Animation Anecdotes #309
Bill Clinton told Time Magazine in 1993, “I’m a lot like Baby Huey. I’m fat. I’m ugly. But if you push me down, I keep coming back. I just keep coming back.”
Scrappy in ‘The Wolf at the Door’ (1932)
Scrappy as a Canadian Mountie, who should be arrested for sending Oopy out in sub-zero weather – in what appears to be only a nightshirt.
Complimentary Mintz: Krazy Kat and Toby the Pup: 1929-31
Shedding some light on the Mintz studio, with focus on the early sound period from 1929 to 1931.
Disney’s “Funny Bunnies” on Record
In 1962, Disneyland Records combined stories based on Funny Little Bunnies, the White Rabbit and Bambi’s friend Thumper on a low-key LP featuring Lucille Bliss.
The Ray Abrams Archives – Part 4: Studio Crew Photos
Today’s look into the Ray Abrams archives (courtesy of his son William Abrams) consists of several animation staff group portraits.
The Mills Brothers in Cartoons – Part 2
Although the Mills Brothers appeared in three of Max Fleischer’s “Screen Songs”, other studios went out of their way to obtain a Mills Brothers sound — if needed.
Terrytoons – The Viacom Years
CBS had allowed 20th Century-Fox to distribute Terrytoons’ new cartoons to theaters, but Viacom dealt strictly with television syndication. Then Viacom acquired the studio.
Animation Anecdotes #308
“His almost limitless ability to understand the essence of a character and to invest himself into its being is what made him so consummate an artist,” said Chuck Jones of Mel Blanc.
Terrytoons Always Look Better in IB Technicolor
Here is a really fun Heckle and Jeckle short from 1951, looking as it should in beautiful IB Technicolor. I’m especially fond of some of the Jim Tyer sequences.
Jerry Beck is a writer, animation producer, college professor and author of more than 15 books on animation history. He is a former studio exec with Nickelodeon Movies and Disney, and has written for The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. He has curated cartoons for DVD and blu-ray compilations and has lent his expertise to dozens of bonus documentaries and audio commentaries on such. Beck is on the faculty of both Woodbury University in Burbank and Cal Arts in Valencia. More about Jerry Beck [Click Here]
