Birds Anonymous - Dark Toons

[@ChannelAwesome]

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[@coolnerdlll6053]

I would like to see an explanation for not having a new NC.

[@Tadicuslegion78]

Well...if you did this one. You gotta do the Goofy Cartoon, No Smoking.

[@deshawnedwards6412]

Hey Doug, do any of these episodes of the Cartoon Network show Victor and Valentino please. "The Lonely Haunts Club" "A New Don" "Love at First Bite" "Tree Buds" "El Silbon" "Starry Night" "Lonely Haunts Club 3: La Llorona"

[@OtterloopB]

Do TALES OF WORM PARANOIA

[@ChannelAwesome]

@@coolnerdlll6053 Doug was on vacation. If you followed our social media you would've known.

[@cartoonmaster2401]

"All I need is one, just one! Then I'm off the stuff for good!" --- Squidward, "Just One Bite" from Spongebob SquarePants

[@jacobwoolf2010]

You like craby patties don't you sqiudward

[@MrGabeanator]

wow

[@drakeware655]

@Alan The Fallen Angel What are you second and first favorite, out of curiosity?

[@emilyplunkett6034]

I've said it once, I'll say it again: Sylvester is the single most underrated character in the Looney Tune canon - and maybe in animation in general. He's insanely malleable, and he's the best acted in his cartoons. He can make you belly laugh in one scene, and absolutely break your heart (case and point: Birds Anonymous). He's brilliant and deserves far more love than he gets.

[@pundertalefan4391]

I agree.

[@lucasmorais7646]

Completely agree! He is of course still popular and one of the main Looney Tunes but he is still underutilized considering he is up there with Bugs and Daffy in terms of comedic brilliance.

[@shojaejlali1290]

Sylvester is Shakespearean in his range. Possibly the greatest representation of human frailty...in cat form. Genius character 😉

[@Urmom-uf9xj]

@@lucasmorais7646 he’s not that underused he’s actually the 4th most recurring character in the franchise

[@CrossoverFan4life]

He's my favorite Looney Tunes character.

[@tenkaiechi01]

I strongly believe this cartoon was written solely for adults. The despair and anguish that sylvester portrays is so outwardly compelling.

[@chrismulwee4911]

I never found it(Birds Anonymous) dark in the least, just fall down funny. Now for a really. REALLY, TRULY, dark Warner 'Toon would be 1968's The Door, produced by Bill Cosby!! It's a blatant anti-war cartoon, NOT for kids under 10, for sure. And it has the bleakest ENDING of any cartoon short that WB ever put out!

[@trevorpacelli8056]

Well at the time this was made, in the 1950s, people hadn't quite adopted the mindset that animation is for kids. There was no rating system yet, all films were either passed or rejected by the Hays Production Code. So Looney Tunes back then were never made for kids.

[@schizoidboy]

In response to your response it was said by Chuck Jones that they were not thinking of making cartoons for kids but they were looking for something that would make them laugh. So it was probably made with adults in mind.

[@EWOODJ]

Hanna-Barbera felt their limited budget TV animation wouldn’t be appreciated by adults due its stiffness and such. So they catered it towards children and it stuck due to how popular the shows themselves were. Thus we are stuck in the day and age where the annoying “animated = for kids” mindset is still in effect no matter how hard animators try to change that.

[@trevorpacelli8056]

@@EWOODJ I don't know about that. Remember those Flintstones cigarette ads?

[@Riverfilly153]

“I’m weak, but I don’t care!” Damn... I felt that. I legit got chills and my heart sank.

[@Nick-ty9us]

Mel, really delivered that line very well

[@williamblake2962]

Just didn't realize how great these cartoons were growing up.

[@sweetlifealley]

Nice flag

[@williamblake2962]

@@sweetlifealley thanks. It's a perrtty one

[@samanthanickson6478]

none of us did. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@jacobwoolf2010]

Yo... As someone who has struggled with addiction sense the age of 17 I can tell you when selvester says "I'm weak and I don't care" that hit me hard

[@nasirrobles8860]

What addiction?

[@minxstole93]

Me too.

[@shewolfsiren]

@@nasirrobles8860 People as young as 10 (or even younger) can end up addicts. My fiancé is an example. Because of really bad parents, he ended up an alcoholic AND--um--grass smoker by the time he was 10. Alcohol has literally become like water to him, and “grass” is the only thing that can help with his busted hip and ankle; regular OTC medicine doesn’t have any affect on him, it’s too weak for him

[@Nick-ty9us]

Mel really did an excellent performance as he usually did

[@Nick-ty9us]

Even mel blanc had an addiction to alcohol so this really had close to mel as well

[@avosmash2121]

This episode was Mel Blanc's favorite short he ever voiced. He said he loved it because it gave him dramatic material for once to do and it actually also reflects his own temporary past struggles with alcoholism.

[@Nick-ty9us]

That’s very interesting I didn’t know that Mel Blanc had struggles with alcoholism

[@mattphillips3537]

@@Nick-ty9us kinda explains why the cartoon was so well researched.

[@Nick-ty9us]

@@mattphillips3537 Mel Blanc did such a good job on this cartoon

[@Nick-ty9us]

@@mattphillips3537 I wonder if Mel had told the crew about his struggles of alcoholism doing production

[@mattphillips3537]

@@Nick-ty9us don’t see why he wouldn’t.

[@princessangel821]

You know what was dark and followed the same premise as this? The episode of Hey Arnold, Chocolate Boy and he tries to get him off chocolate

[@Matt-Rat]

That was a dark and good episode. Chocolate Boy was voiced by Jordan Warkol who did Froggy in Little Rascals in 1994 (Except E.G. Daily did his voice instead of Jordan.) Another dark episode of Hey Arnold I remember was when Arnold and the gang tried to find a ghost bride. It was a cool episode.

[@gjergjaurelius9798]

@@Matt-Rat hey Arnold was like "cool Doug".🤯🤣

[@Lauren_210]

It was so sad when we found out that Chocolate Boy's addiction to chocolate originally stemmed from the love he had for his nanny and a bag of chocolate was the last thing she gave him before she left. Arnold: So the reason why you eat chocolate is because you miss your nanny. Chocolate Boy: Yes! Yes! I miss my nanny! I miss my nanny! 😭😢😭

[@Matt-Rat]

@@Lauren_210 I know how he felt. Kudos to Arnold helping Chocolate Boy.

[@princessangel821]

@@Matt-Rat Ghost Bride scared me the most of all the spooky Hey Arnold episodes. All of them were pretty dark actually 🤔

[@ashleypenn7845]

Well now you have to do the OG Sylvester cartoon "Life with Feathers". It was Sylvester's first appearance. And it's about a suicidal lovebird who begs Sylvester to eat him because his wife kicked him out.

[@silverstarlightproductions1292]

I remember that cartoon!

[@dancepiglover]

Really, there are so many Looney Tunes shorts with dark subject matter in them.

[@jamircox8458]

No wasn’t Sylvester‘s first appearance was Naughty but Mice Life with Feathers was the first cartoon, where he was named Sylvester

[@juiceala]

As a kid I understood the general conception of his addiction to eating birds because he’s a cat but I never made the connection to alcohol addiction like I did as an adult, basically as a kid I saw it as a funny entertaining episode but as an adult I can appreciate it even more.

[@Spindler2007]

I've always remembered this episode because of the moment when Sylvester is about to snap and we get that closeup of his face shaking and jittering and his eyes are all bloodshot. It's freaky but it's a brilliant scene that will always the first thing that pops into my head whenever I think about this episode.

[@austinreed5805]

The fact that this cartoon is from 1957 is incredible. This came at a time in which films were in CinemaScope and most presentations on tv were in black and white.

[@jlev1028]

Well, remember, Looney Tunes shorts back then premiered in front of movies. Just like Pixar Shorts or the Disney's own shorts for that matter.

[@JamesDavy2009]

@@jlev1028 It wasn't just _Looney Tunes_ either. They played other cartoon shorts, live-action comedy shorts and even news reels before the main feature.

[@thEannoyingE]

These were shown theatrically, that didn’t die out until the late 60s. These weren’t made for television yet, they would still show before a feature film.

[@samanthanickson6478]

“i was a 3-bird a day pussycat, until B.A. [Birds Anonymous] helped me.” 😆 my son and i loved this one!

[@glowworm2]

That's one of my favorite lines in this short.

[@Hollyweeds]

"See how the white meat slices eh??" This episode was constantly referenced in my household. One of the best for sure.

[@pundertalefan4391]

GOD That part was hilarious to me as a little kid! I always randomly quoted it. XD

[@chrismulwee4911]

Man on radio "That was Bye Bye Blackbird, NOW we'll play When The Red, Red, Robin Come Bob Bob Bobbin' Along!"

[@TheAnubis57]

And narration with an the Italian accent was a nice touch.

[@marktapia8327]

This is dark for not just a kid show. Addiction of all sorts is a serious and even scary topic in television and movies for adults. I applaud those who tackle addiction in the media and remember that those with addiction are loved.

[@AzhreiVep]

You know what's extra dark? That last line. "Once a bad ol' puddy tat, always a bad ol' puddy tat." Or, taken another way ... "Once an addict, always an addict." Harsh, Tweety. Harsh.

[@glowworm2]

@@AzhreiVep I actually never caught that reference and always giggled at it as a kid because it was funny. I learnt something knew today as I never heard of that saying before.

[@abcdefg2174]

Powerpuff Girls had an addiction episode too!

[@Mad-Hatter-ison]

@@abcdefg2174 Let's not forget Hey Arnold with Chocolate Boy and Rugrats with Angelica's cookie addiction

[@Mad-Hatter-ison]

@@abcdefg2174 oh and there was even a Captain Planet episode about addiction and it actually killed a character

[@Going4Broke2528]

I just realized, the fact he's addicted to it means he succeeded at catching a bird before. More than likely multiple times.

[@pundertalefan4391]

Yup. Tweety is just too smart for him. Or maybe Granny is too overprotective for him. XD

[@naturalist4life396]

There's actually one cartoon where his owner (not granny in this case) buys Tweety, mentioning that they've lost three canaries that week before making the order. Cue Sylvester coughing up feathers. So Sylvester had eaten at least 3 birds prior to Tweety ever becoming a thing in his life.

[@metalheadgamer665]

Dude... your name is so close to mine I saw this and thought "when the hell did I comment on this?!"

[@melissacooper8724]

@@pundertalefan4391 I believe it was both.

[@pundertalefan4391]

@@melissacooper8724 Yeah. Same with Bugs Bunny. It's hard to tell if he's really clever, or his enemies are really stupid. XD

[@nerdsman567]

You should talk about the Rugrats episode "Angelica's Worst Nightmare."

[@BronyNumber4096]

Oh, and what is that? The word "NO"?

[@MrJohnffrey87]

I think I remember being confused about the subject matter as a kid, I was like "why are they trying to stop him from eating Tweety? He's a cat and they're cats it doesn't make sense ".

[@ThunderLizardsRule]

Of course you got it now. 😁

[@melissacooper4282]

There was a scene where Sylvester broke down and cried because he couldn't fight his desire to eat Tweety. He pointed out that he couldn't help it because he's a cat. At the end both Sylvester and Clarence realized that it's in their nature to eat birds. No matter how much they surpress it. I believe the reason that the cats in this episode tried not to eat birds is because so they could be able to live with them. There was one member in the BA that got kicked out of five homes because of it!

[@arthurgodwin6571]

Garfield's Babes and Bullets: A special spoofing detective noir where Garfield works a murder case. It's got seduction, the morgue, a beat down, and of course, dark comedy.

[@BlackCover95]

_Garfield: His 9 Lives_

[@wattsink2009]

@@BlackCover95 Yes! Especially for lives 6 and 7! 🤩

[@glowworm2]

I'll second this one--it's not even a spoof actually but rather a really well done homage to the detective noir. Yes, Garfield is having a fantasy sequence in which he's a detective, but it's handled straight. There's a legitimate murder, a trip to the morgue where Garfield asks the mortician to show him the body, two very lovely (human) females who Garfield has feelings for and lots of coffee. It's surprisingly adult for a cartoon series about a fat cat who hates Mondays, loves food and kicks his dog buddy off the table. It is however no surprise that the original version of this story was in the book "Garfield:His 9 Lives" which is what the special by the same name is based upon--except this one got its own special. The original also featured everyone being a cat and done in a more realistic style.

[@melissacooper4282]

I remember that the murderer had a very clever way to kill off his rival and made it look like an accident.

[@patman490]

Go for Billy and Mandy Jacked Up Halloween. The origin of Jack o' Lantern is a bit dark of how he got his pumpkin head after losing his head. Even at the end, he faces his demise after pulling prank after prank. Might be perfect for Halloween if you want.

[@heatblast75]

You should do the Powerpuff Girls episode "Abracadaver". It's the one with the zombie magician who died in an iron maiden who comes back to kill Blossom since she looks like the kid who caused his death.

[@kendrarasberry3078]

Yes, that was a good one.

[@kendrarasberry3078]

@Alan The Fallen Angel Also a good choice.

[@kendrarasberry3078]

@Alan The Fallen Angel I never grew up with Nickelodeon all thanks to the SpongeBob episode “Wormy”.

[@kendrarasberry3078]

@Alan The Fallen Angel Oh. I refuse to watch it again to see the horsefly.

[@heatblast75]

So to keep in theme with his current review of a Looney tunes short he needs to do the Claude cat cartoons where he goes insane

[@juliannagoodwin2875]

This cartoon achieves what DARE tried to in the early and mid-2000s in 3 minutes. I learned and didn’t want to do anything addicting after watching this cartoon.

[@EWOODJ]

I had to put up with DARE in the early to mid 90’s. It was so freaking pointless and only made things worse in my school.

[@sparky6086]

And it did it way back in 1957. Puts the "modern" programs to shame!

[@kgoundan]

You can be addicted to essential tasks like eating. So you can’t avoid addictions by avoiding anything addicted.

[@carolinatrezena]

One great episode for Dark Toons I believe is “K'Nuckles and His Hilarious Problem” from The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack!

[@loganjones1578]

Most of the episodes from that show would be good for this show.

[@carolinatrezena]

@@loganjones1578 Oh, definitely!! This show has an amazing vibe

[@danielasarmiento3101]

Definitely, pure nightmare fuel loved every second

[@jeremoople]

I don't remember that episode, but "Skooled" was terrifying

[@thomasdunn9009]

The people who made that show was on that fucked s*** for real

[@alanrobledo1573]

These old Looney tunes cartoons can get really dark and serious.

[@melenatorr]

One example is another award winning production, "Feed the Kitty".

[@srstriker6420]

Who knew

[@benderbendingrodriguez420]

And we love it lol

[@JamesDavy2009]

@@melenatorr Oh, yes: the scene that was parodied by _Monsters Inc._

[@jenniferschillig3768]

Those cartoons weren't made just for kids, after all. They were made to be shown before movies, to a general audience. (The very first Tweety Bird cartoon had the following joke: "Give me the bird!" "If the censors would allow it, I'd give ya the bird, all right!") It was only when they started showing on TV that they got a reputation for being kids' cartoons.

[@samenzwering]

The final line "Once a bad ol' puttycat, always a bad ol' puttycat" is actually a reference to "Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic", so the ending is not as goofy as it might appear.

[@PetProjects2011]

When I showed my girlfriend this cartoon (who is a former drug addict and alcoholic), after Tweety said that, she made the connection and exclaimed, "Fuck you, Tweety!!"

[@IvyLupusXKariCatta]

That was my grandfather's opinion, too. He cleaned up and stopped drinking, but he still saw himself as an alcoholic until his dying day. That line hits different when you know

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Exactly. When Clarence breaks down, it shows that anyone can fall.

[@malek7628]

I'm surprised you didn't point this out but that last line really reminded me of the expression "once an addict, always an addict" which I feel like wasn't a common phrase back then.

[@Perid0tStar]

I kinda felt that was a messed up ending line for anyone trying to deal with irl stuff, but I spose it was still a cartoon, at the end of the day.

[@joshuariddensdale2126]

This was remade as The Last Hungry Cat. But my first time watching Birds Anonymous was as part of the Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie.

[@animefan25]

No, it wasn't The scene where Sylvester can't sleep was reused for "The Last Hungry Cat".

[@glowworm2]

@@animefan25 Exactly. It's a similar sort of short in which we feel for Sylvester but instead of addiction, he's facing guilt.

[@ericjanssen394]

@@animefan25 No, they also reused the scene where Sylvester has his big Oscar-moment fit, because there was no gag that Friz Freleng didn't use three or four times if he could.

[@CrossoverFan4life]

Which was where that cat was named

[@louisduarte8763]

6:23 "YOU'RE TEHRING ME APAHRT, TWEETY!"

[@GearHeadedHamster]

"Oh hi M̶a̶r̶k̶ Marvin."

[@MTTT19]

Okay, now that you mention “What’s Opera, Doc” you’re gonna have to do a video on it!

[@chrismulwee4911]

That's way too obvious a choice, I think. But who knows?

[@glowworm2]

@@chrismulwee4911 It's also really not a short I consider to be "dark." There is a dark moment where Elmer turns crimson with rage and uses all of his powers to kill Bugs (this part used to scare me as a kid), and then there's the scene where Bugs is "dead." However, for the most part, it's rather lighthearted, and even the "death" sequence isn't taken seriously with Bugs' ending remark, "Well what did you expect in an opera? A happy ending?"

[@jenniferschillig3768]

@@glowworm2 Well, he DID mention it in the All-Time Saddest Nostalgic Moments, after all...

[@Phantomblade1]

This is one of my favorite cartoons to watch while growing up, I don't know why, but I feel that this is one of those cartoon's that Mel Blanc had a blast doing, particularly the scene where Slyvester was watching the TV and the voice over came on.

[@occamsbeatinstick.3076]

Cripes, this was funny as a kid, but he's so right about the language having SUCH different connotations looking back on it. Side note, I wonder how many people know that Tweety and Sylvester actually got a spin off where they solved mysteries together with Granny. It actually had some decent writing here and there.

[@mtr4lyf1991]

@ Occam’s Beatin’ Stick. Ah, Sylvester and Tweety’s Mysteries. That brings back some nostalgic memories there and yes they did have some decent episode writings.

[@glowworm2]

Used to watch the Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries series as a kid. There was even an episode that revolved around the cat from this short. I believe he had some sort of Utopian cult society up in the Tibetan mountains where he and his cat friends worshiped birds instead of eating them. Sylvester ends up destroying the entire colony in the short and all the cats want to eat Tweety.

[@wisconsinking323]

Their do a reboot of that cartoon.

[@namelessdork2256]

I've seen it. Favorite episode was the BINGO mystery.

[@Michael-590]

I remember it, but I don’t really remember an episode from it.

[@xxMintoStarxx]

Hey, at least if you eat birds, they have a good source of protein xD Also, as a person struggling with losing weight, I feel Sylvester’s pain. :(. I have a chocolate addiction and I know anything with candy with me is like “I need one piece of chocolate or cake and then I don’t realize I need it, I’ll gain another pound.” The struggle :(

[@thehowlinggamer5784]

Same. Only mine is Buffalo wings and Reese's peanut butter cups

[@MrTerminator3010]

A tip, the best way to do so is not to quit cold turkey, but to lower your portions as time goes on, and if you're having trouble doing so on your own, get someone to help. My sister is doing that for me, a few months ago I was at 285, now I'm down to 254. You can do it too, sometimes you just need someone to help give you a push

[@joshuariddensdale2126]

I literally just got through watching your Dark Toons of Pink Elephants On Parade when I got the notification for this.

[@juzoinui4627]

“IM WEAK, BUT I DONT CARE!!” 10:59 Said literally anybody

[@Nick-ty9us]

The mel way said that really shows what a great voice actor he truly was he really took everything he did to hart

[@bartimaeus1887]

I didn't realize until decades later this was a parody of AA

[@masonr1666]

Alum: Is used after shaving as an astringent. It also seals cuts and nicks. For shaving, it is usually used as a solid block that you rub on your face, making the skin feel "tight" once you are done using it.

[@GBmovieluv]

Interesting I always wondered what was for but that makes sense. Especially with in the cartoons the character given Alum would end up with a small mouth or when they sing and their head shrinks

[@namelessdork2256]

So it's not really supposed to be used for cooking

[@vincentfranklin17]

Birds Anonymous is actually one of my favorite Sylvester and Tweety shorts. Seeing Sylvester break down and crying... I- I'M WEAK! I'M WEAK! I GOTTA HAVE A BIRD!! Funny, and powerful performance by Mel Blanc!

[@mathewhaight]

I love the alum gag in retrospect, because that's a great way to teach kids not to try to eat it.

[@eduardor9390]

What a trip. I haven't watched this one for 20 years, but I remember a lot. It left quite an impact

[@deshawnedwards6412]

Ed, Edd n Eddy Season 3, Episode 11, The Day the Ed Stood Still.

[@thepeacockmaster]

That one would be perfect. It has tons of things, Doug can talk about. Like the music in the alien invasion scene. It’s so disturbing.

[@Trunks1stApprentice]

It's not really that dark of a toon, though.

[@anarky1765]

@@thepeacockmaster You’re thinking of The Eds Are Coming. The Day The Ed Stood Still is where Double D dresses Ed up as a monster for one of Eddy’s scams, and Ed thinks he’s really a monster and starts picking off the other kids one by one.

[@bochosanchez5160]

What about ed edd n eddy Halloween Special

[@deshawnedwards6412]

@@thepeacockmaster You must be thinking of "The Ed Are coming", The Day the Ed Stood Still is the one where Edd make Ed a monster costume then he go rouge and attack the Clu-De-Sec kids.

[@JimBeamFiend53]

I'm gonna keep suggesting this: the Powerpuff girls episode "Abra-Cadaver"

[@trainman5675]

... well you reawoke suppressed memories

[@WaywardAce420]

Wow. Yeah, between that and Speed Demon, PPG got dark at times!

[@baskhemjingmutlyngdohmarsh925]

my gosh!! I'm starting to remember some imagery now

[@trainman5675]

@@baskhemjingmutlyngdohmarsh925 they ripped the foe in half!

[@Cosplaygirl03]

Yes!!!!!

[@chenstormstout9456]

This has always been one of my favorite Looney Tunes episodes!

[@glowworm2]

Alum is also used to shrink cartoon character's heads like in "Long-Haired Hare" and "Back Alley Oproar."

[@TheLadySilverMoon]

I think you should do the "Heffalumps and Woozles" song from Winne the Pooh. When I was a kid, that segment was just as trippy as the pink elephants from Dumbo.

[@JamesDavy2009]

Oh yes, the infamous song about elephants and weasels.

[@pundertalefan4391]

I just rewatched that recently with my little brother. It's a good time. XD

[@pundertalefan4391]

@@JamesDavy2009 That's what they said! Heffalumps and Woozles!

[@mattrankin5710]

Personally I'd say the darkest of the Sylvester shorts would have to be The Last Hungry Cat where they directly take on the topic of murder and madness while directing referencing and doing a loving send up to Hitchcock in the process, but this one was one I did sleep on a while and this ep was well done👍👍

[@XLR-et7oo]

Yes I remember this one scaring the heck out of me when was little

[@nickdknez]

I do think you should do a Dark toons for "The Last Hungry Cat", it would certainly fit the style of this series and it's one of my favorite Sylvester cartoons

[@fallenninja75]

This episode has stuck with me pretty well even though I didn't quite understand it when I was a kid. It was probably my first introduction to addiction as well, so there was some disconnect with that aspect, and instead it probably only stuck with me because it's just a great episode. It definitely deserved that Award!

[@CruellaDaDalmatian]

I remember seeing this episode when I was younger on a TV recorded VHS tape!

[@pundertalefan4391]

Mine was the first episode on a VHS someone got me called Tweet and Lovely. I always felt weird after watching it.

[@chloemedeiros3546]

As one who has been sober for four years and has attended AA, this cartoon was so accurate! I rewatched it recently for the first time since getting sober and was belly laughing because of how well it captured addiction while also being really funny. Very well done.

[@XXIIXIIIXXXIXXXIX]

I have felt like Sylvester SO many times. And I knew as a kid that this was fucked, never thought I'd go through it tho HAHA. I feel for him so much more now.

[@highearvalley6667]

When I was a kid, I thought the ending was Clarence and Sylvester fighting to eat Tweete, and that Clarence was just tricking cats into not eating birds so he could swipe them up for himself.

[@pundertalefan4391]

Ooh. Interesting interpretation. :03

[@highearvalley6667]

@@pundertalefan4391 Well maybe it was easier to see it that way when translated, instead of a showcase of addiction I got a warning of hypocrisy in asceticism.

[@jgirlinluv55]

This was my favorite as a kid. I appreciate it more an an adult. Sylvester was hilarious lol

[@rocketsurgery950]

I like the ending with the orange cat breaking down and Sylvester holding him down. It's played for laughs, but like the rest of the episode, there's a lot of truth in it. Sometimes it's easier to be stronger for someone else than for yourself, and in that way, the ending shows how a mentor who needs you as much as you need them can be more powerful than the perfect mentor the orange cat was trying to be the whole episode.

[@wstine79]

The G.I. Joe episode "There's No Place Like Springfield" would make for a great video.

[@garthdavis4320]

Also, the Transformers episode “Dark Awakening”.

[@icecreamhero2375]

The Simpsons LOL.

[@INFERNO95]

@@garthdavis4320 That image of half of prime face being blown off will always scare me forever. Even as a adult I can barely watch the episode. Another one is the secret of O mega supreme. It about O mega wanting revenge against deveostors for betrayal in there past. Prime is trying to convince him that revenge won't change anything which leads the two butting heads the entire episode. A well written episode that shows how revenge can make you worst then the person who did you wrong and if you don't try to move on from the past you will never learn what the future has in store for you.

[@garthdavis4320]

@@INFERNO95 You have a point. Dark Awakening did creep me out as well when it had a zombie Prime.

[@superdude7254]

I think this cartoon was my first introduction to the word addict when I was a kid

[@sunkra8824]

I remember this episode from when I was a kid. Couldn't sleep for nights, just envisioning Sylvester lurking at my bed's foot-end and staring at me with those bloodshot eyes, waiting for me to fall asleep so he could eat me!

[@pundertalefan4391]

Are you a bird? XD But seriously, that's sounds horrifying.

[@TimothyChenAllen]

When I walked into my first AA meeting 26 years ago, this was all I knew about addiction and 12-step programs. Somehow, it made it okay to go in. I'm grateful for it (and it's still one of their funniest episodes!)

[@BrenTenkage]

I feel like you should watch Dan Vs, its a very mean spirited show and pretty hilarious, you might also find some dark humored episodes...like the time he tried to blow up an animal shelter (just roll with it)

[@pundertalefan4391]

I heard there was one where he had to deal with his double stalking him. That's dark.

[@BrenTenkage]

@@pundertalefan4391 yeah exactly that episode would fit with how much this stalker just goes from funny stalker for kids to...ok this is feeling like a real world stalker situation.

[@chibiarts9029]

Its not that mean spirited more a bit cynical but I agree Dan vs is great

[@JohnLuckPickard141]

What’s really awesome is that this won the 1957 Oscar for best animated short film.

[@TwilightLink77]

Yep it’s one of the few Looney Tunes animated shorts to win a Oscar the other being Knighty Knight Bugs.

[@DoubleuKuro]

I want someone who makes me as happy as he gets from these cartoons

[@dreamguardian8320]

The red eyes on Sylvester is as creepy and scary as the eyes Donald Duck had, when he tried to kill a cow in Mickey and the Beanstalk.

[@pompe221]

9:23 Google tells me that alum is an astringent used to keep canned/jarred produce crisp, and also to shrink hemorrhoids. So.

[@sethchild522]

This was the one I requested! I didn’t understand the addiction allegory when I was little. Sylvester’s sleepless night just creeped me out. Darkwing Duck’s Hot Spells would make a great DT. It’s literally banned, but you can find it on KZbin. Also I’ve been hoping for years for an NC for Anaconda. You haven’t done your Owen Wilson impression since The Haunting. Don’t forget the backwards waterfall

[@FritzSchober]

The second part is also "The Man With The Golden Arm" from 1955 about heroin addiction (The film stars Frank Sinatra, Eleanor Parker, Kim Novak, Arnold Stang and Darren McGavin).

[@Nick-ty9us]

Arnold Stang was also a voice actor as well

[@Thekinggamelon]

I don't know if I suggest this before, but just in case, here's another Looney Tune dark cartoon you should look at it (back when it was originally known as Merry Melodies): Porky Pig's fish tales, an episode where Porky goes fishing, and ends up about to be eaten by a family of fishes and gets chased by an eletric eel, a sword fish and a big octopus in the end.

[@Rainforestdelight]

You should review 1991 The Sandman, it’s a stop motion animated short film that is right up your ally with its skin crawling atmosphere and it’s truly horrifying brothers grim fairy tale style ending. Plus watch through the ending credits for a final creepy sight.

[@SvenElven]

Weird that Friz Freleng “flies under the radar” today as he made more Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons than any other director (and won the most Oscars). He may not have been as consistent as Chuck Jones' later output, nor as groundbreaking as as Avery or Clampett, but he made so many of the all-time classics!

[@Br1ttany1992]

Slyvester is probably my favorite Looney Tunes character and this episode terrified me as a kid.

[@RobiticDuck]

Two Set Violin?

[@MetalHeadManic612]

Doug, "I don't cook." Says the guy who plugs Hello Fresh at least once a month.

[@coolnerdlll6053]

Where's Nostalgia Critic? EDIT: Check Channel Awesome's reply to their comment. There's an explanation.

[@GBmovieluv]

I'm glad this one's being talked about. Everytime this one comes to my head as an adult I would try to imagine what Sylvester's dialog and what he's seeing or that moment with the radio would be like if it was replaced with real world addictions. Also Sylvester crying towards end always makes me sad both then and now. And then later showing the tables have turned at the end was also great to watch

[@Dr.Gold-Dry-Bowser]

Oh yeah I saw this back in the 90s when I was a kid. Sylvester went insane then Clarence goes nuts after kissing Tweety. It was very creepy but like Tweety said before. Once a bad ol putty cat. Always a bad ol putty cat.

[@datprawn4850]

In the 50th Anniversary VHS special, this episode was premiered in a theatre to all the nominated Looney Tunes episodes. At the part where Sylvester was crying, Clarence had a brief talk with Sylvester. After the episode ends, Sylvester noticed that Tweety was missing, and Clarence walking out of the theatre. Sylvester ran ahead and pulled Tweety out of Clarence's mouth saying... Sylvester: I'll take that, buster. You certainly can not be trusted. *then was snatched by granny.* Granny: And that goes for both of you. Tweety: It's like the saying, in one cat and out the other.

[@Dr.Gold-Dry-Bowser]

@@datprawn4850 Ah good times. I remember seeing that in my childhood days.

[@Dekacho]

How about Rugrats episode "Angelica`s Worst Nightmare"? It has a few dark tones, not only in asthetic, but in writing too.

[@jordanhunter3375]

That eyes open shot could serve as the next 'I sleep-REAL SHIT?' meme template

[@BobbyDrake2000]

The cartoon that clued me into what addiction was THE SMURFS of all things. The episode where they got addicted to that orb that made them feel good, then were made mine slaves by a witch.

[@glowworm2]

That episode was actually very well done as it talks about drug addiction without actually mentioning drugs or addiction the entire time.

[@Zuyuri]

This is a fever dream cartoon for me. I thought it never existed but now, I know it was real

[@ARedMagicMarker]

When I first saw this as a kid, I always thought it was very cruel how Tweety writes off all cats as "bad." I mean, I know cats are geared to hunt, and even I note that change is particularly rare in human beings, but he just wrote them all off as utterly, and completely irredeemable, or treatable. And as I recall, HE was the one asking if Sylvester "liked" him anymore, so it's almost like he's knowingly taunting him while knowing it's in his nature to hunt birds. That's what got me.

[@HunterX05]

Codename: Kids Next Door season 3, episode 6, first segment Operation: A.R.C.H.I.V.E.

[@kendrarasberry3078]

That scared me as a kid.

[@pakspider6482]

Review power rangers rpm last episode alternate timeline

[@00ammy00]

Which one was that again?

[@MadHatter42]

Nah, if we’re doing KND, we gotta do Operation L.O.C.K.D.O.W.N. All the kids are locked inside the Treehouse, hunting down a hidden vampire that’s picking them off one by one. A good, creepy mini slasher flick for kids!

[@Herowebcomics]

I think this is one of the first cartoons I remember seeing ever! And it was amazingly deep for this kind of thing!

[@LazarheaD]

This is a better PSA than 99% of the rest.

[@PoeticProse7]

As a kid, I saw this as part of the Thanksgiving and it always haunted me despite being funny. When going through withdrawal from dependency on benzodiazapines, this cartoon immediately came to mind for that sleepless scene! It's incredibly accurate and I think it actually helped me ride the wave!

[@josepharts2593]

Yes

[@lowrider993]

Mel Blanc, a goddam legend, I never even realized that Clarence and Marvin the Martian had similar voices, that's how good he is.

[@Nick-ty9us]

Yes, he is a a god of voices, even I recognize both of them sound similar, but he did point out they have different deliveries that’s how genius he was able to use the existing voice and switch it up

[@Nick-ty9us]

Do you know how difficult that is using a voice you’re used, but doing a different delivery for a character with the same voice

[@Nick-ty9us]

Can you use a different types of deliveries for the characters as well

[@HorrorMetal]

How come there wasn't a new Nostalgia Critic episode on Wednesday?

[@fhb3]

He was on vacation, according to the Channel Awesome Twitter.

[@HorrorMetal]

Ohh okay.

[@TheZeroNeonix]

I saw this when I was a kid, but its allegory was completely lost on me. Thanks for refreshing my memory so I could enjoy it as an adult.

[@midofox1131]

Hey Doug, I got to "Dark" episodes for you: "The walls are alive" "Curse of the fary Dog" They are both from 101 Dalmatian Street

[@louis8487]

Those titles sound like creepy pastas not a cartoon lmao

[@nylajereb4523]

@@louis8487 they are episodes

[@louis8487]

@@nylajereb4523 I know.

[@midofox1131]

@@louis8487 did notice, nice observation

[@pundertalefan4391]

What about the finale? Darkest Disney Junior content I've ever seen.

[@Czaraan]

Doug, you could legit be an animation historian. I always learn something new during these Dark Toons eps

[@lionheart1234]

When Sylvester said "Im weak, but I don't care" that hit me right the heart like a knife. I have and am struggling with mental issues and I understand how he feels. Although Im not alone in feeling shit because of mental issues, it hit me so hard. I honestly teared up a bit and I had to control myself to not start crying. Anybody who says mental issues is something that you can just "brush off" is a f*cking a**hole.

[@shardinhand1243]

its so cool to see this again, id forgotin it, its been bout 20 years since i last saw this episode. man those eyes.

[@monstersociety3360]

Hey Arnold! - "The Haunted Train"

[@maskbunnyelectro8416]

I think this episode shows us that battling addiction isn't as easy as you think it is. Once you start, you just can't stop

[@wattsink2009]

Fun Fact: Yosemite Sam was caricatured after Friz Freleng!

[@fondiut5596]

It's episode number who knows of this series, and I now notice the boosette drawing in the bottom left corner of doug's art room.

[@glowworm2]

Yes! I only know Tiptoe through the Tulips because of cartoons--especially Pepe le Pew singing it.

[@BlakeRadcliff]

I remember watching this cartoon back in the day and actually never discovered the addiction meaning behind it up until now.

[@jaranth]

Suggestion: "The Kitty Cookie" (Warner Bros Loony Tunes) - Where the dog thinks his kitten has been baked into cookies.

[@glowworm2]

Feed the Kitty. One of my all time favorite Looney Tunes shorts.

[@datprawn4850]

Donald Duck cartoon "Dumbbell of the Yukon" is really dark. It has Donald trying to kill a bear cub in order to make its fur into a coat for Daisy. One time Donald was hanging on a noose!

[@monstersociety3360]

Hey Arnold! - "Ghost Bride"