Yeah! Nice one!
The fighting between cats and dogs were never the same after the cats took boxing lessons.
And now….
Let’s watch some cartoons.
We’ll start today’s program with an educational message for all you youngsters:
I usually put together a program of cartoons from the Golden Age of animation, but in addition to the Golden Age there was the occasional renaissance, where someone with talent was allowed to be creative. Usually not for very long, but sometimes a watchable cartoon series would emerge from the dreck. This is the case with Eek! The Cat, an animation series that ran from 1992 to 1997. Eek! won’t dazzle you with its artwork or animation, but it does have some very interesting characters, and the writing ranges from pretty good to excellent, with the occasional stinker episode.
So this week we’re starting off with the first episode of Eek! the Cat, Misereek from 1992. These episodes were written to be half-hour shows, so the episode is nearly 20 minutes long.
Note: As I’m writing this, I just discovered that the account for all the links that I collected for Eek! have been removed due to a copyright violation claim on other works. Sigh. I wouldn’t mind, but Eek! is no longer broadcast anywhere, and its episodes aren’t available on DVD (to my knowledge). So how do I make people aware of this amusing animation series now? Anyway, I found another posting of the first episode, but it has annoying graphics that you have to turn off via the balloon next to the CC button, and the quality is poor. My apologies.
Next we have a Tom Slick and George of the Jungle couplet, The Railroad Race and Monkey Business:
Now for a classic musical interlude, Rhapsody in Rivets from 1941:
We’ll end the program with a 1947 short, A Horsefly Fleas:
And that’s all for this week. Be sure sure to tell me in comments if you liked the Eek! the Cat episode, and if I should post any more, provided I can find them.
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Revenge.
(It is rather astonishing how calm a yellow lab looks when it has another mammal in it's mouth.)
I saw my sister's Great Dane (female) do that to an 8 month old that was annoying it. The child kept yanking on bits of the Dane it shouldn't have. The dog would stand up, walk away, and settle somewhere else . The baby would crawl over and start the whole process over again. Finally the dog, patience exhausted, picked up the child by the head, very gently, carried it to the other side of the house, placed the child on the floor and walked back to its original spot and curled up. Not a mark on the child who didn't even cry or act startled. The women were horrified, I was laughing, is there something wrong with that?
whose kid was it? Surprised the parents didn't intervene.
My other sister's. It was a typical family gathering gaggle, so people were watching the kids. It just happened so quickly and with so little fuss on the part of the animal or the child, it was over before anybody could react.
I don't think so, it shows that the dog was well trained and knew its place. Why weren't the parents paying attention to their kid?
It was a very well mannered animal. I think a male might have been aggressive. The parents were watching but it happened fast. I had just noticed the dog moving every once in a while and observed long enough to see the child climb on the dog while it was lying down, then start pulling on ears. The dog slowly rolled over, dumping the child, stood up, and walked away. No growling, stiff posture or raised tail. Seemed to be a non event. Apparently the kid kept pursuing the dog and I just happened to see the final act.