The Lost Toons: Foxy

 
Like my new sign? I made it on a photo editing program on the computer!
Today we will be looking at the most Mickey-Mousesque character that ever was created!

Update: 12/24/13: Actually, there is characters that tops Foxy
in Mickey-Mouseque. They were two characters from the long-
forgotten Van Beuren studio. Their names are Milton and Rita 
Mouse. Milton and Rita started out looking like little teeny mice,
but when Mickey Mouse came to popularity, they redesigned the
characters. Now when Disney saw these cartoons, he was furious.
He sued Van Beuren for "copying Mickey Mouse". Disney later
admits that he did get inspired from the mice in Aesop Fables 
cartoons, produced by the same studio. Milton and Rita only 
appeared in three shorts, Circus Capers, Uncle Tom and Little
Eva, and The Office Boy.

Foxy

The Lost Toons  Present     Foxy
Foxy looked almost exactly like Mickey Mouse.
Probably the only differences were his pointy
ears, his bushy tail, and his voice (he didn't
speak with a falsetto voice, but he had a
baritone voice).

Creator(s): Hugh Harmen and Rudolph Ising

Created in: 1931

First appeared in: Lady Play Your Mandolin

Last appeared in: One More Time

Characters in Foxy cartoons: Foxy (the star), Roxy (Foxy's girlfriend, named Roxy in the Tiny Toon Adventure episode, Two-Toned-Town

Voiced by: unknown

Fun Facts: Foxy only starred in three Merrie Melodies shorts. Lady Play Your Mandolin, the first short, was also the first Merrie Melodies short ever created. Smile, Darn Ya, Smile, the second short, had a similar plot to the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short Trolley Troubles. One More Time, the third and final short to have Foxy in it had a cops-and-robbers sort of theme to it.

Modern projects: Foxy was seen with his girlfriend Roxy and another old Merrie Melodies character, Goopy Geer in the Tiny Toons Adventure episode Two-Tone-Town.

Catch phrase: "So long, folks!"

Filmography: WB: W Lady Play Your Mandolin,  Smile, Darn Ya, Smile,  One More Time

Hope you enjoy my post about Foxy! Next I will be reviewing the first Looney Tunes cartoon ever, Sinkin' in the Bathtub!

Sincerely,
       
               Tai Jackson

Porky Pig Through the Years

This is the last post in the series "Through the Years". Hope you enjoy it! (It's about Porky Pig!)

The first Porky was round and fat. In
his first appearance, I Haven't Got A Hat,
surprisingly, was not the star.

 First appearance of Porky in I Haven't Got a Hat 

Producer Leon Schlesinger, was trying
to find a star to replace the most bland
star in Looney Tunes, Buddy. So,
director Friz Freleng created lots of
characters to see which would be
the most popular. Porky was among
them (the other characters were Beans
the Cat the star, Oliver Owl the enemy,
Little Kitty, Ham and Ex, and Tommy
Turtle). In this short Porky wears a green
sweatshirt and was voiced by a man named
Joe Dougherty. Since he actually stuttered,
he took up a lot recording time. Later, he
was fired and Mel Blanc took the job.

The child Porky Pig in Milk and Money

This Porky is actually a kid, director
Tex Avery did most of the cartoons
when Porky's a kid while Frank Tashlin
experimented with a adult Porky. The
child Porky first appeared in Porky 
the Rainmaker, in 1936. (The other
Porky first appeared in 1935.)

The last Porky (with the blue coat and
no pants), first appeared in the late 30's
and early 40's. He mostly co-starred
with Daffy Duck, Charlie Dog, and
sometimes Sylvester. When the ever
popular Bugs Bunny came along,
Porky got less and less main character
and became more of a co-star with
Daffy Duck. He still appears as a
minor character on The Looney
Tunes Show.


And as Porky said...

                   
                                                     Th-th-th That's all folks!

Sincerely,

                  Tai Jackson

A Year And A Week

Can you believe that this blog has been running for a YEAR!? Well a year and a week anyway. I remember how I even started on this blog. This how it happened.

How This Blog Came To Be
It was getting really close to my birthday, on November, 2. I remember my dad and mom was talking about how "smart" I am and my mom said my brain was filled with ideas that I should start my own blog. Well, I was so excited when I heard that, and, well, I guess I got a little carried away. I asked my dad to set me up on one and he said we could do it after supper. (I think the only reason that he said yes was, like I said before, it was close to my birthday.) We got it launched and the day after (my birthday) I got right away with posting on my blog. Let's see some of the stuff that I did on my blog in the past.

Stuff on This Blog
Here's some of the I've done in the past:

Category: Biographies: I've done Mozart's, Beethoven's, Bach's and Da Vinci's biographies.
Category: Planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
Category: Prehistoric Mammals: Wooly Mammoths, Saber-Tooth Tigers, Giant Ground Sloth, Cave Lion, Giant Beaver, Glyptodons, Baluchitherium, Amphicyon, Sthenrus
Category: Different Kinds of Art
Category: Different Kinds of Music
Category: Medieval Composers: Romios the Melodist, and St. Kassia
Category: Fables

And that'snot all! Look at the other stuff I did and do at this blog!!
                            

Sincerely,
                    Tai Jackson :)

Happy Birthday, Bronwyn!: And Other Events That Happened On Oct. 12

Welcome to the events that happened on Oct. 12!

Events (Wikipedia)
539 BC- The army of Cyrus the Great takes Babylon.
633- King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed by the British.
1113- The city of Oradea is first mentioned under the Latin name Varadinum.
1216 – King John of England loses his crown jewels in The Wash, perhaps near Sutton Bridge.
1279 – Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk founder of Nichiren Buddhism, inscribes the Dai-Gohonzon. 
1398 – The Treaty of Salynas is signed between Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas the Great and the Teutonic Knights.
1492 – Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in The Bahamas. The explorer believes he has reached the Indies.
1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1654 – The Delft Explosion devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100 people.
1692 – The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from Massachusetts Governor William Phips.
1748 – British and Spanish naval forces engage at the Battle of Havana during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
1773 – America's first insane asylum opens for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds' in Virginia.
1792 – First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York City.
1793 – The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid on the campus of the University of North Carolina.
1799 – Jeanne Labrosse was the first woman to jump from a balloon with a parachute, from an altitude of 900 meters.
1810 –  The Bavarian royalty invites the citizens of Munich to join the celebration of the marriage of  Prince Ludwig of Bavaria  to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.
1822 – Peter I of Brazil is proclaimed the emperor.
1823 – Charles Macintosh sells the first raincoat.

Thanks for reading--ohh and happy birthday, Bronwyn!

Next Up!

You probably have noticed I been doing a lot of stuff with cartoons lately. At this blog, I post stuff about what I like. I used to post biographies then did music and then art. Lately, I been liking animated cartoons. But every post on this blog has one thing in common: all the posts on this blog is NONFICTION! My dad named it Tai's Biograblog. ;) Today I am doing a little post about the posts I will be doing this month.

Next Up on Tai's Biograblog: 

Happy Birthday, Bronwyn!: And Other Events That Happened on Oct. 12
In honor of my sister's birthday, I will be doing a post about the births, deaths and events that happened in history, on Oct. 12.

Porky Pig Through the Years
Just as I did with all the other "Through the Years" posts, I will tell about Porky Pig, and how he looked and talked through the years.

The Lost Toons: Foxy
Like I did with Bosko, I will tell when he was created, who created him, when he first appeared, when he last appeared, characters in Foxy cartoons, modern projects, a fun fact, his catchphrase, and his filmography.

The First Looney Cartoon: Sinkin in the Bathtub
I am going to honor the FIRST Looney Tunes cartoon, (which you probably haven't seen). I will be reviewing all the events in the cartoon. There will also Fun Facts just like in The Lost Toons series!

Just giving you a little "sneak peek"! Enjoy my blog!

                                                    Sincerely,
                                                                             Tai Jackson :)

The Lost Toons: Bosko

This is Bosko playing the piano.

The Lost Toons Present:                  Bosko!
Bosko was the 1st Looney Tunes star. Nowadays, he is pretty much forgotten, but, historians have payed attention to him in recent years. When television started, they aired Bosko's cartoons too. Bosko cartoons can be viewed on YouTube. Bosko isn't really forgotten, but, he is definitely NOT a star. Enjoy my post about Bosko!

Creator(s): Hugh Harman and Rudolph Ising

Created in: 1929

First appeared in: Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid (WB, 1929)

Last appeared in: Little Ol' Bosko in Bagdad (MGM, 1938)

Characters in Bosko cartoons: Bosko (star), Honey (girlfriend), Bruno (dog), Wilbur (Honey's piano teacher/pet)

Fun Fact: The first official Looney Tunes cartoon was made in 1930, and it was called Sinkin in the Bathtub, it starred Bosko in it.

Modern projects: Bosko was seen in the Tiny Toons episode Fields of Honey with Babs and Buster Bunny!

Catch phrase: (unfortunately)"Ain't that cute!" :)

Filmography: WB: Bosko, The Talk-Ink Kid, Sinkin in the Bathtub, Congo Jazz, Hold Anything, The Booze Hangs High, Box Car Blues, Big Man From the North, Ain't Nature Grand, Ups 'N Downs, Yodeling Yokels, Bosko's Holiday, The Tree's Knees, Bosko Shipwrecked, Bosko the Doughboy, Bosko's Soda Fountain, Bosko's Fox Hunt, Bosko at the Zoo, Battling Bosko, Big-Hearted Bosko, Bosko's Party, Bosko and Bruno, Bosko's Dog Race, Bosko at the Beach, Bosko's Store, Bosko the Lumberjack, Ride Him, Bosko!, Bosko the Drawback, Bosko's Dizzy Date, Bosko's Woodland, Bosko in Dutch, Bosko in Person, Bosko the Speed King, Bosko's Knight-Mare, Bosko the Sheep Herder, Beau Bosko, Bosko's Mechanical Man, Bosko the Musketeer, Bosko's Picture Show

MGM: Bosko's Parlor Pranks, Hey-Hey Fever, Run, Sheep, Run, The Old House, Circus Daze, Bosko's Easter Eggs, Little Ol' Bosko and the Pirates, Little Ol' Bosko and the Cannibals, Little Ol' Bosko in Bagdad

Well just as Bosko said back then- "So Long, Folks! " **They didn't use "That's All, Folks" until Bosko left**

Next Up: Porky Pig Through the Years, Happy Birthday Bronwyn!: And Other Events On Oct. 12, The Lost Toons, My Favorite Halloween Cartoons: The Skeleton Dance. Stay tooned!
    
Sincerely,
                         Tai Jackson

The Lost Toons

Hurray, hurray! Today I'm going to start doing The Lost Toons, a series of post dedicated to lost, rare, and forgotten cartoon characters. Some cartoon characters like Bosko and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit are not forgotten, lost or rare, but just old and aren't stars. For example, Mickey Mouse is a star while Foxy or Piggy aren't. So here is.......