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Mediocre Monkey Mayhem...The Golfers (007)

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Special thanks to PopKorn Kat for a copy of this rather hard-to-find cartoon. SERIES: Meany, Miny, and Moe SYNOPSIS: Meany, Miny, and Moe have lots of trouble trying to play golf. ORIGINAL RELEASE: January 11th, 1937 SUPERVISION: Walter Lantz STORY:  Walter Lantz and Victor McLeod ANIMATION:  Laverne Harding, Ed Benedict, and Leo Salkin MUSICAL DIRECTION:  James Dietrich STUDIO: Walter Lantz Productions (producer), Universal Pictures (distributor) Pre-Show Remarks Before I had done the research for this blog, I had no idea who Meany, Miny, and Moe even were.  For the sake of those that might not really be in the know either, here's what I know; They were initially created as one-shot characters for an Oswald cartoon, but I'd assume they were so popular with audiences that they requested that they give those three monkeys their own cartoons. Many prints of this cartoon have a gag involving an African-American caricature removed. For the sake of historical accuracy and...
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A Pig Packs A Punch...Porky the Wrestler (006)

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 SERIES: Looney Tunes SYNOPSIS: Many people are hitch-hiking to go to the big fight, and so is Porky Pig. Porky does arrive at the fight, but he is mistaken for the challenger. Can he take on the champ? ORIGINAL RELEASE: January 9th, 1937 SUPERVISION: Fred Avery STORY: N/A, Warner cartoons would not credit writers until The Lyin' Mouse . ANIMATION: Charles Jones, Elmer Wait MUSICAL DIRECTION: Carl W. Stalling STUDIO: Leon Schlesinger Productions (producer), Warner Bros. Pictures (distributor) Pre-Show Remarks One of the more known aspects of this short is the abruptly cut scene during the "train" sequence. Allegedly, whatever this scene was, it was cut in prints as early as 1942, and only a very small snippet of audio survives on a 1950s television print. Even then, the short audio that survives does not clue us as to what the scene's contents once were. Visually, this is one of the first shorts to try to make Porky look "cuter"--his head is now approximatel...
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