American Cartoon Stars in Japanese Commercials
Editor’s Note: Mike Kazaleh is taking a well-earned break this week, traveling back to his home town in Detroit. In his place today our colleague Charles Brubaker steps in with…
Animation Anecdotes #184
Designing Penelope Pitstop. The female Wacky Racer Penelope Pitstop was a last minute addition to the cast. “I remember sitting in my office while Joe (Barbera) was in a meeting…
Castle Films and Kiko The Kangaroo
This week I’ve uploaded a neat curio: A Castle Films promotional film from 1943, featuring Eugene Castle himself and radio-and-movie star Lew Lehr. It’s an odd little promotional film, but…
DePatie Freleng’s “The Dogfather”
DePatie-Freleng was an oddity in the 1970s animation industry. They were the last to produce short films for theaters. Indeed, after Walter Lantz shut down his studio in 1972, they…
Harvey Comics on Records
Find out what Casper the Friendly Ghost has in common with Elizabeth Taylor, Sandra Dee and Ajax Detergent — and celebrate the only Harvey/Famous cartoon soundtrack album ever released! THE…
“Tha’s A Fack!” Fleischer Promo Art #20
This week we look at the seven pieces of Fleischer promotional art that appeared in Paramount Sales News from May through Oct. 1937. Only seven? For the first time since…
My Top Ten Anime Features – Continued (Part 6)
My “Top Ten” anime choices have become a “Top 15″ (ten, plus five runner-ups). Here are two more I have to add to the list: 14. Cowboy Bebop: Knockin’ At…
Ail For Whatever Cures You
As television became a fixture in the American household, it was no longer necessary for the medicine man to ride his wagon across the country and give his pitch one…
Animation Anecdotes – The Interview
EDITORS NOTE: Jim Korkis has compiled the best of his Animation Anecdotes into one convenient book that compacts years – decades – of cartoon history in a concise organized form…
Animation Anecdotes #183
The Kimball, Kelly and Moore Show. In 1941, Sterling Silliphant who was then the publicity director at the Disney Studio but later went on to fame and fortune as a…
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