What is “A Fabletoon”?
It’s been more than a busy week here and continues to be, but a cartoon showing is still in order! When I was first collecting cartoons, I found this film…
Category Archives: THUNDERBEAN THURSDAY
Fleischer Fun, Part 2: “Gulliver’s Travels” and “Modeling” Restored!
Out Of The Inkwell: “Modeling” Here is the Fleischer cartoon Modeling from 1921. It’s fairly early in the Fleischer Brother’s productions, and features some great early Stop Motion animation as…
Fleischer Fun, part 1: ‘Singin’ like the Birdies Sing’
I think we’re in pretty good times for old Fleischer animation, or, at least, better than in many years. I think it’s safe to say that any fan of 1930’s…
The Gingerbread Castle
Many years back, I was at a film show hunting through a milk crate full of 16mm prints. Film shows used to work like this – similar to a garage…
What Ever Happened To Gabby Goat?
Here’s a simple entry for this week- a Porky Pig cartoon, directed by Bob Clampett.. and Chuck Jones as the listed animator (of course other animators were on the picture…
“Along Came A Duck” (Music Track Only)
Winston Sharples wrote some of the best scores of the 1930’s for the Van Beuren Rainbow Parade cartoons. They had an interesting cartoon-related after life beyond the actual films they…
“Mendelssohn’s Spring Song” (1931)
Mendelssohn’s Spring Song on a hot summer day! Here is a brief introduction to a short that really deserves a longer one. I first saw this film in a black…
Ub Iwerks “See How They Won” (1935)
Here is See How They Won from 1935: Boots Chemists (the Boots Drug company), was a popular chain drug store in Britain, sort of a CVS or Walgreens of the…
Happy 4th of July with Nancy and Sluggo!
Since it’s the 4th of July, it seems like it’s a good time to see a patriotic cartoon..and here’s one that’s usually a little harder to see. There were only…
ESHBAUGH II: “Wonder Bakers at the World’s Fair”
Since we’re talking about a ‘fair’ in this week’s edition, I think it’s only ‘fair’ to take a moment to talk about the hidden archives of the collector world. We…
