Santa’s Been Comin’ to Town for 50 Years on TV and Records
One of the finest holiday specials ever created hits the half-century mark, so here’s a fresh look at the flawless soundtrack that played such a major part in its success.
The Duck on the Cutting Room Floor
The Disney story department hatched a vast number of Duck-centric ideas that never did reach the screen. Here’s a sample.
“Huck’s Landing”
Today, Tom Carter Productions has been forgotten by most people. Here’s what they did – and why you haven’t seen it.
Mel Blanc: “Wanna Buy a Record?” (1951)
Here’s Mel Blanc in a bizarre and entertaining promotional film for Capitol Records.
Reign of the Supertoons (Part 8)
This week we feast on Super-titles from the last half-decade before the “turn of the century” – the late 1990’s.
Newcomers from 1944-46
The war was progressing favorably, and the tone of Warner cartoons began to return to more traditional.
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Puppet Fabrication – Part 2
Once the clay sculptures were approved, the fabrication process began.
Gertie the Dinosaur Part Two
Gertie the Dinosaur might not have been officially the first animated cartoon, but it was without argument the first animated cartoon of any consequence.
The Return of the “Cinegraph Sweepstakes”!
Oh Boy! The very last film to finish for the my More Stop Motion Marvels Blu-ray. Watch me inspect some Kinex Studio stop motion rareties!
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]
