The Funky World of Adult Cartoons. Various directors, c. 1978 compilation.
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Edition screened: Included on Vinegar Syndrome DVD #130 Sex in the Comics, released 2016. English language. Runtime approximately 45 minutes.
Summary: Some depictions of cartoon animals in sexually compromised situations, but nothing that suggests physical harm.
The Funky World of Adult Cartoons is almost wonderful. This compilation includes about ten vintage cartoons that are not so much erotic as downright filthy. Really obscene, and seeming more outrageous because of their sometimes gritty styles and deteriorated quality. They run consecutively with no indication of creator, origin, or of who compiled the segments into one feature. The first cartoon about a housewife and her maid is particularly raunchy, breathtakingly so. We also get the famous Schwänzel und Gretel (very washed-out), a few that are informed by Warner Brothers Silly Symphonies, a scandalous jungle adventure, and much more. It is possible that The Funky World of Adult Cartoons is largely or completely a dupe of an earlier compilation called Dirty Little Adult Cartoons . . . but I’m having a hard time confirming or refuting that theory. Some of these cartoons definitely were included in DLAC.
So what happened to ruin this fascinating little Funky World? Well, you know how some folks think it’s funny to spout off the first juvenile smart-ass comment that pops into their heads on a second-by-second basis? And you know how there’s even a compilation series where this grade school approach to watching film is the whole point?
Yep. Each of these little gems retains its original music soundtrack . . . but barely audible under a running commentary by a couple of buffoons who ridicule and “riff” (I’m ashamed to even write that) on everything that happens on the screen, mixing it up occasionally to insult each other and each other’s wives. This unifying audio idiocy was recorded much later than the actual cartoons, probably added about 1978 when the compilation was made. It completely ruins the presentation, and is about as entertaining as hearing Welcome Back Kotter playing loudly in another room while you’re trying to watch something worth watching. Very unfortunate. As released, it would not be possible to turn off the morons without also eliminating the correct original soundtracks.
Vinegar Syndrome? Hello? Hi there. Wouldn’t it be great if someone were able to remove the idiotic commentary from Funky World so that the cartoons could be heard as intended? It would be even better to find a superior master of Funky World with unspoiled audio and better video, or possibly a quality dupe of Dirty Little Adult Cartoons if in fact it is the same thing or very similar.