Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Never mind the White House, here's...



The heck with Cheney, Iran, Schwarzenegger, Cruise, Scientology and Nazis, let's watch a classic cartoon. The title characters of this one from 1942 are "The Dover Boys" but we real cartoon lovers know the best character is the "baddie:"

Dan Backslide (coward, bully, cad and thief)!

This might be my favorite Merrie Melodie that doesn't features any of the classic WB characters (no surprise, it was directed by Chuck Jones).

Magnificent vocal performance by Mel Blanc as Backslide, too ("Dear rich Dora Standpipe...HOW I LOVE HER-father's money.")

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