Commercials Animated by “Those MGM Guys”
Okay, maybe it isn’t quite accurate to call them “MGM guys” since they all worked for other studios as well. But these are some of the animators that come to…
Category Archives: CLASSIC ANIMATED ADVERTISING
Commercials Animated by Gerard Baldwin
Gerard Baldwin had an amazing facility for animating. He did brilliant full animation, but he also has a way of doing limited animation in a way that made it seem…
Commercials Animated by Phil Duncan
For years Phil Duncan was one of those ubiquitous animators. You’ve seen his work a million times but you may be unfamiliar with his name. He was very stylistically flexible…
Foiled Again! More Kaiser Aluminum Spots by Stan Freberg
We’re continuing from where we left off last week, with more goodies from the Kaiser quilted foil collection. Stan Freberg conceived these spots for the Young & Rubicam agency, and…
Commercials Animated by Emery Hawkins and Herman Cohen
We have a twofer for you today. Two animators, one whom you probably know about, and one whom you may not know so much about. Emery Hawkins and Herman Cohen….
Commercials Animated by Bobe Cannon
Bobe Cannon was one of the real biggies in the history of animation. His animation was always very funny, appealing, and endlessly creative. I’ve spoken to many of his co-workers…
Groucho Marx for DeSoto
What happens when you combine Groucho Marx, animation, and automobiles? This happens… You Bet Your Life starring Groucho Marx began on radio in the late 40’s and by the early…
Animated Comercials By Bill Littlejohn
What can I say about Bill Littlejohn? He was one of my favorite animators. His work was always friendly, expressive, and honest, which is also good description of Bill himself….
Commercials Animated By Rod Scribner
Editor’s Note: Thanks to the favorable response to last week’s “Classic Animated Advertising” post, I’ve decided to make this a regular feature. Mike Kazaleh will share the duties with me…
Classic Commercials By Classic Animators
TV commercials. Apparently, everyone did them. We know many classic animators back in the 1950s and 60s moonlighted at the several independent commercial studios, but what about the Hollywood studios…
