The Better WB 7 Arts cartoons

[Cartman]

As we're all aware, WB was not exactly producing top-notch cartoons by the late 1960's. What would you say are some of the good ones for that era (1967-1969)?

My picks would go to:

BUNNY AND CLAUDE: WE ROB CARROT PATCHES
INJUN TROUBLE:coolcat:
THREE RING DING:coolcat:

[UncleJunior]

Only one for me is Bunny and Claude.

[Matt the Y]

Yes! I've been waiting for a post like this because I find the W7 cartoons (with the exception of the abysmal Daffy & Speedy series) to be much more tolerable than a lot of other people do. Here are my picks:

"Cool Cat" - A very funny cartoon (in fact, I was watching this one just this afternoon). Some very good gags: The Colonel referencing "classic" LT by uttering Tweety's "I tawt I taw a putty tat" line as well as the colonel pulling his false teeth out when pulling the ring off a grenade then being caught in the explosion and picking his false teeth off the ground ("Bicuspid. Molar. Incisor. Infracted wisdom. Another molar").

"Hocus Pocus Powwow" - This is the best of the W7 films, IMHO. The gags in this one are outstanding. The Indian's failed attempt to use Merlin's hat (klunking himself with his own tomahawk when trying to hit a chicken, then grinning sheepishly just before passing out), the Indian accidentally falling from a cliff, the Indian using a "portable warpath". A shame this one hasn't been seen by many due to "stereotyping".

"Chimp & Zee" - Another good one from the W7 period. The hunter in this short is a scream and is excellently voiced by Mel Blanc. Best scenes: the hunter failing to use a blowgun correctly, the "log gag" which ends with the hunter pulling out an elephant (and offering it a "peanut") as well as the complex magnifying glass/boulder trap.

"Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too" - Yeah, I know, this screams "Road Runner" rip-off. But I do find that the gags in this cartoon more than make up for its' "plagiarism". All the gags are funny, I find: the cannon gag, the spring-release mallet gag, the rock/door gag, the plate glass window gag. I wish the studio could have made just one more Rapid Rabbit cartoon before closing shop (as well as that aborted Keystone Kops series).

[Pietro]

My picks:
Injun Trouble (1969)
Bugged by a Bee
Hippydrome Tiger
Norman Normal
Flying Circus
Bunny and Claude: We Rob Carrot Patches
A Feud with a Dude

-Pietro:daffy:

[Daffyfan2004]

Actually, I'm surprised no one mentioned the Seven Arts cartoons with :daffy: and:speedy: . I sort of liked "The Skyscraper Caper" and "Fiesta Fiasco" since for the most part those two characters get along unlike in the DePatie-Freleng series. I also really liked "Big Game Haunt."

[MF TOON]

Injun Trouble & Norman Normal, that's it for me.

[cbrubaker]

Norman Normal
Cool Cat
Injun Trouble
Hocus Pocus Pow Wow






and...






Speedy Ghost To Town





just kidding

[brithgob]

I find it interesting that a lot of people have qualified praise for Injun Trouble. I was left unimpressed, mainly because it just seems to be a bunch of disconnected gags with no real plot to tie it together. In an earlier era, a character finding himself in the same situation as Cool Cat would have immediately run afoul of an adversary, and that conflict would have carried the cartoon.

[Nick]

My picks

"Chimp And Zee"
"Norman Normal"
"Cool Cat"
"Injun Trouble"
"Hippydrome Tiger"
"Bunny And Claude"
"Rabbit Stew And Rabbits Too!"

:coolcat:

[Matthew Hunter]

"Bunny and Claude: We Rob Carrot Patches"
"Bugged By A Bee"
"Big Game Haunt"
"Injun Trouble"
"Hocus Pocus Powwow"
"Flying Circus"

[mmm...donuts]

Norman Normal
Bugged By A Bee:coolcat:
A Feud With A Dude
Injun Trouble:coolcat:

[Lee Glover]

Cool Cat
Bugged By A Bee
Injun Trouble
Bunny & Claude: We Rob Carrot Patches
Rabbit Stew & Rabbits Too