Cumulative rating:	(2 ratings submitted)

Associated Studio(s)

Mirisch Company

Synopsis

Characters

Blue Racer (Voice: Bob Holt) Japanese Beetle (Voice: Bob Holt)

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Distributor(s)

United Artists

United States

The Blue Racer

The DePatie/Freleng Collection 2

United States

The Blue Racer

The DePatie/Freleng Collection 2

Running Time: 6:43

MPAA No.: 23196

MPAA Rating: G

Animation Type: Standard (Hand-drawn-Cel) Animation

Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1

Color Type: Color

Sound Type: Mono

Print Type: 35mm

Negative Type: 35mm

Cinematographic Format: Spherical

Original Language: English

Original Country: United States

Reviews and Comments

From TibbyH :

I'm gonna be blunt, this is my least favorite era of DePatie-Freleng theatricals. Every cartoon series produced after Tijuana Toads felt tired and soulless. It was as if the writers couldn't think of any good ideas and just shoved out anything to fit a six minute time for theaters or drive-ins (be it half baked or not). This series being no exception. The Blue Racer isn't funny. Of the 17 entries in this series, this is the only tolerable one. That doesn't make it good by any means, but at least John Dunn and the animators here tried just a little bit. The production design (like most DFE shorts) is surprisingly good with nice watercolors and a pretty decent recreation of ancient Japanese art. Bob Holt is pretty fun to listen to (except his racist performance of the beetle character) and some of the Racer's quips made me chuckle. Bob Thompson and the rest of the animators do a good job not making this feeling like a TV cartoon and do pull off some expressive dialogue scenes and nice squash-and-stretch. It's a damn shame the rest of the series wasn't as good as this one and DePatie-Freleng lost their touch in the theatrical market.
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