#  @NonsenseIsland Vincent Alexander Vincent Alexander posts on X about art, in the, the great, just a the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [-----] [#](/creator/twitter::29283389/interactions)  - [--] Week [-------] -91% - [--] Month [---------] +252% - [--] Months [---------] -82% - [--] Year [----------] +199% ### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::29283389/posts_active)  - [--] Week [--] no change - [--] Month [--] +218% - [--] Months [---] +73% - [--] Year [---] +40% ### Followers: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::29283389/followers)  - [--] Week [------] +0.05% - [--] Month [------] +1% - [--] Months [------] +3.80% - [--] Year [------] +20% ### CreatorRank: [---------] [#](/creator/twitter::29283389/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) 4.24% [celebrities](/list/celebrities) 1.69% [social networks](/list/social-networks) 0.85% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 0.85% [finance](/list/finance) 0.85% [countries](/list/countries) 0.85% **Social topic influence** [art](/topic/art) 8.47%, [in the](/topic/in-the) 5.08%, [the great](/topic/the-great) 4.24%, [just a](/topic/just-a) 3.39%, [ai](/topic/ai) 3.39%, [alltime](/topic/alltime) 2.54%, [bob](/topic/bob) 2.54%, [if you](/topic/if-you) 2.54%, [the first](/topic/the-first) 2.54%, [movies](/topic/movies) 2.54% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@whamjam33](/creator/undefined) [@eruphim](/creator/undefined) [@squ1rtkobain](/creator/undefined) [@noahpasternak](/creator/undefined) [@psychokinetice1](/creator/undefined) [@cartoonbrew](/creator/undefined) [@willsloanesq](/creator/undefined) [@variety](/creator/undefined) [@waffleschi37373](/creator/undefined) [@supergeoff22](/creator/undefined) [@smayta](/creator/undefined) [@rhythmwiley](/creator/undefined) [@puffytopianman](/creator/undefined) [@wariofan64](/creator/undefined) [@shushcopter1](/creator/undefined) [@gjockdua](/creator/undefined) [@troymp94](/creator/undefined) [@gilition](/creator/undefined) [@morallypanicked](/creator/undefined) [@ratagasten](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [The Walt Disney Company (DIS)](/topic/walt-disney) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Busby Berkeley was a mad genius. From [----]. I cant wrap my head around on how they managed to pull this off https://t.co/swcRr9xSyV I cant wrap my head around on how they managed to pull this off https://t.co/swcRr9xSyV" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2014167286693695656) 2026-01-22T02:44Z 24.6K followers, 241.5K engagements "Here's the link: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/times-tom-and-jerry-spoke-258742.html https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/times-tom-and-jerry-spoke-258742.html" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2021664631862001711) 2026-02-11T19:16Z 24.6K followers, [---] engagements "Be like Jayne and read it here: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/times-tom-and-jerry-spoke-258742.html https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/times-tom-and-jerry-spoke-258742.html" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2021772426309173382) 2026-02-12T02:24Z 24.6K followers, [---] engagements "Hey guys Check out my new article for @cartoonbrew about the times when Tom & Jerry actually spoke Lots of history and great clips. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/times-tom-and-jerry-spoke-258742.html https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/times-tom-and-jerry-spoke-258742.html" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2021664489792553421) 2026-02-11T19:15Z 24.6K followers, [----] engagements "I'm still bitter at Elon Musk for changing Twitter to X because I had to reanimate this scene in my new cartoon" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1710824584012873997) 2023-10-08T01:09Z 24.6K followers, 235.9K engagements "Great sketch by Chris Sanders director of LILO & STITCH (the original)" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1927588638797279562) 2025-05-28T04:51Z 24.6K followers, 18.1M engagements "Also Chris Sanders' pin-up art is always great" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1927804596224766215) 2025-05-28T19:10Z 24.6K followers, 13M engagements "Happy public domain day to Betty Boop Here she is in her first appearance the Max Fleischer cartoon DIZZY DISHES (1930). I love the wonderfully insane animation of Betty here by her creator Grim Natwick" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2006625813983277367) 2026-01-01T07:17Z 24.6K followers, 161.6K engagements "Walt Disney ran the creative side of the studio not the business side. He would sink tons of money into whatever crazy idea he was currently obsessed with and hope it would all turn out. This is how I find out that Walt Disney was never the CEO. This is how I find out that Walt Disney was never the CEO" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2019210664590602650) 2026-02-05T00:45Z 24.6K followers, 317.9K engagements "The [----] Ub Iwerks cartoon HELL'S FIRE shows the residents of Hell to be Napoleon Nero Rasputin Cleopatra Simon Legree (the villain from Uncle Tom's Cabin) Bluebeard Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Dry (the symbol for Prohibition). who did people compare evil politicians to before Hitler who did people compare evil politicians to before Hitler" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2019971101590258118) 2026-02-07T03:06Z 24.6K followers, 793.7K engagements "100 years ago today legendary cartoonist George Herriman runs out of ink in a classic KRAZY KAT strip printed February [--] 1926" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2020320833613304235) 2026-02-08T02:16Z 24.6K followers, [----] engagements "Better than all the Super Bowl commercials combined" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2020684681813934134) 2026-02-09T02:22Z 24.6K followers, 18.6K engagements "RT @WillSloanEsq: PTA is thinking of Wackiki Wabbit (1943) but can't remember the title and also misremembers crucial plot details. Speaks" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2021464153228181690) 2026-02-11T05:59Z 24.6K followers, [--] engagements "Jayne Mansfield reading my new Tom & Jerry article" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2021772327378117026) 2026-02-12T02:24Z 24.6K followers, [----] engagements "One of the greatest TV cartoons ever. Cow & Chicken will be streaming soon on Tubi. (Source: https://t.co/1sYzRIU5Lr) https://t.co/5JXDBWjBFm Cow & Chicken will be streaming soon on Tubi. (Source: https://t.co/1sYzRIU5Lr) https://t.co/5JXDBWjBFm" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2022048468798423385) 2026-02-12T20:41Z 24.6K followers, 79.8K engagements "Happy 93rd birthday to Kim Novak" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2022359467657171247) 2026-02-13T17:17Z 24.6K followers, [----] engagements "RIP Enid Denbo Wizig assistant animator and ink & paint artist on the classic Looney Tunes cartoons of the 1940s under Chuck Jones. She was deaf since childhood but became an expert lip-reader and wrote about her inspiring life and career in the book "I Never Asked Why Me"" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2022735047330267517) 2026-02-14T18:09Z 24.6K followers, 20.4K engagements "You can read more about her at Mindy Johnson's blog here: https://www.mindyjohnsoncreative.com/single-post/100-and-counting https://www.mindyjohnsoncreative.com/single-post/100-and-counting" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2022735153101988311) 2026-02-14T18:10Z 24.6K followers, [----] engagements "Speaking of Looney Tunes now that they're coming to TCM here's a clip from one of my all-time favorites: RABBIT HOOD (1949) directed by Chuck Jones. Is this the most thoroughly anyone has been tricked by Bugs Bunny The moment where it sinks in is brilliantly timed" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2015946728919241215) 2026-01-27T00:35Z 24.6K followers, 77.5K engagements "This is my favorite. No man deserves this https://t.co/3Zm4LEtfyX No man deserves this https://t.co/3Zm4LEtfyX" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2016656710132244806) 2026-01-28T23:36Z 24.6K followers, 103.1K engagements "RIP Catherine O'Hara" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2017308727724867823) 2026-01-30T18:47Z 24.6K followers, 216.2K engagements "Some beautiful background paintings by Claude Coats for Disney's PINOCCHIO" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2018397234954437039) 2026-02-02T18:52Z 24.6K followers, 36.7K engagements "So many films about women loving monsters. Still waiting for the one where the monster is a woman and she's loved So many films about women loving monsters. Still waiting for the one where the monster is a woman and she's loved" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2018481012108664998) 2026-02-03T00:25Z 24.6K followers, 416.5K engagements "Cool psychedelic painting by Heinz Edelmann character designer and art director on YELLOW SUBMARINE" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2019244606576291970) 2026-02-05T03:00Z 24.6K followers, 28.1K engagements "Hitler would also get added to cartoon Hell soon enough. (From 1942's THE BLITZ WOLF by Tex Avery.)" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2020006814570672323) 2026-02-07T05:28Z 24.6K followers, 34.1K engagements "@Squ1rtKobain @NoahPasternak Yeah that melody comes from the old song "The Streets of Cairo" which is used a lot in snake charmer or hoochie coochie dance scenes in old cartoons" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2020010628593615225) 2026-02-07T05:43Z 24.6K followers, 27.4K engagements "@WhamJam33 Yeah there were actually several female assistant animators in the '40s. No female lead animators at WB but there were a handful at other studios like Retta Scott at Disney and Laverne Harding at Walter Lantz" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2022911281678925919) 2026-02-15T05:50Z 24.6K followers, [---] engagements "R.I.P. Jack Sheldon jazz musician and actor of SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK fame. Everybody knows this voice:" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1212132896586248192) 2019-12-31T22:06Z 24.5K followers, 23.8K engagements "The new Tex Avery blu-ray set is INCREDIBLE. Tex Avery is a god and the restorations are stunning. This classic nearly 80-year-old scene has never looked better" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1230952693784551426) 2020-02-21T20:29Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements "This is relevant again" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1241130662381445121) 2020-03-20T22:33Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements "Behind-the-scenes art from the original MULAN by LILO & STITCH director Chris Sanders. #Mulan" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1301956741182222338) 2020-09-04T18:54Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements "An aria of Rossinis Barber of Seville that shows up constantly in animation is Largo al Factotum which introduces the Figaro character. Even the pieces Wikipedia article credits the tunes lasting legacy to its use in cartoons. Here are just a few iconic examples:" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1366450878480338946) 2021-03-01T18:10Z 24.5K followers, 13.4K engagements "You may not know Franz Schuberts Der Erlknig by name youll know it when you hear it thanks to Looney Tunes cartoons. It was written about a supernatural king of the fairies but WB composer Carl Stalling would always pull it out to underscore a villains entrance" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1366451334002716680) 2021-03-01T18:12Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements "Dance of the Comedians by Czech composer Bedich Smetana (from the comic opera THE BARTERED BRIDE) was used as an unofficial musical theme for the Road Runner cartoons. The propulsive energy of the piece matches well with Wile E. Coyotes various failures" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1366451869585932294) 2021-03-01T18:14Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements "Bugs Bunny famously conducted Franz von Supps Morning Noon and Night in Vienna in the classic BATON BUNNY. This cartoon has been screened with live orchestral accompaniment on Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl and the Royal Festival Hall for the royal family" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1366457099769831426) 2021-03-01T18:35Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements "The work of Austrian composer Johann Strauss known as the Waltz King is in literally hundreds of cartoons. "Frhlingsstimmen Op. [---] (Voices of Spring)" was frequently used when characters dance or daintily frolic across the screen. You'll know it when you hear it:" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1366459535154688014) 2021-03-01T18:45Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements "A CORNY CONCERTO Bob Clampetts hilarious spoof of Disneys FANTASIA brilliantly sets a violent Bugs Bunny chase to Johann Strausss peaceful Tales from the Vienna Woods. You can make any classical piece better by adding the b-b-b-b-b noise" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1366460805445779463) 2021-03-01T18:50Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements "The Blue Danube is one of Strausss most famous and beautiful waltzes thus making it ripe for animated parody. The piece was burned into my brain from infancy due to a VHS tape I had of A CORNY CONCERTO and now I always hear quacking to go along with it" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1366461531974680579) 2021-03-01T18:53Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements "Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss served as the entire basis for the [----] MGM short TOM AND JERRY IN THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL. As with several Bugs Bunny shorts this film later was actually screened at the Hollywood Bowl with live orchestrations to go with it" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1366463082390822915) 2021-03-01T18:59Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements "Strauss must be the #1 composer among cartoonists because he sure shows up a lot. The Oscar-winning Tom & Jerry short JOHANN MOUSE is even named after him. Here are just a few different Strauss pieces that have made their way into animated shorts:" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1366464493094641669) 2021-03-01T19:04Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements "The extremely brief Wikipedia article on composer Gustav Lange features the dismissive quote that his works are "pretty in character but they are not marked by any very striking features." I think cartoon fanatics would disagree. "Flower Song" is an oft-used classic:" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1366470071686692865) 2021-03-01T19:27Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements ""The Minute Waltz" by Polish composer Frdric Chopin (or as Bugs would say "Choppin') is featured in the classic short HYDE AND HARE where the beautiful trill descends into madness" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1366476131587788811) 2021-03-01T19:51Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements "I feel like I should weigh in on the Dr. Seuss controversy: Seuss used ignorant racial stereotypes typical of the period in his early work but grew more progressive over time. He was drawing staunchly anti-racist cartoons during WWII a very bold move in the early 40s" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1367246150135283713) 2021-03-03T22:50Z 24.5K followers, 15K engagements "I havent seen SPACE JAM [--] yet but I feel like this is a good time to remind everyone that the original Looney Tunes of the 1940s and 1950s are absolute treasures of American comedy and were so lucky to have them" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1415692091867516928) 2021-07-15T15:17Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements "THREAD: Anybody have a favorite bit of water animation The best for me might be Disneys PINOCCHIO from back in [----]. Amazing mix of stunning realism and painterly abstraction. You could only get a look like this in animation" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1486752542147203078) 2022-01-27T17:26Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements "The mumbled ad libs in the Popeye cartoons are a gift from the gods" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1495799364400435201) 2022-02-21T16:35Z 24.5K followers, 28.4K engagements "Happy birthday to cartoon genius Tex Avery who was born today in [----]. No one has ever had better comic timing" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1497618396476813313) 2022-02-26T17:03Z 24.5K followers, 17.4K engagements "Happy 85th birthday to Daffy Duck maybe the greatest character ever created for anything" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1515862194436644872) 2022-04-18T01:18Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements "THREAD: To celebrate Goofy turning [--] years old today heres a thread of famous cartoon characters in their first appearances. Heres Goofy - originally named Dippy Dawg - in his scenes from his first cartoon MICKEYS REVUE (1932)" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1529510523821244418) 2022-05-25T17:11Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements "Off-the-charts comedic timing" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1535671443429543938) 2022-06-11T17:12Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements "Brilliant pantomime acting timing and expressions from the unbeatable Chuck Jones" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1542184749057413120) 2022-06-29T16:34Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements "Old Hollywood bloopers are a thing of beauty" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1550562796458352641) 2022-07-22T19:25Z 24.5K followers, 397.9K engagements "Some more good ones:" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1550563692646989824) 2022-07-22T19:29Z 24.5K followers, 24.7K engagements "Alright last one:" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1550564416109907973) 2022-07-22T19:32Z 24.5K followers, 21K engagements "I haven't seen the PINOCCHIO remake but the [----] original is hard to beat. The art of hand-drawn animation at its height put to the service of an epic fantasy full of humor excitement and pure terror. Just a masterpiece that can't be topped" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1568356885081821186) 2022-09-09T21:53Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements "Concept art from Disney's PINOCCHIO (1940) by Swedish-American artist Gustaf Tenggren" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1568764794919845890) 2022-09-11T00:54Z 24.5K followers, 13.4K engagements "Old cartoons are the best" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1576000078413631489) 2022-10-01T00:04Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements "MTV bumper directed by Henry Selick before he directed NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS CORALINE and WENDELL & WILD" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1583954526792318977) 2022-10-22T22:52Z 24.5K followers, 12.3K engagements "This is one of my favorite Road Runner gags because it's such a ludicrous idea that could go wrong in a million different ways and then it goes wrong in the simplest. Such brilliant animation in the bit where Wile E. tries to keep balance" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1597986125766762504) 2022-11-30T16:09Z 24.5K followers, 38.7K engagements "HBO Max will not be returning LOONEY TUNES Seasons 16-31 to their service. Source: @Variety https://t.co/UiBGQ3Xmby HBO Max will not be returning LOONEY TUNES Seasons 16-31 to their service. Source: @Variety https://t.co/UiBGQ3Xmby" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1610472890977353729) 2023-01-04T03:07Z 24.5K followers, 404.7K engagements "Anybody have any favorite examples of cartoons slipping things by the censors I just wrote an article for Cartoon Brew with examples of animators working around the Hays Code but I'm curious what scenes come to mind for you guys. I like this bit from FATHER'S DAY OFF (1953)" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1627005042216648709) 2023-02-18T18:00Z 24.5K followers, 331.7K engagements "Concept art for Disney's original PETER PAN (1953) by the great Mary Blair. No one understood color better than her" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1630677872259256321) 2023-02-28T21:14Z 24.5K followers, 175.7K engagements "As a cartoonist you're always looking for ways to put an absurd cartoon spin on everyday activities. It's impressive the amount of the jokes they spin off of winding a camera in the Goofy cartoon HOLD THAT POSE (1950)" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1637812116324339721) 2023-03-20T13:43Z 24.5K followers, 143K engagements "Released [--] years ago today: Tex Avery's masterpiece RED HOT RIDING HOOD (1943) a still-hilarious work of irreverent genius that inspired everything from ROGER RABBIT to THE MASK" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1655423664777572354) 2023-05-08T04:05Z 24.5K followers, 592.4K engagements "Speaking of THE LITTLE MERMAID here's some cool footage of Sherri Stoner the live-action model for Ariel. She was later an ANIMANIACS writer and created and voiced Slappy Squirrel" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1664389980834209795) 2023-06-01T21:54Z 24.5K followers, 471.7K engagements "R.I.P. Arleen Sorkin the original voice of Harley Quinn. The way Sorkin was able to combine twisted loopiness with a hint of sympathetic sadness is key to what made the character work so well" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1695558646535422385) 2023-08-26T22:07Z 24.5K followers, 4.2M engagements "A great Jessica Rabbit scene from the Roger Rabbit cartoon TRAIL MIX-UP (1993) which apparently outraged Disney executives. Mark Kausler animated the Jessica closeup while Mark Henn handled the other Jessica shots" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1699596831397712081) 2023-09-07T01:33Z 24.5K followers, 697.5K engagements "While Eric Goldberg was animating for Chuck Jones on the Road Runner short CHARIOTS OF FUR (1994) Goldberg vented to Jones about all the executive interference on Disney's POCAHONTAS. Jones answered "Well you know they'll always hate you because you can draw and they can't."" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1723136755681870011) 2023-11-11T00:33Z 24.5K followers, 1.2M engagements "The comic timing here is unbeatable. I need everyone to post their favorite Looney Tunes clips https://t.co/ovuZjmUI8p I need everyone to post their favorite Looney Tunes clips https://t.co/ovuZjmUI8p" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1733922530778292487) 2023-12-10T18:52Z 24.5K followers, 327.8K engagements "We'll be seeing a lot of Mickey Mouse knock-offs now that STEAMBOAT WILLIE is in the public domain but let's not forget the original Mickey Mouse knock-off: Milton Mouse a character that got the Van Beuren Studio sued by Disney in 1931" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1741908608940405009) 2024-01-01T19:45Z 24.5K followers, 1.1M engagements "A really cool Tex Avery-inspired ad for the French restaurant chain Pre Dodu. Made by Richard Williams' studio" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1744422751752912956) 2024-01-08T18:16Z 24.5K followers, 163K engagements "The brilliant Dr. Seuss was born [---] years ago today. If you haven't seen his "midnight paintings" they're so cool and have the same whimsical imagination of his books" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1763992641396506953) 2024-03-02T18:19Z 24.5K followers, 374K engagements "THREAD: In [----] the Nazis exhibited art they deemed Degenerate in order to mock it. I was looking through a list of these amazing artists the Nazis hated and I was ashamed at how many of them I didnt know so lets look at their work together Heres Alexej von Jawlensky" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1765866846824075730) 2024-03-07T22:27Z 24.5K followers, 584.3K engagements "Taz's deadpan line delivery here is so funny" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1778211383483502660) 2024-04-11T00:00Z 24.5K followers, 178.2K engagements "Also this one. Gun to to your head what is the *best* Simpsons joke However you wanna define it; pics GIFs clips and overwrought explanations welcome. Gun to to your head what is the *best* Simpsons joke However you wanna define it; pics GIFs clips and overwrought explanations welcome" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1791212456271872347) 2024-05-16T21:01Z 24.5K followers, 402.9K engagements "Disney's WWII short REASON AND EMOTION (1943) is one of the best anti-Nazi cartoons. Smart writing and beautiful animation and the premise seems to have inspired the Pixar movie INSIDE OUT" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1800318209238913515) 2024-06-11T00:04Z 24.5K followers, 570.5K engagements "In honor of Jane Russell's birthday he's one of the all-time great movie bloopers that got left in the movie itself. Jane getting knocked into the pool in GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953) was an accident but it was so funny it was left in" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1804310708663795750) 2024-06-22T00:29Z 24.5K followers, 2.1M engagements "This is cool UCLA's new restoration of the [----] cartoon MUSICAL MEMORIES really gives you a chance to appreciate the Max Fleischer studio's incredible Stereoptical backgrounds (3D sets built on a turntable with the 2D characters placed in front)" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1805756373902192929) 2024-06-26T00:14Z 24.5K followers, 279K engagements "35mm scan of this terrifying scene from THE BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1806120504551485859) 2024-06-27T00:20Z 24.5K followers, 988.8K engagements "Jungle girls drawn by Bruce Timm (of BATMAN fame)" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1820148235916165476) 2024-08-04T17:22Z 24.5K followers, 158.3K engagements "The goal of 1937's SNOW WHITE was to prove that moving drawings could captivate audiences as powerfully as live actors and they succeeded. No disrespect to the crew of this new version but cartoons don't need to be validated by live-action remakes. They're perfect as they are. The first trailer for SNOW WHITE has been released. In theaters on March [--] [----] https://t.co/tEA0x09r7s The first trailer for SNOW WHITE has been released. In theaters on March [--] [----] https://t.co/tEA0x09r7s" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1822304039549182106) 2024-08-10T16:08Z 24.5K followers, 577.4K engagements "Speaking of Tim Burton. in NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (directed by Henry Selick) when Santa asks the Oogie Boogie what he's going to do and he says he's gonna do the best he can it's a reference to the classic Betty Boop cartoon THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN (1933)" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1828948021662376381) 2024-08-29T00:09Z 24.5K followers, 167.5K engagements "There was nobody better than Tex Avery. If you haven't watched his cartoons you're missing out" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1836479214645629088) 2024-09-18T18:55Z 24.5K followers, 274.7K engagements "Incredible Mary Blair concept art for Disney's take on THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1847754589308932204) 2024-10-19T21:39Z 24.5K followers, 152.2K engagements "Disney executives apparently thought this scene was too hot in the [----] Roger Rabbit short TRAIL MIX-UP. Mark Henn (supervising animator of Belle Jasmine Mulan etc.) mostly animated Jessica Rabbit here while Mark Kausler handled the closeups. Jessica Rabbit Too Hot for Disney Zemeckis Says Studio 'Can't Make a Movie With Her in It' Anymore: 'They Put Her in a Trench Coach' at Disneyland https://t.co/pKHZ8KLJ3w Jessica Rabbit Too Hot for Disney Zemeckis Says Studio 'Can't Make a Movie With Her in It' Anymore: 'They Put Her in a Trench Coach' at Disneyland https://t.co/pKHZ8KLJ3w" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1852784016811860273) 2024-11-02T18:45Z 24.5K followers, 606.7K engagements "Joke I didn't get as a kid: the fourth line of this song is "you son of a bitch."" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1853510400672722976) 2024-11-04T18:51Z 24.5K followers, 183.1K engagements "Milicent Patrick deserves more attention. In addition to designing the Creature from the Black Lagoon she also did marvelous effects animation on Disney's FANTASIA particularly in the Night on Bald Mountain sequence. Milicent Patrick creating The Creature from the Black Lagoon in [----] the film was released in [----] https://t.co/gOzp3P9pkV Milicent Patrick creating The Creature from the Black Lagoon in [----] the film was released in [----] https://t.co/gOzp3P9pkV" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1854763573852926184) 2024-11-08T05:51Z 24.5K followers, 226.5K engagements "Shield yourself from this awful A.I. slop with some good old-fashioned cartooning. Coca Colas annual Christmas commercial has been created with AI this time. https://t.co/xO72akwoBh Coca Colas annual Christmas commercial has been created with AI this time. https://t.co/xO72akwoBh" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1857664093257105682) 2024-11-16T05:56Z 24.5K followers, 229.4K engagements "The great Eric Goldberg did a hand-drawn animated pencil test for the original MOANA. Here's a comparison between Goldberg's animation and the finished version" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1863649606854217735) 2024-12-02T18:21Z 24.5K followers, 4.9M engagements "Who is the most handsome actor in classic film Who is the most handsome actor in classic film" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1866675868409774303) 2024-12-11T02:46Z 24.5K followers, 495.4K engagements "Adolf Hitler gets blown to Hell in the [----] Disney cartoon STOP THAT TANK" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1882148549921800548) 2025-01-22T19:29Z 24.5K followers, 301.1K engagements "A deranged cartoon that never fails to crack me up by the great Gahan Wilson" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1888060265805017473) 2025-02-08T03:00Z 24.5K followers, 498.1K engagements "Yeah and they're brilliant. Also no one was "lied to." It was openly acknowledged that these were made for the war effort and that info has never been hidden. Why should it be I was today years old when I learned that Disney worked with the U.S. government to create short films that vilified Germany during WW2. We have been lied to on an unimaginable scale. I was today years old when I learned that Disney worked with the U.S. government to create short films that vilified Germany during WW2. We have been lied to on an unimaginable scale" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1902448050221806055) 2025-03-19T19:52Z 24.5K followers, 2.7M engagements "Forget the live-action thing. Watch the all-time greatest telling of the Snow White story: the insane Betty Boop version from [----]. Entirely animated by one man. the great Roland Crandall" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1903261458286195112) 2025-03-22T01:44Z 24.5K followers, 788.9K engagements "Bob Iger Says AI May Be "Most Powerful Technology That Our Company Has Ever Seen" https://t.co/qxxSmYps1Q Bob Iger Says AI May Be "Most Powerful Technology That Our Company Has Ever Seen" https://t.co/qxxSmYps1Q" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1903884817894080987) 2025-03-23T19:01Z 24.5K followers, 186.4K engagements "Look at the range of emotion Grumpy expresses in this Bill Tytla scene from SNOW WHITE. This is truly great acting conveyed through exaggerated squash & stretch that only a cartoon could achieve. That's why this movie was and is a classic" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1903918008721952974) 2025-03-23T21:13Z 24.5K followers, 505.3K engagements "This is disgusting and has nothing in common with the idiosyncratically bizarre cartoons of the 1930s. If the artists who put so much love into every frame of those old cartoons saw this sterile junk they would be sick. Have some real cartooning instead: 3/8: Fleischer Studios 1930s rubber-hose style like Betty Boop and Popeye. Surreal bouncy jazz-age energy. https://t.co/70n0ldnQ78 3/8: Fleischer Studios 1930s rubber-hose style like Betty Boop and Popeye. Surreal bouncy jazz-age energy. https://t.co/70n0ldnQ78" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1905364369224966605) 2025-03-27T21:00Z 24.5K followers, 828.9K engagements "Down with A.I. 7/8: Max Fleischers Superman Retro-futurist noir from the '40s bold shadows and heroic lighting. https://t.co/QTwA6lhLZB 7/8: Max Fleischers Superman Retro-futurist noir from the '40s bold shadows and heroic lighting. https://t.co/QTwA6lhLZB" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1905379196089643318) 2025-03-27T21:59Z 24.5K followers, 909.1K engagements "Animation is a caricature of life not a lesser imitation of it. Remaking cartoons in live-action or giving the characters realistic proportions hairs warts etc. robs them of the stylized exaggeration that made them appealing in the first place" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1906042575108047095) 2025-03-29T17:55Z 24.5K followers, 295.3K engagements "The original designs of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner by the great Chuck Jones" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1907085365476782456) 2025-04-01T14:59Z 24.5K followers, 110.1K engagements "I get why Walt Disney cut this scene from SNOW WHITE but man it's a shame to lose so much beautifully squashy and stretchy animation by Ward Kimball. Gorgeous stuff" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1909435084156837942) 2025-04-08T02:36Z 24.5K followers, 503.6K engagements "For those wondering why Stitch looks different in that sketch that's actually not Stitch that's Ogo from Chris Sanders' comic strip KISKALOO" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1927793712630776072) 2025-05-28T18:26Z 24.5K followers, 961.4K engagements "@WafflesChi37373 No You must be thinking of someone else" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1927925047831802303) 2025-05-29T03:08Z 24.5K followers, 345.2K engagements "I got mostly nice comments on that Chris Sanders post but I am baffled by the people saying it's weird for a Disney artist to draw pin-ups. I don't know where the idea came from that if you work on a family film all of your art should be squeaky clean. (Art by Lynne Naylor.)" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1928190303548178501) 2025-05-29T20:42Z 24.5K followers, 470K engagements "This is a crime against art for all kinds of reasons but it also completely misses the point of what makes those Hong Kong action movies exciting in the first place: you can tell you're watching real people act out these wild stunts in the originals. Chinese film studios are planning to remake and remaster martial arts classics using AI [---] films including ones starring Jackie Chan Bruce Lee and Jet Li will be remastered John Woo's 'Better Tomorrow' is being turned into 'the world's first AI-produced animated https://t.co/3tmYQLZUgt Chinese film studios are planning to remake and remaster" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1935779250423885907) 2025-06-19T19:18Z 24.5K followers, 519.9K engagements "If you've ever wondered what Tinkerbell would sound like. the Disney artists used a suspiciously Tinkerbell-ish design for the switchboard operator in FOOTBALL NOW AND THEN from [----] (the same year PETER PAN came out)" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1946735862319825121) 2025-07-20T00:56Z 24.5K followers, 253.1K engagements "Howard Stern summed up on THE CRITIC" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1952947372763562270) 2025-08-06T04:18Z 24.5K followers, 228.3K engagements "Daphne poses by the brilliant Dan Haskett" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1961179295096942892) 2025-08-28T21:29Z 24.5K followers, 239.2K engagements "How NOT to draw Mickey Mouse by Ward Kimball the wildest of Walt Disney's Nine Old Men" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1963413555954266263) 2025-09-04T01:27Z 24.5K followers, 115.7K engagements "Craig McCracken would've made a great newspaper cartoonist" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1970291995869364477) 2025-09-23T00:59Z 24.5K followers, 130.5K engagements "This is garbage. Draw your political mudslinging by hand or I'm not interested. Clip from Chuck Jones' gorgeously designed pro-FDR short HELL-BENT FOR ELECTION (1944). 🎶Im Just A Shill (FT. Zohran) https://t.co/ga3JxnYO7B 🎶Im Just A Shill (FT. Zohran) https://t.co/ga3JxnYO7B" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1984780354754953249) 2025-11-02T00:31Z 24.5K followers, 600.5K engagements "I don't really see the point of this when the classic Betty Boop cartoons are already delightfully nightmarish. Betty Boop gets her own horror movie with BOOP. "A team of horror podcast investigators breaks into an abandoned theater to discover the hauntings of the starlet once known as Boop. A simple investigation turns into a horrific blood bath." https://t.co/N6oD0Cf0Iu Betty Boop gets her own horror movie with BOOP. "A team of horror podcast investigators breaks into an abandoned theater to discover the hauntings of the starlet once known as Boop. A simple investigation turns into a" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1988384898546364781) 2025-11-11T23:14Z 24.5K followers, 386.3K engagements "It's heartbreaking to think of the wonderful artists who put so much obvious love and care into every frame of the old Disney cartoons. I'm glad they aren't around to see this. Bob Iger says Disney+ will soon have AI-generated short form content from users https://t.co/luWG0Rzixb Bob Iger says Disney+ will soon have AI-generated short form content from users https://t.co/luWG0Rzixb" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1989061943357853799) 2025-11-13T20:04Z 24.5K followers, 427K engagements "This biggest Oscar snub. Looking back over the entire history of the Oscars which actor or actress do you think was robbed of an award for a truly magnificent performance Looking back over the entire history of the Oscars which actor or actress do you think was robbed of an award for a truly magnificent performance" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2014425970871017885) 2026-01-22T19:52Z 24.5K followers, 109.5K engagements "@NoahPasternak Not quite what you're asking but I wrote an article about Looney Tunes references in live-action movies and TV shows and it includes some cartoony live-action movies lke the ones you mentioned and some others: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/the-influence-of-looney-tunes-on-live-action-filmmakers-239709.html https://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/the-influence-of-looney-tunes-on-live-action-filmmakers-239709.html" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2014902801797693567) 2026-01-24T03:27Z 24.5K followers, [---] engagements "Classic slapstick sequence with Jerry Lewis battling a hose. This looks like a lot of hard work but probably fun to film. From ROCK-A-BYE BABY (1958) directed by Looney Tunes animator Frank Tashlin" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2016242467029311991) 2026-01-27T20:10Z 24.5K followers, 10K engagements "@Supergeoff22 That's awesome Yeah his movies are really cool. Very much live-action cartoons" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2016387565171990695) 2026-01-28T05:47Z 24.5K followers, [--] engagements "@s_mayta Right It shows up in lots of cartoons along with the similar "Mmm. could be" I believe they got it from comedian Artie Auerbach who played Mr. Kitzel on the radio show AL PEARCE AND HIS GANG" [X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/2020190834810118307) 2026-02-07T17:40Z 24.6K followers, [---] engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @whamjam33 @eruphim @squ1rtkobain @noahpasternak @psychokinetice1 @cartoonbrew @willsloanesq @variety @waffleschi37373 @supergeoff22 @smayta @rhythmwiley @puffytopianman @wariofan64 @shushcopter1 @gjockdua @troymp94 @gilition @morallypanicked @ratagasten
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"Busby Berkeley was a mad genius. From [----]. I cant wrap my head around on how they managed to pull this off https://t.co/swcRr9xSyV I cant wrap my head around on how they managed to pull this off https://t.co/swcRr9xSyV"
X Link 2026-01-22T02:44Z 24.6K followers, 241.5K engagements
"Here's the link: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/times-tom-and-jerry-spoke-258742.html https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/times-tom-and-jerry-spoke-258742.html"
X Link 2026-02-11T19:16Z 24.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Be like Jayne and read it here: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/times-tom-and-jerry-spoke-258742.html https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/times-tom-and-jerry-spoke-258742.html"
X Link 2026-02-12T02:24Z 24.6K followers, [---] engagements
"Hey guys Check out my new article for @cartoonbrew about the times when Tom & Jerry actually spoke Lots of history and great clips. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/times-tom-and-jerry-spoke-258742.html https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/times-tom-and-jerry-spoke-258742.html"
X Link 2026-02-11T19:15Z 24.6K followers, [----] engagements
"I'm still bitter at Elon Musk for changing Twitter to X because I had to reanimate this scene in my new cartoon"
X Link 2023-10-08T01:09Z 24.6K followers, 235.9K engagements
"Great sketch by Chris Sanders director of LILO & STITCH (the original)"
X Link 2025-05-28T04:51Z 24.6K followers, 18.1M engagements
"Also Chris Sanders' pin-up art is always great"
X Link 2025-05-28T19:10Z 24.6K followers, 13M engagements
"Happy public domain day to Betty Boop Here she is in her first appearance the Max Fleischer cartoon DIZZY DISHES (1930). I love the wonderfully insane animation of Betty here by her creator Grim Natwick"
X Link 2026-01-01T07:17Z 24.6K followers, 161.6K engagements
"Walt Disney ran the creative side of the studio not the business side. He would sink tons of money into whatever crazy idea he was currently obsessed with and hope it would all turn out. This is how I find out that Walt Disney was never the CEO. This is how I find out that Walt Disney was never the CEO"
X Link 2026-02-05T00:45Z 24.6K followers, 317.9K engagements
"The [----] Ub Iwerks cartoon HELL'S FIRE shows the residents of Hell to be Napoleon Nero Rasputin Cleopatra Simon Legree (the villain from Uncle Tom's Cabin) Bluebeard Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Dry (the symbol for Prohibition). who did people compare evil politicians to before Hitler who did people compare evil politicians to before Hitler"
X Link 2026-02-07T03:06Z 24.6K followers, 793.7K engagements
"100 years ago today legendary cartoonist George Herriman runs out of ink in a classic KRAZY KAT strip printed February [--] 1926"
X Link 2026-02-08T02:16Z 24.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Better than all the Super Bowl commercials combined"
X Link 2026-02-09T02:22Z 24.6K followers, 18.6K engagements
"RT @WillSloanEsq: PTA is thinking of Wackiki Wabbit (1943) but can't remember the title and also misremembers crucial plot details. Speaks"
X Link 2026-02-11T05:59Z 24.6K followers, [--] engagements
"Jayne Mansfield reading my new Tom & Jerry article"
X Link 2026-02-12T02:24Z 24.6K followers, [----] engagements
"One of the greatest TV cartoons ever. Cow & Chicken will be streaming soon on Tubi. (Source: https://t.co/1sYzRIU5Lr) https://t.co/5JXDBWjBFm Cow & Chicken will be streaming soon on Tubi. (Source: https://t.co/1sYzRIU5Lr) https://t.co/5JXDBWjBFm"
X Link 2026-02-12T20:41Z 24.6K followers, 79.8K engagements
"Happy 93rd birthday to Kim Novak"
X Link 2026-02-13T17:17Z 24.6K followers, [----] engagements
"RIP Enid Denbo Wizig assistant animator and ink & paint artist on the classic Looney Tunes cartoons of the 1940s under Chuck Jones. She was deaf since childhood but became an expert lip-reader and wrote about her inspiring life and career in the book "I Never Asked Why Me""
X Link 2026-02-14T18:09Z 24.6K followers, 20.4K engagements
"You can read more about her at Mindy Johnson's blog here: https://www.mindyjohnsoncreative.com/single-post/100-and-counting https://www.mindyjohnsoncreative.com/single-post/100-and-counting"
X Link 2026-02-14T18:10Z 24.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Speaking of Looney Tunes now that they're coming to TCM here's a clip from one of my all-time favorites: RABBIT HOOD (1949) directed by Chuck Jones. Is this the most thoroughly anyone has been tricked by Bugs Bunny The moment where it sinks in is brilliantly timed"
X Link 2026-01-27T00:35Z 24.6K followers, 77.5K engagements
"This is my favorite. No man deserves this https://t.co/3Zm4LEtfyX No man deserves this https://t.co/3Zm4LEtfyX"
X Link 2026-01-28T23:36Z 24.6K followers, 103.1K engagements
"RIP Catherine O'Hara"
X Link 2026-01-30T18:47Z 24.6K followers, 216.2K engagements
"Some beautiful background paintings by Claude Coats for Disney's PINOCCHIO"
X Link 2026-02-02T18:52Z 24.6K followers, 36.7K engagements
"So many films about women loving monsters. Still waiting for the one where the monster is a woman and she's loved So many films about women loving monsters. Still waiting for the one where the monster is a woman and she's loved"
X Link 2026-02-03T00:25Z 24.6K followers, 416.5K engagements
"Cool psychedelic painting by Heinz Edelmann character designer and art director on YELLOW SUBMARINE"
X Link 2026-02-05T03:00Z 24.6K followers, 28.1K engagements
"Hitler would also get added to cartoon Hell soon enough. (From 1942's THE BLITZ WOLF by Tex Avery.)"
X Link 2026-02-07T05:28Z 24.6K followers, 34.1K engagements
"@Squ1rtKobain @NoahPasternak Yeah that melody comes from the old song "The Streets of Cairo" which is used a lot in snake charmer or hoochie coochie dance scenes in old cartoons"
X Link 2026-02-07T05:43Z 24.6K followers, 27.4K engagements
"@WhamJam33 Yeah there were actually several female assistant animators in the '40s. No female lead animators at WB but there were a handful at other studios like Retta Scott at Disney and Laverne Harding at Walter Lantz"
X Link 2026-02-15T05:50Z 24.6K followers, [---] engagements
"R.I.P. Jack Sheldon jazz musician and actor of SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK fame. Everybody knows this voice:"
X Link 2019-12-31T22:06Z 24.5K followers, 23.8K engagements
"The new Tex Avery blu-ray set is INCREDIBLE. Tex Avery is a god and the restorations are stunning. This classic nearly 80-year-old scene has never looked better"
X Link 2020-02-21T20:29Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements
"This is relevant again"
X Link 2020-03-20T22:33Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Behind-the-scenes art from the original MULAN by LILO & STITCH director Chris Sanders. #Mulan"
X Link 2020-09-04T18:54Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements
"An aria of Rossinis Barber of Seville that shows up constantly in animation is Largo al Factotum which introduces the Figaro character. Even the pieces Wikipedia article credits the tunes lasting legacy to its use in cartoons. Here are just a few iconic examples:"
X Link 2021-03-01T18:10Z 24.5K followers, 13.4K engagements
"You may not know Franz Schuberts Der Erlknig by name youll know it when you hear it thanks to Looney Tunes cartoons. It was written about a supernatural king of the fairies but WB composer Carl Stalling would always pull it out to underscore a villains entrance"
X Link 2021-03-01T18:12Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Dance of the Comedians by Czech composer Bedich Smetana (from the comic opera THE BARTERED BRIDE) was used as an unofficial musical theme for the Road Runner cartoons. The propulsive energy of the piece matches well with Wile E. Coyotes various failures"
X Link 2021-03-01T18:14Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Bugs Bunny famously conducted Franz von Supps Morning Noon and Night in Vienna in the classic BATON BUNNY. This cartoon has been screened with live orchestral accompaniment on Broadway at the Hollywood Bowl and the Royal Festival Hall for the royal family"
X Link 2021-03-01T18:35Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements
"The work of Austrian composer Johann Strauss known as the Waltz King is in literally hundreds of cartoons. "Frhlingsstimmen Op. [---] (Voices of Spring)" was frequently used when characters dance or daintily frolic across the screen. You'll know it when you hear it:"
X Link 2021-03-01T18:45Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements
"A CORNY CONCERTO Bob Clampetts hilarious spoof of Disneys FANTASIA brilliantly sets a violent Bugs Bunny chase to Johann Strausss peaceful Tales from the Vienna Woods. You can make any classical piece better by adding the b-b-b-b-b noise"
X Link 2021-03-01T18:50Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements
"The Blue Danube is one of Strausss most famous and beautiful waltzes thus making it ripe for animated parody. The piece was burned into my brain from infancy due to a VHS tape I had of A CORNY CONCERTO and now I always hear quacking to go along with it"
X Link 2021-03-01T18:53Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss served as the entire basis for the [----] MGM short TOM AND JERRY IN THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL. As with several Bugs Bunny shorts this film later was actually screened at the Hollywood Bowl with live orchestrations to go with it"
X Link 2021-03-01T18:59Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Strauss must be the #1 composer among cartoonists because he sure shows up a lot. The Oscar-winning Tom & Jerry short JOHANN MOUSE is even named after him. Here are just a few different Strauss pieces that have made their way into animated shorts:"
X Link 2021-03-01T19:04Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements
"The extremely brief Wikipedia article on composer Gustav Lange features the dismissive quote that his works are "pretty in character but they are not marked by any very striking features." I think cartoon fanatics would disagree. "Flower Song" is an oft-used classic:"
X Link 2021-03-01T19:27Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements
""The Minute Waltz" by Polish composer Frdric Chopin (or as Bugs would say "Choppin') is featured in the classic short HYDE AND HARE where the beautiful trill descends into madness"
X Link 2021-03-01T19:51Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements
"I feel like I should weigh in on the Dr. Seuss controversy: Seuss used ignorant racial stereotypes typical of the period in his early work but grew more progressive over time. He was drawing staunchly anti-racist cartoons during WWII a very bold move in the early 40s"
X Link 2021-03-03T22:50Z 24.5K followers, 15K engagements
"I havent seen SPACE JAM [--] yet but I feel like this is a good time to remind everyone that the original Looney Tunes of the 1940s and 1950s are absolute treasures of American comedy and were so lucky to have them"
X Link 2021-07-15T15:17Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements
"THREAD: Anybody have a favorite bit of water animation The best for me might be Disneys PINOCCHIO from back in [----]. Amazing mix of stunning realism and painterly abstraction. You could only get a look like this in animation"
X Link 2022-01-27T17:26Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements
"The mumbled ad libs in the Popeye cartoons are a gift from the gods"
X Link 2022-02-21T16:35Z 24.5K followers, 28.4K engagements
"Happy birthday to cartoon genius Tex Avery who was born today in [----]. No one has ever had better comic timing"
X Link 2022-02-26T17:03Z 24.5K followers, 17.4K engagements
"Happy 85th birthday to Daffy Duck maybe the greatest character ever created for anything"
X Link 2022-04-18T01:18Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements
"THREAD: To celebrate Goofy turning [--] years old today heres a thread of famous cartoon characters in their first appearances. Heres Goofy - originally named Dippy Dawg - in his scenes from his first cartoon MICKEYS REVUE (1932)"
X Link 2022-05-25T17:11Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Off-the-charts comedic timing"
X Link 2022-06-11T17:12Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Brilliant pantomime acting timing and expressions from the unbeatable Chuck Jones"
X Link 2022-06-29T16:34Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Old Hollywood bloopers are a thing of beauty"
X Link 2022-07-22T19:25Z 24.5K followers, 397.9K engagements
"Some more good ones:"
X Link 2022-07-22T19:29Z 24.5K followers, 24.7K engagements
"Alright last one:"
X Link 2022-07-22T19:32Z 24.5K followers, 21K engagements
"I haven't seen the PINOCCHIO remake but the [----] original is hard to beat. The art of hand-drawn animation at its height put to the service of an epic fantasy full of humor excitement and pure terror. Just a masterpiece that can't be topped"
X Link 2022-09-09T21:53Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Concept art from Disney's PINOCCHIO (1940) by Swedish-American artist Gustaf Tenggren"
X Link 2022-09-11T00:54Z 24.5K followers, 13.4K engagements
"Old cartoons are the best"
X Link 2022-10-01T00:04Z 24.5K followers, [----] engagements
"MTV bumper directed by Henry Selick before he directed NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS CORALINE and WENDELL & WILD"
X Link 2022-10-22T22:52Z 24.5K followers, 12.3K engagements
"This is one of my favorite Road Runner gags because it's such a ludicrous idea that could go wrong in a million different ways and then it goes wrong in the simplest. Such brilliant animation in the bit where Wile E. tries to keep balance"
X Link 2022-11-30T16:09Z 24.5K followers, 38.7K engagements
"HBO Max will not be returning LOONEY TUNES Seasons 16-31 to their service. Source: @Variety https://t.co/UiBGQ3Xmby HBO Max will not be returning LOONEY TUNES Seasons 16-31 to their service. Source: @Variety https://t.co/UiBGQ3Xmby"
X Link 2023-01-04T03:07Z 24.5K followers, 404.7K engagements
"Anybody have any favorite examples of cartoons slipping things by the censors I just wrote an article for Cartoon Brew with examples of animators working around the Hays Code but I'm curious what scenes come to mind for you guys. I like this bit from FATHER'S DAY OFF (1953)"
X Link 2023-02-18T18:00Z 24.5K followers, 331.7K engagements
"Concept art for Disney's original PETER PAN (1953) by the great Mary Blair. No one understood color better than her"
X Link 2023-02-28T21:14Z 24.5K followers, 175.7K engagements
"As a cartoonist you're always looking for ways to put an absurd cartoon spin on everyday activities. It's impressive the amount of the jokes they spin off of winding a camera in the Goofy cartoon HOLD THAT POSE (1950)"
X Link 2023-03-20T13:43Z 24.5K followers, 143K engagements
"Released [--] years ago today: Tex Avery's masterpiece RED HOT RIDING HOOD (1943) a still-hilarious work of irreverent genius that inspired everything from ROGER RABBIT to THE MASK"
X Link 2023-05-08T04:05Z 24.5K followers, 592.4K engagements
"Speaking of THE LITTLE MERMAID here's some cool footage of Sherri Stoner the live-action model for Ariel. She was later an ANIMANIACS writer and created and voiced Slappy Squirrel"
X Link 2023-06-01T21:54Z 24.5K followers, 471.7K engagements
"R.I.P. Arleen Sorkin the original voice of Harley Quinn. The way Sorkin was able to combine twisted loopiness with a hint of sympathetic sadness is key to what made the character work so well"
X Link 2023-08-26T22:07Z 24.5K followers, 4.2M engagements
"A great Jessica Rabbit scene from the Roger Rabbit cartoon TRAIL MIX-UP (1993) which apparently outraged Disney executives. Mark Kausler animated the Jessica closeup while Mark Henn handled the other Jessica shots"
X Link 2023-09-07T01:33Z 24.5K followers, 697.5K engagements
"While Eric Goldberg was animating for Chuck Jones on the Road Runner short CHARIOTS OF FUR (1994) Goldberg vented to Jones about all the executive interference on Disney's POCAHONTAS. Jones answered "Well you know they'll always hate you because you can draw and they can't.""
X Link 2023-11-11T00:33Z 24.5K followers, 1.2M engagements
"The comic timing here is unbeatable. I need everyone to post their favorite Looney Tunes clips https://t.co/ovuZjmUI8p I need everyone to post their favorite Looney Tunes clips https://t.co/ovuZjmUI8p"
X Link 2023-12-10T18:52Z 24.5K followers, 327.8K engagements
"We'll be seeing a lot of Mickey Mouse knock-offs now that STEAMBOAT WILLIE is in the public domain but let's not forget the original Mickey Mouse knock-off: Milton Mouse a character that got the Van Beuren Studio sued by Disney in 1931"
X Link 2024-01-01T19:45Z 24.5K followers, 1.1M engagements
"A really cool Tex Avery-inspired ad for the French restaurant chain Pre Dodu. Made by Richard Williams' studio"
X Link 2024-01-08T18:16Z 24.5K followers, 163K engagements
"The brilliant Dr. Seuss was born [---] years ago today. If you haven't seen his "midnight paintings" they're so cool and have the same whimsical imagination of his books"
X Link 2024-03-02T18:19Z 24.5K followers, 374K engagements
"THREAD: In [----] the Nazis exhibited art they deemed Degenerate in order to mock it. I was looking through a list of these amazing artists the Nazis hated and I was ashamed at how many of them I didnt know so lets look at their work together Heres Alexej von Jawlensky"
X Link 2024-03-07T22:27Z 24.5K followers, 584.3K engagements
"Taz's deadpan line delivery here is so funny"
X Link 2024-04-11T00:00Z 24.5K followers, 178.2K engagements
"Also this one. Gun to to your head what is the best Simpsons joke However you wanna define it; pics GIFs clips and overwrought explanations welcome. Gun to to your head what is the best Simpsons joke However you wanna define it; pics GIFs clips and overwrought explanations welcome"
X Link 2024-05-16T21:01Z 24.5K followers, 402.9K engagements
"Disney's WWII short REASON AND EMOTION (1943) is one of the best anti-Nazi cartoons. Smart writing and beautiful animation and the premise seems to have inspired the Pixar movie INSIDE OUT"
X Link 2024-06-11T00:04Z 24.5K followers, 570.5K engagements
"In honor of Jane Russell's birthday he's one of the all-time great movie bloopers that got left in the movie itself. Jane getting knocked into the pool in GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953) was an accident but it was so funny it was left in"
X Link 2024-06-22T00:29Z 24.5K followers, 2.1M engagements
"This is cool UCLA's new restoration of the [----] cartoon MUSICAL MEMORIES really gives you a chance to appreciate the Max Fleischer studio's incredible Stereoptical backgrounds (3D sets built on a turntable with the 2D characters placed in front)"
X Link 2024-06-26T00:14Z 24.5K followers, 279K engagements
"35mm scan of this terrifying scene from THE BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER"
X Link 2024-06-27T00:20Z 24.5K followers, 988.8K engagements
"Jungle girls drawn by Bruce Timm (of BATMAN fame)"
X Link 2024-08-04T17:22Z 24.5K followers, 158.3K engagements
"The goal of 1937's SNOW WHITE was to prove that moving drawings could captivate audiences as powerfully as live actors and they succeeded. No disrespect to the crew of this new version but cartoons don't need to be validated by live-action remakes. They're perfect as they are. The first trailer for SNOW WHITE has been released. In theaters on March [--] [----] https://t.co/tEA0x09r7s The first trailer for SNOW WHITE has been released. In theaters on March [--] [----] https://t.co/tEA0x09r7s"
X Link 2024-08-10T16:08Z 24.5K followers, 577.4K engagements
"Speaking of Tim Burton. in NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (directed by Henry Selick) when Santa asks the Oogie Boogie what he's going to do and he says he's gonna do the best he can it's a reference to the classic Betty Boop cartoon THE OLD MAN OF THE MOUNTAIN (1933)"
X Link 2024-08-29T00:09Z 24.5K followers, 167.5K engagements
"There was nobody better than Tex Avery. If you haven't watched his cartoons you're missing out"
X Link 2024-09-18T18:55Z 24.5K followers, 274.7K engagements
"Incredible Mary Blair concept art for Disney's take on THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW"
X Link 2024-10-19T21:39Z 24.5K followers, 152.2K engagements
"Disney executives apparently thought this scene was too hot in the [----] Roger Rabbit short TRAIL MIX-UP. Mark Henn (supervising animator of Belle Jasmine Mulan etc.) mostly animated Jessica Rabbit here while Mark Kausler handled the closeups. Jessica Rabbit Too Hot for Disney Zemeckis Says Studio 'Can't Make a Movie With Her in It' Anymore: 'They Put Her in a Trench Coach' at Disneyland https://t.co/pKHZ8KLJ3w Jessica Rabbit Too Hot for Disney Zemeckis Says Studio 'Can't Make a Movie With Her in It' Anymore: 'They Put Her in a Trench Coach' at Disneyland https://t.co/pKHZ8KLJ3w"
X Link 2024-11-02T18:45Z 24.5K followers, 606.7K engagements
"Joke I didn't get as a kid: the fourth line of this song is "you son of a bitch.""
X Link 2024-11-04T18:51Z 24.5K followers, 183.1K engagements
"Milicent Patrick deserves more attention. In addition to designing the Creature from the Black Lagoon she also did marvelous effects animation on Disney's FANTASIA particularly in the Night on Bald Mountain sequence. Milicent Patrick creating The Creature from the Black Lagoon in [----] the film was released in [----] https://t.co/gOzp3P9pkV Milicent Patrick creating The Creature from the Black Lagoon in [----] the film was released in [----] https://t.co/gOzp3P9pkV"
X Link 2024-11-08T05:51Z 24.5K followers, 226.5K engagements
"Shield yourself from this awful A.I. slop with some good old-fashioned cartooning. Coca Colas annual Christmas commercial has been created with AI this time. https://t.co/xO72akwoBh Coca Colas annual Christmas commercial has been created with AI this time. https://t.co/xO72akwoBh"
X Link 2024-11-16T05:56Z 24.5K followers, 229.4K engagements
"The great Eric Goldberg did a hand-drawn animated pencil test for the original MOANA. Here's a comparison between Goldberg's animation and the finished version"
X Link 2024-12-02T18:21Z 24.5K followers, 4.9M engagements
"Who is the most handsome actor in classic film Who is the most handsome actor in classic film"
X Link 2024-12-11T02:46Z 24.5K followers, 495.4K engagements
"Adolf Hitler gets blown to Hell in the [----] Disney cartoon STOP THAT TANK"
X Link 2025-01-22T19:29Z 24.5K followers, 301.1K engagements
"A deranged cartoon that never fails to crack me up by the great Gahan Wilson"
X Link 2025-02-08T03:00Z 24.5K followers, 498.1K engagements
"Yeah and they're brilliant. Also no one was "lied to." It was openly acknowledged that these were made for the war effort and that info has never been hidden. Why should it be I was today years old when I learned that Disney worked with the U.S. government to create short films that vilified Germany during WW2. We have been lied to on an unimaginable scale. I was today years old when I learned that Disney worked with the U.S. government to create short films that vilified Germany during WW2. We have been lied to on an unimaginable scale"
X Link 2025-03-19T19:52Z 24.5K followers, 2.7M engagements
"Forget the live-action thing. Watch the all-time greatest telling of the Snow White story: the insane Betty Boop version from [----]. Entirely animated by one man. the great Roland Crandall"
X Link 2025-03-22T01:44Z 24.5K followers, 788.9K engagements
"Bob Iger Says AI May Be "Most Powerful Technology That Our Company Has Ever Seen" https://t.co/qxxSmYps1Q Bob Iger Says AI May Be "Most Powerful Technology That Our Company Has Ever Seen" https://t.co/qxxSmYps1Q"
X Link 2025-03-23T19:01Z 24.5K followers, 186.4K engagements
"Look at the range of emotion Grumpy expresses in this Bill Tytla scene from SNOW WHITE. This is truly great acting conveyed through exaggerated squash & stretch that only a cartoon could achieve. That's why this movie was and is a classic"
X Link 2025-03-23T21:13Z 24.5K followers, 505.3K engagements
"This is disgusting and has nothing in common with the idiosyncratically bizarre cartoons of the 1930s. If the artists who put so much love into every frame of those old cartoons saw this sterile junk they would be sick. Have some real cartooning instead: 3/8: Fleischer Studios 1930s rubber-hose style like Betty Boop and Popeye. Surreal bouncy jazz-age energy. https://t.co/70n0ldnQ78 3/8: Fleischer Studios 1930s rubber-hose style like Betty Boop and Popeye. Surreal bouncy jazz-age energy. https://t.co/70n0ldnQ78"
X Link 2025-03-27T21:00Z 24.5K followers, 828.9K engagements
"Down with A.I. 7/8: Max Fleischers Superman Retro-futurist noir from the '40s bold shadows and heroic lighting. https://t.co/QTwA6lhLZB 7/8: Max Fleischers Superman Retro-futurist noir from the '40s bold shadows and heroic lighting. https://t.co/QTwA6lhLZB"
X Link 2025-03-27T21:59Z 24.5K followers, 909.1K engagements
"Animation is a caricature of life not a lesser imitation of it. Remaking cartoons in live-action or giving the characters realistic proportions hairs warts etc. robs them of the stylized exaggeration that made them appealing in the first place"
X Link 2025-03-29T17:55Z 24.5K followers, 295.3K engagements
"The original designs of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner by the great Chuck Jones"
X Link 2025-04-01T14:59Z 24.5K followers, 110.1K engagements
"I get why Walt Disney cut this scene from SNOW WHITE but man it's a shame to lose so much beautifully squashy and stretchy animation by Ward Kimball. Gorgeous stuff"
X Link 2025-04-08T02:36Z 24.5K followers, 503.6K engagements
"For those wondering why Stitch looks different in that sketch that's actually not Stitch that's Ogo from Chris Sanders' comic strip KISKALOO"
X Link 2025-05-28T18:26Z 24.5K followers, 961.4K engagements
"@WafflesChi37373 No You must be thinking of someone else"
X Link 2025-05-29T03:08Z 24.5K followers, 345.2K engagements
"I got mostly nice comments on that Chris Sanders post but I am baffled by the people saying it's weird for a Disney artist to draw pin-ups. I don't know where the idea came from that if you work on a family film all of your art should be squeaky clean. (Art by Lynne Naylor.)"
X Link 2025-05-29T20:42Z 24.5K followers, 470K engagements
"This is a crime against art for all kinds of reasons but it also completely misses the point of what makes those Hong Kong action movies exciting in the first place: you can tell you're watching real people act out these wild stunts in the originals. Chinese film studios are planning to remake and remaster martial arts classics using AI [---] films including ones starring Jackie Chan Bruce Lee and Jet Li will be remastered John Woo's 'Better Tomorrow' is being turned into 'the world's first AI-produced animated https://t.co/3tmYQLZUgt Chinese film studios are planning to remake and remaster"
X Link 2025-06-19T19:18Z 24.5K followers, 519.9K engagements
"If you've ever wondered what Tinkerbell would sound like. the Disney artists used a suspiciously Tinkerbell-ish design for the switchboard operator in FOOTBALL NOW AND THEN from [----] (the same year PETER PAN came out)"
X Link 2025-07-20T00:56Z 24.5K followers, 253.1K engagements
"Howard Stern summed up on THE CRITIC"
X Link 2025-08-06T04:18Z 24.5K followers, 228.3K engagements
"Daphne poses by the brilliant Dan Haskett"
X Link 2025-08-28T21:29Z 24.5K followers, 239.2K engagements
"How NOT to draw Mickey Mouse by Ward Kimball the wildest of Walt Disney's Nine Old Men"
X Link 2025-09-04T01:27Z 24.5K followers, 115.7K engagements
"Craig McCracken would've made a great newspaper cartoonist"
X Link 2025-09-23T00:59Z 24.5K followers, 130.5K engagements
"This is garbage. Draw your political mudslinging by hand or I'm not interested. Clip from Chuck Jones' gorgeously designed pro-FDR short HELL-BENT FOR ELECTION (1944). 🎶Im Just A Shill (FT. Zohran) https://t.co/ga3JxnYO7B 🎶Im Just A Shill (FT. Zohran) https://t.co/ga3JxnYO7B"
X Link 2025-11-02T00:31Z 24.5K followers, 600.5K engagements
"I don't really see the point of this when the classic Betty Boop cartoons are already delightfully nightmarish. Betty Boop gets her own horror movie with BOOP. "A team of horror podcast investigators breaks into an abandoned theater to discover the hauntings of the starlet once known as Boop. A simple investigation turns into a horrific blood bath." https://t.co/N6oD0Cf0Iu Betty Boop gets her own horror movie with BOOP. "A team of horror podcast investigators breaks into an abandoned theater to discover the hauntings of the starlet once known as Boop. A simple investigation turns into a"
X Link 2025-11-11T23:14Z 24.5K followers, 386.3K engagements
"It's heartbreaking to think of the wonderful artists who put so much obvious love and care into every frame of the old Disney cartoons. I'm glad they aren't around to see this. Bob Iger says Disney+ will soon have AI-generated short form content from users https://t.co/luWG0Rzixb Bob Iger says Disney+ will soon have AI-generated short form content from users https://t.co/luWG0Rzixb"
X Link 2025-11-13T20:04Z 24.5K followers, 427K engagements
"This biggest Oscar snub. Looking back over the entire history of the Oscars which actor or actress do you think was robbed of an award for a truly magnificent performance Looking back over the entire history of the Oscars which actor or actress do you think was robbed of an award for a truly magnificent performance"
X Link 2026-01-22T19:52Z 24.5K followers, 109.5K engagements
"@NoahPasternak Not quite what you're asking but I wrote an article about Looney Tunes references in live-action movies and TV shows and it includes some cartoony live-action movies lke the ones you mentioned and some others: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/the-influence-of-looney-tunes-on-live-action-filmmakers-239709.html https://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/the-influence-of-looney-tunes-on-live-action-filmmakers-239709.html"
X Link 2026-01-24T03:27Z 24.5K followers, [---] engagements
"Classic slapstick sequence with Jerry Lewis battling a hose. This looks like a lot of hard work but probably fun to film. From ROCK-A-BYE BABY (1958) directed by Looney Tunes animator Frank Tashlin"
X Link 2026-01-27T20:10Z 24.5K followers, 10K engagements
"@Supergeoff22 That's awesome Yeah his movies are really cool. Very much live-action cartoons"
X Link 2026-01-28T05:47Z 24.5K followers, [--] engagements
"@s_mayta Right It shows up in lots of cartoons along with the similar "Mmm. could be" I believe they got it from comedian Artie Auerbach who played Mr. Kitzel on the radio show AL PEARCE AND HIS GANG"
X Link 2026-02-07T17:40Z 24.6K followers, [---] engagements
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