Cartoon X-Ray

This week's pick is the fun and clever 1933 short Betty Boop's Hallowe'en Party. As the title says, Betty Boop is throwing a Halloween party and big bully tries to ruin it only to have the party decor...

30 Aug 202423min

This week's pick is the 1930 Ub Iwerks cartoon the Cuckoo Murder Case. A cuckoo clock bird has been murdered and Flip the Frog is on the case to solve the mystery at a spooky house!

23 Aug 202428min

This week's pick is the somewhat unsettling 1936 Fleischer Brothers Color Classic the Cobweb Hotel. A spider tricks flies into staying at his "hotel" only to be trap in webbing until its time to be ea...

16 Aug 202422min

This week's pick is the 1939 Fred (not Tex) Avery directed Merrie Melodies cartoon A Day at the Zoo. Featuring an early version of bad boy Elmer Fudd, this cartoon short features a rapid-fire series o...

9 Aug 202423min

This week's pick is the 1948 Woody Woodpecker cartoon Wet Blanket Policy which, unbeknownst to Bill, enraged Scott and Mike. It didn't matter that it was the first toon short to use the famous Woody W...

3 Aug 202425min

This week's pick is the 1954 Robert McKimson Looney Tune Devil May Hare. Bugs Bunny finds a debuting Tasmanian Devil in his encyclopedia just as the animal threatens to devour him. Antics ensue.

26 Jul 202431min

This week's pick is the beautifully rendered 1938 David Fleischer Color Classic Hold It. A neighborhood of house cats unhappily put outside in the cold for the night burst into song and dance, torment...

20 Jul 202423min

This week's pick is the 1950 Robert McKimson Looney Tune Hillbilly Hare. While vacationing in the Ozark Mountains, Bugs Bunny encounters Curt and Pumpkinhead Martin, two dimwitted hillbillies who are ...

12 Jul 202425min