Under Construction

With the viewing success of “Joined at the Hypocrisy: A June Bugs Special in April” (currently at 21, though it’s a long way from reaching the inexplicable success of my post for “I’ve Got to Sing a Torch Song,” which, last I checked, was at 96) and promises of re-creating the blog (which includes better software -- video and word processing, mostly -- in creating it and finding new ways to get the blog noticed), “Drawn and Quartered” is going on hiatus…again. This one won’t be as long (I’m taking May off and some of June, but I’d rather take May off so I can be fresh for June. Think of this show as a summer TV show that airs when all the fall and spring shows go on break), but it will be a long wait before a new installment comes out.

Future Installments

The episodes scheduled to appear (in order of how they were released in 1937) will be:

Regular Episodes

Porky’s Road Race (Putting the “Race” in “Racial Stereotypes”)

Porky’s Romance (Dog-Gone Love)

Porky’s Duck Hunt (House of End Cards)

Porky’s Railroad (Re-Drawn Together)

Speaking of the Weather (An Old Buddy [Cartoon] of Mine)

Rover’s Rival (Washed-Up Antiques Roadshow)

The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos (Not Kid-ding Around)

Porky’s Hero Agency (No Re-Guard for Consistency)

September in the Rain (No Plot? Plenty of Problems!)

Special Episodes

Shoot to Kill, Censor to Annoy - A look at how Chuck Jones’ iconic trilogy of Bugs and Daffy arguing over which hunting season it is and Elmer getting caught up in it (“Rabbit Fire,” “Rabbit Seasoning,” and “Duck! Rabbit! Duck!”) has been edited on a lot of American TV channels in the 1980s and 1990s. I look forward to this one, since those cartoons are well-known and a generation that most likely grew up seeing them uncut and uncensored (thanks to Cartoon Network, Boomerang, and MeTV not editing for violence and the cartoons being readily available on DVD and streaming) probably don’t know that older generations who saw this on television were forced to see edited versions of it on channels that don’t even air Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts anymore.

Have You Seen This Scene?: A look at several cartoons that have parts cut, but the parts cut were done either before theatrical release or when it was reissued, what the parts could be (if possible), and if any of the scenes have been restored. For a refreshing change of pace, “Red Hot Riding Hood” (an MGM short that technically counts as a Warner Bros cartoon because WB Discovery now owns MGM cartoons and Tex Avery was a director for both WB and MGM) will be included.

A Pig Boy and His Scaredy Cat: A look at how “Scaredy Cat,” “Claws for Alarm,” and “Jumpin’ Jupiter!” -- three Chuck Jones-directed cartoons centered on Porky and Sylvester the cat going on horror-themed vacations -- were cut on American TV. This might be released during Memorial Day weekend, but I really want to do this in June, which is when vacation time really begins to rear its head, thanks to kids going on summer break from school.

Additional Changes

I’ll also be re-making the videos showing how the uncut cartoon being discussed plays vs. the edited version, as I finally have a version of Filmora Wondershare that doesn’t leave watermarks on the exported video. There are currently talks about making future “Drawn and Quartered” installments video blogs with no written entries (as the written entries will be in the video), but nothing is set in stone as of yet.

Please enjoy the time off and I will see you when everything is polished and ready.

‘Til next time: