“Curly Q. Ball” by Arthur Davis
Here’s a special Yuletide gift: an unproduced children’s book written and illustrated by Art Davis!
The 60th Anniversary of “A Charlie Brown Christmas”
Executives at the network felt that the pace was too slow, the music didn’t work, and the animation was too simple. Ironically, these are aspects that have endeared the special to audiences.
A Famous Christmas: “Mister and Mistletoe” (1955)
For some reason, Bluto is stalking around the home of Popeye and Olive, late at night, and decides to dress up as Santa Claus. Hilarity ensues.
Get With the Times (Part 1)
Our favorite cartoon stars often find situations where they discover themselves to be the proverbial “fish out of water”.
Thad’s Review – Part 3: “Tom & Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology 1940-1958”
The third part of Thad’s look at the Tom & Jerry blu-ray set.
Was “Three Little Bops” Actually a Sequel?
Did Freleng plant the seeds to this 1957 classic fifteen years earlier?
The 25th Anniversary of “The Emperor’s New Groove”
It found its groove among fans due to how different it is from all the other Disney animated films released during the Studio’s Renaissance era.
“Willoughby’s Magic Hat” (1943)
I don’t know why we’ve *never* put this cartoon up in the run of Thunderbean Thursdays… so let’s correct that today.
Oops! (Part 4): Sugar Isn’t Sweet/The Time-Space Continuum
For this final installment I’ll spotlight a recurring problem – what both live-action and animation producers would refer to as the “continuity error”.
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]
