CARTOON DUMP was a monthly live comedy show I produced, starring Frank Conniff (TV’s Frank of MST3K) and presented at the Steve Allen Theatre in Hollywood. It is currently on hiatus.
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Starring Erica Doering, Kathleen Roll, Joe Keys and Eddie Pepitone. And featuring J. Elvis Weinstein or Joel Hodgson as “Dumpster Diver Dan” and featuring Frank Conniff as “Moodsy, the Clinically Depressed Owl”. Produced by Jerry Beck & Frank Conniff • Created by Frank Conniff • Developed by Jerry Beck • Music by Brad Kay and Frank Conniff • Written by Frank Conniff • Podcasts Directed by Scott Ingalls
• Podcasts are now available on YouTube! Here’s one:
© 2012 by Jerry Beck and Frank Conniff


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 [





