Many people probably remember the old Bonkers series that used to come on the Disney Afternoon, but I imagine many people forgot about the show Bonkers originated from called Raw Toonage. In a confusing series of events, somehow Disney developed these two shows at the same time, with the idea that Raw Toonage would show that Bonkers did have a career as a cartoon character before losing work and joining the police force in the real world.

Anyway, Raw Toonage was sort of Disney’s stab at what Warner Brothers had seemingly mastered with Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs, in that they wanted to create a variety show of sorts. Each episode would have a bunch of different shorts with different main characters, and the episode would be hosted by another well known Disney character like Goofy, or even Tale Spin’s Don Karnage. The show wasn’t particularly memorable, or good even, but it had a few bright spots. I recalled this old short called “Badly Animated Man” and decided to look it up on Youtube, and sure enough, it was there. It’s a pretty good stab at the sorts of cartoons that were out around then.