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Honestly, does the framing on the shot below \u2014 taken from Hare Trigger<\/i> (1945), the cartoon that introduced Yosemite Sam, as it is presented on the newly-released four-disc set Looney Tunes: Golden Collection Volume Six<\/a><\/i> \u2014 seem right to anyone?<\/span><\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s another egregious example:<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a> $\"\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n

Honestly, has it ever occurred to the people who master these discs that the animators who had absolute control over every element of the frame might have used every bit of space that they had at their disposal, including, say, the upper-right corner?<\/p>\n

Oh, and it\u2019s even worse if you watch these images on a typical old-fashioned TV, of course, thanks to the overscan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"