DePatie Freleng’s “Pink Panic” (1967)
Step inside the Dead Dog Hotel with the Pink Panther (if you dare) in this week’s animator breakdown!
Let’s Do It Again – Only Backwards!
Many cartoons made for wonderful children’s records, soundtrack albums and hit singles. So, why shouldn’t it work the other way around?
REVIEW: “Cartoon Roots: Bobby Bumps and Fido”
A review of Tommy Jose Stathes latest Cartoon Roots release, Earl Hurd’s Bobby Bumps and Fido.
Disney on Lux Radio Theater – Part One
For the 1938 broadcast of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney did not want to destroy any illusions – so these episodes had no studio audience.
Super Puppetooned: “Wilbur The Lion” (1946)
One of the films I’m working on is almost a rarity — Wilbur the Lion (1947), one of the last in the Puppetoons series. Take a look at the restoration in progress.
MGM’s “The Rookie Bear” (1941)
You’re in the Army now with Barney Bear in this week’s animator breakdown!
When Bugs, Popeye, Batman, Mickey & Friends Went Disco
In the late seventies, you never knew who was going to boogie next—Beethoven or Ethel Merman—so it was a matter of time before classic animated characters got into the beat.
PLUGS: Popeye Vol. 2, Comic Books, and Screenings!
Today a couple of plugs for some stuff I want to make sure every reader of Cartoon Research is aware of.
In His Own Words: Joe Ranft
In 1999, Joe dropped by Disney Feature Animation Florida and the Disney Institute where I was an animation instructor, and I got a chance to talk with him.
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]
