Animation Anecdotes #363
Since Bugs Bunny rose to stardom he has chomped his way through thousands of carrots in 160 films. Consumption of carrots in the United States shot up in the first few years he appeared.
“Fleischer Rarities” blu-ray Finished – and Ready To Ship!
The “Fleischer Rarities” Blu-ray is done and I’m shipping it to customers now. And a progress report on a Van Beuren rarity: “Bird Scouts”.
What’s That Title Cue? #3
Here’s one more post about a selection of songs Stalling used for original main title sequences in Warner Bros. cartoons before they were re-issued.
Alvin, Simon and Theodore… without David Seville?
Fresh off their Grammy-winning triumphant Beatles cover album, The Chipmunks set their sights on pop, country and surrealism, without a peep out of Dave.
Warner Club News (1956) – Part 2
Another round of posts from the Warner Bros. in-house studio newsletter, written by and distributed essentially to Warner employees on the Burbank lot.
Brazilian Pop In “The Three Caballeros”
The Brazilian tunes featured in The Three Caballeros were mainly part of Brazil’s “Tin Pan Alley” – published “popular” songs, sometimes taken from revues or other stage presentations.
Telling the ‘TeleTale’ of Network TV’s first “Cartoon” series
Cartoon TeleTales, network television’s first “cartoon” series, wasn’t actually ‘animated’ – but it achieved hundreds of thousands of viewers during its broadcasts in 1948-1950.
Animation Anecdotes #362
In 1993, it was announced in the trades that Betty Boop would make her animated feature film debut for MGM by the Zanuck Company – but the film was never made.
Re-assembling ‘Rainbows’ for Blu-ray
Here’s a sort of half progress report and some idea of how the little details of one of the Thunderbean sets come together.
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]
