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Just got home - it was great. Jerry Beck, who is an authority on American animation (he wrote my favorite Warner Bros cartoon book), came out first to talk a little bit about the bad cartoons that we'd be seeing during the evening. He explained the origins of such classics as "Mighty Mister Titan", "Super President", "Moon Mullins" and "Winky Dink". After a warm-up bad cartoon, the show began in earnest.

Erica Doering performed as "Compost Brite", while Frank Coniff played "Moodsy the Owl" - they did some great sketches and songs and introduced the cartoons. Tonight's special guest comedians were the Sklar Brothers, a very funny set of twins.

The theater is cozy, and the list of upcoming events is tantalizing. I'm certainly going to come back for another installment of Cartoon Dump, and probably a couple of other shows as well in the next month or so.