The 85th Anniversary of “Fantasia”
It’s hard to believe there was a time when the film was considered a bitter disappointment.
Vintage Commercials! What are some of *your* favorites??!?
Here’s a few of my favorites from over the years.
Cartoons At Bat (Part 24)
We’ll pick up this week with some vintage baseball tales from Fox, then close with a quartet of Hanna-Barbera related leftovers.
Bob Clampett’s “Porky’s Poppa” (1938)
This confirms another black-and-white Looney Tune where Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones acted as a team.
Racketeers and Rabbits
The Warner Bros. Studio has had a long association with “gangster pictures” – and likewise with “gangster cartoons”!
Seldom Seen Halloween Specials and Episodes #4
A number of animated TV specials and episodes created for Halloween have been lost to time – but we found them.
Happy Halloween! “Boos in the Nite” (1950)
Even though the song sequence isn’t a highlight as it is in others, it’s still a fun little ride.
Cartoons at Bat (Part 23): Woo-Hoo!
This week we’ll spotlight the characters from “The Simpsons” – focusing upon the local bush-league team of interest to Homer’s community – the Springfield Isotopes.
Lantz – a Lot! (Part 4)
Our time period for this week’s coverage brings us some of the last work of Pooch the Pup, and a return of Oswald Rabbit.
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 currently on the faculty of CalArts in Valencia, UCLA in Westwood and Woodbury University in Burbank – teaching animation history. More about Jerry Beck [Click Here]
