“Hardrock and Coco and Joe” – and A New Christmas blu-ray/DVD!
Thunderbean updates: I want to thanks everyone for all the emails, both this week and over the last few months. I’m so happy people like the Snafu and Willie sets…
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The Third Annual Thunderbean Thanksgiving
I got an email from Jerry earlier today, asking if I’d be doing a third annual Thunderbean Thanksgiving. To be honest, I hadn’t given it a lot of thought until…
It’s Here – Private Snafu on Blu-ray!
Never fear. A “New Set” is here! A year and a half in production, with the majority of that time involving digital cleanup of the films, Private Snafu is now on Blu-Ray.
Making Snafu Cartoons / First Motion Picture Unit / Redford Theatre Cartoon Festival
This week: Rare behind-the-scenes footage filmed during the production of a Snafu cartoon!
Terrytoons’ “Red Hot Rhythm” (1937)
A Terrytoon break for some Red Hot Rhythm! This a fast paced 30’s Terrytoons, and I think a pretty enjoyable one – and one of the first ‘Kiko’ cartoons I bought as a young film collector.
“Puttin’ Out the Kitten” (1937)
A favorite ‘Spooky’ cartoon – Scrappy is ‘Puttin’ Out the Kitten’ (1937). It’s one of my favorites, though I know over the years it’s probably confused more audiences as much as anything else.
A Spooky Diversion: “The Case of the ‘Kangeroo’ (Kangaroo) Kid” (1963)
Today, from the “Sam Bassett, Hound for Hire” series. Produced in 1962 and ’63 by Australian Phil Davis, the scariest thing about the show was the animation was produced in Zagreb.
Halloween Continues: “Felix Dines And Pines” (1927)
For this week’s cartoon, I pulled “Felix Dines and Pines”, an especially weird entry in the great silent Felix the Cat series that qualifies quite nicely as a ‘spooky’ cartoon.
Halloween Cartoons Are Always Favorites!
While I know it’s not ‘quite’ Halloween yet, it does give me a good excuse to at least start putting up Halloween cartoon posts… and maybe I’ll do this all through the month.
“Willie Whopper” on Blu-ray/DVD – Finally Here and Shipping Now!
I’m happy to announce that the long awaited Blu-ray/DVD combo,”Ub Iwerks’ Willie Whopper” is finished and shipping this week! Here are the details.
