Retro cartoons to play on mute

[LMNO]

Betty Boop or GTFO.

[AFK]

Smurfs/Snorks mashup

[President Television]

Alf.

[hooplala]

Black and white Max Fleisher Popeye cartoons.

[Disco Pickle]

Ninja Scroll is a great party movie

Heavy Metal is too

also, though not animated, Natural Born Killers is great to run in the background of a party, IMO.

[Eater of Clowns]

I'm a bit against having something playing during a party, even on mute.  I feel like it takes away from the social aspect of the thing, gets people focusing on the screen.  That's the reasoning behind the scooby doo gang running suggestion - if it's a loop, it's a decoration.  People won't have their eyes drawn to it.

It also occurs to me that showing a loop of Yogi Bear stealing a pic-a-nic basket would have a maddening effect.

[hooplala]

I once went to a halloween party that had the Shining playing on the tv on suuuuuuper slow motion - it was hilarious, and not too distracting because it was so slow.

[AFK]

I'm a bit against having something playing during a party, even on mute.  I feel like it takes away from the social aspect of the thing, gets people focusing on the screen.  That's the reasoning behind the scooby doo gang running suggestion - if it's a loop, it's a decoration.  People won't have their eyes drawn to it.

It also occurs to me that showing a loop of Yogi Bear stealing a pic-a-nic basket would have a maddening effect.

I don't think so, it can actually be a pretty good conversation piece depending on how you do it.  Especially if you juxtapose it with completely incongruous music. 

There was this rock club I used to go to where they had a couple of TVs that played random cartoons or old black and white shows on mute while the music was going on.  It basically ended up just being a piece of art, and more often than not it became part of conversations.  I think it's all in the presentation and framing. 

[nostalgicBadger]

Alf.

Alf is neither action-oriented, nor a cartoon, although a friend and I did start watching it from the beginning a few weeks ago. Alf is pretty excellent, and apparently the entire cast hated working on it.

[nostalgicBadger]

I'm a bit against having something playing during a party, even on mute.  I feel like it takes away from the social aspect of the thing, gets people focusing on the screen.  That's the reasoning behind the scooby doo gang running suggestion - if it's a loop, it's a decoration.  People won't have their eyes drawn to it.

It also occurs to me that showing a loop of Yogi Bear stealing a pic-a-nic basket would have a maddening effect.

I don't think so, it can actually be a pretty good conversation piece depending on how you do it.  Especially if you juxtapose it with completely incongruous music. 

There was this rock club I used to go to where they had a couple of TVs that played random cartoons or old black and white shows on mute while the music was going on.  It basically ended up just being a piece of art, and more often than not it became part of conversations.  I think it's all in the presentation and framing. 

This is what I'm going for. We have two main hangout areas in the apartment, one being the living room that's more relaxed, the other being the dining room, which we convert to a dance floor. We're doing clips from old Olympics in the living room, and I was thinking retro cartoons for the dining room. So it is pretty important that whatever I show is purely background, and nothing that people will end up becoming invested in.

There's a hipster bar near where I live that shows vintage porn and 50's-era toy commercials, both great ideas, but they're associated with a hipster bar...

[Prince Glittersnatch III]

Alf.

Alf is neither action-oriented, nor a cartoon, although a friend and I did start watching it from the beginning a few weeks ago. Alf is pretty excellent, and apparently the entire cast hated working on it.

That doesnt suprise me. Alf was a rather loathable piece of pop culture. Ive yet to find anyone who didnt grow up watching it who liked it, and even then they admit its not very good.

[AFK]

I liked it.  Never did get to see the last episode. 

[President Television]

This thread is starting to remind me of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqwssaqoxRU

[nostalgicBadger]

Thank you guys for all your responses -- Since this is our last party before we all move out, I decided to use the final episode of (almost) every series proposed, using Windows Movie Maker to slice out dialog scenes, and then string all the shows together. It's turning out to be really cool. If anyone wants to check it out, when I'm finished, I'll upload it somewhere. I might recycle it for another party at some point.

[Cainad (dec.)]

That reminds me of my video-butchering project, where I've started replacing all the music in that old animated version of "The Hobbit" (specifically, Glen Yarbrough's incessant vibrato) with weird crap that ends up working. Like replacing the song in the opening credits with "Gay Bar", and whatnot.