Reign of the Supertoons (Part 7)
In today’s mix, a panther of odd color, a duck of odd strength, a cat of odd appetite and another of odd bad luck. Odds are, you’ll find something here to your taste.
The First Mickey Mouse Club Record Albums
Say, Mouseketeers! Since Mickey’s birthday is tomorrow, let’s look at LP’s that brought avalanches of songs to eager fans of the Mickey Mouse Club.
Walter Lantz’ Andy Panda in “Meatless Tuesday”
For the first time in a long while on Cartoon Research, here is an animator breakdown of a Walter Lantz Cartune.
“Gertie the Dinosaur” Part One
Winsor McCay drew roughly 10,000 drawings of the characters (by his own account) to make approximately five minutes of animation.
Some Musical Magic from Winston Sharples
Some music-only clips from some of the Van Beuren Rainbow Parades – and a peek at how the cleaned up series is looking.
Reign of the Supertoons (Part 6)
This time we continue with more opportunities for early 90s TV cartoon characters to impersonate other superheroes – up, up and away!
Snafus, Hooks, and Civilian Delights
Four select Snafus with something new musically to say – then a pair from the short lived Naval counterpart series, Seaman Hook.
Disney Cruise Cartoons
Many of you will never have the opportunity to take a vacation cruise, but here are a few out-of-the-ordinary pieces of Disney animation that relate to the Disney Cruise Line.
Who Was Lucille LaVerne?
Answer: She was the Evil Queen and the Wicked Witch in Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. Here’s her story.
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]
