The Short, Animated Life Ted Parmelee
Theodore (Ted) Parmelee was a very young man when he began working at the Walt Disney Studios. Born in 1914, he would live only 52 years before his unfortunate death…
Category Archives: From The Files of Dr. Toon
Rankin Bass On The Big Screen: “Willy McBean And His Magic Machine”
Sixty years later, Willy McBean is an interesting enough film to merit some examination.
PUFFED UP! The 1978 TV special that grew out of a children’s folk tune
All in all, this is an outstanding TV special, mainly thanks to the story by Romeo Muller, the Lipton/Yarrow song and the animation my Fred Wolf and Chuck Swenson.
60 Years Ago: Gene Deitch’s “Alice Of Wonderland In Paris”
While Alice is not an outstanding animated feature, there is little in this movie to quibble about.
Forgotten Adult Animated Feature: “Once Upon a Girl” (1976)
A look at an obscure X-rated animated feature that is “Uncut, Uncensored & Incredibly Unsuitable for Children!”
Nine (Lives) Is Enough: The Dreadful Sequel To “Fritz The Cat”
A tasteless and unimaginative follow-up to Ralph Bakshi’s notorious feature. It was universally panned – but was anything about this woebegone sequel worthwhile?
“Felix The Cat – The Movie” (1989)
Felix is, alas, not a very good film, and most critics have been considerably harsher than that.
Therefore Art Thou, Conrad?
Does anyone (besides us geeks at Cartoon Research) really miss or even care about Conrad the Cat?
“The Man From Button Willow” 61 Years Later
On April 3, 1965, a low point in American animated films hit the theaters. We watched it so you wouldn’t have to.
“Everybody Rides The Carousel” 50th Anniversary
How could this psychologist not pay tribute to John and Faith Hubley’s depiction of Erik Erikson’s Eight-Stage Theory of Psychosocial Development?
