Fleischer’s Animated News #8
Nearly thirteen years have passed since we last posted an issue of Fleischer Studio’s employee newsletter. Let’s pick up where we left off…
Spring Into Classic Cartoons
Now that it’s arrived, it’s only fitting that we celebrate this very welcome season with some spring-theme classic cartoons!
Screen Gems’ “Mutt ‘n Bones” (1944)
This Columbia cartoon is the closest any studio got to making a Pluto cartoon outside of Disney.
Special Bull-etin! (Part 4)
We pick up this week with Quick Draw McGraw, who provides two episodes of interest, then proceed ahead into other series with bullfight action overlooked by our readership.
Classic Cartoon Writing: Why These Cartoons Weren’t for Kids
There are voices you’ve known your entire life—without ever realizing how much intention, intelligence, and writing lived behind them.
Celebrating Ted Nichols and the Hanna-Barbera “House Sound”
Composer Ted Nichols played a pivotal role in sustaining and developing the ‘60s ad ‘70s music in Hanna-Barbera TV and theatrical animation.
Oscar-Winning Animated Short Subjects Celebrating Anniversaries #3
The Academy Awards are this Sunday, and here are three Oscar-winning shorts, each one celebrating an anniversary this year.
Harman-Ising Staff, Autumn 1933
Devon Baxter steps in today with a substitute post – updates in his Clampett and Harman-Ising research.
Special Bull-etin! (Part 3)
Taking care today of some overlooked contributions from the more minor producers of TV fare from the 1960’s to the subject of bullfighting.
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 USC in Los Angeles, CalArts in Santa Clarita, and UCLA in Westwood – teaching animation history. More about Jerry Beck [Click Here]
