Saturday, July 25, 2015

CASPER THE FRIENDLY GHOST - A Haunting We Will Go (1949)

Well. by now, everybody should know who Casper The Friendly Ghost is, and if you don't, then Boo On You!

 This is a simple tale!! (Pretty Weird that the title card says "Caspers Friendly Ghost" instead of "Casper The Friendly Ghost!")

 The title is basically meaningless to the story, but it makes for a cool little song!
"A Haunting We Will Go" has also been used as a Laurel and Hardy title, a L'il Eightball title, and others!

 Cool scene! Probably should have saved this one for Halloween!

 You might not have known that ghosts have to go to school to learn how to be scary, kind of like how fish have to go to school to learn how to swim!

 The very prolific Larz (Scooby-Doo, Josie and the Pussycats, Hong Kong Phooey) Bourne is the man responsbile for the gags!

 Casper is a dunce because he doesn't want to scare anything or anybody!

 Casper goes out and tries to make friends out by the lake, but this is the general reaction he gets!

 So he sits down on a nest to rest, and sits on an egg!

 The egg hatches, and this little guy isn't scared, he's just hungry!

 The little duckling loves his new ghost Daddy!

 Casper teaches him how to fly!

 But the stupid little duck deserts Casper to go get next to one of his own kind, a wooden duck decoy! Next thing you know this hunter shoots the little duckling!

 The hunter's dog goes to retrieve his catch, and Casper scares the spots off of him!

 Poor little guy took quite a shot! Pretty serious business for just being a stupid cartoon!

The little duckling recovers and Casper and his little buddy fly off into the distance to live happily ever after I suppose!

Friday, July 24, 2015

ARMY OF DARKNESS / Dino De Laurentiis Company - 1992

Here's the third installment of THE EVIL DEAD starring the very cool dude, Bruce Campbell. We've already reviewed the first two movies if you want to use our search feature on the right.

The story starts with Ash being lead to his death by his captors in 1300 AD after he's been pulled through a time warp.

Then, in a flashback, Ash describes how his life changed because of the powers of the Necronomicon, aka the Book of the Dead.

I've got a little sound clip for your approval, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button over by our petrified mouse knuckles, NOW, Rufus The Gnat!.. Here's a sample of... ARMY OF DARKNESS!

Ash initially faces off against these dudes, they are curious about his car (which was also pulled through the time warp) and the chainsaw on his arm!

I just like this shot... 'Nuf said!

Here's a perfect little portrait of our hero Ash, his face totally shows how much fun he's having!

In this scene, Ash is being forced to take on the monster in the bloody pit of horror.

At this point, Ash heads for the windmill to seek shelter from his captors even though they have just proclaimed him their new leader!

Then, Ash is attacked by a bunch of mischievous skeletons coming out of their graves!

Here's a nice shot of a few of the pretty cool skull dudes in the ARMY OF DARKNESS.

Nice shot of the Cavalry coming to help out the outnumbered Ash, it's about time mofo!!

This is the leader of the AOD, Ash finally torches the jerk face... In the freakin' face!

Well, everything turns out just perfectly for Ash and gets a big wet one for all his effort!

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

THE FOGHORN LEGHORN - Charles McKimson, Carl Stalling, Mel Blanc (1948)

It's a fact, I do prefer 1940's cartoons over 1980's movies! To me, it's a no brainer! So, welcome to another installment of cool cartoons from the depths of The Dungeon, and one of the coolest logos of all time!

 Tonight's feature was the third appearance of Foghorn Leghorn, preceded by "Walky Talky Hawky," and "Crowing Pains," and as much as I hate to admit it, this cartoon was released about a week after I was born! No wonder Foghorn Leghorn makes me laugh to this day, and here's the proof, please check it out! Foghorn Leghorn's voice characterization by the genius Mel Blanc was based on the radio character Senator Claghorn played by comedian Kenny Delmar when radio was the rage!!

 Memorize all these names! This was pure genius from a mere handful of players! I can only hope all the descendents of these guys are millionaires, because, unlike the Kardashians, they sure deserve it!

 This was the fifth appearance of little know-it-all wiseguy Henery Hawk! Henery's career began in 1942 in a short titled "The Squawkin' Hawk!"

Henery's Pops explains to him that chickens are giant monsters that need to be dealt with very carefully!

When indeed, Henery's Dad is himself the monster, and about to go on a killing spree!

All the chickens are scared out of their wits! Like chickens have brains!

And then Pop Hawk is confronted by the master of the chicken kingdom, Foghorn Leghorn, and gets his ass kicked half way past the exterior of the chicken yard!

In order to cover his posterior, Pop Hawk tells his son that he got his butt kicked by a "loud mouthed shnook"................................

.......................So when Henery confronts Foghorn Leghorn, he doesn't even realize that he is a chicken!

Henerey's just a little more than mixed up! He thinks Foghorn is a shnook, and he thinks this dog is a chicken!

Foghorn explains to Henery why he's not getting his jokes! 
"You're built too low son, the fast ones keep going over your head!"

But nothing will convince Henerey that Foghorn is anything but a schnook, and certainly not a chicken!

Foghorn tries every method in the book to convince Hernery that he's a chicken!

Henerey makes one last attempt at getting the chicken!

But Foghorn is the one who ends up getting the blame!

In the end, Henerey finally figures it all out, and bags himself a chicken!

Well. almost anyway! You know Foghorn is going to get in the last word!

Literally, "That's All Folks!"

Monster Music

Monster Music
AAARRGGHHH!!!! Ya'll Come On Back Now, Y'Hear??