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= From Dime to Dime (Modern Madcaps) =

From Dime to Dime is a 1960 Modern Madcaps cartoon directed by Seymour Kneitel and produced by Paramount Cartoon Studios. In this cartoon, a poor man named Jonah becomes addicted to gambling after being bitten by a gambling bug conscience.

Why It Blew All Its Dough and Became Poor

 * 1) This cartoon features prominent promotion of gambling, particularly the gambling bug continuing to force Jonah into gambling every cent he has. This is one of the reasons why this cartoon is banned from syndication.
 * 2) Absolutely no humor in this cartoon whatsoever; the best being done is a few scenes involving Jonah tripping and having his money wagered unintentionally, only to win.
 * 3) Horrid animation and background designs, as the typical of any Modern Madcap cartoon.
 * 4) While the cartoon attempts to show the effects of gambling addiction, this is portrayed in an extremely unrealistic manner. Most gamblers don't go all-in at once during bets let alone win every bet until they make a huge one.
 * 5) Awful ending: Jonah bids everything against Lucky Louie's roulette and loses, causing him to shoot himself. The gambling bug even brushes it off as a "sore loser" and finds another victim to go through the same mess as Jonah did.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) It does teach the effects of gambling addiction, although in a rather unrealistic way.
 * 2) The musical score from Winston Sharples is passable at best.

= The Blacksheep Blacksmith (Modern Madcaps) (WIP) =

The Blacksheep Blacksmith is a 1967 Modern Madcaps cartoon directed by Shamus Culhane and produced by Paramount Cartoon Studios. In this cartoon, Sir Blur torments a blacksmith with his bumbling.

Why It Needs The Bill for Crewing That Horse
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 * 1) Uncanny animation (from animator Nick Tafuri) and background designs, as the typical of any Modern Madcap cartoon.
 * 2) Sir Blur is rather unlikable and out of character in this short since he annoys the blacksmith throughout the short to the point of being irritating rather than funny in this short. Sure he may be annoying in the previous (and later) shorts sometimes, but even then it wasn't to this extent.
 * 3) * Even Allen Swift's voice performance is partly annoying because of this.

Redeeming Qualities
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 * 1) Al Eugster are still pretty good animator.
 * 2) The blacksmith is the only likable character.