“Cartoon Show” Memories
We’re all tired at Thunderbean as we get all the Van Beuren Classics orders out the door, late but happily on their way. As I’ve been cleaning up archives and…
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“Smokey and His Friends”
Here’s a curio I found while looking through animated films at the National Archives: Smokey and his Friends. This strange largely live action short features a fully animated Smokey giving…
An Update on “Willie Whopper”
A mini-update from the front lines on the boy with a big imagination. I promised an update on the Willie Whopper project, so here it is, but first a quick…
Random Ramblings – and another Scrappy!
I’ve wanted to do a post on a bunch of small random things for a while, so this starting-to-be spring Thursday seemed like a good day for some Spring cleaning,…
Scrappy Love: “The Bad Genius” (1932)
It’s a busy week over here as we work on getting materials scanned for the Willie Whopper project as well as cleaning up several other projects at the same time….
What’s Your Favorite Cartoon Title?
What is your favorite cartoon title, and what makes a good one? While hunting through things from my childhood at my Mothers, I discovered a few pieces of paper that…
Behind the Scenes of Lou Bunin’s ‘Bury the Axis’ (1943)
This week, a little look behind the scenes of Lou Bunin’s Bury the Axis (1943) – courtesy of Kodachrome! Lou Bunin was a wonderful stop motion animator. Lou had a…
“Dead End Cats” (1947)
Note: I wanted to start today’s article with an apology to the cover artist on Van Beuren Classics, Milton Knight. In designing the cover for the set, we altered the…
FIRST LOOK: “Van Beuren Classics” on DVD & Blu-Ray
Here at Thunderbean, there are more projects in some kind of progress than I can honestly keep daily track of, but it’s clear already it will be the busiest year…
Billy Bletcher and “The Fresh Lobster” (1928)
I’ve always wondered who animated the sequences in The Fresh Lobster (1928). This odd short stars a sadly silent Billy Bletcher, who has a surreal nightmare after snacking too late….
