Today movie of the day is 1972’s Fritz the Cat directed by Ralph Bakshi. Considered to my the first X-rated cartoon in the United States proving that cartoons are not just meant for kids.
This is Ralph Bakshi’s first full length movie and one of my favorite movies
The movie was loosely based on Robert Crumb’s Fritz the Cat cartoon however Crumb and the filmmakers did not see eye to eye on the film’s content and Crumb is not a fan of the film.
However when the movie was released it became a wildly successful hit and led way for other mature humor cartoons.
“We’re not rated X for nothin, baby!”
I loved Fritz the Cat! We had all of Bakshi’s films on tape and watched them over and over. Had Crumb’s comic too but never knew he didn’t like the film!
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Oh yea in the documentary Crumb he totally went to town bashing the movie!
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Oh no, poor Ralph! I’ll have to check the Crumb documentary out, I imagine he’d be pretty unrestrained if something displeased him.
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