Cult Classics

[Pietro]

Here's a thread we haven't done in about four years :p

What cartoons do you consider to have a cult following of some sort?

I think that "Half-Baked Alaska" and "Bunco Busters" (both Lantz) as well as the Columbia Fox and Crow shorts would certainly qualify.

-Pietro:daffy:

[AngryBeavers]

Depends on what you mean by "cult". It it's the cult I think you're talking about, then I might consider "What's Opera Doc?" a cult classic. Maybe even "Hollywood Steps Out".

[mmm...donuts]

Well, I think that Tex Avery's Red Hot Riding Hood can be considered a cult classic.

[Martin Juneau]

Popular cartoons like "The Rabbit of Seville", "Bully for Bugs" and "Operation: Rabbit" can be more considered like cult classics but also less-popular like The Pink Panther cartoon series and UPA

[Thad]

I think that "Half-Baked Alaska" and "Bunco Busters" (both Lantz)
Don't forget "Legend of Rock-a-Bye Point" and "Crazy Mixed-Up Pup"... We always get questions about which cartoons those are in the Lantz e-mail! :chilly:


-Thad

[Nick]

The Disney cartoon, "Der Fueher's (sp?) Face" would definately qualify as a cult classic. :donald:

[Duck Dodgers]

chuck jones' hunter thrilogy is a cult classic!

[Larry T]

Here are the cartoons I can think of that have huge underground attention:

La Petit Parade (Famous)- "Rat-tat-ta-tum...ZE KING!... Rat-tat-ta-tum...ZE PREMIERE!....Rat-ta-ta-tum... ZEN ALL ZA MINISTIERES!!! ...BOOM BOOM!"

Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs (WB) - "Hello, Murder Incorpolated...BLACKOUT SO WHITE!!!"

Porky In Wackyland (WB) - "Are you reaaaaallllllyy the last of the Dodos?"

Chew-Chew Baby (Famous) - "And if you're ever in the USA, look me up!"

What's Opera, Doc? (WB) - "Kill The Wabbit, Kill The Wabbit...."

Duck Dodgers In The 24 1/2 Century (WB) - "Are you ready, eager young space cadet?"

Snow White (Fleischer) - "Say, boy, hand me another shot of that boooooooooooooooooze"

[Pietro]

Chew-Chew Baby (Famous) - "And if you're ever in the USA, look me up!"
I was just rewatching that the other day. Man, what a great cartoon - I still remember how much my brother and I got a kick out of it. :p

BTW, wasn't the line actually, "And if you're ever in Cincinnati, look me up"?

Another cult classic would be the Lantz "Chew-Chew Baby" with Woody as Clementine (which also brings to mind "Ski for Two" - "I'm not impulsive - I'm REpulsive").

-Pietro:daffy:

[UncleJunior]

I see "The Dover Boys" and most of Clampett's 1945-46 cartoons as cult classics.

[Der Captain]

There's gotta be a cult audience for Screwy Squirrel. And George and Junior too.:D

[rex racer]

The Pin Cushion Man, The Pin Cushion Man !!! Quick, we must sound the alarm!!

Waaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh !!!


Ub Iwerks Studio (1936)http://www.dvdtoons.com/screenshots/reviews/CTTF-UIV2_001.jpg

[Cartman]

Just curious, what qualities would a cartoon have to fit in order to be a cult classic?

[The G Man]

Just curious, what qualities would a cartoon have to fit in order to be a cult classic?1. Limited attention from the mainstream audience
2. Notable story, animation, layout and/or voices
3. Historical value

[RetroMan]

I'd say that the better Bob Clampett cartoons deserve that status, particularly Coal Black and Russian Rhapsody.
(And, would the Private Snafu shorts count?)

[Cartman]

Okay, here are some of my picks:

The Private SNAFU cartoons
COAL BLACK :sowhite:
TIN PAN ALLEY CATS
HELL'S BELLS
CANNIBAL CAPERS
The Fox and Crow cartoons:fox: :crow:
Most of the Flip the Frog cartoons:flip:
The Mr. Magoo cartoons:magoo:
The Oswald cartoons:rabbit:
The Bosko cartoons:bosko:

[Javeman]

Definitely the Porky/Daffy cartoons by McKimson. Most notably "Daffy Duck Hunt", "Boobs in the Woods", "Fool Coverage" and "The Prize Pest"

[Geezil]

Since I very nearly always get around to Terrytoons somehow, here are four nominations for certifiable cult classics from ... ahem ... "the Woolworth's of the business":

"The Nutty Network"
"Post War Inventions"
"The Power of Thought"
and
the entire Tom Terrific series

:mighty: :gandy:

George W. as the "Never Mind that Damned Flying Horse!" Geezil

[oldgreypole]

Staying on the subject of Terrytoons, I can think of at least a couple that could be considered as cult classics: "The Magic Pencil" and "All Out for 'V'".

[Cartman]

I think I might add BIMBO'S INITIATION to the list.

[angelidollinda]

Well, I think that Tex Avery's Red Hot Riding Hood can be considered a cult classic.

Don't forget his other classic: "King Size Canary" ;)

[J Lee]

Actually, I think Avery's biggest cult classic is probably "I Love To Singa," since it's a cartoon that just barely touches on the normal Avery style, which was still in its embryonic stage in 1936 (the radio replying to moma and malleting the chicken through the trap door were the only really wild gags), but just about everybody who's ever watched Warner Bros. cartoons remembers it and the title song.

As for my own, I'd go with Willard Bowsky's "nightmare image" toons at Fleischer, like the cave scene in "Minnie the Moocher" the dancing drawings and devil's head from "Popular Melodies," and Junior's iniiation in "Small Fry" (the last of which managed to end up in the "Quack Attack" package on the Disney Channel in the 1990s)

[Matt Wilson]

Among animators I'd say Dover Boys is a cult classic. Across the internet, any looney tune/merry melody that's "banned" seems to have cult worship, such as Coal Black or any WW2-era banned LT. Also Private Snafu in general seems to have its own circles of fans. I myself flock to Dover Boys and Screwy Squirrel.

[wundermild]

Some picks from me that haven't been pointed out yet:

The Ducktators (WB, McCabe)
The Fox and the Grapes (Screen Gems, Tashlin)
Spooks (Iwerks)
Chicken Little (Disney, Geronimi)
Scrap Happy Daffy (WB, Tashlin)
Peace on Earth (MGM, Harman)

WW

[David Gates]

Nobody's mentioned "The Fresh Vegetable Mystery" (Fleischer) or "Who's Cookin' Who?" (Lantz) yet.

By the way, wouldn't most silents qualify since they have a pretty small, but dedicated bunch of fans? :felix: (http://forums.goldenagecartoons.com/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=3#) :rabbit: (http://forums.goldenagecartoons.com/misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=3#)

[Cartman]

I will include:

HA HA HA (Fleischer):betty:
OPENING NIGHT (Van Buren)
NO IFS, ANDS, OR BUTTS (Famous):buzzy:

[guy incognito]

"Chow Hound" fits this category, methinks.

"One Froggy Evening", back before its canonization.

[angelidollinda]

Some picks from me that haven't been pointed out yet:

The Ducktators (WB, McCabe)
The Fox and the Grapes (Screen Gems, Tashlin)
Spooks (Iwerks)
Chicken Little (Disney, Geronimi)
Scrap Happy Daffy (WB, Tashlin)
Peace on Earth (MGM, Harman)

WW

"Peace on Earth" is definately a classic... but I don't think I've ever seen "Chicken Little" (the old one, not the ugly CG one coming soon)

[Geezil]

"Peace on Earth" is definately a classic... but I don't think I've ever seen "Chicken Little" (the old one, not the ugly CG one coming soon)
It's included in "Walt Disney Treasures: On the Front Lines" :donald:

[Cartman]

It's included in "Walt Disney Treasures: On the Front Lines" :donald:
Which is most likely out of print by now, but maybe a local library or video store in your area would have it.
Has anyone seen the sets of Wave 3 still up for sale anywhere? I know there were more of these than the first two waves.

[Geezil]

[On the Front Lines] is most likely out of print by now, but maybe a local library or video store in your area would have it.
As I write this, Amazon still has a large batch of for-sale copies within easy reach... :donald: :goof: :minnie: