The Pepsodent Show starring Bob Hope (with Jerry Colonna, Brenda and Cobina)
Greetings, gate! Today on Radio Round-Up, we present references to Bob Hope’s radio show in classic animated cartoons – including “Professor” Jerry Colonna.
Category Archives: BAXTER’S BREAKDOWNS
Radio Round-Up: AD SLOGANS
“Is this trip really necessary?” Yes it is – as we examine the various references to product advertising slogans frequently heard in cartoons in the 1930s and 40s.
Radio Round-Up: BABY SNOOKS
Radio Round-Up is back, and today we bring you Baby Snooks and Daddy!
Robert McKimson’s “Hillbilly Hare” (1950)
Time to breakdown one of animation’s greatest hoedowns—Bob McKimson’s feudin’ an’ square-dancin’ cult classic, Hillbilly Hare!
Rudolf Ising’s “The Bear That Couldn’t Sleep” (1939)
In this cartoon, Ising used frustration comedy reminiscent of Edgar Kennedy and Wallace Beery to illustrate an “Old Bruin” being unable to sleep throughout hibernation.
Disney’s “Magician Mickey” (1937)
This week’s animator breakdown presents another Mickey Mouse cartoon I’ve been anxious to write about!
Walt Disney’s “Mickey’s Rival” (1936)
Happy to be back, folks! Here’s an animator breakdown of a Mickey Mouse short I have wanted to write about for a long time…
Animator Profiles: ARTHUR DAVIS
We’ve saved the best for last day of the month – an overview of the vast career of animator/director Arthur “Art” Davis, a favorite among many of us.
Animator Profiles: MYRON WALDMAN
This week, we look into the career of one of the most notable animators of the East Coast, Myron Waldman!
Animator Profiles: Ben Solomon
This week’s post doubles as an overview of cartoonist Ben Solomon’s animation career, and as a look at his comic book work.
