Archive for the ‘Retro’ Category
The Beatles : Rock Band
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Man, I am so excited for this game’s release. The opening animated intro goes from fantastic to super-amazing and then just down plain outright utterly wonderful. The people behind this little slice of joy should be proud of themselves. |
Ludwig Von Drake - The Spectrum Song
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“Yellow, green, red, blue blue blue, red, purple, green, yellow, orange, red red, red, yellow, green, red, blue blue blue, red, purple, green, yellow, orange, red red.” |
Spümcø - Quaker’s Quisp Ad
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How I missed this John Kricfalusi animated ad when it originally came out is just beyond me. Too bad Spümcø is no longer around but at least John K still updates his blog. |
Honeyland
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A totally typical Rudolf Ising toon from the 30’s that is really almost a stereotype of the animated shorts released at that time. It really is a total formula piece, but somehow it still has a nice look to it. |
Marine Boy - The Green Monster
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This cartoon was apparently one of the very first anime shows to be imported from Japan to the U.S. and dubbed into English. He could breathe underwater because of his special chewing gum….wtf?!?! |
Look Around You - Maths
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This wonderfully bizarre little nugget of joy just began airing here in the states on [adult swim] so be sure to check it out if you enjoy random acts of retro styled comedy. |
Porky in Wackyland
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In 1994 this classic black and white cartoon was voted #8 of The 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time and then later in 2000, it was deemed “culturally significant” by the United States Library of Congress. |
Grover the Waiter - Big Hamburger
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You would think that at some point Mr. Johnson would have found a new place to eat. Still, that is a pretty damn big burger so I guess you get your money’s worth. |
100 Years At The Movies
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Chuck Workman made this great montage of movie moments for the 1994 Oscar show, and I still see it running on Turner Classic Movies from time to time. Here’s a great site that lists all the films from this video. |
Captain America - The Red Skull Lives
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“When Captain America throws his mighty shield, all those who chose oppose his shield must yield. If he’s lead to a fight and a duel is due, then the red and white and the blue’ll come through. When Captain America throws his mighty shield.” |