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It\u2019s spring break this week up at the school. I\u2019ve had grand plans to get a lot done this week\u2014 but have been sidetracked into helping scan some super 8 sound home movies. Working out the basic technical has me dizzy, and on the second day of trying to get this stuff done, I don\u2019t have a single reel in the can yet. So, I\u2019m taking a break from that madness and talk about cartoons! My big goal is to have this stuff figured out tomorrow, finally\u2026 wish me luck!<\/p>\n

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Apparently the GRANPOP cartoons were released theatrically \u201cday-and-date\u201d with the home movie releases. This poster has the Monogram Pictures logo affixed to it \u2013 note that the number of cartoons promised is now down to eight. Only these three were produced. (click to enlarge)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Like many of you, the strangest things are the things I\u2019m often interested in finding. It isn\u2019t that I don\u2019t like the classic Warner and MGM and Disney shorts\u2014but so many odd and forgotten films still need to at least be seen. It\u2019s really Jerry Beck\u2019s, Jeff Missinne\u2019s, Collin Kelloogg\u2019s, Mark Kausler\u2019s and everyone else that wrote for the Fanzine Midrot that I\u2019m still pursuing this stuff at 57 years old\u2026 but maybe, just maybe more of the rarest things will see the light of day, as so many things have so far.<\/p>\n

Of the oddest things that have shown up, here are some of my favorites over these years. I\u2019ve done a few lists like this before \u2014 but they are pretty fun to revisit. We\u2019ll skip the Esbaugh ones for now since I\u2019ve been mentioning them a lot lately:<\/p>\n

Gran\u2019 Pop Monkey cartoons<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

These Cartoon Films, Limited films, from 1939 and 1940, have always interested me with their attempt to capture some of the charm of Lawson Wood\u2019s beautiful illustrations. I don\u2019t think any of them work terribly well, but they\u2019re all interesting. They\u2019re the last film UB Iwerks would be involved with at his studio, before joining the Disney organization, where he would stay the rest of his career. They have wonderful contraptions throughout, and one has to wonder what involvement Iwerks had in design on these shorts.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never seen one of these in 35mm, and have to wonder if they exist somewhere. Two of the films are around in color, but the third and last of the series, Baby Checkers, has only surfaced in black and white. Here\u2019s \u2018A Busy Day\u2019 my favorite of the three:.<\/p>\n