“Santa’s Surprise” (1947)
I’ve had that certain ‘sound’ of the Paramount Cartoon orchestration humming in my head, so when I was thinking about what to show this week I thought about Santa’s Surprise.
Category Archives: THUNDERBEAN THURSDAY
Thunderbean Updates and “Sandman Tales” (1933)
This week’s cartoon is an especially bizarre one, and almost qualifies as an entry in the “It was only a dream” category of cartoons – except you know its a dream from the beginning.
What is the ‘True’ Version of a Classic Animated Short?
What makes the ‘authentic’ version of a classic animated film (or any film for that matter)? What is the ‘true’ version of a classic animation short?
Thunderbean Thursday Thanksgiving 2018
I don’t know why, but it seems like there’s always a Thunderbean Thursday post on Thanksgiving!
Eshbaugh Gets Political: “A Fable of the New Deal” (1936)
As if we all haven’t had enough of politics as of late! First, though, a few Thunderbean updates: Lots still going on; look for stills later this afternoon on the…
“Hallowe’en” (1931) with Toby the Pup!
The Toby the Pup cartoons have been high on my list of wants ever since I saw an article by Jerry Beck in Movie Collector’s World (back in 1981!)
A Light At The End of the Many Blu-ray Tunnels
A Boy and His Dog is one of my all time favorites of the Color Rhapsodies series. It’s both beautiful and incredibly cheesy at times, with a cringeworthy little boy
The Annual Halloween Cartoon List – and yours too!
“When I used to show cartoons at my mom’s house on Halloween, she insisted that I bring ‘The Flora Dora Girls’, her name for this cartoon!”
‘The Puppet Murder Case’ (1935)
The Haunted Season is here. Today a Thunderbean report and a distinctive Scrappy cartoon – one of the more stylish of the series.
Red Raven Records
By popular demand! One of my most popular posts from five years ago, about one of my favorite things when I was a kid – Red Raven ‘Movie’ Records!
