tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post1341454220301415241..comments2024-03-18T09:49:52.436-07:00Comments on Yowp: Quick Draw McGraw — Chopping SpreeYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-77197787314813365032011-07-22T02:40:13.236-07:002011-07-22T02:40:13.236-07:00Joe, the Los Angeles Times TV listings for this ep...Joe, the <em>Los Angeles Times</em> TV listings for this episode mention the character's name, so he must have been in the publicity handout, even though his name was mentioned in the cartoon itself once.<br />The TV listings can be helpful in the absence of model sheets as I was able to discern the spelling of another secondary character using them.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-59658013843508547462011-07-21T09:24:45.787-07:002011-07-21T09:24:45.787-07:00After about six episodes or so, QD cartoons had es...After about six episodes or so, QD cartoons had established the forumula whereby each one ends with Baba making his trademark "I like that Queekstraw; he's [punny, backhanded compliment]-" observation to the audience. This cartoon seems pretty 'new' to NOT end in this fashion.<br /><br />A guest character mistakenly assuming that a particularly ugly regular character has been in an accident, or otherwise needs aesthetic assistance goes back to the Three Stooges- often with Curly's drag act. "Would you like to go to the powder room, my dear?" "Nawww- he ALWAYS looks like that."Howard Feinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-57081919754380062962011-07-17T16:06:51.653-07:002011-07-17T16:06:51.653-07:00This is my all-time favorite Quick Draw cartoon – ...This is my all-time favorite Quick Draw cartoon – with “Scat Scout Scat” as a very close runner up! <br /><br />Along with “One Froggy Evening”, Mike Maltese may have written two of the most cynical cartoons in the history of animation. <br /><br />Knotty Pine (and I never realized that was his name, instead of a joke reference) gets away with sabotage and attempted murder (not just QD, but at least one incidental extra early in the cartoon), AND not only “gets the girl” but gets the LUMBER CAMP as well! <br /><br />…And the “hero of the picture” runs off with an AXE in his back! <br /><br />That’s even worse than Dripalong Daffy “cleaning up” the one-horse town! Though, admittedly, not as good a JOKE. <br /><br />Speaking as a life-long cynic, how do you not LOVE THIS!Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-83765823835802771522011-07-16T14:49:28.743-07:002011-07-16T14:49:28.743-07:00Good point, Zarktok. Only, of course as there were...Good point, Zarktok. Only, of course as there were only two characters involved, it (like a latger Wolf/Sheepdog cartoon, "Don't Give Up The Sheep", released right before of the Quick Draw short"), was a variation on the "One step ahead of the other" character bit done numerous times in cartoons (and even in live action, even in certain blockbuster films just a few years ago).Steve Chttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001249396142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-76250145160173861562011-07-16T12:43:03.690-07:002011-07-16T12:43:03.690-07:00The chopping sequence was used before by Chuck Jon...The chopping sequence was used before by Chuck Jones, in 'Don't give up the sheep', the first Wolf/Sheepdog cartoon.Zartok-35https://www.blogger.com/profile/00449976580118722879noreply@blogger.com