Babbit and Catstello (Picture 3)
Thursday, September 22, 2011
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Babbit and Catstello (Picture 3)
3. Babbit and Catstello cartoon images gallery. 3. Babbit and Catstello cartoon pictures collection.
When Termite Terrace was at its height, most of the short 1cartoons they produced were intended for a theatrical release, preceding Warner Bros. films. A popular misconception held today is that these cartoons were intended solely for children. True, the humour was often juvenile, typically relying on clever wordplay and slapstick, but Warner Bros. learned that children didn't comprise the entire house. So it was that adult-themed humour needed to be grafted into the cartoons, mostly in the form of innuendo, but frequently as topical references. It was common to see cartoon versions of Warner Bros. stars in the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies series, but when one attempts to hold the attention of the audience, one must pay attention to what's popular. So it came to pass that Babbitt and Catstello, cartoon parodies of vaudeville legends and MGM contract players Abbott and Costello, became the starred in a handful of Warner shorts, most notably their debut, "A Tale of Two Kitties," which also marked the first appearance of a far more well-known character, an unnamed bird who came to be known as Tweety. Since Babbitt and Catstello had nothing to do with their flesh-and-blood counterparts, the material was largely in their particular idiom while remaining legally distinct from any of their works, though Catstello was occasionally heard to utter one of Lou Costello's regular one-liners, "Oh... I'm a bad boy."
3. Babbit and Catstello cartoon images gallery. 3. Babbit and Catstello cartoon pictures collection.
When Termite Terrace was at its height, most of the short 1cartoons they produced were intended for a theatrical release, preceding Warner Bros. films. A popular misconception held today is that these cartoons were intended solely for children. True, the humour was often juvenile, typically relying on clever wordplay and slapstick, but Warner Bros. learned that children didn't comprise the entire house. So it was that adult-themed humour needed to be grafted into the cartoons, mostly in the form of innuendo, but frequently as topical references. It was common to see cartoon versions of Warner Bros. stars in the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies series, but when one attempts to hold the attention of the audience, one must pay attention to what's popular. So it came to pass that Babbitt and Catstello, cartoon parodies of vaudeville legends and MGM contract players Abbott and Costello, became the starred in a handful of Warner shorts, most notably their debut, "A Tale of Two Kitties," which also marked the first appearance of a far more well-known character, an unnamed bird who came to be known as Tweety. Since Babbitt and Catstello had nothing to do with their flesh-and-blood counterparts, the material was largely in their particular idiom while remaining legally distinct from any of their works, though Catstello was occasionally heard to utter one of Lou Costello's regular one-liners, "Oh... I'm a bad boy."
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