Classic Cartoons: Madcap Toons Review

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(More customer reviews)The nearly five hours of unrestored public domain cartoons in the budget-priced CLASSIC CARTOONS: MADCAP TOONS vary in quality from quite good to fair, with the worst having faded or shifted colors and less-than-perfect audio. The two DVDs contain "full screen" transfers. There are no extras beyond access to individual titles.
PROGRAM--
Studios represented: FAMOUS [fa], FLEISCHER [fl], NEW WORLD [nw], POWERS [pow], UNITED PRODUCTIONS [upa]
DISC ONE:
[7:15] MUCH ADO ABOUT MUTTON (1947) [fa] - A wolf disguised as Little Boy Blue can't fool Blackie the Lamb.
[6:18] UPS AN' DOWNS DERBY (1950) [fa] - Lightning the racehorse falls asleep before the big event and his jockey can't wake him.
[6:42] MARRIAGE WOWS (1949) [fa] - Singalong remake of Fleischer's "Bunny Mooning." (Song: For Me and My Gal)
[6:49] OUR FUNNY FINNY FRIENDS (1949) [fa] - Fish tale includes a "Three Little Fishies" singalong.
[7:06] STROLLING THRU THE PARK (1949) [fa] - Singalong includes famous caricatures and title song.
[8:43] HUNKY AND SPUNKY (1937) [fl] - Mother burro is nearly abducted by a miner.
[7:36] GREEDY HUMPTY DUMPTY (1936) [fl] - Humpty builds his golden wall as high as the sun.
[6:56] THE MAGIC FLUKE (1949) [upa] - Fox leaves partner Crow and nightclub band to conduct a symphony orchestra.
[6:26] LITTLE LAMBKIN (1940) [fl] - Precocious baby tricks family into returning to their country home (and his animal friends).
[6:41] SIMPLE SIMON (1935) [pow] - Simon steals a duck at the fair and sells it to buy more than he can eat from the pieman.
[7:01] A CAR-TUNE PORTRAIT (1937) [fl] - Animator's hand draws an orchestra of animals who try to play the 2nd Hungarian Rhapsody in a dignified fashion.
[8:18] ALL's FAIR AT THE FAIR (1938) [fl] - An animated look at the 1939 New York World's Fair's gadgets.
[7:30] ANTS IN THE PLANTS (1940) [fl] - The queen exhorts her ant community to defeat the aardvark.
[6:38] ALL'S WELL (1941) [fl] - Gabby the Lilliput town crier tries changing a resistant baby's diaper.
[5:59] PANCHITO (1960) [nw] - A United Artists TV "Mel-o-toon."
[7:20] AN ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS (1935) [fl] - Young pachyderm gets revenge on an ape for bothering him in school.
[6:21] BUNNY MOONING (1937) [fl] - Jack and Jill Rabbit prepare for marriage to the song, "Everybody's Getting Ready for the Wedding."
[7:05] A MUTT IN A RUT (1949) [fa] - Dog Face is jealous of a kitten rescued by his mistress until he dreams of going to Doggie Hell.
[7:50] THE SKI'S THE LIMIT (1949) [fa] - Swiss-cheesy singalong features yodeling clocks, holey cheese and a Jimmy Durante caricature.
DISC TWO:
[6:12] SHORT'NIN BREAD (1949) [fa] - Sing-along. Pun-filled toon with singing and dancing bakery items.
[7:08] SCRAPPILY MARRIED (1945) [fa] - Herman Mouse helps Henry Rooster with his marital woes.
[6:38] A SELF-MADE MONGREL (1945) [fa] - Dog face is adopted by a rich man. During their game of "burglar and watchdog," a real thief shows up.
[6:29] GOBS OF FUN (1950) [fa] - Sailors attempt to leave their abusive skipper but fail.
[6:53] COMIN' ROUND THE MOUNTAIN (1949) [fa] - Hillbilly cats and dogs cease fueding to await the arrival of the new schoolmarm.
[6:56] THE EMERALD ISLE (1949) [fa] - Pun-laden Irish-flavored singalong features a rousing version of "McNamara's Band."
[7:54] FARM FOOLERY (1949) [fa] - Bouncing ball singalong has farm animals helping out at harvest time.
[8:02] THE FUNSHINE STATE (1949) [fa] - Florida's tourist spots are followed by a sinalong about Tallahassee.
[7:00] CHEESE BURGLAR (1946) [fa] - Herman the mouse hasn't eaten for a month because a cat and dog are guarding the icebox.
[8:04] THE HENPECKED ROOSTER (1944) [fa] - Henry rooster gets into deep trouble with his wife when he listens to Herman mouse's advice.
[6:20] HEAP HEP INJUNS (1949) [fa] - Un-PC look at Indian life is followed by "My Pony Boy" singalong.
[8:32] LITTLE DUTCH MILL (1934) [fl] - Pet duck rescues two Dutch children from their captor-- an evil mill owner.
[7:57] THE LITTLE STRANGER (1936) [fl] - Based on Hans Christian Anderson's "Ugly Duckling" fable.
[6:49] TIME FOR LOVE (1936) [fl] - Story of love lost and regained, as told via swan characters.
[6:31] TWO FOR THE ZOO (1941) [fl] - Gabby interferes in a kangaroo delivery to the Lilliput Zoo.
[7:33] SPRING SONG (1949) [fa] - Snowmen melt at wnter's end; the world comes to life and we sing the title song.
[7:08] SING OR SWIM (1948) [fa] - Bouncing ball short set at New York's Coney Island.

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