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Unlike Warner Bros. Cartoons iconic Road Runner, nothing about DePatie-Freleng s supersonic Blue Racer could be described as streamlined. This listing reptile, while surely speedy, definitely is not slick and ranks as more of an Everysnake who loses more battles than he wins, most of them to a philosophical Japanese Beetle. The DePatie-Freleng artists, while dubious acknowledgists, still displayed their knack for extended physical comedy and squash-and-stretch action scenes in this surprisingly popular scheme that bucked the contemporaneous trend toward limited animation. Never consigned to any indiginous natural habitat, Blue Racer vacations in Tokyo, winters in Alaska, even emigrates to Ireland with a wanderlust echoed by the films producers, who outsourced one of the entries to Sydney, Australia and another to Barcelona, Spain. List of shorts: HISS AND HERS SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SERPENT NIPPON TUCK PUNCH AND JUDO LOVE AND HISSES CAMERA BUG YOKAHAMA MAMA BLUE RACER BLUES THE BOA FRIEND WHAM AND EGGS KILLARNEY BLARNEY BLUE ACES WILD FOWL PLAY FREEZE A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW SNAKE PREVIEW ACES AND SNAKES LITTLE BOA PEEP Special Features: Two documentaries by Greg Ford and William Hohauser: DePatie-Freleng s Range Rovers and Art for Art s Sake (a tribute to brilliant DePatie-Freleng multi-hyphenate Art Leonardi), featuring Mark Arnold, Jerry Beck, Barbara Donatelli, Will Friedwald, Art Leonardi and layout artist Martin Strudler. | Audio commentaries for selected films by author Mark Arnold, director Bob Balser (archival audio), animation historian Jerry Beck, filmmaker Greg Ford and cartoon writer William Hohauser.

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Diminutive loudmouth Sheriff Hoot Kloot, astride his curmudgeonly, limping horse Fester, wages an ongoing battle of witlessness against lunatic sheep rustler Crazywolf. DePatie-Freleng s only series of cartoon Westerns, the Sheriff Hoot Kloot films are characterized by especially strong direction and layout (by Hawley Pratt, Gerry Chiniquy, Art Leonardi and others). Delighted with the chance to slip in clever Wild West in-jokes, writer John Dunn further pits Kloot and crew against a veritable rogues gallery of ridiculous outlaw villains, including Billy the Kidder, Calamitous Jane, Butch Casualty, Wild Bill Hiccup, and the hanging Judge Soy Bean. KLOOT S COUNTY APACHE ON THE COUNTY SEAT THE SHOE MUST GO ON A SELF-WINDING SIDEWINDER PAY YOUR BUFFALO BILL STIRRUPS AND HICCUPS TEN MILES TO THE GALLOP PHONY EXPRESS GIDDY UP WOE GOLD STRUCK AS THE TUMBLEWEED TURNS THE BADGE AND THE BEAUTIFUL BIG BEEF AT THE O.K. CORRAL BY HOOT OR BY CROOK STRANGE ON THE RANGE MESA TROUBLE SADDLE SOAP OPERA Special Features: Two documentaries by Greg Ford and William Hohauser: DePatie-Freleng s Range Rovers and Art for Art s Sake (a tribute to brilliant DePatie-Freleng multi-hyphenate Art Leonardi), featuring Mark Arnold, Jerry Beck, Barbara Donatelli, Will Friedwald, Art Leonardi and layout artist Martin Strudler. Audio commentaries for selected films by author Mark Arnold, cartoon director Bob Balser (archival audio), animation historian Jerry Beck, filmmaker Greg Ford and cartoon writer William Hohauser.