1940s Columbia Screen Gems Posters
The little studio that couldn’t. Columbia’s poor Screen Gems studio tried its best to compete, but never really came up with a memorable character along the likes of Bugs Bunny,…
Category Archives: Animation History
WANTED: The Bugs Bunny Show
Yesterday I hosted a Looney Tunes marathon screening (six hours!) in Los Angeles. I devoted one hour of it to running a bunch of ABC’s Bugs Bunny Show (1960) bumpers…
Walt Disney’s Forgotten “Carrot” Characters
Well, ya learn something new everyday… for example, I never knew Disney helped the British Government win the war by promoting carrot recipes in the Yorkshire Post newspapers – until…
An Animators Draft: A Car-Tune Portrait (1937)
Today I am re-posting an original animators draft for the Max Fleischer “Color Classic” cartoon A Car-Tune Portrait (released June 26th, 1937). Drafts for non-Disney cartoons are scarce, but vital…
When A.A.P. became U.A.A.
We all know A.A.P (Associated Artists Productions). For a company that really only existed for two years, it left behind quite a legacy. The company’s name has long been associated…
Terrytoons “Barker Bill”
Today we’ll gaze into the hypnotic image of Terrytoons’ long-forgotten animated cartoon host, Barker Bill. Barker Bill’s Cartoon Show is considered one of the first network television weekday cartoon series….
Matty’s “Funday Funnies” bumpers
Ever wonder about these? I thought not. Many of us Baby Boomers remember the original Matty’s Funday Funnies show on ABC back in the late 50s, early 60s. Matty Mattel…
What Dave Fleischer did after “Mr. Bug”
One of the big remaining mysteries in animation history is what became of Dave Fleischer after he left the Fleischer Studio. The man spent spent 20 years directing (or getting…
