Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1954
Once again an overload of Paramount submissions, two really good Warner Bros. cartoons, a visually spectacular Donald Duck and an independent film from John Wilson.
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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.
The 1984 Golden Awards Banquet Video, Part 3
Today we conclude our playback of the official video of the First Golden Awards Banquet from 1984, with the roll call of the honorees and their gathering for their group photo.
The Pink Panther “In The Pink” (1967)
Here’s a wonderful surprise for you readers—a draft from the DePatie-Freleng studios!
Animation Anecdotes #225
Friz Freleng’s “Two Crows From Tacos” is basically about two incredibly stupid Mexicali crows who chase a grasshopper. The crows were later redesigned as cats, and later as toads. Here are the voices behind these funny characters.
Animation Anecdotes #205
The Rocket Robin Hood Caper. Producer Steve Krantz had some huge problems with Trillium Productions, part of Al Guest Productions, who Krantz had contracted with to do the animated television…
Animation Anecdotes #202
The Secret Origin of Chip’n’Dale’s Rescue Rangers. I have always been fascinated with how animation projects develop, sometimes evolving into something significantly different than the original concept. After the continuing…
Animation Anecdotes #187
Bugs Bunny’s Girlfriend. There was a 1945 New York Times newspaper article where animation legend Friz Freleng was quoted as saying “We don’t want to give him (Bugs Bunny) a…
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…
Classic Commercials By Classic Animators
TV commercials. Apparently, everyone did them. We know many classic animators back in the 1950s and 60s moonlighted at the several independent commercial studios, but what about the Hollywood studios…
