Yeah, me too. The trouble is that I end up needing to re-record a lot, so the editing process takes a long time even when the conversation was great.
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Yeah, me too. The trouble is that I end up needing to re-record a lot, so the editing process takes a long time even when the conversation was great.
Sadly, no. I've just posted an update.
Stick to Shorts is sadly closing down for the foreseeable future. More information is available in my audio announcement here:
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In today's episode, we're going back to the land before time (the silent era) to talk about the beginnings of cartoons!
I’ll have to seek that out!
Thank you!
Daffy Duck yells at Bugs Bunny during their stage act.
Our second season has begun! Anthony Strand returns for a look at vaudeville's influence on classic cartoons!
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That’s just Season 2, not including the 8 from the first season - and I’ve already got plans for Season 3!
The current plan is to go to 19.
Stick to Shorts: Show #15 Minnie the Moocher, 1932 Director: Dave Fleischer Studio: Fleischer Studios Accolades: #20 in The 50 Greatest Cartoons. Betty Boop runs away from home and becomes the unwilling audience of a ghostly jazz number performed by Cab Calloway. Content Warning: reference to suicide. Availability*: Betty Boop: The Essential Collection, Vol. 3. *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be incomplete or outdated. Season Two: Building Character - Ep. 7
Stick to Shorts: Show #16 Three Little Pigs, 1933 Director: Burt Gillett Studio: Disney Accolades: Academy Award winner; #11 in The 50 Greatest Cartoons; selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. In the short that introduced the hit song “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf”, two irresponsible pigs learn the value of their brother’s work ethic when the wolf arrives. Availability*: Disney+; Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies; Walt Disney’s Timeless Tales, Vol. 1; Walt Disney Animation Collection: Classic Short Films, Vol. 1: Three Little Pigs. *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be incomplete or outdated. Season Two: Building Character - Ep. 8
Stick to Shorts: Show #17 Playful Pluto, 1934 Director: Burt Gillett Studio: Disney Mickey tries to get work done in his yard while Pluto wants to play. Then Pluto gets stuck to a piece of flypaper. Chaos ensues. Content Warning: cartoon violence. Availability*: Disney+; Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Black and White, Vol. 2; Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition (Blu-Ray). *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be incomplete or outdated. Season Two: Building Character - Ep. 9
Stick to Shorts: Show #18 Feed the Kitty, 1952 Director: Chuck Jones Studio: Warner Bros. Accolades: #36 in The 50 Greatest Cartoons. A bulldog (Marc Anthony) develops a surprising fondness for a tiny kitten (Pussyfoot) and tries to keep it without his owner knowing. Availability*: Tubi (S06:E16); Chuck Jones Extremes & Inbetweens; Golden Collection, Vol. 1; Spotlight Collection, Vol. 1; Platinum Collection, Vol. 1; Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Looney Tunes; Center Stage, Vol. 1; Springfield Rifle (Blu-Ray). *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be incomplete or outdated. Season Two: Building Character - Ep. 10
Stick to Shorts: Show #11 Trolley Troubles, 1927 Director: Walt Disney Studio: Disney Distributor: Universal In the official debut of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Oswald drives a trolley that seems less and less likely to reach its destination. Content Warning: cartoon violence. Availability*: Public Domain; Disney+; Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be incomplete or outdated. Season Two: Building Character - Ep. 3
Stick to Shorts: Show #12 Steamboat Willie, 1928 Directors: Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks Studio: Disney Accolades: #13 in The 50 Greatest Cartoons; selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. In the official debut of Mickey Mouse, Mickey works on a steamboat, but gets a little too care-free on the job. Content Warning: cartoon violence toward animals. Availability*: Public Domain; Disney+; Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Black and White, Vol. 1; Vintage Mickey; Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit; Celebrating Mickey; Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition (Blu-Ray); Mickey & Minnie: 10 Classic Shorts - Vol. 1. *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be incomplete or outdated. Season Two: Building Character - Ep. 4
Stick to Shorts: Show #13 Rabbit of Seville, 1950 Director: Chuck Jones Studio: Warner Bros. Accolades: #12 in The 50 Greatest Cartoons. Bugs hides from Elmer Fudd in a theater and takes over the production of The Barber of Seville, making Elmer the barber’s unwilling customer. Content Warning: guns. Availability*: Tubi (S07:E15); Golden Collection, Vol. 1; The Essential Bugs Bunny; Platinum Collection, Vol. 1; Showcase, Vol. 1; Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Looney Tunes; Musical Masterpieces; Parodies Collection; Bugs Bunny Golden Carrot Collection; Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection. *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be incomplete or outdated. Season Two: Building Character - Ep. 5
Stick to Shorts: Show #14 The Skeleton Dance, 1929 Director: Walt Disney Studio: Disney Accolades: #18 in The 50 Greatest Cartoons. The Silly Symphonies begin with this eerie mood piece. Skeletons dance! Content Warning: cartoon violence; mild scares. Availability*: Public Domain; Disney+; Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies; Walt Disney Treasures: The Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit; Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Diamond Edition (Blu-Ray). *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be incomplete or outdated. Season Two: Building Character - Ep. 6
Stick to Shorts Season Two: Building Character - Part 1 Episode Guide A #1 Introduction II: The Vaudeville Legacy Show Biz Bugs Friz Freleng, Warner Bros., 1957 #2 Gertie the Dinosaur Winsor McCay, 1914 #3 Trolley Troubles Walt Disney, Disney, 1927 #4 Steamboat Willie Walt Disney & Ub Iwerks, Disney, 1928 #5 Rabbit of Seville Chuck Jones, Warner Bros., 1950
Episode Guide B #6 The Skeleton Dance Walt Disney, Disney, 1929 #7 Minnie the Moocher Dave Fleischer, Fleischer, 1932 #8 Three Little Pigs Burt Gillett, Disney, 1933 #9 Playful Pluto Burt Gillett, Disney, 1934 #10 Feed the Kitty Chuck Jones, Warner Bros., 1952 Additional cartoons in Season 2 to be announced at a later date.
Stick to Shorts: Show #9 Show Biz Bugs, 1957 Director: Friz Freleng Studio: Warner Bros. Accolades: Included in The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons. While performing in a variety show, Daffy attempts to upstage Bugs. Content Warning: self-immolation. Availability*: Tubi (S04:E05); Golden Collection, Vol. 2; Spotlight Collection, Vol. 2; The Essential Bugs Bunny; Platinum Collection, Vol. 2; Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Looney Tunes; Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection; Cats Don’t Dance (Blu-Ray). *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be incomplete or outdated. Season Two: Building Character - Ep. 1
Stick to Shorts: Show #10 Gertie the Dinosaur, 1914 Director: Winsor McCay Accolades: #6 in The 50 Greatest Cartoons; selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. Originally performed as a stage act, animator Winsor McCay presents a dinosaur that obeys his every command… when she wants to. Content Warning: smoking. Availability: Public Domain. (For an abridged recreation of the original vaudeville act, seek out the Disneyland episode “The Story of the Animated Drawing” on Disney+ or the DVD Behind the Scenes at the Walt Disney Studios.) Season Two: Building Character - Ep. 2
Here is your guide to the first episodes of our upcoming season!
Season 2 begins January 26th wherever podcasts are streamed!
Oswald the Rabbit in the outfit from 'Show Biz Bugs' carrying a reel of film on stage. The film cels have different cartoon characters. Signs say: "Stick to Shorts: Season 2: Building Character. From Vaudeville to Pigs and from Mickey to Bugs. Premieres January 26th."
The cartoons step into the spotlight on January 26th!
(Oswald illustration by @toonheadsfanatic.bsky.social)
We turn now to live footage of heaven
The number 2 is stylized as the Stick to Shorts podcast art, red text in front of blue curtains in a spotlight.
Coming soon…
A playlist on YouTube listing episodes of the podcast Stick to Shorts
Season 1 of our little show is now on YouTube! Get ready for Season 2, coming early next year!
Looney tunes version of Peter Lorre- basically a sleepy creepy looking little guy with purple heavily lidded and bagged eyes looking off wistfully
My pumpkin painted like the looney tunes version of Peter Lorre. It’s a small white pumpkin with sleepy creepy eyes ringed with purple and a toothy smile
The muse and the masterpiece.
Thank you for finding and sharing this!
Cover of the Warner Archive Blu-Ray set "Tom and Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology: 1940 to 1958"
This December, at long last, ALL of the Hanna-Barbera era MGM Tom & Jerry cartoons are coming to Blu-Ray, looking their very best!
We’re thrilled that the Warner Archive is not only releasing all the shorts uncensored, but is also contextualizing them with lots of bonus material.
Elmer Fudd preparing to take a photo of proto-Bugs.
We are now on Instagram at sticktoshorts!
If you enjoyed hearing from @jd11pc.bsky.social on out Marty Feldman episode (and we’re sure you did), don’t forget to check out his podcast @sticktoshorts.bsky.social, which just wrapped its first season.
The version on the website is all good now. No telling when the podcatchers will catch up.
I have been made aware of the mysterious audio disappearance and am working to fix it now.
Daffy Duck asks producer Leon Schlesinger for a contract.
The season finale of Stick to Shorts is out now! Danny Horn returns to talk about Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and a great Friz Freleng cartoon.
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A-ha! I didn’t know how to confirm my suspicion that that was added in a later re-release, but I guess now I do! Thank you so much!
Jerry smiles next to the invisible ink with his lower half and left hand invisible.
New episode! J.D. talks all things Tom and Jerry with Tori Schmidt!
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Somehow it doesn’t have to be intelligible to be really compelling and fun
Old Hollywood gangster movie actors (James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, and George Raft) talk and smoke in the cartoon 'Hollywood Steps Out'.
G! G! Ryan Roe and Anthony Strand return to chat about the caricatures and references in an almost indecipherable Looney Tunes classic, 'Hollywood Steps Out'!
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