From A to ZZZ

[resculptit]

It seems Ralph Phillips has a very active imagination. There is nothing wrong WhatSoEver with that. But he is obviously missing out on sleep and a home-life that helps him understand the meaning of school. Education does not have to be boring or silly to kids if their parents were involved in their up-bringing. It can actually be fun. And from the parents I see nowadays - the Parents need as much Homework as the kids.

[resculptit]

THIS is one of the Best cartoons every made after the war. It was great at showing the imagination of children. It wouldn't go over in today's world since it isn't quite Politically Correct in every aspect. But to kids - this is the kind of television they want.

[georgpaul49]

Cool stuff,thumbs up

[gaddafi36]

haha

[flinket]

What a great cartoon!

[LiteracyLabyrinth2]

a TREASURE! Number Five is alive!

[michelpierre100]

Azerti

[Kagereneko]

The part with the numbers is my favorite...

[zunidoll2]

All this kid would need is a stuffed tiger and this could almost be an animated version of Calvin & Hobbes.

[neneshubby]

Today in 2011 - Glorifying guns, killing animals, glorifying the military, promoting violence by boxing, and stereotyping native americans. About the only thing the political correctness crowd would like is the bird flying. It would remind them of medical marijuana.

[NeutralAtJSP]

@neneshubby Because medicinal cannabis is politically correct, yeaaaaaah. That's why everyone is rushing to legalise it!!!! -_-

[neneshubby]

Of course now this is called ADD.

[EdmacZ]

Today if a kid was caught daydreaming or had such a wild imagination like that, He/she would've been deemed "wrong" and would be recommended to take medication.

That's how we do our kids these days. Pump 'em full of pills and call it a day.

[zuiderzee98]

Someone ought to try an Inception on Ralph.

[SeekerKC]

Wow, that brought back memories. It's amazing just how much of this they wouldn't show nowadays...I find that quite the shame.

[WORMGERM]

my favourite cartoon of all time.

[neneshubby]

Ralph Phillips is the freakin man!

[jesusisbling]

I was always day dreaming, but I could also do ALL the problems on the black board. The teachers hated me...

Day dreaming should be encouraged, to teach the kids to THINK instead of mimic...

[Lokimaros]

@jesusisbling Yes, me too.  I used to read with a book under the desk, and the teachers would occasionally try to catch me out by asking a question, which i would unfailingly answer correctly, having kept half an ear open for them Good times.

[Finalfo]

excelente!!

[grgeliz]

This cartoon (From A to ZZZ) is one of the best ever made. Imagination. Humor. Sarcasm. Heroics. It will last forever that way. Chuck Jones indeed!!!

[carlitosbug]

Why were the numbers moving at 1:30?

[YouToons100]

@carlitosbug it's part of his daydream, which he does almost all the time throughout the cartoon

[emeraldsunsets]

@carlitosbug

Because they were taunting him

[annidez]

The way the shark splits at 5:22 always cracks me up!

[electronictrip]

always loved this one!~ cartoons after school were the best ever!

[cubantoro]

I could never get tired of this "CLASSIC" I remember being a young child and day dreaming~ Who hasn't? ;-)

[looneytunes9000]

This was on CartoonNetwork's special 14hour looneytunesmarathon on newyearsday.

[dorourke105]

Anyone who existed in this time period.Would they really make you recite things out loud in class like that?

[mikemantel]

Yep

[eramos724]

YES! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

I have been trying to figure out the name of this kid for months and I finally found it. I LOVE this kid!

[thegreenjesus1979]

muy bueno, no me acordaba, jajaja

[OldsVistaCruiser]

Love the MacArthur reference at the end!

[NarxHinfan89]

I've seen this cartoon as a segment from Adventures of the Road-Runner.

[SteveCarras]

While I've ragarded Chuck Jones to have jumped the shark right after thgis, even with his masterpieces, this underrated gem still shows he coluld do the truly unusual and fun. Too bad no one seems to talk about it as much as say, "What's Opera Doc", or that frog short.

BTW Dick Beals was Ralph in these two, Marion Richman of UPA "Gerald McBoing Boing" fame the mom, and Mel Blanc and Norman Nesbitt (as the ship cap'n) were minor voices in this film.

[SocratesTheGadfly]

you have GOT to be kidding.

Chuck Jones was a master cartoonist and may he rest in peace, but he NEVER "jumped the shark" with any of his cartoons!!

[SteveCarras]

Okay, maybe I was going overboar din my opinion, but I was talking about the characterizationz-making Daffy a loser on the same lines as folliccally chanllelnged Charlie Brown or a Lucy with temper or Snoopy with flights of fancy--Good grief!Besides Bill Melendez from Art Davis;'s unit and the early Charlie Brown look of Ralph Phillips and the common Charles M. first names,something snoopy isd going on here! Anyway, visialluly, I do agree Chuck Jones had among the best artists for him..

[SocratesTheGadfly]

Charles Schultz penned the peanuts and to my knowledge did not work for looney tunes nor merrie melodies.

Art David was a cartoon director like chuck Jones and Bill Melendez worked for Looney Tunes also.

[SteveCarras]

No I meant that they both had "Charles M." for their first name and initial. Yeah, I know, common, and "M" for Jones was "Martin', you knwo what "M." stood for in Schultz's name? (aka Sparky). "Monroe". And I forgot to mention Bill Melendez working for Warners, under Arrt Davis.

[SocratesTheGadfly]

each cartoonists styles were different even though they were in essentially the same profession and BOTH have equally great merit. i do not think that either "jumped the shark" because that is in reference to the happy days series of the 1970s, even though it is a colloquialism used to indicate that a show has lost its audience appeal and entertainment value. granted some cartoons were marginally not as good as other but that is from the economics of production not the talent

[OldsVistaCruiser]

Now Hear This! ;-)

[SocratesTheGadfly]

ha ha

[balderroja]

This has always been the most memorable Merrie Melodies for me, I love that boy!!

[chrispdx]

This is the Holy Grail of Looney Tunes animation. Thank you for loading this, you are the man!

[DEP717]

LMAO! This is awesome!