The ‘Cultoons’ Series turns 35— and Finally Comes to Blu-ray!
Here’s some of my own personal favorites that showed up on those sets.
Category Archives: THUNDERBEAN THURSDAY
The Best Cartoon You’ve Never Seen!
The most obscure cartoons on your “Wanted” checklist. Here’s my choices — now it’s time for yours!
Dynamo Doc in “Freeloading Feline” (1960)
This isn’t a really bad cartoon, but there’s really not much to recommend it either – unless you are a diehard fan of 60s Lantz.
Old King Cole Display Company: Christmas Promotional Campaign (1935)
This particular film promotes their Disney-themed displays created for larger department stores.
Famous Studios’ “Lulu at the Zoo” (1944)
While it isn’t the funniest of the series, it’s beautifully designed and animated with a great score – and Dutch subtitles!
The Millionaire Hobo (1939)
Yep, it’s another Scrappy cartoon. Well, sort of…
The Little King in ‘A Royal Good Time’ • Cleanup in Progress
Here’s a little sneak peak at a scan is from a silent 16mm print that we’re still working on.
Happy (almost) New Year and “Happy Holidays” (1940)
This week, a Scrappy-less Scrappy cartoon! In fact, the PHANTASY series was a whole series of Scrappy-less Scrappy cartoons.
Adam Savage’s “Tested” segment, “Christmas Comes But Once a Year” and more!
If nothing else – It’s been a pretty great year for Fleischer animation.
Be Happy, Be Healthy (1963)
Here’s a cute little educational, from a little company called Portafilm out of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
