Devon Baxter
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Film Restoration Artist - Animation Historian - Video Editor.
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They sure love to play God in the House of Mouse.
Pixar designed Toy Story to be printed on physical film. The Disney renaissance movies were the same.
Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s:
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Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/the-toy-st...
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 AM
They sure love to play God in the House of Mouse.
Pretty good Monday, I’d say!! (The Disney figures are from PlazaJapan.)
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Pretty good Monday, I’d say!! (The Disney figures are from PlazaJapan.)
365 Days of Tunes - 313/365:
80 years ago, Chuck Jones’s Bugs-Elmer cartoon, HARE TONIC (’45), had its nationwide release to theaters. In it, Bugs convinces Elmer that he has the dreadful “rabbititus” that could turn him into a rabbit.
80 years ago, Chuck Jones’s Bugs-Elmer cartoon, HARE TONIC (’45), had its nationwide release to theaters. In it, Bugs convinces Elmer that he has the dreadful “rabbititus” that could turn him into a rabbit.
Hare Tonic (1945)
Released on November 10, 1945.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
365 Days of Tunes - 313/365:
80 years ago, Chuck Jones’s Bugs-Elmer cartoon, HARE TONIC (’45), had its nationwide release to theaters. In it, Bugs convinces Elmer that he has the dreadful “rabbititus” that could turn him into a rabbit.
80 years ago, Chuck Jones’s Bugs-Elmer cartoon, HARE TONIC (’45), had its nationwide release to theaters. In it, Bugs convinces Elmer that he has the dreadful “rabbititus” that could turn him into a rabbit.
Hi, folks! After some thinking and valuable feedback, I’ve decided to start a series of informational eBooklets detailing animated shorts released in a specific year. Here’s a peek into what’s cookin’, Doc:
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November 9, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Hi, folks! After some thinking and valuable feedback, I’ve decided to start a series of informational eBooklets detailing animated shorts released in a specific year. Here’s a peek into what’s cookin’, Doc:
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365 Days of Tunes - 313/365:
Early in Bugs Bunny’s screen career, Friz Freleng and writer Mike Maltese literally reversed the rabbit-hunter formula in THE HARE-BRAINED HYPNOTIST (’42).
Early in Bugs Bunny’s screen career, Friz Freleng and writer Mike Maltese literally reversed the rabbit-hunter formula in THE HARE-BRAINED HYPNOTIST (’42).
The Hare-Brained Hypnotist (1942)
Released on October 31, 1942.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
365 Days of Tunes - 313/365:
Early in Bugs Bunny’s screen career, Friz Freleng and writer Mike Maltese literally reversed the rabbit-hunter formula in THE HARE-BRAINED HYPNOTIST (’42).
Early in Bugs Bunny’s screen career, Friz Freleng and writer Mike Maltese literally reversed the rabbit-hunter formula in THE HARE-BRAINED HYPNOTIST (’42).
Here's the thing: if you're a manager who tries to force me to smile for peanuts/chicken feed, I'd tell you to go fuck yourself.
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Here's the thing: if you're a manager who tries to force me to smile for peanuts/chicken feed, I'd tell you to go fuck yourself.
365 Days of Tunes - 312/365:
In Bob Clampett’s final B&W Looney Tune, EATIN’ ON THE CUFF (’42), a live-action pianist (Leo White, with vocals by Mel Blanc) relates the story of a moth who, on his way to marry his honeybee fiancée, comes across a black widow spider, hungry with lust.
In Bob Clampett’s final B&W Looney Tune, EATIN’ ON THE CUFF (’42), a live-action pianist (Leo White, with vocals by Mel Blanc) relates the story of a moth who, on his way to marry his honeybee fiancée, comes across a black widow spider, hungry with lust.
Eatin' on the Cuff (1942)
Released on August 22, 1942.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
365 Days of Tunes - 312/365:
In Bob Clampett’s final B&W Looney Tune, EATIN’ ON THE CUFF (’42), a live-action pianist (Leo White, with vocals by Mel Blanc) relates the story of a moth who, on his way to marry his honeybee fiancée, comes across a black widow spider, hungry with lust.
In Bob Clampett’s final B&W Looney Tune, EATIN’ ON THE CUFF (’42), a live-action pianist (Leo White, with vocals by Mel Blanc) relates the story of a moth who, on his way to marry his honeybee fiancée, comes across a black widow spider, hungry with lust.
365 Days of Tunes - 311/365:
In Chuck Jones’s ELMER’S PET RABBIT (’40), his first cartoon with the newly redesigned rabbit (by Bob Givens), Elmer sees Bugs at a pet shop window and takes him home, but gets heckled by him all evening.
In Chuck Jones’s ELMER’S PET RABBIT (’40), his first cartoon with the newly redesigned rabbit (by Bob Givens), Elmer sees Bugs at a pet shop window and takes him home, but gets heckled by him all evening.
Elmer's Pet Rabbit (1941)
Released on January 4, 1941.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:36 PM
365 Days of Tunes - 311/365:
In Chuck Jones’s ELMER’S PET RABBIT (’40), his first cartoon with the newly redesigned rabbit (by Bob Givens), Elmer sees Bugs at a pet shop window and takes him home, but gets heckled by him all evening.
In Chuck Jones’s ELMER’S PET RABBIT (’40), his first cartoon with the newly redesigned rabbit (by Bob Givens), Elmer sees Bugs at a pet shop window and takes him home, but gets heckled by him all evening.
365 Days of Tunes - 310/365:
Chuck Jones’s early directorial work more resembled Disney’s films than Schlesinger cartoons. TOM THUMB IN TROUBLE (’40) might be Chuck’s most Disney-esque, with some of Bob McKimson’s finest work as a draftsman/animator in his handling of Tom Thumb’s father.
Chuck Jones’s early directorial work more resembled Disney’s films than Schlesinger cartoons. TOM THUMB IN TROUBLE (’40) might be Chuck’s most Disney-esque, with some of Bob McKimson’s finest work as a draftsman/animator in his handling of Tom Thumb’s father.
Tom Thumb in Trouble (1940)
Released on June 8, 1940.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
365 Days of Tunes - 310/365:
Chuck Jones’s early directorial work more resembled Disney’s films than Schlesinger cartoons. TOM THUMB IN TROUBLE (’40) might be Chuck’s most Disney-esque, with some of Bob McKimson’s finest work as a draftsman/animator in his handling of Tom Thumb’s father.
Chuck Jones’s early directorial work more resembled Disney’s films than Schlesinger cartoons. TOM THUMB IN TROUBLE (’40) might be Chuck’s most Disney-esque, with some of Bob McKimson’s finest work as a draftsman/animator in his handling of Tom Thumb’s father.
Finale of TRAP HAPPY PORKY (’45), largely animated by Ken Harris. Note how Ken had to animate 6-7 characters bunched together—a very complex assignment that WB's post-war budgets would’ve prohibited later on.
November 6, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Finale of TRAP HAPPY PORKY (’45), largely animated by Ken Harris. Note how Ken had to animate 6-7 characters bunched together—a very complex assignment that WB's post-war budgets would’ve prohibited later on.
365 Days of Tunes - 309/365:
In Chuck Jones' first cartoon as a solo director, THE NIGHT WATCHMAN ('38), Tommy Cat is in charge of guarding the kitchen from hoodlum rats under the trust of his ailing father.
In Chuck Jones' first cartoon as a solo director, THE NIGHT WATCHMAN ('38), Tommy Cat is in charge of guarding the kitchen from hoodlum rats under the trust of his ailing father.
The Night Watchman (1938)
Released November 19, 1938.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
365 Days of Tunes - 309/365:
In Chuck Jones' first cartoon as a solo director, THE NIGHT WATCHMAN ('38), Tommy Cat is in charge of guarding the kitchen from hoodlum rats under the trust of his ailing father.
In Chuck Jones' first cartoon as a solo director, THE NIGHT WATCHMAN ('38), Tommy Cat is in charge of guarding the kitchen from hoodlum rats under the trust of his ailing father.
Sloppy drunk alley cats animated by Bobe Cannon. (TRAP HAPPY PORKY, 1945.)
November 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Sloppy drunk alley cats animated by Bobe Cannon. (TRAP HAPPY PORKY, 1945.)
365 Days of Tunes - 308/365:
In Friz Freleng’s “car-toon” STREAMLINED GRETA GREEN (’37), Junior skips school to seek adventure in the city, heeding his mother’s warning to avoid traffic and railroad crossings.
In Friz Freleng’s “car-toon” STREAMLINED GRETA GREEN (’37), Junior skips school to seek adventure in the city, heeding his mother’s warning to avoid traffic and railroad crossings.
Streamlined Greta Green (1937)
Released on June 19, 1937.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
365 Days of Tunes - 308/365:
In Friz Freleng’s “car-toon” STREAMLINED GRETA GREEN (’37), Junior skips school to seek adventure in the city, heeding his mother’s warning to avoid traffic and railroad crossings.
In Friz Freleng’s “car-toon” STREAMLINED GRETA GREEN (’37), Junior skips school to seek adventure in the city, heeding his mother’s warning to avoid traffic and railroad crossings.
365 Days of Tunes - 307/365:
In Tex Avery’s second Looney Tunes PLANE DIPPY (’35), Porky—in his first solo cartoon— joins the US Army Air Corps, where he experiences a wild ride inside a voice-activated robot airplane.
In Tex Avery’s second Looney Tunes PLANE DIPPY (’35), Porky—in his first solo cartoon— joins the US Army Air Corps, where he experiences a wild ride inside a voice-activated robot airplane.
Plane Dippy (1935)
Premiered in Los Angeles on December 31, 1935.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
365 Days of Tunes - 307/365:
In Tex Avery’s second Looney Tunes PLANE DIPPY (’35), Porky—in his first solo cartoon— joins the US Army Air Corps, where he experiences a wild ride inside a voice-activated robot airplane.
In Tex Avery’s second Looney Tunes PLANE DIPPY (’35), Porky—in his first solo cartoon— joins the US Army Air Corps, where he experiences a wild ride inside a voice-activated robot airplane.
365 Days of Tunes—306/365:
90 years ago, GOLD DIGGERS OF ’49 (’35), Tex Avery’s first cartoon for WB, was released nationwide to theaters. Tex recast (and redesigned) the schoolchildren from I HAVEN'T GOT A HAT into adult roles for his Western parody, with Porky Pig as a fully grown hog.
90 years ago, GOLD DIGGERS OF ’49 (’35), Tex Avery’s first cartoon for WB, was released nationwide to theaters. Tex recast (and redesigned) the schoolchildren from I HAVEN'T GOT A HAT into adult roles for his Western parody, with Porky Pig as a fully grown hog.
0118 - Gold Diggers of '49 (DVD)
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November 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
365 Days of Tunes—306/365:
90 years ago, GOLD DIGGERS OF ’49 (’35), Tex Avery’s first cartoon for WB, was released nationwide to theaters. Tex recast (and redesigned) the schoolchildren from I HAVEN'T GOT A HAT into adult roles for his Western parody, with Porky Pig as a fully grown hog.
90 years ago, GOLD DIGGERS OF ’49 (’35), Tex Avery’s first cartoon for WB, was released nationwide to theaters. Tex recast (and redesigned) the schoolchildren from I HAVEN'T GOT A HAT into adult roles for his Western parody, with Porky Pig as a fully grown hog.
365 Days of Tunes - 305/365:
In Friz Freleng’s first color cartoon for Warners, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (’34), a little girl is put to sleep by the Sandman, then rises to “Fairytale Land,” where she and a toy soldier contend with the Beast from “Beauty and the Beast.”
In Friz Freleng’s first color cartoon for Warners, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (’34), a little girl is put to sleep by the Sandman, then rises to “Fairytale Land,” where she and a toy soldier contend with the Beast from “Beauty and the Beast.”
Beauty and the Beast (1934)
Released on April 14, 1934.
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November 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
365 Days of Tunes - 305/365:
In Friz Freleng’s first color cartoon for Warners, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (’34), a little girl is put to sleep by the Sandman, then rises to “Fairytale Land,” where she and a toy soldier contend with the Beast from “Beauty and the Beast.”
In Friz Freleng’s first color cartoon for Warners, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (’34), a little girl is put to sleep by the Sandman, then rises to “Fairytale Land,” where she and a toy soldier contend with the Beast from “Beauty and the Beast.”
Just scored some Felix color Sunday pages from the 1930s. Here’s an appropriate one for Halloween! 💀
October 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Just scored some Felix color Sunday pages from the 1930s. Here’s an appropriate one for Halloween! 💀
365 Days of Tunes - 304/365:
Happy Halloween, folks! In Greg Ford and Terry Lennon’s horror parody INVASION OF THE BUNNY SNATCHERS (’92), all of Bugs Bunny’s foes have been captured and replaced by soulless versions of themselves, so the rabbit must escape before he’s next.
Happy Halloween, folks! In Greg Ford and Terry Lennon’s horror parody INVASION OF THE BUNNY SNATCHERS (’92), all of Bugs Bunny’s foes have been captured and replaced by soulless versions of themselves, so the rabbit must escape before he’s next.
Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers (1992)
Released on August 25, 1992.
vimeo.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
365 Days of Tunes - 304/365:
Happy Halloween, folks! In Greg Ford and Terry Lennon’s horror parody INVASION OF THE BUNNY SNATCHERS (’92), all of Bugs Bunny’s foes have been captured and replaced by soulless versions of themselves, so the rabbit must escape before he’s next.
Happy Halloween, folks! In Greg Ford and Terry Lennon’s horror parody INVASION OF THE BUNNY SNATCHERS (’92), all of Bugs Bunny’s foes have been captured and replaced by soulless versions of themselves, so the rabbit must escape before he’s next.
My gf & I both are huge fans of BACK TO THE FUTURE. Just caught its 40th anniversary screening at Movie Tavern. It definitely hits harder on a big screen.
October 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
My gf & I both are huge fans of BACK TO THE FUTURE. Just caught its 40th anniversary screening at Movie Tavern. It definitely hits harder on a big screen.
365 Days of Tunes - 303/365:
Greg Ford and Terry Lennon followed up THE DUXORCIST with THE NIGHT OF THE LIVING DUCK (’88). In this nod to Clampett’s THE GREAT PIGGY BANK ROBBERY, comic-book nut Daffy dreams he’s a nightclub singer for famous movie monsters.
Greg Ford and Terry Lennon followed up THE DUXORCIST with THE NIGHT OF THE LIVING DUCK (’88). In this nod to Clampett’s THE GREAT PIGGY BANK ROBBERY, comic-book nut Daffy dreams he’s a nightclub singer for famous movie monsters.
The Night Of The Living Duck (1988)
Released on September 23, 1988.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
365 Days of Tunes - 303/365:
Greg Ford and Terry Lennon followed up THE DUXORCIST with THE NIGHT OF THE LIVING DUCK (’88). In this nod to Clampett’s THE GREAT PIGGY BANK ROBBERY, comic-book nut Daffy dreams he’s a nightclub singer for famous movie monsters.
Greg Ford and Terry Lennon followed up THE DUXORCIST with THE NIGHT OF THE LIVING DUCK (’88). In this nod to Clampett’s THE GREAT PIGGY BANK ROBBERY, comic-book nut Daffy dreams he’s a nightclub singer for famous movie monsters.
Hi, folks! I've opened a Patreon shop selling informational pages about classic cartoons from various studios. These pages are jampacked with as much production data as thoroughly possible. Please consider subscribing!
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October 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Hi, folks! I've opened a Patreon shop selling informational pages about classic cartoons from various studios. These pages are jampacked with as much production data as thoroughly possible. Please consider subscribing!
www.patreon.com/c/devonbaxte...
Below is a cropped excerpt from one page:
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Below is a cropped excerpt from one page:
365 Days of Tunes - 302/365:
70 years ago, Friz Freleng’s fractured fairy tale RED RIDING HOODWINKED (’55) was released nationwide to theaters. In it, a scatterbrained Wolf’s pursuit of Red crosses over with Sylvester’s usual hunt for Tweety.
70 years ago, Friz Freleng’s fractured fairy tale RED RIDING HOODWINKED (’55) was released nationwide to theaters. In it, a scatterbrained Wolf’s pursuit of Red crosses over with Sylvester’s usual hunt for Tweety.
Red Riding Hoodwinked (1955)
Released on October 29, 1955.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
365 Days of Tunes - 302/365:
70 years ago, Friz Freleng’s fractured fairy tale RED RIDING HOODWINKED (’55) was released nationwide to theaters. In it, a scatterbrained Wolf’s pursuit of Red crosses over with Sylvester’s usual hunt for Tweety.
70 years ago, Friz Freleng’s fractured fairy tale RED RIDING HOODWINKED (’55) was released nationwide to theaters. In it, a scatterbrained Wolf’s pursuit of Red crosses over with Sylvester’s usual hunt for Tweety.
Happy to have done some QC on this new set of silent Aesop’s Fables by animation pioneer Paul Terry from ClassicFlix and Cartoon Logic!
FYI: Bill Tytla fans will find some of his earliest animation here in several silent Fables.
FYI: Bill Tytla fans will find some of his earliest animation here in several silent Fables.
October 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Happy to have done some QC on this new set of silent Aesop’s Fables by animation pioneer Paul Terry from ClassicFlix and Cartoon Logic!
FYI: Bill Tytla fans will find some of his earliest animation here in several silent Fables.
FYI: Bill Tytla fans will find some of his earliest animation here in several silent Fables.
365 Days of Tunes - 301/365:
Here’s a post-classic Looney Tune, THE DUXORCIST (’87), written and directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon. Daffy plays a paranormal investigator who comes to help a lady duck (B. J. Ward) possessed by evil spirits that turn her into an ugly beast at random.
Here’s a post-classic Looney Tune, THE DUXORCIST (’87), written and directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon. Daffy plays a paranormal investigator who comes to help a lady duck (B. J. Ward) possessed by evil spirits that turn her into an ugly beast at random.
The Duxorcist (1987)
Released on November 20, 1987.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
365 Days of Tunes - 301/365:
Here’s a post-classic Looney Tune, THE DUXORCIST (’87), written and directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon. Daffy plays a paranormal investigator who comes to help a lady duck (B. J. Ward) possessed by evil spirits that turn her into an ugly beast at random.
Here’s a post-classic Looney Tune, THE DUXORCIST (’87), written and directed by Greg Ford and Terry Lennon. Daffy plays a paranormal investigator who comes to help a lady duck (B. J. Ward) possessed by evil spirits that turn her into an ugly beast at random.
365 Days of Tunes - 300/365:
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We made it to 300, folks! In the late-era A-HAUNTING WE WILL GO (’66), Daffy’s nephew sees Witch Hazel while trick-or-treating and runs to tell his uncle, who decides to investigate.
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We made it to 300, folks! In the late-era A-HAUNTING WE WILL GO (’66), Daffy’s nephew sees Witch Hazel while trick-or-treating and runs to tell his uncle, who decides to investigate.
A-Haunting We Will Go (1966)
Released on April 16, 1966.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
365 Days of Tunes - 300/365:
vimeo.com/1130776885
We made it to 300, folks! In the late-era A-HAUNTING WE WILL GO (’66), Daffy’s nephew sees Witch Hazel while trick-or-treating and runs to tell his uncle, who decides to investigate.
vimeo.com/1130776885
We made it to 300, folks! In the late-era A-HAUNTING WE WILL GO (’66), Daffy’s nephew sees Witch Hazel while trick-or-treating and runs to tell his uncle, who decides to investigate.