Steineded How sad is this?

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Vimacone Tex Avery was well known for off the wall zany humor. But in addition to that, he enjoyed playing with his audience and reminding them that they're watching a cartoon. One of his pet projects was poking fun at pop culture. Chief among these was doing parodies of well known stories and subjects. By the late 30's, Warner Bros. was known for doing gangster films and crime dramas which gave commentary on social issues in America. Most film buffs will know that one of the major stars of this genre was Edward G. Robinson, who became famous for his role in "Little Caesar (1930)". Tex parodies Robinson in a WB cartoon for the first time. While this short is not a parody of a specific crime drama, its a parody of the gangster film in general.The best part of this short is how Tex constantly breaks the fourth wall in so many unprecedented and sometimes original ways for the time. Many cartoons had been done that featured a caricature of a well known celebrity, what makes this one funny is that the Robinson caricature is aware that he is a caricature and proceeds to "show off his Fred Allen impression" to the audience. Tex had already done the gag of a silhouette at the bottom of the screen, simulating an audience member, many times. The way he sets it up here is so subtle at first that audiences in the theater would have been caught off guard seeing what appears to be Robinson actually addressing an audience member (the gag has since lost its effect outside the theater). Even funnier that the audience member tips off the policeman in the next scene with knowledge of where the Killer is going to strike next, because he's seen the short before.Definitely one of Tex's early masterpieces.

slymusic Directed by Tex Avery, "Thugs with Dirty Mugs" is an excellent cartoon parody of film noir. Plenty of sight gags and laughter abound as the vicious gangster "Killer Diller" (a bulldog caricature of Edward G. Robinson) and his mob become involved in a bank crime wave. Only the meekest little character can assist police dog "Flat-Foot Flanigan with a Floy Floy" (the name being a takeoff of a popular song) in cracking the case.Here are my favorite sequences from "Thugs with Dirty Mugs" (don't read on if you haven't yet seen this cartoon). Characteristic of director Tex Avery, Killer Diller and his gang angrily acknowledge a meek little man (wonderfully voiced by Mel Blanc) in the "theatre" audience, and Flanigan literally breaks through the split line separating himself and a secret agent while they converse by telephone. I also love how Killer sticks up a telephone and utilizes the Worst National Bank as a pinball machine. Not to mention the hilarious "Take that, you rat!" scene, as well as the scoring of the popular song "Jeepers Creepers" in a minor key while the gang robs the Worst National Bank and then rubs out the numerical figure on the bank assets sign."Thugs with Dirty Mugs" is a terrific cartoon that can be found on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 3 Disc 2, with an insightful commentary by contemporary animation director Greg Ford.

phantom_tollbooth Tex Avery's 'Thugs With Dirty Mugs' is one of the director's great classics. Though less discussed than many of Avery's pictures, 'Thugs With Dirty Mugs' is a masterclass in parody and the visual gag. In fact, there are so many extraordinarily inventive and original sight gags on offer here that you can't quite believe Avery packs them all into seven minutes. The main concept of the cartoon is a parody of all those great Warner Bros. crime movies of the time (the main villain is a caricature of Edward G. Robinson) and this is observed wonderfully but instead of focusing on plot, 'Thugs With Dirty Mugs' quickly establishes itself as a series of spot gags with a loose cops and robbers throughline. Spot gag cartoons can sometimes be slow moving or hit and miss but 'Thugs With Dirty Mugs' has a ridiculously high hit rate and moves at such a lick that the few misses barely register. I don't want to spoil any of the gags by describing them here but 'Thugs With Dirty Mugs' features one of the best and silliest sight gags in history. Just listen out for the phrase "Take that you rat" and you'll see what I mean. One of the all-out funniest shorts in the entire Warner library, 'Thugs With Dirty Mugs' is a classic which everyone should make the effort to see.

ultramatt2000-1 This old-school Warner Brothers cartoon spoofs gangster films. Yes there are some Edward G. Robinson jokes, police gags, and movie theatre jokes. Television was not there at that time. As Charleton Heston says in THE OMEGA MAN, "They don't make pictures the way they used to". Someday when I graduate from college, I'm going to make a not for kids cartoon about gangstas and a hellzapoppin of spoofs that is kind of like, LITTLE CEASER meets SOUTH PARK, meets THE FAMILY GUY, meets SCOOBY-DOO,but more updated and mature.