My Top Seven Blu-ray Wish List (and yours too!)
Here’s my top seven wants, produced by Thunderbean or not – and now, it’s also your turn – again!
How Grim Was My Pilgrim (Part 2)
Well, the birds have been carved, and a lucky few Thanks-givers got their wish on the big end of the wishbone. But we’re still loaded down with leftovers from last week’s bountiful feast of animated Pilgrim depictions.
Rankin/Bass’ “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” on Records
The soundtrack to the highly-rated 1976 CBS special launched the first partnership between Disneyland Records and Rankin/Bass, opening new horizons for the label.
1960s Theatrical Cartoons Rock & Roll
Theatrical animation studios of the 1960s tried to rock and roll. Whether they did it well is a matter of opinion.
In Her Own Words: Phyllis Craig on Disney Ink and Paint
Phyllis Craig started as a painter on Peter Pan moved up to do inking, and, eventually doing color key work on Sleeping Beauty.
A Small Gauge Thanksgiving
Here’s a Thanksgiving post that isn’t about Thanksgiving! It’s about my holiday traditions and 8mm film.
How Grim Was My Pilgrim (Part 1)
I thought it might be interesting to de-emphasize the turkey in cartoon importance, and concentrate on the guys and gals who got the whole holiday started in the first place – the Pilgrims.
Merrie Tunes and Looney Melodies …Enter Buddy
Harman and Ising left the Schlesinger studio – taking star “Bosko” with them. A new character was now required to front the “Looney Tunes” series. That character was “Buddy”.
Winter Book Round-up
Several new books I think you should know about… for reading over the winter holidays.
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]
