A reminder that Tex Avery's unit had hired a REAL stripper just for this one scene. They filmed her first and then later rotoscoped the footage. It's not the first time Tex Avery had done this gag. - ThreadSky

bickpixx.bsky.social • 7 days ago

A reminder that Tex Avery's unit had hired a REAL stripper just for this one scene. They filmed her first and then later rotoscoped the footage. It's not the first time Tex Avery had done this gag.

Reposted from Scalies Daily

Cross Country Detours (1940)
Lizard Lady

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unicorn04.bsky.social•7 days ago

ah yes the lovely rita skopt.

toonskribblez.bsky.social•7 days ago

This scene always made me feel uncomfortable. Not because of the stripping but because seeing a typical animated lizard suddenly become a rotoscoped anthropomorphic one is really jarring and uncanny.

davemaru.bsky.social•7 days ago

The transition is a little jarring

bluffscastle.bsky.social•7 days ago

That's so on-brand for Tex Avery

drummerfromfife.bsky.social•7 days ago

Guaranteed Avery would've had to clear this with Leon Schlesinger. Imagine telling your boss you hired a stripper purely for artistic research...

aeroblu0.bsky.social•7 days ago

Hello deer!

wolfmama.bsky.social•7 days ago

I remember first learning that and I was so impressed. I still am rotoscoping is so cool.

bickpixx.bsky.social•7 days ago

The context behind these gags was Avery making a mockery of Disney's heavy emphasis on "beauty" in animation. So he just made characters become sexy anthropomorphic ladies as to take shots at Disney.

wabbitguy.bsky.social•7 days ago

The Mouse has been pissing people off since his inception so that's no surprise LuL

umpleframple.bsky.social•7 days ago

Tex Avery was an absolute gift of a man to the world of animation. His work still stands out to me as some of the very best & most unique, not just from that era, but overall. His brand of humour was also never truly recaptured by anyone else!

applebutt.bsky.social•7 days ago

Somewhere in this country a person has a that was my great aunt or grandma story

rangerdonald.bsky.social•7 days ago

40s Lewd.

Tex loves taking the next step.

thesketchyartist.bsky.social•7 days ago

The score of “it had to be you” is such a wonderful touch to this

snailbunnydesigns.bsky.social•7 days ago

And people wonder where furries come from. Man they were always here and god bless em

projectionedge.bsky.social•7 days ago

"It's RESEARCH, Leon!"
"Fine, whatever, just so it's under budget."

bickpixx.bsky.social•7 days ago

Leon gave his studio creative freedom. He must have done a great job of keeping Jack Warner away.

thereeljon.mov•7 days ago

Tex and a bunch of the guys are filming the stripper they hired, meanwhile Leon's like "Hey Jack, feel like taking a walk?"

smirkytrick.bsky.social•7 days ago

I wonder if there was ever an uncensored version of this? or at least the film that they recorded the stripper on?

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