The Original Animation Anecdotes
To celebrate my 300th installment of Suspended Animation, I am briefly returning to my original format.
Happy New Year To All: “Let’s Celebrake!”
I think this should be required cartoon viewing on New Years Eve. Here it is again in a print you may not have seen before!
Party Animals – and Other Species (Part 2)
Celebrate the New Year with these cartoon revelers!
1949-51: Another Decade, Still Looney
By the early 1950’s the need to plug Warner songs wasn’t as drastic as in the past.
New “Cartoon Roots”, Old Otto Messmer Rarities
The new Cartoon Roots: Feline Follies chronicles some of Messmer’s early animation work from the late 1910s and through some of 1923.
“Mickey’s Christmas Carol” (1983)
At this holiday time of year, one of the Disney cartoons that always gets shown is Mickey’s Christmas Carol. Here are some facts about it.
“Christmas Comes But Once a Year” (1936)
There’s something disarming about this particular short, from the simple but sweet story to the clever ideas that Grampy comes up with to make new toys.
Party Animals – and Other Species (Part 1)
Today we begin a series on the best of toon festivities through the years, in remembrance of when we, too, could sometimes cut loose as wildly as they can.
Laurel & Hardy & Mickey Mouse in Toyland: On the Record
The animation connections – including those personally approved by Walt Disney—are part of what makes the 1934 Laurel and Hardy version of the musical fantasy so unique.
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]
