speedy fast
01-04-2007, 11:12 PM
I have been thinking about the WB cartoons that were either nominated for bst animated short or won the award for best animated short, and many of those cartoons seem like just another cartoon instead of being very spectacular, and many of the cartoons that were nominated feature characters who were still a bit new at the times their cartoons were nominated.
But I have been thinking about the Oscar-winning cartoons For Scent-Immental Reasons and Speedy Gonzales. For Scent-Immental Reasons was Pepe's third cartoon, and the first to feature a female cat accidently looking like a skunk (in Odor-able Kitten, a male cat purposely made himself look like a skunk, and in Scent-Immental Over You, a chiluhua made herself look like a skunk). Speedy Gonzales was Speedy's second cartoon, his first pairing with Sylvester, and the first Speedy Gonzales cartoon to follow the format of starving mice needing Speedy to help them get cheese (and one of the mice being able to get Speedy to help because he was a friend of his sister, as well as being friend of everybody's sister).
Speedy and Pepe (especially Pepe) seem like characters who could have just appeared in a few cartoons and then disapeared, like many short-lived characters (The Goofy Gophers, Hubie and Bertie, Beaky Buzzard). If Beaky Buzzard or The Three Bears or some other short-lived characters starred in an Oscar-winning cartoon, I wonder if they would have lasted as major characters.
Another oscar-nominated cartoon to talk about is Tweetie Pie. This was Tweety's fourht cartoon, and his first to eb paired with Sylvester. If this cartoon wsn't even nominated for an oscar, I wonder how much longer we would have seen Tweety in new cartoons. His first three, without Sylvester, weren't really that good (A Tale of Two Kitties was the best of Tweety's solo cartoons, but it's still no Tweety and the Beanstalk, Birds Anonymous, or Hyde and Go Tweet). I'm sure that Sylvester would have lasted as a main character otherwise, but I'm not too sure about Tweety.
And speaking of Oscar-nominated cartoons with characters who became more popular after their cartoons won, I would like to point out that I am aware that the characters from So Much For So Little didn't make it in any other cartoons.
Another thing to think about is that Speedy's second cartoon won an oscar, but his later cartoons to be nominated didn't win. Road Runner's one oscar-nominated cartoon was nominated late in his career, but didn't win. Foghorn Leghorn's first cartoon was nominated, but lost. Two of Bugs Bunny's earliest shorts were nominated, but then he didn't star in any Oscar-nominated cartoons untill 1959, when he finally starred in an oscar-winner, but that and Birds Anonymous are the only WB cartoons to star characters who had been around for quite awhile.
I saw a post awhile ago where somebody said that the academy didn't put much thought into the best animated shorts category, and I think this is true for the WB cartoons that won. In my opinion, Tweetie Pie and Knighty Knight Bugs are just average cartoons with the characters they starred. So Much For So Little was a one-shot cartoon, with no interesting characters. For Scent-Immentl Reasons is one of the best Pepe le Pew cartoons (along with Really Scent and Past Perfumance), but I don't care too much for Pepe le Pew. Speedy Gonzales is a really good cartoon, but then there aren't many bad Speedy cartoons (the main exception beign See You Later, Gladiator), and I like the cartoon Speedy Gonzales less than his other Oscar-nominated cartoons (Tobasco Road, Mexicalli Shmoes, and Pied Piper of Guadalupe were the other nominees). On the other hand, Birds anonymous is Oscar-worthy, and I guess that's my favorite of the WB Oscar winners.
But I have been thinking about the Oscar-winning cartoons For Scent-Immental Reasons and Speedy Gonzales. For Scent-Immental Reasons was Pepe's third cartoon, and the first to feature a female cat accidently looking like a skunk (in Odor-able Kitten, a male cat purposely made himself look like a skunk, and in Scent-Immental Over You, a chiluhua made herself look like a skunk). Speedy Gonzales was Speedy's second cartoon, his first pairing with Sylvester, and the first Speedy Gonzales cartoon to follow the format of starving mice needing Speedy to help them get cheese (and one of the mice being able to get Speedy to help because he was a friend of his sister, as well as being friend of everybody's sister).
Speedy and Pepe (especially Pepe) seem like characters who could have just appeared in a few cartoons and then disapeared, like many short-lived characters (The Goofy Gophers, Hubie and Bertie, Beaky Buzzard). If Beaky Buzzard or The Three Bears or some other short-lived characters starred in an Oscar-winning cartoon, I wonder if they would have lasted as major characters.
Another oscar-nominated cartoon to talk about is Tweetie Pie. This was Tweety's fourht cartoon, and his first to eb paired with Sylvester. If this cartoon wsn't even nominated for an oscar, I wonder how much longer we would have seen Tweety in new cartoons. His first three, without Sylvester, weren't really that good (A Tale of Two Kitties was the best of Tweety's solo cartoons, but it's still no Tweety and the Beanstalk, Birds Anonymous, or Hyde and Go Tweet). I'm sure that Sylvester would have lasted as a main character otherwise, but I'm not too sure about Tweety.
And speaking of Oscar-nominated cartoons with characters who became more popular after their cartoons won, I would like to point out that I am aware that the characters from So Much For So Little didn't make it in any other cartoons.
Another thing to think about is that Speedy's second cartoon won an oscar, but his later cartoons to be nominated didn't win. Road Runner's one oscar-nominated cartoon was nominated late in his career, but didn't win. Foghorn Leghorn's first cartoon was nominated, but lost. Two of Bugs Bunny's earliest shorts were nominated, but then he didn't star in any Oscar-nominated cartoons untill 1959, when he finally starred in an oscar-winner, but that and Birds Anonymous are the only WB cartoons to star characters who had been around for quite awhile.
I saw a post awhile ago where somebody said that the academy didn't put much thought into the best animated shorts category, and I think this is true for the WB cartoons that won. In my opinion, Tweetie Pie and Knighty Knight Bugs are just average cartoons with the characters they starred. So Much For So Little was a one-shot cartoon, with no interesting characters. For Scent-Immentl Reasons is one of the best Pepe le Pew cartoons (along with Really Scent and Past Perfumance), but I don't care too much for Pepe le Pew. Speedy Gonzales is a really good cartoon, but then there aren't many bad Speedy cartoons (the main exception beign See You Later, Gladiator), and I like the cartoon Speedy Gonzales less than his other Oscar-nominated cartoons (Tobasco Road, Mexicalli Shmoes, and Pied Piper of Guadalupe were the other nominees). On the other hand, Birds anonymous is Oscar-worthy, and I guess that's my favorite of the WB Oscar winners.