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The Entertainment Value Of Movement

One thing you see a lot of in cartoons from the 1930s and 40s is movement that is entertaining for its own sake.

You can tell this animator had fun making this cat shadow box.

The still drawings don't really convey the movement.

Clampett encouraged his animators to make every bit of their work move in a fun way. He figured it was "animation" and that was the main thing audience watched cartoons for. It wasn't enough to merely connect the narrative points, which more and more became the trend in later animation - even as the stories themselves got less entertaining.

The magic of animation is largely in the performance. Animated characters at their best move in unrealistic yet beautiful ways.

HEP CAT SHADOW BOXES

Tricky Angles

Comic Cover Paintings

Teeny Tinykins

These are some of the best mouth theories I have seen on toys.


Some pretty appealing eyes too.






We used to get these toys for free in Colgate toothpaste and Lipton's Tea. The tea would stain your teeth and the toothpaste would clean the stains. These tiny little toys would reward the never ending cycle of tooth destruction and renewal.

They also sometimes sold huge bags stuffed full of Teeny Tinykins from every cartoon studio. I'd swear there was a commercial for that too, but can't find it anywhere.