DePatie-Freleng’s “The Tiny Tree” (1975)
Every Christmas, no matter how old they are, you can always rely on certain Christmas specials airing on major TV networks during the season. However, for every “Charlie Brown Christmas”,…
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DePatie-Freleng’s “Hoot Kloot”
Continuing my series of posts on DePatie-Freleng’s later theatrical works – another one they did was “Hoot Kloot”, about a sheriff in the wild west. Like many cartoon characters, Hoot…
DePatie-Freleng’s “The Blue Racer”
Here I will continue with DePatie-Freleng’s obscure theatrical shorts. By 1972, DFE had stopped producing The Ant and the Aardvark, Tijuana Toads, and Roland and Rattfink shorts. In addition, they…
DePatie Freleng’s “The Dogfather”
DePatie-Freleng was an oddity in the 1970s animation industry. They were the last to produce short films for theaters. Indeed, after Walter Lantz shut down his studio in 1972, they…
More Animated Pilots
Today I continue with more cartoon pilots that never went anywhere. Hang on tight, because there are more of these than you thought lying around. Here’s a fresh crop. Samson…
Animated Pilots That Never Made It
Editor’s Note: This week Steve Stanchfield is on the road – off to explore several film collections away from his Ann Arbor home base. Filling in today is our resident…
Robotan (1966)
Sometimes there comes a show that’s just plain mystery because very little of it that survives. What the show was like, who worked on it, where it came from. Today,…
“Hey, I’m Guzura!” (1967)
Here’s an oddball classic anime you might not have heard of: Oraa Guzura Dado. It was a slow process for Tatsunoko Productions when it first opened its doors in 1962….
“Kitaro” (1968)
“Yokai” is a class of supernatural monsters in Japanese folklore, ranging from mischievous creatures to those who bring good fortune to those that prey humans and hurt them. However, there…
Terrytoons in CinemaScope
I’m one of the handful of people who collects cartoons on 16mm film. Some I got for bargain prices, others I had to shell out more, and a lot more…
