Babe He Calls Me

Another Malcom and Melvin Cartoon, this one though is my favorite.

[@22freedom33]

For people complaining that this is disjointed and makes no sense, Ralph Bakshi has disowned these couple of shorts made for Cartoon Network, on the grounds that they were so deeply altered and butchered with cuts that his original ideas had nothing to do with the released product.

[@jonathanwilson5011]

+Canais Young And _Fire and Ice_.

[@joesomenumbers]

Same thing that happened with Cool World

[@velociraptor4you3291]

joesomenumbers So true. It appears that life always found a way to *troll* Ralph. 😔

[@canaisyoung3601]

That's what happened when he did Cool World and that Mighty Mouse cartoon that CBS aired.

[@needadispenserhere6109]

Canais Young it actually wasn’t his fault. People mistook a scene from Mighty Mouse as a cocaine reference even though bakshi didn’t mean to reference that in the first place.

[@tediumless]

I love how Bakshi combines the nonsencial cartoon style with elements of noir! Simply awesome.

[@zoidlloyd7736]

This cartoon is adult swim worthy

[@FlavoredGenuine]

The first Malcolm & Melvin and Babe, He Calls Me have to be one of the darkest and most adult What-A-Cartoon shorts I have had watched as a kid. I would pay top dollar to watch an actual animated series based on these shorts.

[@crystalsandez2401]

I was looking for this for years!

[@cstoczyn]

1920's Cartoons+Film Noir+Comedy= COOL WORLD MANIA!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheMegalion]

A real classic!! Love it!

[@BrandonKohout]

Melvin: I’m through being an artist. Malcom: And I’m back to being a roach.

[@BrandonKohout]

Me: Malcom, Melvin, you two will play the trumpet. Bunky, you play the bass. Melvin's mom, you play the piano and do the backup singing. Say Wen, you do the lead singing. And I’ll do the drums!

[@Zenssei]

6:16 this part cracked me up I love how she straight up yeets him to oblivion out of nowhere

[@knightrohan1]

And so, Say-Wen, Malcom and Melvin went on to create and rule Coolworld only to be overthrown by Holly Wood and dunked in Who Framed Roger Rabbit dip or something.

[@Zenssei]

This animation feels like Ren n Stimpy mixed with Morshu's movement style from Zelda CDI lol

[@cstoczyn]

RIP Malcolm And Melvin

[@candykane8474]

Would adore see more of there journey through this crazy ass city

[@kenzie411]

OMG! I loved this one, too! I used to try drawing Say-Wen when I recorded this on tape.

[@Sweet_Venom0027]

Phsycotic, insane and extremely unstable, my kinda show. ah the cartoons of my youth.

[@JackandSally4ever]

I have no idea what I just watched, but I greatly enjoyed it.

[@camilovaleropyne181]

6:45 maybe these guys could be a Quartet 🎙

[@JadenVonBat]

Say-Wen has to be my favorite character.

[@lizardguyNA]

How was this less than 8 minutes? It felt like I watched an entire season of a gritty crime drama.

Fast pacing

[@ShadrachASMR]

This short and the one which preceded it deserved a show.

[@canaisyoung3601]

The last time Ralph Bakshi did a cartoon for kids, it got canceled because media watchdog groups thought Mighty Mouse was inhaling cocaine. I don't want those filthy, ignorant Standards and Practices goons messing up Ralph Bakshi's work again.

[@southlondonlad9144]

Melvin is so entertaining.

[@BrandonKohout]

Even with Malcom and Say-Wen

[@southlondonlad9144]

@@BrandonKohout Especially the other Melvin cartoon

[@BrandonKohout]

@@southlondonlad9144 You know what I mean.

[@southlondonlad9144]

@@BrandonKohout I do. Remember the part at 5:38.

[@southlondonlad9144]

@@BrandonKohout I do. Remember the part at 5:38.

[@BrandonKohout]

Ralph Bakshi Tex Avery Bob Clampett the masters of cartoon wackiness.

[@sebman6031]

John K more like the Master of being a pedo who can't carry his own weight

[@terranceaddison4599]

And pat Ventura

[@borediideath6526]

You might want to exclude John K. from that. Not only was he guilty of grooming minors, but he was actually a complete fraud from the start.

[@camilovaleropyne181]

I once thought 🤡Melvin & 🦗Malcolm, were Pinocchio & Jiminy. Anyone else ?

[@jordanpeterson5038]

I wish there were more episodes. But we only got two. Actually, during the two I was wondering if Brad Pit was going to show up lol

[@GrazzaD]

In both of these, Melvin ends up to be happy contented and he wins. Thats actually a wonderful moral considering his terrible situation at the start of the first episode.

[@ma3mc3mu-X]

"My client!" *ROAR!!*

[@LooneyTunerIan]

Here are some important rules in animating cartoons: Rule #1 - 2:00, 6:11 but importantly... 6:46

[@jennifermcmurrayx]

my client ROAR!

[@Julayla]

Thank you so much! I love the WAC Shorts, especially the works of Seth MacFarlene, Craig McCracken, Genndy Tatakovski, Butch Harman, and even the legendary Ralph Bakshi. Great job on finding the two Ralph Bakshi shorts finds. And did you know that the narrator sounded alot like Lou Rauls in both shorts?

[@cstoczyn]

During Their Honeymoon, They Stayed At The Union Plaza In Las Vegas

[@jerryashe8887]

damn they were on some good drugs back in the 90s

[@SmokingSumSoup]

How twistedly random!

[@cartoonlover2326]

Malcome & Melvin is no doubt one of the most random things ever.

[@wesgriff1]

"To the Law-Mobile!"

[@cyberdragonessmaster]

i thought his mom got famous

[@TravonJamelGreen]

Babe! He calls me is aired November 28th,1997!

[@RobochaoXX]

YES A ANOTHER ONE!

[@camilovaleropyne181]

4:31 why won’t this brute leave poor Melvin alone ?! 😡

[@cartoonlover2326]

I liked Say-Wen.

[@shaunrodney]

6:50 😂

[@jonathanmendoza2319]

The Doodles From Cool World

[@Mrzellous]

the guy with the hat also plays chicken on "cow and chicken" Can you believe some of the stuff they said on cartoons, "PERVERTS,SEXY and GIRLS MOANING "OHH MELVIN"

[@manuelvillagrana5490]

Thug life

[@manuelvillagrana5490]

Watched before 5 years ago

[@GeneralOlde]

Bakshi should have spent more time making short cartoons like this instead of all those poorly rotoscoped fantasy films. He's at his best when he's doing batshit crazy urban cartoons.

[@canaisyoung3601]

Or cartoons that look like colorized 1930s cartoons and only look like kids shows on the surface (i.e. Tattertown Christmas).

[@PissoPuyo]

Pinocchio! Pinocchi- *CRUSH* I lul'd HARD at that. And the Brick HARDROCK bit was gutbusting.

[@cstoczyn]

Say Wen And Melvin Got Married And Lived Happily Ever After

[@nicholasgarrett8818]

6:42 hit it boys

[@BrandonKohout]

Hit it, guys!

[@mr.j0368]

4:52 I know malcom could play but little guy can throw hands!

[@camilovaleropyne181]

6:37 I Bet this sweet chick would love to date Melvin 💘

[@BrandonKohout]

Can’t argue with that.

[@RichardKleiner]

Interestingly enough, I think this is perhaps the only Ralph Bakshi short I enjoyed.

[@jbrtloz9327]

This was from 1997 to be from a what a cartoon show 22 years old

[@cstoczyn]

The Kid Was Inspired From The Boy From The Gang And The Poppers' Police Chief From Cool World

[@BRAMCRACK3R]

Ralph Bakshi does it again.

[@cstoczyn]

Jack Deebs+Frank Harris= Brick Hardrock

[@jonathanmendoza2319]

Holli Would Too.

[@jbrtloz9327]

This was the last one from the what a cartoon show

[@MichaelReames90]

cLaSsIc

[@RobochaoXX]

The implement of peversity!

[@cstoczyn]

NO MUSICAL NUMBERS!!!!!!!!

[@BrandonKohout]

AH, WHY DON'T YOU JUST SHUT UP?!?!

[@jonathanmendoza2319]

Detective Frank Harris: Shut Up

[@BrandonKohout]

Why don’t you just SHUT UP?!?!

[@BrandonKohout]

Ah, shut up!

[@BrandonKohout]

Oh, why don’t you just shut up?!

[@cartoonlover2326]

Wasn't Melvin's mother a super star a moment ago?

[@ThatRandomEncounterGuy]

This isn't 'what a cartoon,' this WHY?!?tv

[@cstoczyn]

NO MUSICAL SINGING!!!!!!!!

[@ImLordRevan]

this one was like for... mature audiences.

[@Mylesperhour23]

@3ddw1nn Are you kidding!? Thats how they made the cartoon!

[@anchorbubba]

this is so dense and creative in everyway

[@littlefilmsJN]

another gr8 from BAKSHI any1 studying film should buy his book UNFILTERED the complete ralph bakshi. he puts so much emotion in his cartoons, it's so inspirational

[@canaisyoung3601]

I rented that book out from a library. Now I'm trying to buy a copy of my own.

[@OrfeoEnajenado]

I love that Batman wannabe...he's so funny everytime he calls somebody a pervert and mumbles about the ills of society. Somehow he is to me a sort of parody of the Dark Knight Returns comic. And this cartoon in particular reminds me of that sick fuck Cool World

[@fbritannia]

it's by the same guy, fellow commenter from 8 years ago :v

[@GMRDUI]

Huh, ralph bashki o.o

[@lao-grotten1101]

this si waay to bouncy for my taste But it has pretty good merits

[@LordShadrach]

@johnnieRad Wait, wait, they had a cartoon series!?

[@RobochaoXX]

I said that 11 months ago. Dude chill.

[@cstoczyn]

Does Say Wen Have A Striking Resemblence To Lonette From Cool World?

[@Riverdante]

Bakshi has got more style than anyone in the biz

[@Xiaolin-Loonatic]

I liked Malcolm who was helping that bozo in a boa (Melvin) for money. Shame on Melvin for sneezing away Malcolm's earnings with her dang boa. Melvin might be a star, but she ain't bright. *rimshot*

[@HHog]

Wow... in all my years of watching Cartoon Network, all the times I watched "World Premiere Toons" back when they were first introduced... neither Malcom & Melvin cartoon ever showed as far as I remember... they always ran the same cartoons over and over again. =\ All I ever saw were the old debut episodes of Johnny Bravo, Dexter and the Powerpuff Girls, and stuff like Hard Luck Duck, Pfish & Chip, Dino in "Stay Out" and Yuckie Duck. All good cartoons in their own right, but it got repetitive.

[@canaisyoung3601]

Don't forget, there was also this cartoon called "Larry and Steve", which is pretty much "Family Guy" if it focused on Peter and Brian and was a kids cartoon.

[@LordShadrach]

This should have been a cartoon series.

[@cstoczyn]

How Long Has Ralph Bakshi Retired From Animation?

[@cartoonlover2326]

Was Malcom and Melvin banned like the No smoking episode of Cow & Chicken?

[@RobochaoXX]

This cartoon is so random that Melvin should be the official mascot for /b/.

[@nicholasgarrett8818]

3:14

[@auriricomartinez5859]

name the song plz

[@NewEraOutlaw]

5:01 Dat ass

[@BrandonKohout]

NewEraOutlaw 5:01

[@cstoczyn]

@psychobillynumbnuts1 IDK

[@cstoczyn]

@tediumless Me 2

[@fatfoxclown]

seems odd for his work

[@canaisyoung3601]

Why? Because it's his attempt at doing a kids' show, like that Mighty Mouse reboot that got in trouble for allegedly showing cocaine abuse? Or that Tattertown Christmas special that, while it never got picked up as an actual series, did make Nickelodeon realize that animated original programming would be a better draw than the syndicated and imported stuff (read: the Looney Tunes shorts for "Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon", the UPA cartoons for "Cartoon Kablooie", and the cartoons from continental Europe, the UK, and Japan they used for "Special Delivery").

[@mbrauer]

What the ----? I don't get it.

[@3ddw1nn]

watch this when ur high..

[@dvddvd3476]

why is there only one fucking comment i watched this in high school

[@stethespaniard2]

wtf was that

[@canaisyoung3601]

A Ralph Bakshi cartoon. It's like Ren and Stimpy, only more surreal and screwed up. What's worse is that this is what it's like when filteted through executive meddling. When he's uncut and uncensored, he's more detanged than this.

[@chriswyatt]

Meh, I preferred the other one, still cool though.

[@1000Animation]

what the h did I just watch? I'm putting a big thumbs down on this one