United Artists, Mickey Mouse, (Full) Technicolor, 1936

48. To Beep or Not to Beep, Warner Bros., Merrie Melodies, (Full) Technicolor, 1963

49. Flowers & Trees, Walt Disney—United Artists, Silly Symphony, (Full) Technicolor, 1932

50. Two Mouseketeers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Tom & Jerry, (Full) Technicolor, 1952

51. War & Pieces, Warner Bros., Looney Tunes, (Full) Technicolor, 1964

52. Wacky Weed, Walter Lantz—Universal Pictures, Andy Panda, (Full) Technicolor, 1945

53. Well Oiled, Walter Lantz—Universal Pictures , Woody Woodpecker, (Full) Technicolor, 1947

54. What’s Opera, Doc?, Warner Bros., Merrie Melodies: Bugs Bunny, (Full) Technicolor, 1957

55. Who’s Cookin Who?, Walter Lantz—Universal Pictures, Woody Woodpecker, (Full) Technicolor, 1946

56. The Wizard of Oz, Ted Eshbaugh—UNRELEASED , -------------------- , (Full) Technicolor, 1933

57. Woody Dines Out, Walter Lantz—Universal Pictures, Woody Woodpecker, (Full) Technicolor, 1945

58. Wynken, Blynken, & Nod, Walt Disney—RKO Radio Pictures, Silly Symphony, (Full) Technicolor, 1938

59. Yankee Doodle Mouse, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Tom & Jerry, (Full) Technicolor, 1943

60. You Ought To be in Pictures, Warner Bros., Looney Tunes, BLACK & WHITE, 1940

[Jack G.]

Disclaimer: There are still many cartoons I haven't seen so my list is very much subject to change;The silent era being largely unexplored. I know there are some great Felix, and Fleischer cartoons that deserve to be on my list. I just haven't seen them yet.

So here's my list in no (particular) order:

Warner Brothers
Rhapsody in Rivets
Kitty Kornered
Hare Raising Hare
Book Review
Little Red Riding Rabbit
The Scarlet Pumpernickel
Rabbit Seasoning
The Great Piggy Bank Robbery
Duck Amuck
Thugs with Dirty Mugs
Drip-Along Daffy
Porky Pig's Feat
A Tale of Two Kitties
Scaredy Cat
Back Alley Uproar
Porky in Wackyland
Baby Bottleneck
Rabbit of Seville
Bugs Bunny Rides Again

Fleischer
Popeye Meets Sinbad the Sailor
Snow White
Minnie the Moocher
Bimbo's Initiation
Koko's Earth Control
Dream Walking
Lost In Foundry

MGM
Tee For Two
The Zoot Cat
Yankee Doodle Mouse
Who Killed Who
Bad Luck Blackie
Red Hot Riding Hood
Little Rural Riding Hood
Lonesome Lenny

Disney
The Old Mill
The Skeleton Dance
Thru the Mirror
Mickey's Trailer
The Band Concert
Hockey Homicide

Lantz
Ski For Two
Bathing Buddies

Iwerks
The Cuckoo Murder Case
Balloonland

Van Beuren
Sunshine Makers

Mintz
The Little Match Girl

UPA
Rooty Toot Toot
Gerald McBoing Boing

DePatie-Freleng
Psychedelic Pink

The National Film Board of Canada
The Cat Came Back

[wundermild]

So here is my list:

1. Little 'Tinker
2. One Froggy Evening
3. Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs
4. What's Opera, Doc?
5. Swing Shift Cinderella
6. Gerald McBoing Boing
7. Counterfeit Cat
8. Plane Daffy
9. Much Ado about Nutting
10. Magical Maestro
11. Heavenly Puss
12. Deputy Droopy
13. Ventriloquist Cat
14. King-Size Canary
15. Lonesome Lenny
16. Chicken Little (1943)
17. Snow-White
18. Rabbit of Seville
19. Mouse Cleaning
20. Bad Luck Blackie
21. Der Fuehrer's Face
22. Part Time Pal
23. The Pink Phink
24. Education for Death
25. Porky in Wackyland
26. The Skeleton Dance
27. Crazy Mixed-up Pup
28. Peace on Earth
29. Blitz Wolf
30. Screwball Squirrel
31. Jerky Turkey
32. The Fox and the Grapes
33. Ugly Duckling (1939)
34. Porky's Preview
35. The Dover Boys
36. Scrap-Happy Daffy
37. Russian Rhapsody
38. Feed the Kitty
39. Red Hot Riding Hood
40. Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century
41. Duck Amuck
42. The Ducktators
43. Minnie the Moocher
44. A Corny Concerto
45. Birds Anonymous
46. The Band Concert
47. The Truce Hurts
48. Ski for Two
49. Mouse in Manhattan
50. Donald's Crime

Notes:

This is today’s list – it is subject to change anytime.
I am lucky to have never been over-exposed to cartoons sometimes considered as overplayed, so I can truly appreciate One Froggy Evening or What’s Opera, Doc?.
I still haven’t seen many Fleischer Screen Songs, Columbia cartoons (including The Little Match Girl), or Lantz’ Swing Symphonies (to name some obvious Top 50 candidates), so my list is biased towards more commonly known cartoons.
As this list is about cartoons, some experimental films (honorable mention: Oskar Fischinger’s Allegretto) were left off.
Number 51 would have been Halloween (Dick Huemer; Mintz-Winkler Toby the Pup), this one gets an honorable mention too.
Favorite directors: Tex Avery (15), Chuck Jones (8), Bob Clampett (4), Bobe Cannon (1), Frank Tashlin (3), Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera (5), Clyde Geronimi (2), Doc Crandall (1), Jack Kinney (1), Friz Freleng (2), Walt Disney (or whoever actually directed The Skeleton Dance) (1), Hugh Harman (1), Jack Cutting (1), Norm McCabe (1), Willard Bowsky (1), Wilfred Jackson (1), Shamus Culhane (1), Jack King (1).
Favorite studios: MGM (19), Warner Bros. (17), UPA (1), Walt Disney (7), Max Fleischer (2), DePatie-Freleng (1), Walter Lantz (2), Screen Gems (1).

[mmtper]

All subject to change on the slightest pretext, of course

P. Sullivan (O. Messmer): Felix Pines and Dines
Comicalamities

Fleischer: Bubbles
Koko's Earth Control
Snow White
Minnie the Moocher
Bimbo's Initiation
Swing You Sinners
Dream Walking
My Artistical Temperature
Organ Grinder's Swing
Brotherly Love
Mechanical Monsters

Disney: Hell's Bells
Mickey's Garden
Thru the Mirror
Band Concert
Mickey's Trailer
Music Land
Water Babies
Cookie Carnival
Woodland Cafe
Symphony Hour
(Respectful Comment to Mr BloodyChamp, Disney's may have been 7 minute walks thru the daisies, but Boy-0-Boy those daisies had Style!:minnie: )

MGM Zoot Cat
Solid Serenade
Tee for Two
Quiet Please
Screwball Squirrel
Red Hot Riding Hood
Little Rural Red Riding Hood
King Size Canary
Magical Maestro
Three Little Pups

Warner Bros: Porky in Wackyland
Hamateur Night
Case of the Missing Hare
Gruesome Twosome
Porky's Pig Feat
Book Revue
Kitty Kornered
Great Piggy Bank Robbery
Baseball Bugs
Bugs Bunny Rides Again
Bunny Hugged
High Diving Hare
Duck Amuck
Ali Baba Bunny
Three Little Bops

UPA: Rooty Toot Toot

Also, Sally Crickshank's Quasi at the Quackadero has been justly praised, but I like it's sequel, Make Me Psychic, even better so that'll be my 49th.

And for the 50th, I'll put in the 1995 Mickey Mouse Runaway Brain. It was a bit frantically paced, but this (plus the tv show House of Mouse) showed there was still some juice left in the old rodent, for which I was grateful.

[Geezil]

And I may yet make a couple of dozen adjustments. But for now, here goes!

Disney:

Steamboat Willie
The Skeleton Dance
Orphans' Benefit
Clock Cleaners
Hockey Homicide
Donald in Mathmagic Land (forced to watch it at school; learned to love it much later)

MGM:

To Spring
Peace on Earth
Blitz Wolf (ironic sequencing, isn't it?)
Red Hot Riding Hood
Screwball Squirrel
The Cat Concerto
King-Size Canary

Warner Bros.:

Porky in Wackyland
You Ought to Be in Pictures
A Wild Hare
The Dover Boys
Porky Pig's Feat
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
Feed the Kitty
Duck Amuck
What's Opera, Doc?

Fleischer:

Ko-Ko's Earth Control
Bimbo's Initiation
A Dream Walking
Betty Boop and Grampy (thank you for bringing this one back too, Tom!)
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves
Goonland
The Magnetic Telescope

Winsor McCay:

The Sinking of the Lusitania
The Flying House

Pat Sullivan:

Felix in Hollywood

Van Beuren:

Piano Tooners
The Sunshine Makers

Columbia:

The Little Match Girl

UPA:

The Tell-Tale Heart

Lantz:

Scrambled Eggs
Apple Andy
Banquet Busters

Famous Studios:

Eleventh Hour
Me Musical Nephews
Cartoons Ain't Human
The Enchanted Square (a tearjerker with above-average design for Famous, IMO)
A Bout with a Trout

Bet you thought I'd leave out this last category just for once, eh? ;)

Terrytoons:

The Nutty Network
Billy Mouse's Akwakade
Sham Battle Shenanigans
Post War Inventions
Krakatoa
The Power of Thought

[lonesome-lenny]

This list proved harder than I anticipated, simply because there are so many cartoons I love that even a list of 50 is tough to nail down. I thought about this all week, and finally arrived on a list of 50 cartoons that are my favorites. Some of them may not be esteemed classics, but they all have that certain *something* that has compelled me, since childhood, to dig deeper and deeper into the byroads of classic American animation. These are all cartoons I could sit down and view any old time. Some of them I haven't seen in 20 years; some I just watched yesterday.

1. Bimbo's Initiation (Fleischer; 31)
2. King-Size Canary (MGM; 47)
3. The Karnival Kid (Disney; 28)
4. The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (WB; 46)
5. Snow White (Fleischer; 34)
6. Swing Wedding (MGM; 37)
7. Lonesome Lenny (MGM; 46)
8. Thugs With Dirty Mugs (WB; 39)
9. Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle (Fleischer; 32)
10. A Wild Hare (WB; 40)
11. Porky Pig's Feat (WB; 43)
12. Porky's Party (WB; 38)
13. Barber Of Seville (Lantz; 44)
14. Mouse Trouble (MGM; 44)
15. Mouse In Manhattan (MGM; 45)
16. Gold Diggers of '49 (WB; 35)
17. Little 'Tinker (MGM; 48)
18. Dumb-hounded (MGM; 43)
19. You Don't Know What You're Doin' (WB; 31/32)
20. Magical Maestro (MGM; 52)
21. Stratos-Fear (Iwerks; 33)
22. Minnie The Moocher (Fleischer; 32)
23. Porky's Hero Agency (WB; 37)
24. Elmer's Candid Camera (WB; 40)
25. Roughly Squeaking (WB; 45)
26. The Barn Dance (Disney; 28)
27. Mysterious Mose (Fleischer; 30)
28. Ski For Two (Lantz; 44)
29. The Greatest Man In Siam (Lantz; 44)
30. Symphony Hour (Disney; 42)
31. Tugboat Mickey (Disney; 40)
32. Mickey's Trailer (Disney; 38)
33. Humpty Dumpty (Iwerks; 35)
34. Porky's Duck Hunt (WB; 37)
35. Joe Glow, The Firefly (WB; 41)
36. The Heckling Hare (WB; 41)
37. Uncle Tom's Cabana (MGM; 47)
38. A Bear For Punishment (WB; 51)
39. Book Revue (WB; 46)
40. Baby Bottleneck (WB; 46)
41. Kitty Kornered (WB; 46)
42. Rabbit's Kin (WB; 52)
43. Crazy Mixed-Up Pup (Lantz; 54)
44. Musical Moments From Chopin (Lantz; 46)
45. Jungle Jive (Lantz; 44)
46. Any Rags (Fleischer; 32)
47. Betty Boop's May Party (Fleischer; 34)
48. The Magic Mummy (Van Beuren; 32)
49. Ragtime Romeo (Iwerks; 32)
50. Nasty Quacks (WB; 45)

[David Gerstein]

I'm afraid these aren't the fifty greatest cartoons, even in my estimation... just (more or less) my fifty favorites. I think all of you can tell I'm a sucker for the black-furred 1920s characters and the rowdiest mid-1940s shorts.

Sullivan
FELIX GOES A-HUNTING, FELIX FINDS 'EM FICKLE, FELIX FULL O' FIGHT, FELIX ALL PUZZLED, GERM MANIA

Disney
RIVAL ROMEOS, GALLOPIN' GAUCHO, TRAFFIC TROUBLES, THREE LITTLE WOLVES, MICKEY'S AMATEURS, FIRE CHIEF

Fleischer
BARNACLE BILL, BIMBO'S INITIATION, SNOW-WHITE, WHAT NO SPINACH?, POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINDBAD THE SAILOR, GOONLAND

Terry
PRETZELS, PINK ELEPHANTS, HOUSE BUSTERS

Van Beuren
THE OFFICE BOY, SPANISH TWIST, FARMERETTE

Iwerks
ROOM RUNNERS, HELL'S FIRE

Lantz
HELLS HEELS, MARS, KNOCK KNOCK, THE BARBER OF SEVILLE, SKI FOR TWO

Columbia
FARM RELIEF, TREASURE RUNT, BATTLE OF THE BARN, THE FOX AND THE GRAPES, TOLL-BRIDGE TROUBLE

Warner
LADY PLAY YOUR MANDOLIN, GRUESOME TWOSOME, THE SCARLET PUMPERNICKEL, BALLOT BOX BUNNY, BOWERY BUGS, DESIGN FOR LEAVING

MGM
BOSKO'S PARLOR PRANKS, TRAP HAPPY, THE SHOOTING OF DAN McGOO, A MOUSE IN THE HOUSE, DAREDEVIL DROOPY

UPA
PUNCHY DE LEON

Various
MONKEY DOODLE (Les Elton), THE GHOST OF STEPHEN FOSTER, NU POGODI pilot episode (Soyuzmultfilm)

Honorable mentions:
THE SHINDIG, POLAR TRAPPERS, THE FOX HUNT (all Disney), YOKOHAMA YANKEE, DINGBAT LAND (both Terry), IN THE NAVY (Lantz), FLYING FISTS (Iwerks), LITTLE RED RIDING RABBIT, THE LONESOME MOUSE (MGM), COW ON THE MOON (Zagreb)

[Duck Dodgers]

I would pay to see an entry in this post by our own Jerry Beck.
I would like to know which cartoons he would personally wanted to be in his book and did not find space.

Some of the great omissions were, IMHO, " Porky's Romance", "Porky Pig's Feat", "Mouse Trouble", "The Little Match Girl", "Robin Hood Daffy".

[Kevin McCorry]

You Ought to Be in Pictures
Rhapsody in Rivets
Rhapsody Rabbit
Each Dawn I Crow
Hillbilly Hare
Bear Feat
Long-Haired Hare
Bunker Hill Bunny
S-s-s-s-s-h!
Canned Feud
Putty Tat Trouble
The Rabbit of Seville
Operation: Rabbit
Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century
Bully For Bugs
Duck, Rabbit, Duck!
Drip-Along Daffy
Mickey and the Beanstalk
Casey at the Bat
Duck Amuck
I Gopher You
Dr. Jerkyl's Hide
Claws For Alarm
Little Boy Boo
Satan's Waitin'
From A to Z-z-z-z
Ready, Set, Zoom!
Beanstalk Bunny
The Hole Idea
Tweety's Circus
Hare Brush
Jumpin' Jupiter
Hyde and Hare
Knight-Mare Hare
One Froggy Evening
Three Little Bops
Birds Anonymous
Show Biz Bugs
What's Opera, Doc?
Hare-Way to the Stars
Baton Bunny
Hyde and Go Tweet
Hopalong Casualty
Martian Through Georgia
The Pink Phink
Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat
Napoleon Blown-Aparte
Sicque! Sicque! Sicque!
Extinct Pink
Ant and the Aardvark

[Thad]

1. Operation: Rabbit
2. The Dover Boys
3. A Bear for Punishment
4. A Pest in the House
5. Fast and Furry-Ous
6. Little Rural Riding Hood
7. Little 'Tinker
8. Three Little Pups
9. Bad Luck Blackie
10. Magical Maestro
11. Plane Daffy
12. Scrap Happy Daffy
13. Nasty Quacks
14. Porky Pig's Feat
15. The Unruly Hare
16. Baby Bottleneck
17. Book Revue
18. Kitty Kornered
19. A Gruesome Twosome
20. Coal Black and De Sebben Dwarfs
21. Hare Ribbin'
22. Little Red Riding Rabbit
23. A Mouse Divided
24. Rabbit's Kin
25. Flirty Birdy
26. The Mouse Comes to Dinner
27. Lonesome Mouse
28. Der Fuehrer's Face
29. Hockey Homicide
30. Chicken Little
31. Symphony Hour
32. How to Be a Detective
33. Donald's Diary
34. Barber of Seville
35. Apple Andy
36. Wild and Woody!
37. Woody Dines Out
38. Abou Ben Boogie
39. Legend of Rock-a-Bye Point
40. Goonland
41. Bimbo's Initiation
42. Rocket to Mars
43. Much Ado About Mutton
44. The Fox and Grapes
45. Flora
46. Feline Frame-Up
47. You Were Never Duckier
48. Chow Hound
49. Two Gophers from Texas
50. Dough Ray Me-Ow

THAD

[Jon Cooke]

For the sake of just being organized, I put my favorites in chronological order...

35. "Bowery Bugs" (1949)
36. "Long-Haired Hare" (1949)
37. "Bowery Bugs" (1949)
38. "Often an Orphan" (1949)


You must really like "Bowery Bugs", Thad. ;)

[Thad]

You must really like "Bowery Bugs", Thad. ;)

Wiseass! But you betchya I do! :bugs1:

[Leviathan]

Now this is my kind of thread.

Here's how my list would go

1. Clock Cleaners (Disney, 1937)
2. Raggedy Ann and Andy (Fleischer, 1941)
3. Falling Hare (Warner, 1943)
4. Magical Maestro (MGM, 1951)
5. Mouse in Manhatten (MGM, 1945)
6. Popeye the Sailor meets Sinbad the Sailor (Fleischer, 1936)
7. Gerald McBoing Boing (UPA, 1950)
8. Porky in Wackyland (Warner, 1938)
9. Lonesome Ghosts (Disney, 1937)
10. Swing You Sinners (Fleischer, 1930)
11. I Love to Singa (Warner, 1936)
12. Bimbo's Initiation (Fleischer, 1931)
13. Shangheid (Disney, 1934)
14. Screwball Squirrel (MGM, 1944)
15. Mice Follies (MGM, 1953)
16. Porky and Daffy (Warner, 1938)
17. Little Red Walking Hood (Warner, 1937)
18. Rock-a-Bye Bear (MGM, 1952)
19. Knock! Knock! (Lantz, 1940)
20. Porky's Romance (Warner, 1937)
21. Room Runners (Iwerks, 1932)
22. Baby Bottleneck (Warner, 1946)
23. Book Revue (Warner, 1946)
24. Kitty Kornered (Warner, 1946)
25. Heavenly Puss (MGM, 1949)
26. The Talking Magpies (Terrytoons, 1946)
27. An Itch in Time (Warner, 1943)
28. The Bandmaster (Lantz, 1947)
29. Johann Mouse (MGM, 1953)
30. Donald in Mathemagic Land (Disney, 1959)
31. Daffy Duck and Egghead (Warner, 1938)
32. Mouse Trouble (MGM, 1944)
33. Polar Trappers (Disney, 1938)
34. Bargain Counterattack (Famous, 1946)
35. Musica-Lulu (Famous, 1947)
36. Rabbit of Seville (Warner, 1950)
37. Elmer's Pet Rabbit (Warner, 1941)
38. Billy Boy (MGM, 1954)
39. Swing Shift Cinderella (MGM, 1945)
40. Daffy Duck in Hollywood (Warner, 1938)
41. Long Haired Hare (Warner, 1949)
42. Mississippi Hare (Warner, 1949)
43. Goofy Goofy Gander (Famous, 1950)
44. Woody Woodpecker (Lantz, 1941)
45. Little Red Riding Rabbit (Warner, 1944)
46. Two Chips and a Miss (Disney, 1952)
47. A Mouse Divided (Warner, 1953)
48. The Prize Pest (Warner, 1951)
49. Rabbit Hood (Warner, 1959)
50 Wabbit Twouble (Warner, 1941)

[Bugs Bunny]

Traunt Officer Donald (1941)
The Fox and The Crow (1943)
The Shooting of Dan McGoo (1945)
Henpecked Hoboes(1946)
Little Rural Riding Hood (1947)
Clown of The Jungle (1947)
Scaredy Cat (1949)
Holiday for Drumsticks(1949)
Long Haired Hare (1949)
For Scenti-Mental Reasons(1949)
The Scarlet Pumpernickle(1950)
It's Hummer Time (1950)
Dog Gone South (1950)
Rabbit of Seville (1950)
Symphony in Slang (1951)
Early to Bet (1951)
Trick or Treat (1952)
Little Beau Pepe(1952)
The Cracked Quack (1952)
The Turn tale Wolf (1952)
The Egg Cited Rooster (1952)
The Three Little Pups (1953)
A Mouse Divided (1953)
Duck Amuck (1953)
Duck Dodgers and The 24 1/2 Century (1953)
Claw's For Alarm (1954)
The Legend of Rock-A-Bye Point
Beezy Bear (1955)
Stork Naked (1955)
Sahara Hare (1955)
Tweety's Circus (1955)
One Froggy Evening (1955)
Tweety and The Beanstalk (1957)
What's Opera Doc? (1957)
Touche and Go (1957)
Gonzales Tamales (1957)
Robin Hood Daffy (1958)
Person to Bunny (1961)
Hopalong Casulty (1961)
The Dixie Fryer (1961)
The Pied Piper of Gadalupe (1961)
Beep Prepared (1962)
Rock A Bye Gator (1962)
Robin Hoody Woody (1962)
To Beep or Not to Beep (1963)
Transylvania 6-5000 (1963)
False Hare (1964)
It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House (1964)
The Three Little Woodpeckers (1965)
The Pink Phink(1964)
Sink Pink(1965)
PinK Pajamas (1965)
Smile Pretty, Say Pink (1965)
Scrooge McDuck and Money (1967)
That's No Lay, That's Notre Dame
Hurts and Flowers (1969)
The Ant and The Aardvark (1969)
Extinct Pink (1969)
Technology Phooey (1969)
From Bed To Worse (1971)

[Geezil]

(Public) Aside to Thad: Let's see ... (almost) everybody else here stuck to (or close to) their 50 greatest/all-time favorite shorts, but you listed 100?!??!!??? What's all this hubbub, bub? :p

[Thad]

(Public) Aside to Thad: Let's see ... (almost) everybody else here stuck to (or close to) their 50 greatest/alll-time favorite shorts, but you listed 100?!??!!??? What's all this hubbub, bub? :p

Making a list of just 50 cartoons would remove far, far too many all-time favorites, so I decided to list my 50 favorite Warner shorts and 50 favorite 'others'.

AND IT STILL ISN'T ENOUGH!!!

[Geezil]

Making a list of just 50 cartoons would remove far, far too many all-time favorites, so I decided to list my 50 favorite Warner shorts and 50 favorite 'others'.

AND IT STILL ISN'T ENOUGH!!!

OK, understood & empathized with, all kidding aside. (And if anybody reading this thought it was easy for yours truly to narrow down a Terrytoons sub-listing to just six titles, feel free to PM me for that whole story.) ;)

[oceansoul]

My top40 from WB:

1. Rabbit of Seville
2. Boobs in the woods
3. Mississippi hare
4. Claws for alarm
5. Henhouse Henery
6. One froggy evening
7. Great piggy bank robbery
8. High-diving hare
9. Tabasco road
10. Fractured leghorn
11. Daffy doodles
12. Riff raffy Daffy
13. Drip along Daffy
14. Room and bird
15. Mexican boarders
16. Rabbit fire
17. Rebel rabbit
18. Chow hound
19. Hyde and go tweet
20. Baby bottleneck
21. Hare-brained hypnotist
22. Mother was a rooster
23. Beep prepared
24. Of rice and hen
25. Tortilla flaps
26. Mouse divided
27. Bell hoppy
28. Walky talky hawky
29. Ain't she tweet?
30. Jumpin' Jupiter
31. Hare do
32. What's opera doc?
33. Fast and furry-ous
34. Bye bye bluebeard
35. Paying the piper
36. Draftee Daffy
37. Daffy Duck slept here
38. Canned feud
39. Baby buggy bunny
40. For scent-imental reasons

My top10 from MGM:

1. Quite please
2. Kingsize canary
3. Little rural riding hood
4. Midnight snack
5. Part-time pal
6. Screwball squirrel
7. Bad luck Blackie
8. Little school mouse
9. Red hot riding hood
10. Springtime for Thomas

[Nelson]

I knew this would be a great topic and I want to thank everyone for taking part in subject matter.I know that for members putting together a list of what they think is the 50 greatest cartoons, is not easy and I personally enjoyed everyone's one thoughts on their selections.


Now I'm justing waiting to see my dear Geezil's picks and I got your PM my friend.;)

[Geezil]

[...]Now I'm justing waiting to see my dear Geezil's picks and I got your PM my friend.;)

Well, look no further than post #39 in this thread, Mr. Hare ... there they are! :felix: :betty: :red: :mickey:

[rusty]

King-size Canary
The Cat That Hated People
Tortoise Beats Hare
Tortoise Wins by a Hare
Northwest Hounded Police
Rock-a-bye Bear
Falling Hare
Porky Pig's Feat
Plane Daffy
The Great Piggy Bank Robbery
Scaredy Cat
Awful Orphan
Rocket-bye Baby
Racketeer Rabbit
The Three Little Bops
Thumb Fun
Draftee Daffy
Lumber Jerks
Feed the Kitty

[Steve Stanch]

(some of mine, not in exact order (how can you compare these things)
1-The Old Mill-Disney
2-Soild Serenade-MGM
3-Brotherly Love- Fl
4-Scrappy's Art Gallery-columbia
5-Let's Go! Columbia
6-The Hand- Trnka
7-Education for Death-Disney
8-Bygone Dull Care- NFBC
9-Snow White- Fleischer
10-Barking Dogs- Van Beuren
11-The Little Whirlwind- Disney
12-Crac!- Frederick Back
13-Anijam- Marv Newland
14-It's the Cat!-Mark Kausler
15-Monkey Doodle-Les Elton
16-Brotherhood of Man- UPA
17-Caprice- Milton Knight
18 Father and Daughter- Michael DuDok DeWitt
19-Dot and the Line- Jones
20-Night on Bare Mountain- Claire Parker
21-Sorcerer's Apprentice- Oskar Fischinger
22- Anna and Bella- Borge Ring
23- The Flop House- Scrappy/ Columbia
24-Koko's Earth Control- Fleischer
25-Gertie the Dinosaur-McKay
26-Deputy Droopy- Avery
27-Puttin' Out the Kitten- Scrappy/Columbia
28-Rejected- Don Hertzfelt
29-The Tell Tale Heart- UPA

ok.. sleep.

[Gossamer]

These will be from 1 to 50. While the top ten probably wouldn't change and the top 20 probably wouldn't change much and the last 10 or so would probably be very different if I did this a year from now-there are just too many good shorts to pick an absolute, permanent 50. 100 would actually have been easier to put together!

01-The Man Who Planted Trees
02-Is It Always Right To Be Right?
03-Balance
04-Snow-White
05-The Skeleton Dance
06-Great (Isambard Kindom Brunel)
07-Closed Mondays
08-The Old Mill
09-The Little Match Girl (Columbia)
10-The Tell-Tale Heart
11-Peace on Earth
12-The Unicorn In the Garden
13-The Tender Game
14-Munro
15-Gertie the Dinosaur
16-Rabbit Fire
17-Duck! Rabbit! Duck!
18-Der Fuehrer's Face
19-Father and Daughter
20-Crac!
21-Gerald McBoing Boing
22-Begone Dull Care
23-Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarves
24-The Blitz Wolf
25-Steamboat Willie
26-What's Opera Doc?
27-The Legend of Rockabye Point
28-Touche, Pussycat!
29-Education For Death
30-Rabbit Seasoning
31-Flowers and Trees
32-Popeye Meets Sindbad the Sailor
33-Toot, Plunk, Whistle and Boom
34-Duck Amuck
35-Frank Film
36-When Magoo Flew
37-The Scarlet Pumpernickel
38-Reason and Emotion
39-Johann Mouse
40-Felix In Hollywood
41-Magoo's Puddle Jumper
42-Jerry's Cousin
43-The Dot and the Line
44-Tin Toy
45-Fuddy Duddy Buddy
46-The Hole
47-It's Tough To Be a Bird
48-Rabbit of Seville
49-A Christmas Carol (Richard Williams)
50-Self Defense-For Cowards