Archive for the ‘Retro’ Category

Harry ‘Haywire’ McClintock - The Big Rock Candy Mountain

This sounds like a really good vacation destination. Except for the fact that I can never get this song out of my head anytime I hear it.



V Trinadtsatom Chasu Nochi

From what I can tell, this is some clip from a Russian fantasy musical film that has something to do with the folktales of the witch Baba Yaga. Or maybe not…hell I don’t know, but it is quite groovy and strange at the same time.



The Beatles : Rock Band

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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

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.