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Happy Saturday!
How many times have you heard someone say: Remember watching cartoons Saturday morning?!…
I’ve heard it many times and 'how great it was'. A carefree feeling Saturdays mornings, I remember it as though it was yesterday (probably because I watched them a few days ago - lol) grabbing my cereal, rushing for a good spot on the carpet to watch Saturday morning cartoons, often with my cousins & we usually argued, as they being boys preferred the Three Stooges'. Ask me who was my favourite character & I have a difficult time deciding- Bugs, Daffy… Porky -they are all favourites - ask me who I don’t like, that's easy - believe it or not it’s : Tweety.
Bird lover that I am, Tweety is not one of my favourites and I can’t even express why, it’s always been that way.
Sylvester - love him, perhaps that’s why, poor kitty never getting to snack on Tweety.
Painting this, I struggled with Tweety. He doesn’t look right but I have decided to move on. It’s just a painting, painted for enjoyment. It represents Life’ - one moment you are Sylvester - the next Tweety. It’s the anticipation of cartoons - the guessing what might happen next that makes them successful. & ALL cartoonists & animators who have come since, have learned from WB cartoons.
At least Sylvester gets the occasional ‘taste’ of Tweety, unlike they Coyote & Road Runner. I think my next set will be round, along these lines.. with action & reaction images, with No Bugs Bunny, The focus will be on other cartoon classics as there are many besides Bugs. Who’ else influenced me, cartoon wise? Scooby! Snoopy & Popeye just to name a few & of course Mickey.
It’s Saturday - Perhaps watch a few cartoons to start off in a light hearted mood. Cartoons - not just for kids. Really, WB cartoons in particular were often directed at adults & not children. One hint to this reality is the amount of cartoons that reference to alcohol. I noticed in one cartoon, Daffy Duck does a ‘strip tease dance’ (bearing right down to his skin) to fool a male chasing him & it works - as he smacks a kiss on his nose. Obviously this was not directed at kids.
Watch again with adult eyes and you’ll notice something new.
Grateful for another day to explore & enjoy.
How many times have you heard someone say: Remember watching cartoons Saturday morning?!…
I’ve heard it many times and 'how great it was'. A carefree feeling Saturdays mornings, I remember it as though it was yesterday (probably because I watched them a few days ago - lol) grabbing my cereal, rushing for a good spot on the carpet to watch Saturday morning cartoons, often with my cousins & we usually argued, as they being boys preferred the Three Stooges'. Ask me who was my favourite character & I have a difficult time deciding- Bugs, Daffy… Porky -they are all favourites - ask me who I don’t like, that's easy - believe it or not it’s : Tweety.
Bird lover that I am, Tweety is not one of my favourites and I can’t even express why, it’s always been that way.
Sylvester - love him, perhaps that’s why, poor kitty never getting to snack on Tweety.
Painting this, I struggled with Tweety. He doesn’t look right but I have decided to move on. It’s just a painting, painted for enjoyment. It represents Life’ - one moment you are Sylvester - the next Tweety. It’s the anticipation of cartoons - the guessing what might happen next that makes them successful. & ALL cartoonists & animators who have come since, have learned from WB cartoons.
At least Sylvester gets the occasional ‘taste’ of Tweety, unlike they Coyote & Road Runner. I think my next set will be round, along these lines.. with action & reaction images, with No Bugs Bunny, The focus will be on other cartoon classics as there are many besides Bugs. Who’ else influenced me, cartoon wise? Scooby! Snoopy & Popeye just to name a few & of course Mickey.
It’s Saturday - Perhaps watch a few cartoons to start off in a light hearted mood. Cartoons - not just for kids. Really, WB cartoons in particular were often directed at adults & not children. One hint to this reality is the amount of cartoons that reference to alcohol. I noticed in one cartoon, Daffy Duck does a ‘strip tease dance’ (bearing right down to his skin) to fool a male chasing him & it works - as he smacks a kiss on his nose. Obviously this was not directed at kids.
Watch again with adult eyes and you’ll notice something new.
Grateful for another day to explore & enjoy.
