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We don't have many (really, any) details but Warner Archives will soon issue a Blu Ray of the cartoons that Tex Avery directed for MGM. Those details should be out in the next few days. We hope they will not be omitting or editing any of them.

These are all wonderful cartoons but I'll start warning you now: If you try to watch more than about seven of them at one time, your brain will turn into raspberry jelly and dribble out your ears.

I'm almost not kidding. Many years ago, I joined a bunch of my friends attending a public screening of Avery cartoons. I don't remember how many there were but after about six, most of us were in the lobby…which was fine because Tex, who couldn't sit through that many at a time either, was out there holding court and answering questions. He kept saying, "They weren't meant to be shown like this." I love these films but…one or two at a time, for God's sake. The marathon felt a lot like this…