I found a great Saturday Morning Cartoon starring Chilly Willy in The Legend of Rockabye Point. This 1955, Academy Award nominated, cartoon has our tuxedoed-dressed friend competing with a starving polar bear in stealing tuna off a ship guarded by a vicious dog. To placate this dog, the polar bear sings Rock-A-Bye-Baby to make the dog fall asleep, so the bear can stock up on the tuna. Chilly Willy, however, creates as much noise as he could, waking the dog up, and causing the dog to constantly bite the polar bear in the tush. The Legend of Rockabye Point was directed by Tex Avery, who created of two of Warner Brothers biggest animation stars Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. Strangely enough, Chilly Willy's character, the style, and plot line of Rockabye Point seem more in line of a Droopy cartoon. Then again, Avery also created Droopy in 1943's Dumb-Hounded. So let us delve into The Legend of Rockabye Point. From YouTube:
Sing it to me again, will you Charlie?
Saturday, May 10, 2008
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