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Stick to Shorts: A Classic Cartoons Podcast
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A new podcast about classic cartoon shorts! Hosted by J.D. Hansel.
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Stick to Shorts: A Classic Cartoons Podcast @sticktoshorts.bsky.social · Jun 8
Correction: While we previously listed Hollywood Steps Out as being in the public domain, and it has been included in VHS compilations of public domain cartoons, it turns out this is not true. So you won't find it on YouTube, but you know... it's around.
Stick to Shorts: Show #5 Superman, 1941 Director: Dave Fleischer Studio: Fleischer Studios Accolades: #33 in The 50 Greatest Cartoons; Academy Award nominee. Lois Lane investigates a threatening note from an evil scientist. Superman makes his theatrical debut in this acclaimed (and often emulated) short. Content Warning: flashing lights. Availability*: Public Domain; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection; The Superman Motion Picture Anthology (among other releases of Superman: The Movie); Max Fleischer’s Superman 1941-1943. *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be incomplete or outdated. Season One: Cartoonorama - Ep. 5 Stick to Shorts: Show #6 Hollywood Steps Out, 1941 Director: Tex Avery Studio: Warner Bros. Accolades: Included in The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons. Content Warning: wolf-whistling; visual fat joke; smoking. Availability*: Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 2; Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection, Vol. 2; Looney Tunes Platinum Collection, Vol. 2; Looney Tunes: Parodies Collection. *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be incomplete or outdated. Season One: Cartoonorama - Ep. 6 Stick to Shorts: Show #7 The Invisible Mouse, 1947 Directors: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera Studio: MGM We needed a generic example of a Tom & Jerry cartoon. Somehow we landed on this one. Jerry uses invisible ink to turn invisible. Content Warning: spanking; cartoon violence. Availability*: Tubi (Tom and Jerry Theatricals S01:E24); Tom & Jerry's Greatest Chases, Vol. 2; Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection, Vol. 1; Tom and Jerry Golden Collection, Vol. 1; Tom and Jerry: 85th Anniversary Kids Collection. *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be incomplete or outdated. Season One: Cartoonorama - Ep. 7 Stick to Shorts: Show #8 You Ought to Be in Pictures, 1940 Director: Friz Freleng Studio: Warner Bros. Accolades: #34 in The 50 Greatest Cartoons; Included in The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons. In this animation/live-action hybrid, Daffy convinces Porky to leave the cartoon studio behind and try to become a Warner Bros. movie star. Content Warning: smoking. Availability*: Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 2; Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection, Vol. 2; Looney Tunes Platinum Collection, Vol. 2; Porky Pig 101. *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be incomplete or outdated. Season One: Cartoonorama - Ep. 8
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The muse and the masterpiece.
Looney tunes version of Peter Lorre- basically a sleepy creepy looking little guy with purple heavily lidded and bagged eyes looking off wistfully My pumpkin painted like the looney tunes version of Peter Lorre. It’s a small white pumpkin with sleepy creepy eyes ringed with purple and a toothy smile
September 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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This December, at long last, ALL of the Hanna-Barbera era MGM Tom & Jerry cartoons are coming to Blu-Ray, looking their very best!

We’re thrilled that the Warner Archive is not only releasing all the shorts uncensored, but is also contextualizing them with lots of bonus material.
Cover of the Warner Archive Blu-Ray set "Tom and Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology: 1940 to 1958"
September 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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We are now on Instagram at sticktoshorts!
Elmer Fudd preparing to take a photo of proto-Bugs.
July 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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If you enjoyed hearing from @jd11pc.bsky.social on out Marty Feldman episode (and we’re sure you did), don’t forget to check out his podcast @sticktoshorts.bsky.social, which just wrapped its first season.
sticktoshorts.bsky.social Stick to Shorts: A Classic Cartoons Podcast @sticktoshorts.bsky.social · Jun 30
The season finale of Stick to Shorts is out now! Danny Horn returns to talk about Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and a great Friz Freleng cartoon.

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Daffy Duck asks producer Leon Schlesinger for a contract.
July 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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The season finale of Stick to Shorts is out now! Danny Horn returns to talk about Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and a great Friz Freleng cartoon.

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Daffy Duck asks producer Leon Schlesinger for a contract.
June 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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New episode! J.D. talks all things Tom and Jerry with Tori Schmidt!
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Jerry smiles next to the invisible ink with his lower half and left hand invisible.
June 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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G! G! Ryan Roe and Anthony Strand return to chat about the caricatures and references in an almost indecipherable Looney Tunes classic, 'Hollywood Steps Out'!

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Old Hollywood gangster movie actors (James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, and George Raft) talk and smoke in the cartoon 'Hollywood Steps Out'.
June 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Correction: While we previously listed Hollywood Steps Out as being in the public domain, and it has been included in VHS compilations of public domain cartoons, it turns out this is not true. So you won't find it on YouTube, but you know... it's around.
Stick to Shorts: Show #5 Superman, 1941 Director: Dave Fleischer Studio: Fleischer Studios Accolades: #33 in The 50 Greatest Cartoons; Academy Award nominee. Lois Lane investigates a threatening note from an evil scientist. Superman makes his theatrical debut in this acclaimed (and often emulated) short. Content Warning: flashing lights. Availability*: Public Domain; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection; The Superman Motion Picture Anthology (among other releases of Superman: The Movie); Max Fleischer’s Superman 1941-1943. *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be incomplete or outdated. Season One: Cartoonorama - Ep. 5 Stick to Shorts: Show #6 Hollywood Steps Out, 1941 Director: Tex Avery Studio: Warner Bros. Accolades: Included in The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons. Content Warning: wolf-whistling; visual fat joke; smoking. Availability*: Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 2; Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection, Vol. 2; Looney Tunes Platinum Collection, Vol. 2; Looney Tunes: Parodies Collection. *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be incomplete or outdated. Season One: Cartoonorama - Ep. 6 Stick to Shorts: Show #7 The Invisible Mouse, 1947 Directors: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera Studio: MGM We needed a generic example of a Tom & Jerry cartoon. Somehow we landed on this one. Jerry uses invisible ink to turn invisible. Content Warning: spanking; cartoon violence. Availability*: Tubi (Tom and Jerry Theatricals S01:E24); Tom & Jerry's Greatest Chases, Vol. 2; Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection, Vol. 1; Tom and Jerry Golden Collection, Vol. 1; Tom and Jerry: 85th Anniversary Kids Collection. *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be incomplete or outdated. Season One: Cartoonorama - Ep. 7 Stick to Shorts: Show #8 You Ought to Be in Pictures, 1940 Director: Friz Freleng Studio: Warner Bros. Accolades: #34 in The 50 Greatest Cartoons; Included in The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons. In this animation/live-action hybrid, Daffy convinces Porky to leave the cartoon studio behind and try to become a Warner Bros. movie star. Content Warning: smoking. Availability*: Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 2; Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection, Vol. 2; Looney Tunes Platinum Collection, Vol. 2; Porky Pig 101. *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be incomplete or outdated. Season One: Cartoonorama - Ep. 8
June 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Look! Up in the sky! It's a new episode of Stick to Shorts! Danny Horn from Superheroes Every Day and Joe Hennes from @toughpigs.com fly in to talk about Max Fleischer's Superman!
Stick to Shorts: Show #5 Superman, 1941 Director: Dave Fleischer Studio: Fleischer Studios Accolades: #33 in The 50 Greatest Cartoons; Academy Award nominee. Lois Lane investigates a threatening note from an evil scientist. Superman makes his theatrical debut in this acclaimed (and often emulated) short. Content Warning: flashing lights. Availability*: Public Domain; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection; The Superman Motion Picture Anthology (among other releases of Superman: The Movie); Max Fleischer’s Superman 1941-1943. *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be incomplete or outdated. Season One: Cartoonorama - Ep. 5 Superman stands on top of a giant machine as it is destroyed in a raging fire
June 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Here's what's coming up in the second half of this season of Stick to Shorts!
Stick to Shorts: Show #5 Superman (A.K.A. The Mad Scientist), 1941 Director: Dave Fleischer Studio: Fleischer Studios Accolades: #33 in The 50 Greatest Cartoons; Academy Award nominee. Lois Lane investigates a threatening note from an evil scientist. Superman makes his theatrical debut in this acclaimed (and often emulated) short. Content Warning: flashing lights. Availability*: Public Domain; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection; The Superman Motion Picture Anthology (among other releases of Superman: The Movie); Max Fleischer’s Superman 1941-1943. *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be incomplete or outdated. Season One: Cartoonorama - Ep. 5 Stick to Shorts: Show #6 Hollywood Steps Out, 1941 Director: Tex Avery Studio: Warner Bros. Accolades: Included in The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons. Content Warning: wolf-whistling; visual fat joke; smoking. Availability*: Public Domain; Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 2; Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection, Vol. 2; Looney Tunes Platinum Collection, Vol. 2; Looney Tunes: Parodies Collection. *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be incomplete or outdated. Season One: Cartoonorama - Ep. 6 Stick to Shorts: Show #7 The Invisible Mouse, 1947 Directors: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera Studio: MGM We needed a generic example of a Tom & Jerry cartoon. Somehow we landed on this one. Jerry uses invisible ink to turn invisible. Content Warning: spanking; cartoon violence. Availability*: Tubi (Tom and Jerry Theatricals S01:E24); Tom & Jerry's Greatest Chases, Vol. 2; Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection, Vol. 1; Tom and Jerry Golden Collection, Vol. 1; Tom and Jerry: 85th Anniversary Kids Collection. *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be incomplete or outdated. Season One: Cartoonorama - Ep. 7 Stick to Shorts: Show #8 You Ought to Be in Pictures, 1940 Director: Friz Freleng Studio: Warner Bros. Accolades: #34 in The 50 Greatest Cartoons; Included in The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons. In this animation/live-action hybrid, Daffy convinces Porky to leave the cartoon studio behind and try to become a Warner Bros. movie star. Content Warning: smoking. Availability*: Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 2; Looney Tunes Platinum Collection, Vol. 2; Porky Pig 101. *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be incomplete or outdated. Season One: Cartoonorama - Ep. 8
May 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Show #4 is out now! This week, we introduce you to the MGM studio and watch our first Tex Avery cartoon!
The Killer is up in the air, arms and legs flailing, as his eyes bulge out of his head in shock at the sight of Droopy. Droopy casually leans against the wall.
May 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Here's what we'll be covering later this month on Stick to Shorts!
Dumb-Hounded, 1943 Director: Tex Avery Studio: MGM Notability: The first appearance of Droopy! An escaped prisoner attempts to evade the world’s most lethargic police bloodhound, which proves to be strangely impossible. (Our podcast’s opening line is respectfully lifted from this short.) Content Warning: attempted suicide. Availability*: Tex Avery’s Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection; Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1. *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be inconclusive or outdated. Stick to Shorts: Show #4 Season One: Cartoonorama - Ep. 4 Superman, 1941 Director: Dave Fleischer Studio: Fleischer Studios Accolades: #33 in The 50 Greatest Cartoons; Academy Award nominee. Lois Lane investigates a threatening note from an evil scientist. Superman makes his theatrical debut in this acclaimed (and often emulated) short. Content Warning: flashing lights. Availability*: Public Domain; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection; The Superman Motion Picture Anthology (among other releases of Superman: The Movie); Max Fleischer’s Superman 1941-1943. *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be incomplete or outdated. Stick to Shorts: Show #5 Season One: Cartoonorama - Ep. 5
May 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Stick to Shorts returns! Artist @komakesthings.bsky.social joins us to talk about an essential Mickey Mouse cartoon: Brave Little Tailor!

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A giant eyes the little tailor (Mickey Mouse).
May 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Our episode on 'Brave Little Tailor' will likely be delayed by one week.

That gives you more time to watch the documentary we bring up a few times in the episode, 'Mickey: The Story of a Mouse', streaming on Disney+!
The giant, radiant face of Mickey that appeared at the start of his cartoons. Mickey leaning on his huge sewing scissors in his cartoon 'Brave Little Tailor' (1938).
April 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Our second episode is out now! ToughPigs’ @durwoodclapper.bsky.social joins J.D. to talk about ‘One Froggy Evening’!

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April 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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A great new podcast by J.D. Hansel: Stick to Shorts! It's about classic cartoon shorts that everyone loves and hardly anyone can find these days. The intro ep is thoughtful and hilarious. Can't wait to hear more!
April 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Here's your guide to our first few episodes!
Porky in Wackyland, 1938 Director: Bob Clampett Studio: Warner Bros. Accolades: #8 in The 50 Greatest Cartoons; included in The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons. Porky Pig ventures into the strange world of Wackyland to capture the last of the dodos. Content Warning: racial stereotyping (brief, abstract reference to The Jazz Singer). Availability*: Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 2; Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Vol. 2; Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Vol. 2; Porky Pig 101. *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be inconclusive or outdated. Stick to Shorts: Show #1 Season One: Cartoonorama - Ep. 1 One Froggy Evening, 1955 Director: Chuck Jones Studio: Warner Bros. Accolades: #5 in The 50 Greatest Cartoons; included in The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons. A construction worker finds a frog who turns out to be a talented performer, but it won’t perform for anyone but him. Content Warning: involuntary hospitalization. Availability*: Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Vol. 2; Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Vol. 2; Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Vol. 1; Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Looney Tunes; Looney Tunes Musical Masterpieces *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be inconclusive or outdated. Stick to Shorts: Show #2 Season One: Cartoonorama - Ep. 2 Brave Little Tailor, 1938 Directors: Burt Gillett (uncredited) and Bill Roberts Studio: Disney Accolades: #26 in The 50 Greatest Cartoons; Academy Award nominee. In this essential Mickey Mouse cartoon, a simple tailor is tasked with slaying a giant to win the hand of Princess Minnie. Content Warning: smoking. Availability*: Disney+ (unrestored); The Sword in the Stone; Mickey Mouse in Living Color; Mickey and the Beanstalk; Celebrating Mickey; Mickey & Minnie: 10 Classic Shorts. *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be inconclusive or outdated. Stick to Shorts: Show #3 Season One: Cartoonorama - Ep. 3 Dumb-Hounded, 1943 Director: Tex Avery Studio: MGM Notability: The first appearance of Droopy! An escaped prisoner attempts to evade the world’s most lethargic police bloodhound, which proves to be strangely impossible. (Our podcast’s opening line is respectfully lifted from this short.) Content Warning: attempted suicide. Availability*: Tex Avery’s Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection; Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1. *Applies to Region 1 only. VHS, LaserDisc, and unofficial releases not included. May be inconclusive or outdated. Stick to Shorts: Show #4 Season One: Cartoonorama - Ep. 4
April 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Our introductory episode is out now!

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Introduction | Porky in Wackyland (1938) - Stick to Shorts
Hello, all you happy people! Welcome to Stick to Shorts! This introduction tells you all about the show and its topic. You’ll hear a little bit about classic cartoon distribution, the academic respons...
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March 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Due to totally foreseen circumstances, our premiere has been postponed.
Michigan J. Frog, in real frog mode, looking gloomy as the construction worker holds him up by the wrists.
March 23, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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The release date for our first episode has been moved to Monday. This gives us time to polish our introduction.

In the meantime, grab your Looney Tunes DVDs and revisit the cartoons we'll be covering first: 'Porky in Wackyland' and 'One Froggy Evening'!
March 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Here's the trailer for Stick to Shorts! Our first episode (Porky in Wackyland) drops later this week!
March 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM