TheLittleSongbird I love the work of Chuck Jones, I think when it comes to animation he is a genius. Now Hear This shows Jones's talent so well and one of his all-time masterpieces.What impressed me so much about Now Hear This was how much material it fitted in such a short running time. The cartoon is just six and a half minutes or so, yet it has so many funny moments both visually and sound effects wise especially with the egg. This is all helped by the snappy pacing, Now Hear This does go very quickly without feeling rushed and there is never a dull moment.The story of Now Hear This is a simple one, yet in its structure it is wonderfully abstract too. It wasn't just the material and pace that impressed me, the animation is wonderful with a great colourful stylistic look to it and very minimalist in style. The colours are audacious, the backgrounds are interesting and the characters are typical Jones in their design and when I say that I mean that in a good way.The music is energetic and breezy, with the use of Mendelssohn's Spring Song never becoming annoying, a fun rendition of Yankee Doodle and a fun if bizarre variation of the Looney Tunes theme song. There are the sound effects as well, it isn't just the sound effects that make Now Hear This work, there are some truly great and creative sound effects and not one of them feel misplaced. Apart from one word, Quiet!, there is no dialogue, but that isn't a flaw in any way as it is the visuals and sound that drives Now Hear This.All in all, a Chuck Jones masterpiece. 10/10 Bethany Cox

slymusic "Now Hear This" is an absolutely brilliant cartoon that happens to be something of a masterpiece - I think - for the sound effects wizardry of Treg Brown. Featuring many avant-garde background designs, large words flashing on the screen, bizarre sound effects, odd musical commentary, and SILENCE, this cartoon isn't like any other Warner Bros. cartoon I've ever seen.My favorite sequences: After the British gentleman finds himself inside a dark railroad tunnel, he is horrified to see a giant eyeball staring at him, as well as the words "Punk!" and "Wise Guy", followed by more sets of eyeballs. A tuba plays Mendelssohn's popular Spring Song while the British gent finds himself literally wrapped up in musical staves. At the sight of the word "Silence", a bouncing ball kicks off a flatulent march tempo. A tree grows to the accompaniment of a flute playing the Spring Song, after which the poor gent becomes absolutely discombobulated by a lengthy, dizzying, stentorian horn honk and a cymbal crash; an egg then hatches into a marching trombone playing a most god-awful rendition of "Yankee Doodle".Directed by Chuck Jones, "Now Hear This" is a cartoon that is well worth its weight in strangeness. And don't cover your ears; make the most out of every sound!

tavm I've just seen this latter-day Chuck Jones effort for Warner Bros. when I linked Cartoon Brew which linked this from YouTube. Wow, what a psychedelic collage before it became fashionable! This short is very hard to describe so I'll just say what a wonderful mix of sound and images concerning a British man hearing strange stuff from a horn he picked up. Gotta give sound effects man Treg Brown credit for really going creative here. This kind of thing probably isn't surprising to anyone who has seen Jones' later Oscar-winning short The Dot and the Line but even so, Now Hear This certainly qualifies as one of the strangest cartoons ever (and was also nominated for an Academy Award, to boot!). To those who have long looked for this rare short, go to YouTube or anywhere else this might be available and hope it eventually turns up on a future Looney Tunes disc collection.

heyyoupatguy Another Chuck Jones cartoon where he steps outside his Warner Bros. characters and deals with the abstract in the same vain as 'High Note' and 'The Dot and The Line'(although the previous title may be slightly inaccurate, it is along the same lines). Not much else to say-just a very inventive and enjoyable offering from the greatest short-subject animator in the world. Unfortunately, it doesn't get played very often.