Video Hunt Report:

I was out going though the video rack at the Salvation Army yesterday. The kids are all grown up now and we don`t need those old animations anymore And I found a few beat up tapes with the animation gem or two.

Hollywood Steps Out Tex Avery 1941 a celebrity caricature does not hold up because most of the celebrities have not held up that well.

Tom Palmer`s 1936 A Waif`s Welcome was of interest mainly because Mr. Palmer had just been pushed out the door at Schlesingers and replaced by Tex Avery and the boys of Termite Terrace. Tom found a berth at Van Beuren.

The find of the day was Hiroaki Yoshida`s 1987 Twilight of the Cockroaches. What a strange film, Franz Kafka meets Roger Rabbit. A slob bachelor lives in peace with his hand drawn roaches until a neatnick girl moves in. Live action and traditional animated roaches with human heads.  ¶ 10:08 AM