Collegiate sports art - Part II

Here's something I just got done inking the other night - a preview to this year's NDSCS Homecoming logo. Sorry it's a blurry phone pic - we just moved this month and I haven't hooked up my scanner yet:


I also made a post last July with previous years' artwork here.

Ventriloquist Cat ringtone

One of my all-time favorite animated shorts is Tex Avery's Ventriloquist Cat (MGM - 1950). To me, the short is a quintessential cartoon: laugh-out-loud drawings, successive gags at a great pace, and a funny premise (black cat pisses off bulldog, bulldog chases cat, cat finds 'throw your voice' trick device, cat throws voice to confuse slow-witted bulldog, hilarity ensues).

(image courtesy of bcdb.com)

Many would probably agree with me, though, that the FUNNIEST aspect of this whole cartoon is the sound of the cat's ventriloquist voice! The duck-like "meow meow" is voiced by none other than Clarence Nash, best known as the original voice of Donald Duck Harry E. Lang! I've probably seen this cartoon a hundred times since childhood, and I still find myself laughing every time I hear that meow.

When I got a new cellphone last month, I discovered that I could copy my own sounds to it (thanks to this program)! So... what did I do? Yes, I did it. I recorded the "ventriloquist cat meow" and copied the sound file directly to my phone! Let me tell you, it sure makes getting a call a lot more fun. It's as if the cat is nearby, throwing his voice to my pocket. I admit a few people have given me strange looks - hmph, they just don't recognize a good cartoon sound effect when they hear it. Even IF it's audible from my pants.

Now I just gotta watch out for Spike, in case he tries to rip my clothes off! No worries, I'll just rip his hide off in return.

Here is the audio file in case you wanna try!