Stop Motion Fun courtesy of Joop Geesink!
The Joop Geesink “Dollywood” shorts are some of the hardest films to see, and often only the most die-hard of animation fans even know of the studio.
Category Archives: THUNDERBEAN THURSDAY
“Minitoons” from Cartoon Films LTD/ Animated Cartoons Inc.
Ub Iwerks renamed his company Cartoon Films, Ltd. in 1936 after the split with Pat Powers. Here are a few animated theatrical commercials from the studio dating from 1939 and 1940.
LOST AND FOUND: Pixar’s Sample Reel and Marketing Video from 1990
I show this tape every year in my animation history class, and I think it’s a good time to share it here. It’s a great document of how Pixar viewed itself at the time.
Happy Easter From Lou Bunin, The White Rabbit and… Perry Como!
Here is a real rarity. Several sequences of the White Rabbit from ‘Alice in Wonderland’ animated by Lou Bunin and composited with a live action Perry Como.
Paul Terry, the model senior citizen, in “Social Security in America” (1968)
Paul Terry is featured in this week’s film as a shining example of how the Social Security system is working. It’s quite a rarity in that I don’t think there are too many surviving prints.
A Thunderbean Rambling
Some thoughts at the end of a day, related to animation, preservation, creative endeavors and the small windows that are often the difference between something happening or not.
Thunderbean Thursday: Space Cartoons!
There’s a ton of animated cartoons made over the years about space travel, and I thought it would be fun to talk about those this week. Here are the first ones that came to mind…
Revisiting ‘Cubby Bear’ – and the Blu-Ray Pre-Order
This week’s cartoon is – you guessed it – Cubby Bear! Croon Crazy seems to be the most ‘pre-code’ of the series, with many outlandish gags.
Harman/ Ising’s “Mischivous Mice” (1934)
The Harman / Ising Studio produced three ‘Cubby Bear’ cartoons for Van Beuren in 1933. Two of the three, ‘’Cubby World Flight’ and Gay Gaucho’ saw theatrical release, and this one – the third one – didn’t.
Hugh Harman and Gordon Sheehan’s “Tom Thumb in King Arthur’s Court” (1963)
Tom Thumb in King Arthur’s Court is an interesting entry in the history of educational films. Hugh Harman started it and Gordon Sheehan completed it. Bizarre to say the least.
