Wrapping the Tom and Jerry set, What’s Next, and “Scrappy’s Television” (1934)
And… in an attempt to forget about Tom and Jerry for a minute… here’s a Scrappy cartoon!!
Monthly Archives: August 2023
Unpredictable as Weather (Part 19)
Lots of star power this week, with many of the major players in Hollywood cartoons taking their stand in the rain and snow.
Famous Studios: Screen Songs/Kartunes 1950-52
Why would Paramount would choose to rename the “Screen Songs” series as “Kartunes” in 1951 while still maintaining style and content as before?
Animation of “Note”: The Anniversary of Disney’s “Make Mine Music”
Noting the anniversary of one of two Disney features from 1946 NOT on Disney+.
An “Enterprise”-ing Saturday Morning Show: The 50th Anniversary of “Star Trek: The Animated Series”
Celebrating this sci-fi Saturday morning classic – a well-crafted way to realize the original show in a new medium.
Combining Prints of the Van Beuren Tom and Jerry cartoon ‘Pots and Pans’
A companion to last week’s post about working on the Van Beuren Tom and Jerry cartoons for Blu-ray.
Unpredictable as Weather (Part 18)
The storm clouds miss no one today – as every one of the major producing studios appears in today’s 1943-44 survey.
The First U.S. Stop-Motion Feature on Screen & Records
The New York-produced stop-motion feature that made animation history had a decades-long life through its soundtrack on RCA Records.
“The Puppetoon Movie” Vol. 3 is Here!
This is an out-and-out plug for one of the best blu-ray sets of the year.
With “Sugar, Sugar” on Top: The 55th Anniversary of “The Archie Show”
Archie has played a long-running role in our pop culture, consistently being rediscovered by different generations.
