Countdown to 2020: Better Late Than Never
Let’s mosey along with Father Time through the end of the present trail, and follow the later entries in animation’s love-affair with clockwork up through the present day.
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Countdown to 2020: More Tick-Tock Talk
We continue our survey of clocks as central figures in animation history, and of Father Time’s periodic visits to keep things in sync.
Countdown to 2020: Dance of the Cuckoos
We resume our timely survey of how animators “killed time” during the Golden era of the late 30’s and 40’s – in other words: More coo-coo clock cartoons.
How Grim Was My Pilgrim (Part 2)
Well, the birds have been carved, and a lucky few Thanks-givers got their wish on the big end of the wishbone. But we’re still loaded down with leftovers from last week’s bountiful feast of animated Pilgrim depictions.
Spacey Invaders III: Hanna Barbera Opens Hailing Frequencies
The fledgling Hanna-Barbera studios were quick to capitalize upon the craze of galactic travel and general “space age” consciousness.
We, Robots! – Part 2: The 30’s – Of Title Bouts and Technocrats
The earliest cartoon robot man appears in the Van Buren Aesop’s Fable talkie The Iron Man. Here’s a survey of all robot men in the 1930s.
Gus Wicke, An Appreciation
Wicke only voiced the villainous Bluto for a few years, from approximately 1935 to 1938, but to highly memorable effect, especially in Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad.
Danny Kaye’s Weavie-Weavies
Walt Disney was always looking for opportunities to find additional work for his artists. One solution was supplying short animated segments for features from other movie studios.
Toons Abhor a Vacuum – Part 2
The history of the cartoon vacuum cleaner, into the 1940’s and on to features – plus some inside information about an unknown Chilly Willy short that never came to full fruition.
Bob Hope and Animation
Bob Hope has been caricatured several times in animation, most notably in cartoons distributed by Paramount where Hope did several live-action comedies. Here’s a checklist.
