In the Center Ring (Part 2)
Presenting the second chapter of our survey of circus cartoons, continuing with the silent era, and moving into the dawn of sound.
Tag Archives: Toby The Pup
Unpredictable as Weather (Part 3)
Cartoons struggle against storms, this week including Fleischer’s Bimbo, Charles Mintz’s Toby the Pup, Ub Iwerks’ Flip the Frog, and Van Buren’s Tom and Jerry.
Party Animals – and Other Species (Part 4): Party Protocol
As a public service this week, we provide an object lesson in the proper etiquette for party attendance and party throwing.
Toby the Pup in “The Museum” (1930)
The original negatives for the RKO Toby the Pup cartoons remain lost. Here’s what one of those cartoons looked like.
“Hallowe’en” (1931) with Toby the Pup!
The Toby the Pup cartoons have been high on my list of wants ever since I saw an article by Jerry Beck in Movie Collector’s World (back in 1981!)
David Gerstein on Cartoon Pop Music
The buried history that cartoon music contains: vintage sheet music, rare original recordings, bizarre facts and weird old-time cliches. Lots of weird old-time cliches.
Halloween Rarities Special Set – and “Old Manor House” (1948)
Since it’s the season, I’ve put together a ’Special’ (but really “unofficial”) Thunderbean set of Spooky Cartoons called “Halloween Rarities”. It’s a Blu-ray that includes Toby the Pup in Halloween.
The Hunt For A Rare Original Title Card – and the 2016 “Thunderbean Thursday” Special DVD Set!
This particular Cubby Bear title card was one of the things I most wanted and, happily, it showed up at long last!
Halloween Cartoons Are Always Favorites!
While I know it’s not ‘quite’ Halloween yet, it does give me a good excuse to at least start putting up Halloween cartoon posts… and maybe I’ll do this all through the month.
A Thunderbean Halloween
So, Halloween has gotta be the cartoon lover’s favorite holiday, at least for all the weird animated films that either have Halloween themes. We seriously could put a link to…
