Intergalactic Hijinx
We have lift off on Science Friction Week with Toondom’s favorite pathological liar, Willie Whopper in “Stratos Fear.” This is vintage Ub Iwerks in full delirium mode, giving us a trip through space, crazy martians who talk backwards, a sexy dancer, imaginary creatures, anthropomorphized musical instruments, mummies, scary dentists, dinosaur bones and a ray gun that turns barnyard animals into by-products. Hmmm… what else? Oh, yeah — the head villain has the same irritating ‘Yankee Doodle’ laugh that the little gremlin uses in Bob Clampett’s “Falling Hare” (our film today was made in 1933, a full ten years prior to the aforementioned Bugs Bunny epic!)
Boy, Willie is one of my favorite forgotten cartoon stars! He’s got that cute-and-only-a-little-creepy-if-you-think-about-it-perfectly-circular body shape. They make particularly good use of Master Whopper’s contours in this film, puffing him up like a dirigible, then having him sail through the solar system!
ReFrederator is even more fantastic than usual this week, as we explore the astral outreach of an animated universe with our Science Friction Week!
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On December 5th, 2006 at 12:00 am
Why all the repeats?
Have you run out of new toons?
On December 6th, 2006 at 12:00 am
Not to worry! We plan to be back with new old cartoons shortly. We’re just taking a short break to tinker slightly with our format and such. Hnag in there!
On December 11th, 2006 at 12:00 am
Nice… I’d hate to see such a good site go stale