Animation Anecdotes #131
The Fourth Dimension. Chuck Jones directed five cartoons for Warner Brothers that featured a little African boy named Inki trying to capture an elusive Mynah Bird. “Those cartoons really baffled…
Monthly Archives: October 2013
“Once Upon A Time” (1936)
“Are you a REAL Driver?” You have to give Metropolitan life insurance some credit for trying. In 1936, they hired Audio Productions to make an animated film on driver safety,…
Animation Anecdotes Request For Help
I have asked Jerry to post this request today to try to catch the attention of those who read and enjoy the “Animation Anecdotes” column. As some of you may…
From Ukulele Ike to Jiminy Cricket: Cliff Edwards
I love the voice of Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket but unfortunately, the life of the talented performer was not a Disney fairy tale. For a brief time around 1922,…
Sagendorf’s Popeye
Artist and editor Craig Yoe – current president of the secret “Society of Sagendorks” and perennial keeper-of-the-flame that continues to light Popeye’s pipe – has a new book and a…
More Indian Animation
Ho hum. Remember my report of the Indian CGI feature Koochie Koochie Hota Hai, about a romance between three anthropomorphized dogs (actually a funny-animal remake of the 1998 Indian live-action…
Commercials Animated by Bobe Cannon
Bobe Cannon was one of the real biggies in the history of animation. His animation was always very funny, appealing, and endlessly creative. I’ve spoken to many of his co-workers…
Animation Anecdotes #130
Mort Drucker on Animation. Artist Mort Drucker has been one of my favorite cartoonists for decades, not just because of his work for MAD magazine but his work in DC…
“How Animated Cartoons are Made” (1919)
In honor of the opening of Watch Me Move, an exhibit celebrating animated films that starts today at the Detroit Institute of Arts, here is How Animated Cartoons are Made,…
In His Own Words: Chuck Jones on Duck Dodgers
Charles Martin “Chuck” Jones received multiple Academy Award nominations over the years and in 1996 he received an honorary Oscar for “the creation of classic cartoons and cartoon characters whose…
