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Cartoon X-Ray

A weekly podcast where one cartoon short from the golden age of animation is covered by your hosts, Scott & Bill.

leisure animation & manga

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00:25:42

Cartoon X-Ray #60: Old Manor House

Cartoon X-Ray ·

2025/08/15

This week's pick is the 1948 British toon Old Manor House. Bubble and Squeak take refuge in a dilapidated manor on a dark and stormy night. Colonel Rat, the sole occupant of the manor, takes exception and tries to get them to leave with numerous attacks, inadvertently making them believe the place is haunted.

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00:24:59

Cartoon X-Ray #59: the Calico Dragon

Cartoon X-Ray ·

2025/08/08

This week's pick is the 1935 Happy Harmonies toon the Calico Dragon. A little's girls dolls travel through a world made of fabric and undergarments to battle a three-headed dragon.

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00:27:01

Cartoon X-Ray #58: Five Minutes of Murder

Cartoon X-Ray ·

2025/08/01

This week's pick is the darkly humorous 1966 Hungarian cartoon Five Minutes of Murder aka Five Minutes Thrill. It is literally five minutes of people murdering other people sandwiched between and intro and outro and it is great.

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00:27:32

Cartoon X-Ray #57: the Magic Fluke

Cartoon X-Ray ·

2025/07/25

This week's pick is the 1949 Columbia Favorite the Magic Fluke. The Fox and the Crow have a successful swing band gig until the Fox gets an offer to lead a symphony orchestra and turns his back on his old friend.

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00:22:45

Cartoon X-Ray #56: Fanny's Wedding Day

Cartoon X-Ray ·

2025/07/18

This week's pick is the 1933 Terrytoon Fanny's Wedding Day. Oil Can Harry tries to ruin Fanny's Zilch's wedding day with dastardly tactics.

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00:30:08

Cartoon X-Ray #55: the Case of the Screaming Bishop

Cartoon X-Ray ·

2025/07/11

This week's pick is the 1944 Phantasies toon from Screen Gems called the Case of the Screaming Bishop. Hairlock Combs and his assistant Dr. Gotsum try to solve the mystery of who stole dinosaur bones from the Museum on Unnatural History.

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00:23:34

Cartoon X-Ray #54: Humpty Dumpty

Cartoon X-Ray ·

2025/07/04

This week's pick is the 1935 Ub Iwerks toon Humpty Dumpty. Humpty Jr. and Easter Egg's date is interrupted by the Bad Egg. Egg on egg violence commences.

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00:31:00

Cartoon X-Ray #53: Casey Bats Again

Cartoon X-Ray ·

2025/06/27

This week's pick is the 1954 Disney short Casey Bats Again. Hoping for a son to redeem his name after striking out in the big game, Casey instead fathers a team of daughters that all happen to be fantastic baseball players.

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00:30:50

Cartoon X-Ray #52: Billy Boy

Cartoon X-Ray ·

2025/06/20

This week's pick is the 1954 Tex Avery toon Billy Boy. Southern Wolf is left to care after a baby billy goat that eats everything-thing-thing-thing...

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00:22:45

Cartoon X-Ray #51: Pecos Pest

Cartoon X-Ray ·

2025/06/13

This week's pick is the 1955 Tom & Jerry cartoon Pecos Pest. Jerry's Uncle Pecos visits in preparation for his tv debut to perform C-c-c-c-c-crambone, plucking a terrified Tom's whiskers every time he breaks a guitar string.

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00:26:53

Cartoon X-Ray #50: Rabbit of Seville

Cartoon X-Ray ·

2025/06/06

This week's pick is an all-time Chuck Jones classic Looney Tune from 1950 entitled Rabbit of Seville. Elmer Fudd accidentally hunts Bugs Bunny onto a production of the the Barber of Seville. What ensues is some of Jones' best gags and antics with a head massage, Bugs in drag, and a wedding! Bill and Scott also run through some stats about this podcast from the first 50 episodes. Nnnnnext!

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00:25:00

Cartoon X-Ray #49: How to Relax

Cartoon X-Ray ·

2025/05/30

This week's pick is the 1953 Terry Toon How to Relax. Dimwit the Dog tries different hobbies to help calm his terrible nerves with often disastrous results, including murder!

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00:22:56

Cartoon X-Ray #48: Hearts & Flowers

Cartoon X-Ray ·

2024/09/27

This week's pick is the 1930 stop-motion animated nightmare Hearts and Flowers. Two young men vie for the attention and heart of a young lady. Good luck sleeping after this one.

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00:24:01

Cartoon X-Ray #47: Rooty Toot Toot

Cartoon X-Ray ·

2024/09/20

This week's pick is the 1951 Colombia film noir toon Rooty Toot Toot. It is the musical tale of a murder trial by a jealous lover featuring the voice of Thurl Ravenscroft aka Tony the Tiger.

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00:29:44

Cartoon X-Ray #46: the Fox & the Grapes

Cartoon X-Ray ·

2024/09/13

This week's pick is the 1941 Color Rhapsodies toon the Fox and the Grapes. Crow gets Fox to trade him his picnic lunch for some grapes high on a vine. After many difficulties, the fox manages to get to them but discovers they are sour.

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00:21:19

Cartoon X-Ray #45: the Phantom Moustacher

Cartoon X-Ray ·

2024/09/06

This week's pick is the 1961 Paramount Modern Madcapper the Phantom Moustacher. Sir Percival Prunepit has an uncontrollable urge to draw moustaches on everyone and everything and nothing will stand in his way!

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00:23:09

Cartoon X-Ray #44: Betty Boop's Hallowe'en Party

Cartoon X-Ray ·

2024/08/30

This week's pick is the fun and clever 1933 short Betty Boop's Hallowe'en Party. As the title says, Betty Boop is throwing a Halloween party and big bully tries to ruin it only to have the party decor come to life to scare him off.

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00:28:54

Cartoon X-Ray #43: the Cuckoo Murder Case

Cartoon X-Ray ·

2024/08/23

This week's pick is the 1930 Ub Iwerks cartoon the Cuckoo Murder Case. A cuckoo clock bird has been murdered and Flip the Frog is on the case to solve the mystery at a spooky house!

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00:22:33

Cartoon X-Ray #42: the Cobweb Hotel

Cartoon X-Ray ·

2024/08/16

This week's pick is the somewhat unsettling 1936 Fleischer Brothers Color Classic the Cobweb Hotel. A spider tricks flies into staying at his "hotel" only to be trap in webbing until its time to be eaten. Can the flies break free and fight back?

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00:23:08

Cartoon X-Ray #41: A Day at the Zoo

Cartoon X-Ray ·

2024/08/09

This week's pick is the 1939 Fred (not Tex) Avery directed Merrie Melodies cartoon A Day at the Zoo. Featuring an early version of bad boy Elmer Fudd, this cartoon short features a rapid-fire series of puns, gags, plays on words, and topical references, as a narrator describes the action in succession of anthropomorphic behavior.

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