#hubie and bertie

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Termite Terrace Club - August 25th

1945 - Fresh Airedale - Dir. Chuck Jones

1951 - Cheese Chasers - Dir. Chuck Jones (Hubie and Bertie's last short)

1956 - Raw! Raw! Rooster - Dir. Robert McKimson

1995 - Carrotblanca - Dir. Douglas McCarthy #LooneyTunes #LooneyTwt

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Mouse Wreckers

(1949, Chuck Jones)

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Mouse Wreckers (WB, 1949) - dir. Chuck Jones

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Convincing “Roughly Squeaking” (1946)

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(Daffy is strapped to a sacrificial altar and is faced by two Egyptian high priests [Hubie and Bertie])

Daffy: Oh... where am I?

Bertie: You are in the secret temple of the great god Ra. You have trespassed in Upshi's sacred tomb.

Daffy: Oh... Oh no. Who are you?

Bertie: I am Boitie, high priest of the great god Ra, and this is my pal Hubie.

Hubie: Delighted, I'm sure.

Daffy: Hello.

Bertie: Who might you be?

Daffy: Yes, I got that.

Bertie: No, who might you be?

Daffy: I know, I know, you sthaid that already.

Bertie: So, you won’t tell me?

Daffy: Well, I hardly need to, do I?

Bertie: We'll see about that. Hubie, you try.

Hubie: Oh very well, Boit. [turns to Daffy] Listen... I am Hubie, right?

Daffy: No, wrong! I am, you ARE.

Hubie: Ah! There, Boit. He is Yewar.

Bertie: So you are Yewar?

Daffy: I am not, I am not!

Bertie: Ah, you are Nott! He is not Yewar, he is Nott!

Hubie: You are, Yewar?

Daffy: I am NOT Yewar!

Hubie: Oh, call me Nott, Yewar! I am not Yewar, I am not Nott, I am Hubie.

Daffy: [frustrated] Ahem... Look, let us get this sthorted out, okay? I am NOT Nott, okay?.

Both: Okay.

Daffy: I am NOT Yewar, okay?

Both: Okay.

Daffy: But you are Bertie, and you are Hubie, okay?

Both: Okay.

Daffy: Whew...

Bertie: But-

Daffy: Yes?

Bertie: Who might you be? [Daffy breaks down into crazed sobbing]

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ROUND 1B

[sean-gaffney]

Looney Tunes Collector's Choice Vol. 4 Announced

I had written a post, which you can find here, where I talked about Looney Tunes that were never released officially in any medium. Did any of those make the new collection? Mostly no, as expected, but yes, one or two did! Let's look at the contents, in the order listed in the press release.

Along Came Daffy (1947, Freleng, Blue Ribbon). A semi-remake of Daffy's Southern Exposure from 1942 and Wackiki Wabbit from 1943, this has two starving men (who look a lot like Yosemite Sam, one red and one black) trying to eat Daffy, who has come to sell them cookbooks. Classic 40s Daffy.

A Bone for a Bone (1951, Freleng). This is one of the ones never released on home video before now! (It has streamed.) The Goofy Gophers vs. a dog, and while enjoyable, it's not the lights out classic the previous two Gopher cartoons were.

The Cagey Canary (1942, Avery/Clampett, Blue Ribbon). Tex Avery started this cartoon, then left Schlesinger's, so Bob Clampett finished it. It's very reminiscent of later Tweety and Sylvester cartoons.

D'Fightin' Ones (1961, Freleng). A psrody of the movie the Defiant Ones, starring Sylvester and a bulldog.

Dangerous Dan McFoo (1939, Avery, Blue Ribbon). A parody of the poem The Shooting of Dan McGrew. Avery would return to this poem several times over his career. This is the first cartoon to feature the voice of Arthur Q. Bryan (future Elmer Fudd) and Robert C. Bruce (the narrator voice for almost every WB cartoons from this point on).

Devil's Feud Cake (1963, Freleng). A "cheater" cartoon, using footage from previous cartoons. Yosemite Sam dies and goes to hell, and is told to bring Bugs back there to avoid eternal damnation. Not great, but they're running out of Bugs cartoons.

Double Chaser (1942, Freleng, Blue Ribbon). A "chase" cartoon to the extreme, with a mouse, cat and dog.

Double or Mutton (1955, Jones). A Sam Sheepdog/Ralph Wolf cartoon, with lots of cartoon violence against Ralph that was censored on TV being uncut here.

Fox Pop (1942, Jones, Blue Ribbon). A fox hears that silver foxes are highly prized, and paints himself silver, only to realize they only want the skin. Jones is starting to slowly become funny in 1942, this is a good example of him getting better. Also, a public domain cartoon, so has appeared on many bootleg WB collections. This is restored.

Henhouse Henery (1949, McKimson). An early Foghorn Leghorn cartoon, and the first to use "Camptown Races".

Holiday for Drumsticks (1949, Davis). Daffy Duck tries to "save" a turkey from Thanksgiving by eating all his food for him. A classic, one of three cartoons newly restored for HD for this set.

Hopalong Casualty (1960, Jones). A late-period Coyote/Roadrunner cartoon. The one with the earthquake pills.

Hyde and Go Tweet (1960, Freleng). Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with Tweety and Sylvester.

The Impatient Patient (1942, McCabe, B&W). Released in its original black and white for the first time officially on home media, this has a loopy Daffy trying to deliver a message to "Chloe" in a parody of horror movies.

Leghorn Swoggled (1951, McKimson). The other Foghorn Leghorn/Henery Hawk title on here.

Meatless Flyday (1944, Freleng). A spider tries desperately to catch a fly. Finally foiled by wartime rationing.

Mouse-Warming (1952, Jones). Claude Cat versus a boy and girl mouse rather than Hubie & Bertie. This was on the Mouse Chronicles Blu-Ray, but unrestored.

The Mouse-Merized Cat (1946, McKimson, Blue Ribbon). The final Babbitt and Catstello cartoon, where Babbitt tries to get Catstello (a mouse - don't worry too much about it) to go after the cat by hypnosis. Catstello imitating Rochester has been cut from TV airings, will be uncut here.

Muscle Tussle (1953, McKimson). Daffy must try to defeat a muscle-bound blond at the beach in order to keep his flighty girlfriend. A parody of the "90-pound weakling" ads.

Muzzle Tough (1954, Freleng). The second Tweety and Sylvester cartoon on here, and another new restoration (maybe - does Japanese release only count?). Sylvester tries to get past Hector the Bulldog to get at Tweety.

Peck Up Your troubles (1945, Freleng, Blue Ribbon). Sylvester's second cartoon, and basically a Tweety cartoon only with a woodpecker. A new restoration, and thank God, as the old print looked awful.

Quack Shot (1954, McKimson). Daffy tries to stop Elmer Fudd shooting ducks. For the most part, his attempts rebound on him, but Daffy has the last laugh. Possibly the last Daffy Duck cartoon where he's "old-school" loopy Daffy all the way through. New to home media!

Road to Andalay (1964, Freleng). A post-64 (but only just) Sylvester and Speedy Gonzalez cartoon, but still directed by the master. New to home media!

The Sneezing Weasel (1938, Avery, Blue Ribbon). A standard 30s Merrie Melodie, but Avery's constantly chuckling weasel (voiced by Avery himself) is what everyone remembers.

Streamlined Greta Green (1937, Freleng). One of WB's classic plots, where a child is bad, is shown how bad his actions are, supposedly learns his lesson, but in reality doesn't learn a thing. This time the child is a car.

There are also two bonus cartoons, Lighter Than Hare (1960, Freleng) and Stork Named (1955, Freleng). Both came out years ago on collections that released the shorts as "widescreen". The fans were unhappy. They did not want a previously unseen version that cut the top and bottom of the cartoon, they wanted THEIR version. So these are in regular size (but restored).

It's a strong, if safe, collection. A lot of cartoons people have been begging for, including me. No blackface gags to worry parents, and only one Speedy Gonzalez cartoon to worry censors. I can't wait. No Porky Pig, though. :(

[drama-glob]

can razzle and dazzle from hazbin hotel play as hubie and bertie from looney tunes?

I don't see why not. :)

[mannytoodope]

Hubie: Hey, Bert! C'mere!

Bertie: Yeah, yeah what is it? What is it?

 Hubie: Nice, huh?

 Bertie: Yeah, yeah. Sure, sure.What did  I do?! What did I do?!

Hubie: You didn't do nuthin’, look

[shellacnet]

would you have group sex with Hubie and Bertie?

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Termite Terrace Club - April 23rd

1938 - The Penguin Parade - Dir. Tex Avery

1949 - Mouse Wreckers - Dir. Chuck Jones

1960 - Who Scent You? - Dir. Chuck Jones

TV

2023 - The Looney Tunes Show Season 2: “The Black Widow”

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One of the few earliest 'Music You Can Hear' moments for yours truly upon reruns as a kid over here. 😅

Mouse Wreckers

(1949, Chuck Jones)

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Hypo-chondri-Cat (Warner Bros, 1949) - dir. Chuck Jones

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Today’s mouse is Hubie from Looney Tunes!

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[Elmer puts a basket with cheese and mice inside in trash]

Bertie: Gross! Is this his house?

Hubie: No! It's his garbage can!

Bertie: Oh.