![]() I'm not sure I would love Yoink! of the Yukon if I watched it now, but I liked it a lot as a kid because Yoink's design really fascinated me. Mina and the Count because I adore the visual style and it's super cute. Podunk Possum: One Step Beyond because I like the spooky, almost macabre tone of it. Same reason for the Courage the Cowardly Dog short. Gramps because I enjoy elaborate and exaggerated tall tales told by others. And yes, Larry And Steve got a huge chuckle out of me. I mentioned this before, but my favorites: I should consider a rewatch of the What A Cartoon! shorts, especially now that I'm old enough to appreciate certain nuances I likely missed as a child. Sledgehammer O'Possum: "What's Going on Back There?" and "Out and About", two wacky throwbacks to the fast-paced surreal humor that Tex Avery excelled at. ![]() ![]() There are some creative gags in these cartoons, too. Fat Cats in Dry Dry Drips: It's StarToons. Strange Things: Mainly for being the only CGI short, thus standing out a lot. Larry and Steve: Prototype Family Guy, mixed with goofy cartoony humor. What more needs to be said? "Hi, uh, I'm a dog, in case you're. Malcolm & Melvin, Babe, He Calls Me: These two Ralph Bakshi shorts are just plain fun to look at. Help!: Probably my favorite WAC short, gorgeously animated by Bruno Bozzetto and his team, and with some memorable set pieces and a scene-specific soundtrack. Tales of Worm Paranoia: Kinda reminds me of Ren & Stimpy. No surprise, since Eddie Fitzgerald directed it. In the end, that fateful meeting of two top toon executives not only produced a great cartoon series, it allowed the spontaneous art of the independent animated short back into circulation.Buy One, Get One Free: Also reminds me of R&S, naturally because it used some of that show's former crew. In the spring of 1996, World Premiere Toons was changed from its ten-minute format into a half-hour program called What A Cartoon! Show. Other cartoons showcased on World Premiere Toons included "Short Orders," starring Yuckie Duck, the stressed-out duck waiter in a chi chi restaurant, "Out and About," featuring sledgehammer O'Possum, "Look Out Below" with Tex Avery bears George and Junior, "Hard Luck Duck," Hanna's tale about a duck and a Cajun fox, "Shake and Flick," about a dog terrified by a flea, "The Adventures of Captain Buzz Cheaply," about a would-be superhero whose laundry prevented him from helping his friends, "Rat in a Hot Tin Can", about a skid row rat and his pet fly, "Short Pfuse," about a bomb squad comprised of a "land" shark and a tabby cat, "Drip Dry Drips," about two cats who thought up get-rich-quick-schemes, and "Yoink of the Yukon," about a grizzly bear and his run-ins with the Canadian Mounties. Each of these shows debuted on World Premiere Toons to enthusiastic acclaim, later spinning off into series of their own. The animators included Craig McCracken of The PowerPuff Girls fame, David Feiss, who created Cow and Chicken, Johnny Bravo creator Van Partible, as well as Genndy Tartatovsky, responsible for the popular Dexter's Laboratory series. The idea was to get some of the most talented and cutting-edge independent animators in the business to create animated shorts, a format that would give them the utmost autonomy. Premiering in 1995, the show featured some of the most original cartoon shorts seen on television in years. The result of their momentous meeting was a brief, but deadly hilarious ten-minute weekly series called World Premiere Toons. It was a good day for animated cartoons when Hanna-Barbera president Fred Siebert and Cartoon Network president Betty Cohen got together and contemplated the future of the truly funny. World Premiere Toons Synopsis of Saturday Morning Show
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