Disney’s “Bedknobs & Broomsticks” Storyteller Records
A twist of the magic bedknob takes us around the world for 50 years of the Disney classic, in story and song, on gleaming vinyl.
My Least Favorite Warner Bros. Cartoons
Here’s a quick list of the ones that annoy me. The mis-fires; the ones I would have a hard time defending.
Chuck Jones at Disney
When Warners briefly shut down its animation studio in 1953, director Chuck Jones took off to work at the Disney Studios
Toddle Tales and Rainbow Parade Model sheets
One of the great finds this year was a series of original model sheets from the Rainbow Parade series – I thought it would be fun to share a bunch this week!
Fitness vs. Fatness (Part 1)
Animation’s encounters with exercise is our new weekly workout routine.
Max and Dave: You Can See DeForest For the Trees
Commencing in 1926, a monthly schedule of Song Car-Tunes began to be released with sound, re-teaming with the DeForest Phonofilms system.
Al Kilgore’s “Bullwinkle” and Other Cartoons
A special little tribute to a great cartoonist who drew some of our favorite animated characters – far from the animation studios that produced them.
Filmation Superman
The New Adventures of Superman, produced by Filmation in 1966, literally changed the face of Saturday morning cartoons.
Happy April Fools Day! (with Tom & Jerry in “Tightrope Tricks”)
We’re not foolin’ anyone today – but here’s one cartoon I love that I’d be foolish not to share here.
Jerry Beck is a writer, animation producer, college professor and author of more than 15 books on animation history. He is a former studio exec with Nickelodeon Movies and Disney, and has written for The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. He has curated cartoons for DVD and Blu-ray compilations and has lent his expertise to dozens of bonus documentaries and audio commentaries on such. Beck is currently on the faculty of CalArts in Valencia, UCLA in Westwood and Woodbury University in Burbank – teaching animation history. More about Jerry Beck [Click Here]
