# ![@NonsenseIsland Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::29283389.png) @NonsenseIsland Vincent Alexander

Vincent Alexander posts on X about art, in the, bob, the first the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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[art](/topic/art), [in the](/topic/in-the), [bob](/topic/bob), [the first](/topic/the-first), [alltime](/topic/alltime), [walt disney](/topic/walt-disney), [liveaction](/topic/liveaction), [the great](/topic/the-great), [ai](/topic/ai), [tom](/topic/tom)

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Wow this new footage from the live-action LION KING is looking pretty impressive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1116400216104738818)  2019-04-11T17:58Z 20.8K followers, [--] engagements


"The Ohio State Marching Band does Bugs Bunny proud with an incredible tribute to WHAT'S OPERA DOC. They even do the horse Fantastic. @TBDBITL #LooneyTunes #Buckeyes #cartoons"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1198711148901806080)  2019-11-24T21:13Z 20.8K followers, [--] engagements


"A great scene of Bugs Bunny imitating Hitler from 1945's HERR MEETS HARE. The U.S. Marine Corps actually officially inducted Bugs into the force as a private complete with dogtags. He was discharged at the end of the war as a Master Sergeant"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1202381621892124672)  2019-12-05T00:18Z 23.6K followers, [---] engagements


"ALI-BABA BOUND (1940) Porky must defend a fort in the Sahara Desert. Lots of clever sight gags in this Bob Clampett short the most memorable being a politically incorrect bit featuring a suicide bomber with a giant bombshell attached to his head #LooneyReviews #cartoons"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1218354693400879105)  2020-01-18T02:09Z 20.7K followers, [--] engagements


"MEET JOHN DOUGHBOY (1941) Army spot gags released before the US entered WWII based around the oft-forgotten peacetime draft of [----]. Obvious jokes enlivened by screwy Bob Clampett animation. Mel Blanc doing the sound of a broadcast transmitter is great. #LooneyReviews #cartoons"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1268696609111638016)  2020-06-05T00:10Z 20.8K followers, [--] engagements


"Gene Autry the Singing Cowboy is best known today for introducing Christmas songs like "Here Comes Santa Claus" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" but he also sang "I Tipped My Hat (And Slowly Rode Away)" which is performed in the fan favorite short TEXAS TOM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1451330525596168193)  2021-10-21T23:32Z 20.8K followers, [--] engagements


"I unfortunately couldn't find a live-action clip of this one but it's too good to pass up: "If You're Ever Down in Texas Look Me Up" originally sung by Phil Harris (future voice of Baloo the Bear in THE JUNGLE BOOK). I love this song and this scene"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1451332023046615040)  2021-10-21T23:38Z 20.8K followers, [--] engagements


"Here's the original voice of Velma from Scooby-Doo - Nicole Jaffe - appearing in the [----] Elvis movie THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1613622064572731392)  2023-01-12T19:40Z 23.6K followers, 17K engagements


"Alice falling"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1623135571949547520)  2023-02-08T01:44Z 20.7K followers, [----] engagements


"These are just the tip of the iceberg. She made so many of these paintings and they're all spectacular"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1623137023644307456)  2023-02-08T01:49Z 20.8K followers, [----] engagements


"I was stunned when I first noticed this frog shooting up in 1937's SWING WEDDING"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1661883267560120323)  2023-06-29T22:55Z 19.5K followers, 118.7K engagements


"Amazing to finally have an HD version of one of my favorite cartoons: Chuck Jones' classic BEANSTALK BUNNY (1955). This sequence is pantomime cartoon acting at its best. Just released on the LOONEY TUNES COLLECTOR'S CHOICE Blu-Ray from @WarnerArchive. Recommended"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1664728328345976838)  2023-06-02T20:18Z 23.9K followers, 59.8K engagements


"The classic Max Fleischer cartoons were a big influence on the look we associate with anime. The Betty Boop cartoon A LANGUAGE ALL MY OWN (1935) was produced after the studio learned that Betty Boop was extremely popular in Japan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1678581888867336193)  2023-07-11T08:43Z 19.5K followers, 214.9K engagements


"I love old movie insults. 🧵"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1679669585396604928)  2023-07-17T08:51Z 19.5K followers, 74.9K engagements


"@theclevertwit @johncusack Friz Freleng is one of my biggest influences as an animator. It's really shameful the way those brilliant cartoonists were treated"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1680065899112407041)  2023-07-15T04:05Z 19.5K followers, [----] engagements


"80 years ago today: Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck met for the first time in Frank Tashlin's PORKY PIG'S FEAT (1943)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1681069018134749185)  2023-07-18T03:37Z 19.5K followers, 144.6K engagements


"Sneak peek of the ending of Ridley Scott's upcoming NAPOLEON movie"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1681479554827689985)  2023-07-19T04:09Z 19.5K followers, 11.1K engagements


"Happy 83rd birthday to Bugs Bunny Here's a [----] short that shows what the animators imagined Bugs and Elmer would be like in the 21st century. (From Bob Clampett's THE OLD GREY HARE.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1684720986996736000)  2023-07-28T00:22Z 20.8K followers, 21.5K engagements


"The UPA cartoon THE WONDER GLOVES (1951) doesn't get talked about much but I've always loved it. The visual style is so cool. It feels like a predecessor to the thickly-outlined Cartoon Network cartoons of the 1990s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1685103263773855744)  2023-07-29T01:41Z 19.5K followers, [----] engagements


"I can't believe we lost Pee-Wee Herman. PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE and PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE are masterpieces of silliness. Pee-Wee could even make eating breakfast funny. RIP to a legend"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1686081335448764534)  2023-08-01T08:20Z 19.5K followers, 11K engagements


"Pee-Wee Herman doodle. R.I.P"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1686201031426727936)  2023-08-01T02:23Z 20.8K followers, [----] engagements


"One of the best cartoon openings"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1686933619711885312)  2023-08-03T04:07Z 19.5K followers, 16.8K engagements


"Ginger Rogers singing in Pig Latin in extreme closeup is always entertaining. Every time I see this movie Im somehow caught off guard by this. #TCMParty https://t.co/e8cjlqaPV0 Every time I see this movie Im somehow caught off guard by this. #TCMParty https://t.co/e8cjlqaPV0"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1689400314888077312)  2023-08-09T22:16Z 20.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Irv Spence is one of my all-time favorite animators. His zany work on the Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry cartoons is second to none. Check out my latest article for @cartoonbrew about his brilliance:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1689811418613260288)  2023-08-11T01:30Z 19.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Early rap - or proto-rap - by the Jubalaires in 1945"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1690056440914812939)  2023-08-11T17:43Z 19.5K followers, [----] engagements


"A beautifully animated scene - and a great song - from Disney's [----] masterpiece SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS. I really admire the unflappable optimism of this and so many other songs written during the Great Depression"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1690233532247920640)  2023-08-12T05:27Z 19.5K followers, 51.7K engagements


"Irv Spence's deliciously screwball animation style always shined through whether working on classic Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry cartoons or later animating for @ralphbakshi in the 1970s. I recently got to write about him for Cartoon Brew:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1690489885402996736)  2023-08-12T22:26Z 19.5K followers, 12K engagements


"Speaking of SNOW WHITE it has to be one of the Academy Awards' biggest blunders that such a groundbreaking film wasn't even nominated for Best Picture (the prize went to the forgettable Oscarbait biopic THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA). Bias against animation is the only explanation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1690558394153771009)  2023-08-13T02:58Z 19.5K followers, 144.3K engagements


"I get a kick out of these fake home movies from a [----] documentary about Tim Burton"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1691488116043919373)  2023-08-15T16:32Z 19.5K followers, [----] engagements


"One of the all-time great examples of masterful comic timing (by Friz Freleng)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1692255603614261700)  2023-08-17T19:22Z 20.8K followers, 35.1K engagements


"I adore the original WIZARD OF OZ illustrations by W.W. Denslow. Beautiful detail and cartoonish otherworldly quirkiness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1692969520963428781)  2023-08-19T18:39Z 19.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@MeganBitchell Here's an exhibitor review of 1940's A WILD HARE (the first cartoon to establish Bugs' look voice and personality). I think it's cool to see reaction to it at the time of its release"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1693723949551513746)  2023-08-21T20:37Z 19.2K followers, 15.4K engagements


"The obscure Columbia cartoon THE FLY IN THE OINTMENT (1943) might contain the most unique spider design in animation history. He looks like an evil Pac-Man"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1694524759663399041)  2023-08-24T01:39Z 19.5K followers, [----] engagements


"One of my favorite animated features It's so quirky and fun. From: A Town Called Panic (2009) dir. Stphane Aubier and Vincent Patar La Parti Productions https://t.co/6JOA6zvJgE From: A Town Called Panic (2009) dir. Stphane Aubier and Vincent Patar La Parti Productions https://t.co/6JOA6zvJgE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1695217424553914721)  2023-08-25T23:31Z 20.8K followers, 24.2K engagements


"It's exciting to hear CINDERELLA is getting a proper restoration. Here's Cinderella's voice Ilene Woods in the flesh. She had Alzheimers in her old age and forgot she ever played Cinderella but she was comforted by this song and her nurses would frequently play it for her"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1695527750612697583)  2023-08-26T20:04Z 19.5K followers, [----] engagements


"We need more stop-motion commercials. From a [----] Cap'n Crunch ad by Will Vinton"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1701046846561411210)  2023-09-11T01:35Z 19.5K followers, 12.4K engagements


"Everybody My brand new 6-minute cartoon KLICKBAIT KAT is now online It's a slapstick animated parody of influencers A.I. and YouTubers. Check out the full film here:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1707429830311006354)  2023-09-28T16:19Z 19.5K followers, 37.4K engagements


"Absolutely incredible research from @Toadette_IAD on one of the most creative animation geniuses who ever lived"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1711461896639926474)  2023-10-09T19:21Z 19.5K followers, 15.7K engagements


"100 influences in [---] seconds (more or less)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1712177923455660429)  2023-10-11T18:46Z 19.5K followers, [----] engagements


"84. Tex Avery (Garden Gopher 1950) [--]. The Three Stooges (A Plumbing We Will Go 1940) [--]. Tim Burton (Beetlejuice 1988) [--]. Tom & Jerry cartoons (Just Ducky 1953) [--]. A Town Called Panic (2009) [--]. Trix commercials [--]. Ub Iwerks (School Days 1932)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1712269164046643432)  2023-10-12T00:49Z 19.4K followers, [---] engagements


"91. UPA cartoons (Gerald McBoing-Boing 1950) [--]. Van Beuren cartoons (The Mad Mummy 1933) [--]. W.C. Fields (Never Give a Sucker an Even Break 1941) [--]. Weird Al Yankovic [--]. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) [--]. Winsor McCay (Gertie the Dinosaur 1914)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1712269454514766287)  2023-10-12T00:50Z 19.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Mel Blanc's voicework in this scene always makes me laugh. And "I have overstoked the furnace" is a great line"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1713010655920263169)  2023-10-14T01:55Z 19.5K followers, 10.6K engagements


"I had a blast writing an article about surrealism in Disney animation for Disney's 100th. What are your favorite moments of insanity in Disney cartoons #Disney100"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1714088468547043617)  2023-10-17T01:18Z 19.2K followers, 19.9K engagements


"Amazing designs for the Museum of the Weird a Disneyland attraction Walt Disney had planned that was scrapped after Walt died. These great drawings are by animator Rolly Crump. #Disney100"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1714125931386741201)  2023-10-17T03:47Z 20.8K followers, [----] engagements


"It's almost Halloween so enjoy the wonderfully bizarre ending of BETTY BOOP'S HALLOWE'EN PARTY (1933)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1718521848223211636)  2023-10-29T06:55Z 19.2K followers, 32.7K engagements


"Have some Ub Iwerks skeletons to get you in the Halloween spirit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1718703360600158529)  2023-10-29T18:56Z 19.2K followers, 76.2K engagements


"Hey guys I've been writing a series of articles about obscure cartoon characters of the past. I had a great time writing about the Fox and the Crow two '40s characters I think deserve a second look"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1720575043061653547)  2023-11-03T22:53Z 19.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Always good to start your day off with Popeye"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1729209916978819211)  2023-11-27T18:45Z 19.5K followers, 11.2K engagements


"The Looney Tunes are cultural treasures. They should be as readily available to everybody as possible"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1729290624887652661)  2023-11-28T00:06Z 19.5K followers, 120.4K engagements


"Cartoon joke I didn't understand as a kid: the American Federation of Musicians were on strike when this cartoon was made. Bugs Bunny is referencing James Petrillo president of the AFM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1731524858041839782)  2023-12-04T04:04Z 19.4K followers, 36.2K engagements


"Wow My cartoon KLICKBAIT KAT won an award for Best Animated Film at the Creation International Film Festival"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1731752723849072879)  2023-12-04T19:09Z 19.4K followers, [----] engagements


"There's no way Jimmy Stewart would be okay with AI using his voice. He was vocally against people tampering with his work and image. For example here's a letter from Jimmy Stewart (read by Ginger Rogers) arguing against colorizing black & white films at a senate meeting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1731956923723870712)  2023-12-05T08:41Z 19.4K followers, 12.4K engagements


"@RetroRoly It's the Bob Hope movie SON OF PALEFACE (1952). Animator Frank Tashlin wrote the script to the first movie but he thought the way it was directed diluted the comedy. So he directed the sequel himself and it's full of crazy cartoony jokes done in live-action"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1735396170539606372)  2023-12-14T20:27Z 19.4K followers, [--] engagements


"This scene not only introduced the Christmas song "Silver Bells" but it's also the first live-action scene directed by Looney Tunes veteran Frank Tashlin. Look for the Acme taxi cab"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1738260604316475557)  2023-12-22T18:09Z 19.4K followers, 11.4K engagements


"Merry Christmas friends"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1739453215236595939)  2023-12-26T01:08Z 19.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@LafondLa52872 Thank you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1739796057628835908)  2023-12-26T23:51Z 19.5K followers, [--] engagements


"Most Underrated Movie of 1923: WHY WORRY with Harold Lloyd. I think this gets overshadowed because SAFETY LAST came out the same year but this light-speed comedy set in the fictional land of Paradiso is just one hilarious gag after another"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1741534285411041377)  2023-12-31T18:58Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"Best Cast of 1923: GO WEST. an all-monkey western I'm not kidding. This animal troupe was known as the Dippy Doo-Dads"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1741545616830841185)  2023-12-31T19:43Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"Best Special Effects of 1923: Cecil B. DeMille's epic THE TEN COMMANDMENTS which uses a creative method for parting the Red Sea using 1920s technology"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1741569510556012702)  2023-12-31T21:18Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"Lost Film of [----] I'd Most Like to See: FLAMING YOUTH. Colleen Moore was the prototypical screen flapper and F. Scott Fitzgerald called it "the only motion picture that captured the sexual revolution of the Jazz Age." Unfortunately only a few minutes survive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1741896115383873969)  2024-01-01T18:56Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"Best Emerging Talent of 1923: a young upstart named Walt Disney who started the Disney Brothers Studio [---] years ago. You can see Walt himself showing how to make "funnies" move in ALICE'S WONDERLAND"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1741897243249041530)  2024-01-01T19:00Z 19.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Walt Disney actually didn't want any money from Van Beuren he just wanted them to stop making these cartoons because he thought it was damaging his reputation. I like them though The clip above is from THE OFFICE BOY (1930)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1741909464159023613)  2024-01-01T19:49Z [--] followers, 33.1K engagements


"There's not much point doing "edgy" versions of STEAMBOAT WILLIE when the original is so full of gleefully twisted humor. First look at another STEAMBOAT WILLIE horror movie which begins filming in Spring. The film will follow a sadistic mouse who torments a group of unsuspecting ferry passengers. https://t.co/WmTcYH6Ttu First look at another STEAMBOAT WILLIE horror movie which begins filming in Spring. The film will follow a sadistic mouse who torments a group of unsuspecting ferry passengers. https://t.co/WmTcYH6Ttu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1742256052136030374)  2024-01-02T18:46Z [--] followers, 492.9K engagements


"Pages from the Bat Lady comic book that Jerry Lewis is obsessed with in Frank Tashlin's brilliant comedy ARTISTS AND MODELS (1955). I can't believe these still exist and how beautifully drawn they are considering they're background props you barely see. Thanks @MiltonKnightAr1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1745951984648069527)  2024-01-12T23:32Z 19.5K followers, 16.8K engagements


"If you haven't seen the movie it's truly insane. Cartoon live-action craziness firing wildly to make fun of every aspect of the 1950s. That's Shirley MacLaine as the Bat Lady"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1745954200712790483)  2024-01-12T23:41Z 19.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Also I didn't know this about Dean Martin: "In real life Dean Martin was a major comic book buff and Jerry Lewis recalled that one of the only times that he ever saw Martin star-struck was when he met Batman creator Bob Kane.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1745955454465769537)  2024-01-12T23:46Z 19.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Look at this really cool stop-motion intro for the [----] London Film Festival. So clever and creative Directed by Luis Cook and Dave Alex Riddett at Aardman Animations"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1747398434758308179)  2024-01-16T23:20Z 19.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Kelly Armstrong is one of the greatest and most underrated animators around today. Her work on REN & STIMPY is so deliciously unhinged. Check out an article I wrote spotlighting some of her scenes here:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1748398505800998917)  2024-01-19T17:34Z 19.5K followers, 63K engagements


"@HadenBeaudoin As far as the 1930s ones go the early Scrappy and Toby the Pup cartoons Dick Huemer worked on are amazing. THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL and MERRY MANNEQUINS are definitely standout Color Rhapsodies. PROSPERITY BLUES with Krazy Kat is an amazing Depression-era cartoon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1751056459280900097)  2024-01-27T01:36Z 20.7K followers, [---] engagements


"@HadenBeaudoin Other favorites for me: THE FOX AND THE GRAPES (1941) SONG OF VICTORY (1942) PROFESSOR SMALL AND MR. TALL (1943) WILLOUGHBY'S MAGIC HAT (1943) THE HERRING MURDER MYSTERY (1944) UP N ATOM (1947) FLORA (1948). several of the Fox & Crows are good"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1751059805257576830)  2024-01-27T01:49Z 19.5K followers, [--] engagements


"If you refuse to watch older movies you're cutting yourself off from so much amazing stuff. (Clip from 1948's THE RED SHOES.) Nowhere is cultural acceleration more evident than in the movies. As Andrej Karpathy says movies from before [----] are slow boring and naive. https://t.co/Rp6WCs6Rrh Nowhere is cultural acceleration more evident than in the movies. As Andrej Karpathy says movies from before [----] are slow boring and naive. https://t.co/Rp6WCs6Rrh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1753101645888581819)  2024-02-01T17:02Z 19.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Worth checking out: the Private Snafu cartoons which were made for the army in WWII as an instruction on what NOT to do. They were made by the Looney Tunes crew and Dr. Seuss wrote many of them. So much artistry & imagination for something that could've been dryly informational"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1755702418359062984)  2024-02-08T21:17Z 19.5K followers, 12.4K engagements


"This is so wrong. It's like the villains from a Looney Tunes cartoon are running Warner Bros. COYOTE VS ACME is now expected to be shelved and deleted forever. Warner Bros wanted $75M - $80M for the film and rejected offers from Netflix Amazon & Paramount refusing to let them counter-offer. (Source: https://t.co/CRJ33GW4SK) https://t.co/fivqey7r39 COYOTE VS ACME is now expected to be shelved and deleted forever. Warner Bros wanted $75M - $80M for the film and rejected offers from Netflix Amazon & Paramount refusing to let them counter-offer. (Source: https://t.co/CRJ33GW4SK)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1756006499791311007)  2024-02-09T17:25Z 19.5K followers, 54.5K engagements


"This Super Bowl I'm rooting for Popeye"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1756825003650150823)  2024-02-11T23:38Z 19.5K followers, 11.7K engagements


"I keep seeing empty soulless AI stuff showing up on my feed so I'm compelled to once again post this scene from my hand-drawn cartoon KLICKBAIT KAT making fun of AI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1758575025915859151)  2024-02-16T19:32Z 19.6K followers, 32.3K engagements


"One bit of trivia I always find interesting is that Grim Natwick creator of Betty Boop studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna the same school Adolf Hitler was rejected from. They definitely made the right choice there. Its so funny to be yelled at by one hundred guys that think this is a good painting https://t.co/TlmBOGIR5N Its so funny to be yelled at by one hundred guys that think this is a good painting https://t.co/TlmBOGIR5N"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1760440522068430922)  2024-02-21T23:05Z 19.6K followers, 26.2K engagements


"Speaking of Wile E. Coyote here's a throwback: a music video I made back when I was in high school with Wile E. clips set to Daniel Powter's "Bad Day." This was in the early days of YouTube with that old-school YouTube resolution but hopefully you'll get a kick out of it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1763003025042346422)  2024-02-29T00:47Z 19.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Ewald Matar created these wonderful modernist sculptures that boiled his subjects down to basic forms. I really like the stylization here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1765873786669138033)  2024-03-07T22:54Z 20.4K followers, 24.8K engagements


"Edwin Scharff won a bronze medal at the [----] Olympics for his sculptures (back when they used to give prizes for art at the Olympics). The Nazis didn't like his exaggerated figures though and he had to work in secret throughout WWII"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1765875093672993159)  2024-03-07T23:00Z 20.4K followers, 23.6K engagements


"I'm a big Hans Richter fan. He was an animator and one of the first to create abstract animated films. He was accused of being a "cultural Boshevik" and stripped of his German citizenship for his weird dadaist artwork. He's great"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1765903616861233385)  2024-03-08T00:53Z 19.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Cool expressionist paintings by Otto Gleichmann"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1766016653534413202)  2024-03-08T08:22Z 19.8K followers, [---] engagements


"Brilliantly angular work by Otto Lange. These are so stylish and wonderful"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1766017212022653090)  2024-03-08T08:24Z 19.8K followers, [---] engagements


"Seeing some misinformation being spread on here so for the record: Jessica Rabbit from WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT was inspired by Red from the Tex Avery cartoons of the 1940s. Red is beautifully animated by Preston Blair here with singing by Imogene Lynn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1767236972681064518)  2024-03-11T17:11Z 19.8K followers, 10.8K engagements


"I wish the Academy Awards still did this kind of thing. I love Sharon Stone's reaction when Daffy mentions her"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1769499636618711232)  2024-03-17T23:02Z 19.9K followers, 86.2K engagements


"I see lots of people reacting to Roger Ramjet in that comic like "who the heck is this" You can't blame them since the Roger Ramjet cartoons haven't been on tv in decades but. they're hilarious So absurd and kooky"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1771767079177167289)  2024-03-24T05:12Z 19.9K followers, 11.5K engagements


"As far as Mighty Mouse goes: the old shorts aren't as funny as the Looney Tunes or Tom & Jerry but they have some good stuff in them especially Jim Tyer's animation. And the '80s reboot led the way for the animation renaissance of the '90s. He definitely shouldn't be forgotten"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1771769328989274162)  2024-03-24T05:21Z 19.9K followers, [----] engagements


"One of my favorite FAR SIDE comics (by Gary Larson)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1772747280501657763)  2024-03-26T22:07Z 19.9K followers, [----] engagements


"It's my birthday today so I drew a weird baby for some reason"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1773385423366042035)  2024-03-28T16:23Z 19.9K followers, [----] engagements


"It was amazing to see original art from Disneys ALICE IN WONDERLAND as well as a real animation desk from the classic Disney studio. All on display at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Research Library in Columbus Ohio"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1773822388741792208)  2024-03-29T21:19Z 19.9K followers, 14.2K engagements


"Happy Easter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1774451826324045914)  2024-03-31T15:00Z 19.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Wow This leaked footage from Disney's live-action MUFASA movie looks amazing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1774935453541478539)  2024-04-01T23:02Z 19.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Just saw HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS and it's one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. It's like a live-action Looney Tunes cartoon with one hilarious sight gag after another. If it's playing anywhere near you see it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1777150668240810363)  2024-04-08T01:45Z 19.9K followers, 11.6K engagements


"Hey everybody My cartoon KLICKBAIT KAT made it into the Athens International Film + Video Festival Especially exciting because it's an Academy Award qualifying festival. The film screens tomorrow at the Athena Cinema"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1778831030729810029)  2024-04-12T17:02Z 19.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Hey guys My cartoon KLICKBAIT KAT made it into the Ohio Shorts festival @WexArts on April 27th Excited to have it screened with other Ohio filmmakers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1781688539291300319)  2024-04-20T14:17Z 19.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Here's a link with more info: https://wexarts.org/film-video/ohio-shorts-2024utm_source=filmmakers&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tf240415ohioshorts https://wexarts.org/film-video/ohio-shorts-2024utm_source=filmmakers&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tf240415ohioshorts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1781688798599860345)  2024-04-20T14:18Z 19.9K followers, [---] engagements


"What are your favorite Looney Tunes references in live-action movies and TV shows I got to write about my favorites for @cartoonbrew. Check out the article here for some great clips: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/the-influence-of-looney-tunes-on-live-action-filmmakers-239709.html https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/the-influence-of-looney-tunes-on-live-action-filmmakers-239709.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1783287882523779501)  2024-04-25T00:12Z 19.9K followers, 16.8K engagements


"The Looney Tunes "ya missed me" gag reused in live-action films"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1783514625134243845)  2024-04-25T15:13Z 19.9K followers, 79.5K engagements


"@TacomasterTwit The opening credits of the live-action movie NOT WITH MY WIFE YOU DON'T (1966)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1787620481144684666)  2024-05-06T23:08Z 19.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Animator Gene Deitch made the first ever adaptation of THE HOBBIT back in [----]. No actual animation just moving illustrations but the paintings are delightfully whimsical. Note that Gollum's name is pronounced "Goo-Loom.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1788583117503987791)  2024-05-09T14:53Z 19.9K followers, 35.1K engagements


"R.I.P. to Roger Corman the king of low-budget movies and a filmmaking legend. He had so many great stories. he even smooth-talked his way out of getting killed by the Hell's Angels Rest In Peace"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1789477760601080260)  2024-05-12T02:08Z 20K followers, 266.8K engagements


"Always amazing to me that Roger Corman's Edgar Allen Poe movies with Vincent Price were made on B-movie budgets. The colors and sets look so lavish. R.I.P. Roger"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1789483249946841420)  2024-05-12T02:30Z 19.9K followers, 58K engagements


"@EmmaTolkin @jamisonwebb I always like how Frank Tashlin put violent evil children in his cartoons and his live-action movies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1790124116277686392)  2024-05-13T20:57Z 19.9K followers, [--] engagements


"@quackzaahr I didn't know that was a meme but sounds like it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1791144704207196470)  2024-05-16T16:32Z 19.9K followers, [----] engagements


"I love a good animated title sequence before a movie. If you do too check out this article I wrote for @cartoonbrew about animated credits full of info and cool clips: https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/a-survey-of-great-animated-title-sequences-241193.html https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/a-survey-of-great-animated-title-sequences-241193.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1791527626122621073)  2024-05-17T17:54Z 20K followers, 20.4K engagements


"By the way the Pink Panther clip above is from RETURN OF THE PINK PANTHER (1975). The sequence was directed by Richard Williams and animated by Ken Harris"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1791528398671458796)  2024-05-17T17:57Z 19.9K followers, [---] engagements


"Francis Ford Coppola channeling Tex Avery Francis Ford Coppolas MEGALOPOLIS includes a sequence in which a man walks onto the physical stage and speaks to Adam Drivers character through the screen. https://t.co/t0SjZbSIgO Francis Ford Coppolas MEGALOPOLIS includes a sequence in which a man walks onto the physical stage and speaks to Adam Drivers character through the screen. https://t.co/t0SjZbSIgO"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1791636274408796428)  2024-05-18T01:05Z 20K followers, 50.3K engagements


"What's the greatest animated title sequence in a movie I had a blast writing about my favorites in an article for Cartoon Brew but I want to hear your picks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1791639971180192138)  2024-05-18T01:20Z 20K followers, 27.5K engagements


"@dmanthecaptain I haven't seen that That's cool Thanks for posting it. I love Jackie Chan but I haven't seen that movie"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1791724111514787864)  2024-05-18T06:54Z 19.9K followers, [---] engagements


"70 years of animated title sequences in live-action movies"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1792211656761602095)  2024-05-19T15:12Z 20K followers, 335.5K engagements


"If you want more info on these sequences and many others check out the article I just wrote about great animated titles full of amazing movie clips from Alfred Hitchcock to @edgarwright. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/a-survey-of-great-animated-title-sequences-241193.html https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/a-survey-of-great-animated-title-sequences-241193.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1792214444354744536)  2024-05-19T15:23Z 19.9K followers, [---] engagements


"If you want more info on these sequences and many others check out the article I just wrote for @cartoonbrew about great animated titles full of amazing movie clips from Alfred Hitchcock to @edgarwright. https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/a-survey-of-great-animated-title-sequences-241193.html https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/a-survey-of-great-animated-title-sequences-241193.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1792216534137389362)  2024-05-19T15:31Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"One sequence I love but couldn't fit on my article on animated movie titles: CATALINA CAPER (1967) animated by the Murakami-Wolf studio. The movie itself is virtually unwatchable but I love the kooky drawing style in this scene"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1792294141658866070)  2024-05-19T20:39Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"Released [--] years ago today: the Looney Tunes classic RABBIT FIRE (1951) which contains maybe the most iconic bit in cartoon history. Chuck Jones at his best"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1792382229659934936)  2024-05-20T02:29Z 20K followers, 71.5K engagements


"Presenting. Bingo the Singing Dog the first British series of sound cartoons. These were made by Norman Cobb in the early 1930s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1792715591243219141)  2024-05-21T00:34Z 20K followers, 17.5K engagements


"R.I.P. Richard M. Sherman the legendary Disney songwriter. He and his brother wrote so many wonderful songs from MARY POPPINS THE SWORD AND THE STONE THE JUNGLE BOOK THE ARISTOCATS and WINNIE THE POOH. His songs had such an impact on so many people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1794504832306610454)  2024-05-25T23:04Z 20K followers, 51.4K engagements


"I feel like there's been a strange attitude on here lately that if a cartoon parodies another show it's meant to be a vicious attack rather than a lighthearted spoof from peers. Tex Avery used to parody other studios like Disney all the time but it was all in good fun"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1794824997787312241)  2024-05-26T20:16Z 20K followers, 133.4K engagements


"Before A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS the Peanuts characters appeared in commercials for Ford. Check out my new article about comic strip characters in animation for more tidbits and great clips https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/a-history-of-comic-strip-animated-adaptations-241315.html https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/a-history-of-comic-strip-animated-adaptations-241315.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1795979697240641982)  2024-05-30T00:45Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"There are few things better than the crazy lip sync animation in early sound cartoons. (From 1929's MICKEY'S FOLLIES animated by Ben Sharpsteen.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1799250280951005494)  2024-06-08T01:21Z 20K followers, 32K engagements


"Marilyn Monroe - actress icon and Mr. Magoo fanatic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1799633019864576052)  2024-06-09T02:42Z 20.1K followers, 45.4K engagements


"@Battybuddy No but they should've"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1799634487934087217)  2024-06-09T02:47Z 20K followers, [----] engagements


"I finally caught up with this cartoon and it's a masterpiece. Some of the most inventive stop-motion animation I've ever seen. It does Bob Clampett proud Max Winstons Daffy In Wackyland is the first ever stop-motion Looney Tunes short that has ever been made in addition to being a fantastic sequel to Bob Clampetts Porky In Wackyland and the wonderful return of Yoyo Dodo. Its an absolutely insane beauty to behold: https://t.co/e6SacMm1D3 Max Winstons Daffy In Wackyland is the first ever stop-motion Looney Tunes short that has ever been made in addition to being a fantastic sequel to Bob"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1801675035653939366)  2024-06-14T17:56Z 20K followers, 20K engagements


"Glad everyone enjoyed the clip I posted of THE LADY SAID NO (1946) the cool stop-motion cartoon by Looney Tunes director Frank Tashlin. He said of it "These puppets were made out of wax meticulously. we had a girl in there that was the sexiest little thing you ever saw.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1801783261980418307)  2024-06-15T01:06Z 20.4K followers, 103.5K engagements


"@PinkieToons Yeah people are nuts. I was listening to Ella Fitzgerald recently and she sometimes does impressions of other singers like Louis Armstrong. I feel like nowadays if say Selena Gomez suddenly did a parody of Olivia Rodrigo or something their fanbases would declare war"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1802888236655632561)  2024-06-18T02:17Z 20K followers, [---] engagements


"It's really a shame THE BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER isn't available anywhere to stream. So many future Disney/Pixar greats worked on it and it's full of memorably terrifying little moments like the random Nightmare Clown"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1806053453200007193)  2024-06-26T19:54Z 20.4K followers, 176.3K engagements


"I love the drawing style in Ted Eshbaugh's [----] cartoon version of THE WIZARD OF OZ. Also interesting that Ted used the black & white turning to color idea before the classic live-action movie"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1806487791959978307)  2024-06-28T00:40Z 20.4K followers, 23.3K engagements


"@bodhisattva3295 I actually did a thread of live-action footage of cartoon voices one time It had clips of Mel and June in there: https://twitter.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1236038613814710279 Mel Blanc was undoubtedly the king of cartoon voices giving us Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck Tweety and thousands of others. He even used to gladly call kids on their birthdays in their favorite cartoon characters voices. This footage of him is brilliant. https://t.co/Ce2810C36A https://twitter.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1236038613814710279 Mel Blanc was undoubtedly the king of cartoon voices giving us Bugs Bunny"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1812300340894560607)  2024-07-14T01:37Z 20.4K followers, [--] engagements


"@dryinagoodway Thank you I've been posting stuff. Maybe Elon Musk is just hiding my tweets haha"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1816966273533903327)  2024-07-26T22:38Z 20.4K followers, [--] engagements


"Funny Alvin & the Chipmunks spoof from MIGHTY MOUSE: THE NEW ADVENTURES. The girls here look like Lynne Naylor designs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1818805362142986492)  2024-08-01T00:26Z 20.5K followers, 31.8K engagements


"This movie is wild. Amazing colors and sets and bizarro gags. Jerry Lewis was brilliant. Insane shot from The Ladies Man (1961) dir. Jerry Lewis https://t.co/gmx8sZ2LGw Insane shot from The Ladies Man (1961) dir. Jerry Lewis https://t.co/gmx8sZ2LGw"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1819203345891885068)  2024-08-02T02:47Z 20.5K followers, [----] engagements


"I feel like KABLAM isn't mentioned enough when people talk about classic Nicktoons. I always loved the wide variety of art styles and '90s energy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1819905277195440577)  2024-08-04T01:16Z 20.5K followers, 57.1K engagements


"@NoahPasternak Exactly right. If people want to criticize Walt they could at least criticize things he actually did - like fighting the unions and testifying at HUAC - instead of peddling urban legends about him being antisemitic or a Nazi supporter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1820710600114045184)  2024-08-06T06:36Z 20.5K followers, 14.1K engagements


"Bring back ragdolls that dont even look human lmaaaaoooo Bring back ragdolls that dont even look human lmaaaaoooo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1822125554943836342)  2024-08-10T04:19Z 20.8K followers, 15.6K engagements


"Watching this movie you can feel the love that went into every hand-painted frame"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1822308678738829658)  2024-08-10T16:27Z 20.8K followers, 15K engagements


"As Walt Disney said the characters "shouldn't assume the aspects of human beings or human actions. We invest them with life by endowing them with human weaknesses which we exaggerate in a humorous way. Rather than a caricature of individuals our work is a caricature of life.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1822310880622625022)  2024-08-10T16:35Z 20.8K followers, 13.2K engagements


"@beautysoulart I agree Such a great scene. I love the depression-era optimism of the song"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1822340329388773826)  2024-08-10T18:32Z 20.8K followers, [---] engagements


"R.I.P. Corey Yuen legendary director and action choreographer. He choreographed the action in Hollywood flicks like X-MEN and THE TRANSPORTER and his Hong Kong movies feature some of the best fights ever filmed. You absolutely need to watch THE LEGEND (1993) with Jet Li"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1823167762253910267)  2024-08-13T01:20Z 20.8K followers, [----] engagements


"The early 1930s are one of my favorite eras of cartoons. I love the way these shorts turn the most mundane actions - like getting off of a subway train - into a series of reality-bending sight gags"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1824253973550760001)  2024-08-16T01:16Z 20.8K followers, 13.4K engagements


"Polka dots With Jayne Mansfield Marilyn Monroe and Bettie Page"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1824261776772616509)  2024-08-16T01:47Z 20.8K followers, [----] engagements


"@BerthaHistoria Thanks for the share I'm glad you liked it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1824264555842674743)  2024-08-16T01:58Z 20.8K followers, [--] engagements


"Also I love this shootout from the Yugoslavian cartoon CONCERTO FOR SUB-MACHINE GUN (1958) by Duan Vukoti. Best shootout scene in a movie ever Best shootout scene in a movie ever"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1824268665593737228)  2024-08-16T02:15Z 20.8K followers, 39.4K engagements


"@daveleedwnundr For the record - that picture is some sort of recreation with flattened colors. In the movie the dwarfs are darkened to show where the light source is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1825021243856162994)  2024-08-18T04:05Z 20.8K followers, [---] engagements


"Cool I request Daffy next. Donald Duck will be doing Hot Ones this week. https://t.co/pf7NkDZoq5 Donald Duck will be doing Hot Ones this week. https://t.co/pf7NkDZoq5"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1826402172722184433)  2024-08-21T23:33Z 20.8K followers, 43.7K engagements


"It's impossible to say what will stand the test of time of course but it seems like slapstick /absurdist humor tends to hold up the best. (Although maybe I'm biased because that's what I tend to gravitate towards anyway). This is as funny as it was in 1930"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1827496403876376935)  2024-08-25T00:01Z 20.7K followers, [----] engagements


"To @PhillyMovieNerd's point a lot of the frat-boy-type comedies of the '70s and '80s aren't funny to me but I love some of the wackier stuff from that era. Monty Python Mel Brooks the Muppets early Woody Allen & Steve Martin AIRPLANE TOP SECRET etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1827500630908313923)  2024-08-25T00:17Z 20.8K followers, [----] engagements


"@_katiestebbins_ I'm excited too I always like practical fx but I think Tim Burton's work in particular benefits from that hand-crafted feel. I remember going to his MoMA exhibit and all of his little drawings puppets props etc. were so cool to see"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1828856392838787123)  2024-08-28T18:05Z 20.8K followers, [--] engagements


"Concept art for the original BEETLEJUICE by Tim Burton. #BeetlejuiceBeetlejuice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1828873813984972914)  2024-08-28T19:14Z 20.8K followers, 69.3K engagements


"@ofcthismeanspod Glad you liked them It was so amazing to see some of these in person at that Tim Burton MoMA exhibit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1828924068973740383)  2024-08-28T22:34Z 20.8K followers, [---] engagements


"Here's Walt Disney describing how the animators created the raindrops in BAMBI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1829279161556586680)  2024-08-29T22:05Z 20.8K followers, 38.7K engagements


"@doraethemon It's from this Disneyland episode: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=MrSeCqOQJzA&t=1040s https://www.youtube.com/watchv=MrSeCqOQJzA&t=1040s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1829322092719869992)  2024-08-30T00:55Z 20.8K followers, [---] engagements


"The most powerful of all superheroes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1830133886350770259)  2024-09-01T06:41Z 20.8K followers, 20.7K engagements


"I feel like it would be fun to make a film that tries to capture that cute/creepy style of a lot of mid-1930s films aimed at kids. like the weird clock man from the live-action intro of the Van Beuren cartoon GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK (1934)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1832953143870529935)  2024-09-09T01:24Z 20.8K followers, [----] engagements


"From the classic MGM short WILD AND WOOLFY (1945)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1836558012732809428)  2024-09-19T00:08Z 20.8K followers, [----] engagements


""Bugs is an aspiration. Daffy is a realization." - a quote from the great Chuck Jones who was born on this day in [----]. Who has given us more laughs than this guy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1837573384659702125)  2024-09-21T19:23Z 20.8K followers, 70.5K engagements


"A lot of genius in one picture: Looney Tunes director Chuck Jones and Muppet creator Jim Henson"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1837645078367555932)  2024-09-22T00:08Z 20.8K followers, 23K engagements


"The brilliant Harvey Kurtzman was born [---] years ago today. He's best known as the creator of Mad Magazine but I think he's underrated as an artist. His comics feature some of the funniest drawings ever"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1841898859561447530)  2024-10-03T17:51Z 20.8K followers, 23.9K engagements


"Great ending to the WWII Looney Tunes short THE DUCKTATORS (1942) in which the Dove of Peace decapitates Hitler Mussolini and Tojo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1843506110084616568)  2024-10-08T04:18Z 20.7K followers, [----] engagements


"A very funny and historically fascinating cartoon. Directed by Norm McCabe just before he left for the army"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1843508124915040421)  2024-10-08T04:26Z 20.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Amazing Bugs Bunny drawing by Rod Scribner WB's wildest animator"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1844579839904227401)  2024-10-11T03:24Z 20.8K followers, 19.6K engagements


"Funny sight gag from THE BABY HUEY SHOW. This episode was directed by REN & STIMPY alum Kelly Armstrong"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1845985553872806300)  2024-10-15T00:30Z 20.7K followers, 15.8K engagements


"@ShermCohen Of course Your work is amazing. I quote SpongeBob all the time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1846748217066606709)  2024-10-17T03:01Z 20.7K followers, [---] engagements


"@wopgenius51 @DrewMcWeeny Her designs for CINDERELLA PETER PAN and ALICE IN WONDERLAND are similarly jaw-dropping"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1848228613025378666)  2024-10-21T05:03Z 23.9K followers, [--] engagements


"I say this a lot but if you only watch movies from your own lifetime you're missing out on so much amazing stuff"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1848455704622903381)  2024-10-21T20:05Z 20.8K followers, 77.4K engagements


"The images are from THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG (1964) AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (1951) METROPOLIS (1927) and TALES OF HOFFMANN (1951)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1848459046548082832)  2024-10-21T20:19Z 20.8K followers, [----] engagements


"@jasmine_nl Yeah definitely I've been watching a lot of movies from Hong Kong I've never seen lately. Some really mind-blowing stuff"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1848827182308856143)  2024-10-22T20:42Z 23.9K followers, [--] engagements


"Here's Preston Blair's animation of Red from the classic RED HOT RIDING HOOD (1943)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1849529189407322478)  2024-10-24T19:11Z 23.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Not sure why Twitter decided this very mild pin-up merits an "adult content" warning but oh well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1849589627868397967)  2024-10-24T23:11Z 23.9K followers, [----] engagements


"Even aside from Jessica I can't imagine a good Roger Rabbit sequel getting through today. It would have to have hand-drawn animation practical effects and appearances by characters from other studios and I can't imagine the Disney of today approving any of that sadly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1852785054067335578)  2024-11-02T18:49Z 20.8K followers, 14.7K engagements


"Betty Boop's plan for dealing with the crime problem. From BETTY BOOP FOR PRESIDENT (1933)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1854933011147497968)  2024-11-08T17:04Z 20.4K followers, 17.9K engagements


"@JoannLeBlanc Thank you so much Tex Avery is my hero. I'm glad you enjoyed it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1857129547164205333)  2024-11-14T18:32Z 20.4K followers, [---] engagements


"They couldn't have chosen a more perfect guy to play the Cowardly Lion back in [----] than Bert Lahr. Such a unique personality. What a nut"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1860838939919024415)  2024-11-25T00:12Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"Bert Lahr (the Cowardly Lion from THE WIZARD OF OZ) talking about being a clown"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1860845289822634152)  2024-11-25T00:37Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"If you've ever wondered what a Looney Tunes WIZARD OF OZ might look like here's an Oz-themed commercial for bandages by Chuck Jones' Sib Tower [--] studio featuring voices by Mel Blanc June Foray and Daws Butler. I like the designs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1860849912029511929)  2024-11-25T00:56Z 20.5K followers, 93.1K engagements


"Something I feel like I should've known but never really thought about: the popular image of witches having green skin comes from the [----] movie version of THE WIZARD OF OZ. The witch wasn't green in the book and witches were not ordinarily depicted as green until after the film"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1863668265811095647)  2024-12-02T19:35Z 20.5K followers, 19.6K engagements


"Interesting to see witches in cartoons and comics prior to [----] without the green skin"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1863672472995823712)  2024-12-02T19:51Z 20.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Krazy Kat meets Santa Claus. Beautiful inking here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1867018765088833907)  2024-12-12T01:28Z 20.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Great to see one of my favorite cartoons the Max Fleischer classic KO-KO'S EARTH CONTROL (1928) has been added to the National Film Registry. It's a cartoon vision of the apocalypse full of surreal humor and wild imagination"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1869056422052528390)  2024-12-17T16:25Z 20.5K followers, 17.2K engagements


"@HadenBeaudoin Haha I enjoyed SPY KIDS but yeah that seemed a bit out of left field"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1869152091719229453)  2024-12-17T22:46Z 20.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@Srirachachau Why does he think he's owed an Academy Award because his documentary made money Some of the highest grossing docs are Justin Bieber and One Direction concert films and those didn't get Oscars. They're supposed to award artistic merit not financial success"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1869846317285159112)  2024-12-19T20:44Z 20.5K followers, [---] engagements


"The five-minute trailer for MIRACLE ON 34th STREET about the making of the trailer for MIRACLE ON 34th STREET is also great"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1871416155753345047)  2024-12-24T04:42Z 20.5K followers, [----] engagements


"TOYS (1992) with Robin Williams might have the best teaser trailer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1871427109920612601)  2024-12-24T05:26Z 20.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Have this instead: Ben Sharpsteen's hilarious lip sync animation in the [----] Disney cartoon MICKEY'S FOLLIES. I almost walked out the theater https://t.co/J8vq2x2PoS I almost walked out the theater https://t.co/J8vq2x2PoS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1874226809858130210)  2024-12-31T22:51Z 20.5K followers, 40.6K engagements


"Happy Public Domain Day to the original version of Popeye who debuted in E.C. Segar's comic strip THIMBLE THEATRE in 1929"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1874516788303868074)  2025-01-01T18:03Z 20.5K followers, 11.1K engagements


"I was fooling around with video editing software and I edited voices and sounds from Popeye into BATMAN V. SUPERMAN"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1876344925924516068)  2025-01-06T19:07Z 20.5K followers, 17.9K engagements


"Hardaway & Dalton's shorts are fairly weak compared to the other Looney Tunes directors but I like several of their cartoons. BARS AND STRIPES FOREVER (1939) is a particularly good one and this musical moment always makes me laugh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1878524763129135562)  2025-01-12T19:29Z 20.5K followers, 46.6K engagements


"R.I.P. David Lynch"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1879965816118202832)  2025-01-16T18:55Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"An actually cool ad for Coca-Cola from 1965"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1880443711928291733)  2025-01-18T02:34Z 20.4K followers, 32.7K engagements


"What is your favorite live-action moment from a cartoon https://t.co/KKVldla586 What is your favorite live-action moment from a cartoon https://t.co/KKVldla586"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1881502148745454009)  2025-01-21T00:40Z 20.4K followers, 114K engagements


"Born today in [----] - Frank Tashlin the great Looney Tunes director (not to mention live-action filmmaker stop-motion animator comic strip artist children's book author etc.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1892391820371333278)  2025-02-20T01:52Z 20.4K followers, 57.6K engagements


"Petunia Pig's first appearance (from 1937's PORKY'S ROMANCE directed by Frank Tashlin)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1902012122877350257)  2025-03-18T15:00Z 20.9K followers, 18.8K engagements


"@linkerstein Yeah the Snafu cartoons are well worth checking out Made by the Looney Tunes people but with some sexual content and mild swearing that wouldn't have been allowed in the general-release stuff at the time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1902465847349617136)  2025-03-19T21:02Z 20.4K followers, [----] engagements


"From the @fleischertoons short SNOW-WHITE (1933). Watch the full cartoon here: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=cKOSJ5AAwfc https://www.youtube.com/watchv=cKOSJ5AAwfc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1903261783617323099)  2025-03-22T01:45Z 21K followers, 29.3K engagements


"More boards"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1903511577841840576)  2025-03-22T18:18Z 20.8K followers, [---] engagements


"Snow White drawings by the great Fred Moore. (You can tell he animated the dwarfs and not Snow White herself.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1903512141266588077)  2025-03-22T18:20Z 20.8K followers, [---] engagements


"Beautiful hand-drawn artistry in this pencil test from SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1903603413088452816)  2025-03-23T00:23Z 21K followers, 31.4K engagements


"My drawing of Grumpy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1903902354857955400)  2025-03-23T20:11Z 20.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Speaking of Snow White Lucille La Verne doesn't get enough credit for her extraordinary voicework as the Evil Queen. Seeing her unleash her "old hag's cackle" in the flesh is chilling"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1903946522712051880)  2025-03-23T23:06Z 21K followers, 76.4K engagements


"@ottomoth Yeah the animators learned over the course of making this movie that using the rotoscope as a loose guide leads to better results than sticking religiously to the live-action. The rotoscoping in their next movie PINOCCHIO is a lot smoother (in my opinion)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1904039013045960869)  2025-03-24T05:14Z 20.8K followers, [----] engagements


"The answer is TIME FOR BEANY because it was Albert Einstein's favorite show. Dying to know what a real [---] IQ show is Dying to know what a real [---] IQ show is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1904308707103511033)  2025-03-24T23:05Z 21K followers, 19.4K engagements


"Hey guys I just wrote an article for @cartoonbrew about Daffy Duck and Porky Pig's greatest moments inspired by the new THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP movie. Check it out for some cool history and cartoon clips https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/porky-pig-and-daffy-ducks-greatest-moments-246523.html https://www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-study/porky-pig-and-daffy-ducks-greatest-moments-246523.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/NonsenseIsland/status/1905043174424248568)  2025-03-26T23:44Z 21K followers, [----] engagements

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