Mine (and Yours): Favorite Important Moments in Animation History!
Here are top 10 of my favorite ‘moments’ in animation history. And please share some of yours.
Category Archives: THUNDERBEAN THURSDAY
Thunderbean Ramblings and Updates
Sometimes I feel a little like a monk working on these things, scrubbing or repairing films both physically and digitally, then onto the next. Here’s an update on my latest projects.
Nitrate Unboxing, April 17, 2019
Forget the Mueller Report! Today Steve Stanchfield received a box of nitrate cartoons from UCLA and we are there to watch him unbox them!
The Flip the Frog Project, part 2: Clean-up & the term “Restoration”
So many of the Flip The Frog master elements look really excellent, and the restoration effort on this particular set is perhaps my biggest. Here’s an update.
Anatomy of A Project: Behind the Scenes on a Thunderbean DVD
I thought I’d write a little this week about the basic stages of producing a Thunderbean title, using the Flip the Frog Blu-ray set as an example.
Larry Larson (1946-2019)
Last Friday, we lost Larry Larson, an incredible instructor in stop motion. I thought I’d use today’s Thunderbean Thursday to pay a mini tribute to this wonderful soul.
What Would Your Dream Animation Showings Consist Of?
I thought it would be fun to see what *you* would curate for one of your own ‘dream shows’. Here’s mine!
“The Caveman” (1934) starring Willie Whopper
I thought it would be a nice thing to share this jaw dropping restoration of The Caveman with Willie Whopper, from the Willie Whopper Blu-ray project a few years back.
Scrappy in “The Pet Shop” (1931)
The Pet Shop continues Scrappy’s tendency to own businesses that are clearly beyond his own capability. It’s a good thing there are no customers on this particular day.
“The Ski’s the Limit” (1949) – and projects in progress
I wonder how many people sang along to these films; does anyone remember going to a theatre and seeing one with a singing audience?
