Category Archives: WARNER CLUB NEWS

Animation History

June 18, 2018 posted by Jerry Beck

Warner Club News (1959) – Part 1

1959 may not have been a banner year for Looney Tunes, but a question emerges: Was “Beep Beep” the studio’s actual ‘character name’ for The Road Runner?

Animation History

June 11, 2018 posted by Jerry Beck

Warner Club News (1958) – Part 2

I’m afraid the Bugs Bunny Lari-Loop Larriette was no hula-hoop or coon-skin cap… but nice try!

Animation History

June 4, 2018 posted by Jerry Beck

Warner Club News (1958) – Part 1

A final word from Eddie Selzer… Lou Scheimer, Owen Fitzgerald and Sam Armstrong join the studio as layout men… and the new Warner Bros. Commercial and Industrial Films Division opens.

Animation History

May 28, 2018 posted by Jerry Beck

Warner Club News (1957) – Part 2

The second half of 1957. The Warner Bros. Cartoon Department as seen through the eyes of the artists via the gossip column of the monthly in-house employee magazine.

Animation History

May 21, 2018 posted by Jerry Beck

Warner Club News (1957) – Part 1

Our weekly look at a slice of life at the Warner Bros. Cartoon studio – this week circa 1957 – where note is made of “exceptional” cartoons like What’s Opera Doc? and Three Little Bops.

Animation History

May 14, 2018 posted by Jerry Beck

Warner Club News (1956) – Part 2

Another round of posts from the Warner Bros. in-house studio newsletter, written by and distributed essentially to Warner employees on the Burbank lot.