We, Robots! (Part 14): Freaks and Finks
Time to close out the prolific 60’s, and move on.
Category Archives: Animation Trails
We, Robots! (Part 13): More Monsters Make Mischief
Here’s another not-necessarily chronological look at some random leftovers from early television focusing on mechanized metal men.
We, Robots! (Part 12): H-B Goes Haywire
Hanna-Barbera LOVED robots! Following is an array from their later series, all taking their respective jumps onto the mechanical bandwagon.
We, Robots! (Part 11): The Cartoons I DIDN’T Grow Up With
What do Astro Boy, Gigantor, Dynomutt, The Robonic Stooges and the Gobots have in common? The answer: I never watched them.
We, Robots! (Part 10): Gearing Up For Disaster
Today, a random sampling of rampaging robots from non-Hanna-Barbera television shorts, mostly from the 1960’s.
We, Robots! (Part 9): Magic Bag and Maid Service
Today, we’ll take a special sidetrip concentrating on two series of the late 50’s and early 60’s which obtained a reputation for regularly featuring mechanical men.
We, Robots! (Part 8): Steel Workers
Today, in somewhat random order we’ll focus on some highlights of early television animation, all dealing with the subject of robots.
We, Robots! (Part 7): To Serve Man (?)
Into the 1960s robots remained a popular subject for animation, still thought of as the cutting edge of modern technology.
We, Robots! (Part 6): Tin-Types
The advent of the 1960’s saw little change in the concept, powers, or design of robots – at least as far as the animated shorts were concerned.
We, Robots! (Part 5): Artificial Stupidity
We enter the 1950’s this week, where the clatter of robotic tin still continues to result in the clanking of coin for producers and distributors.
