Whoopass Stew - A Sticky Situation, Craig McCracken, 1992

Here are the Whoopass Girls in Craig McCracken's pilot for what would eventually become The Powerpuff Girls. McCracken made the pilot while a student at Cal Arts.

Despite the name change, they still whooped vast quantities of ass.

Star Trek, The Animated Series, Episode 1, Hal Sutherland, 1973 (R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy)

I can't say much about Leonard Nimoy that hasn't already been said better elsewhere. He was an incredible actor and a kind, thoughtful and generous human being.

Couch gag from The Simpsons: What To Expect When Bart's Expecting,Michal Socha, 2014

So this came on last night, and I jumped up and down on the couch and said 'OOH! I think that's Michal Socha!"


It was really dorky and nobody cared.

Couch gag from The Simpsons episode 553, "Clown in the Dumps," Don Hertzfeldt, 2014

You are probably already aware that The Simpsons has had guest directors and animators making the infamous "couch gag."

You have probably already seen this.

If not, you must watch it immediately, because it might just be the BEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED.

The Amazing Screw-on Head, Chris Prynoski, 2006

The Trap Door- Breakfast Time, Terry Brain and Charlie Mills, 1984

The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, Bill Melendez, 1979

The Mouse on the Mayflower, Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, 1968

Animated bumpers from The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting, Doug Bayne, Ben Baker and Trudy Cooper, 2013

Gilliam-inspired animations for the Australian sketch comedy series.

Hallowe'en is Grinch Night, Gerard Baldwin, 1977

Bunnicula, the Vampire Rabbit, Charles A. Nichols, 1982

Mouse Soup, John Clark Matthews, 1993

Another episode of the PBS series Long Ago and Far Away.

Beauty and the Beast, Mordecai Gerstein, 1990

An episode from the PBS series Long Ago and Far Away.

Story From South America, Garrett Davis, 2013

Not as charming as its Northern predecessor, but apparently Lou Reed.



Tip o'the pants to Hillary.

La Linea 6, Osvaldo Cavendi, 1972

The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Mr. Jeremy Fisher, Geoff Dunbar and Dianne Fisher, 1994

Episode 6 of The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends, an animated BBC series based on the stories of Beatrix Potter.

Salt, Jankovics Marcell and Elek Lisziák, 1977

The first episode of Magyar népmesék , this time with English subtitles.

The Speech of the Animals, Mária Horváth, 1989

This is an episode from the fourth series of Magyar népmesék (Hungarian Folk Tales.)

James the Cat: Friends, Kate Canning, 1984

The first episode of James the Cat.

The Romance of Betty Boop, Bill Melendez, 1985

Those familiar with the Fleischer brothers original Betty might find her characterization in this 1985 television special jarring, though clearly pains have been taken to assure Mizz Boop retains her ba-doop (she's apparently based heavily on Grim Natwick's character sketches.)


Still, it's a cute special with some cool design, if you can step back from your strong expectations of what a Betty Boop cartoon is supposed to be (and deal with her cringe inducing sexy-talk.) The fey, louche, cross-eyed, butt-chinned Waldo VanLavish cracks me up.


Whatever happened to that Bimbo fellow? He seemed like such a nice young man.