Hit the Beach (Part 3)
Proceeding deeper into the 1930’s, we continue to encounter the occasional visit to a savage cannibal island, and even more retellings of Robinson Crusoe.
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Fitness vs. Fatness (Part 12): Enough! Let’s Hit the Showers
We’ve had ourselves a good long workout, and now is the time for winding down.
The Bob Clampett / Walt Disney Connection – Part One
Bob Clampett always held Walt Disney in high esteem and used him as a business model in creating his own brand.
The Animated Tarzan
Edgar Rice Burroughs himself suggested a cartoon series featuring Tarzan – but it would take 40 years and Filmation Studios to make it happen.
Fitness vs. Fatness (Part 8): Eat, Drink, and Be Portly
The toons continued to be up to their old tricks as the ‘60’s rolled on – with many animated stars struggling to adhere to their routine diets.
Fitness v. Fatness (Part 7): “Pop” Go the Waistlines
Paramount cartoons continued to show an interest in portraying both fitness gurus and fatness freaks with equal fairness.
Fitness vs. Fatness (Part 6): I Was a (??)-Pound Weakling
This week, something to satisfy your appetite, no matter what your diet.
Fitness v. Fatness (Part 4): The Fattening Forties
World War II was coming to an end, and Americans considered themselves as living high off the hog – and no doubt many started to look like one in the process.
Fitness vs. Fatness (Part 3)
We continue our survey of animation’s war on weight – whether to put on the pounds or take them off.
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.
