The first Texas bad man come running into town a million years B.C.The first Texas bad man come running into town a million years B.C.The first Texas bad man come running into town a million years B.C.
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Narrator: This here sure is Dallas, Texas, the way it stands today. But hidden amid the modern buildings there still stands today a small reminder of the way it used to be, the very first jail house. It was built to house the very first bad man in the history of Texas. Now remember this was a long time ago, back when Texas was young, mighty young.
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Love animation, it was a big part of my life as a child, particularly Disney, Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry, and still love it whether it's film, television or cartoons.
Also have much admiration for Tex Avery, an animation genius whose best cartoons are animated masterpieces and some of the best cartoons ever made by anybody. 'The First Bad Man' is perhaps not the great man at his greatest but as far as his 50s cartoons go it's one of the best to me. It may not be among his most imaginative or refined on a technical level, budget was not as big as it was before, but it's still extremely entertaining and highly pleasurable cartoon in typical Tex Avery fashion.
However, much of the animation is very good indeed, often excellent in fact. Very rich in colour, the backgrounds have meticulously good detail when limitations don't kick in occasionally and the character designs are distinctively Avery in style and are fluid in movement. The music, courtesy of Scott Bradley, is typically lushly and cleverly orchestrated, with lively and energetic rhythms and fits very well indeed, even enhancing the action.
Can't fault Avery, whose unmistakable and unlike-any-other style is all over, nor the dynamic voice acting and the very engaging characters. The portrayal of Texas was very interesting.
Voice acting is very nicely done, it's not Mel Blanc, Daws Butler or Bill Thompson but all three were very high in demand as voice actors and couldn't be everywhere and they were also not the only voice actors around (there were a great many and many very talented ones).
In summary, great cartoon. 9/10 Bethany Cox
Also have much admiration for Tex Avery, an animation genius whose best cartoons are animated masterpieces and some of the best cartoons ever made by anybody. 'The First Bad Man' is perhaps not the great man at his greatest but as far as his 50s cartoons go it's one of the best to me. It may not be among his most imaginative or refined on a technical level, budget was not as big as it was before, but it's still extremely entertaining and highly pleasurable cartoon in typical Tex Avery fashion.
However, much of the animation is very good indeed, often excellent in fact. Very rich in colour, the backgrounds have meticulously good detail when limitations don't kick in occasionally and the character designs are distinctively Avery in style and are fluid in movement. The music, courtesy of Scott Bradley, is typically lushly and cleverly orchestrated, with lively and energetic rhythms and fits very well indeed, even enhancing the action.
Can't fault Avery, whose unmistakable and unlike-any-other style is all over, nor the dynamic voice acting and the very engaging characters. The portrayal of Texas was very interesting.
Voice acting is very nicely done, it's not Mel Blanc, Daws Butler or Bill Thompson but all three were very high in demand as voice actors and couldn't be everywhere and they were also not the only voice actors around (there were a great many and many very talented ones).
In summary, great cartoon. 9/10 Bethany Cox
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