Celebrating Sterling Holloway for a Happy Pooh Year
In which we note that Sterling Holloway would be 115 this Saturday and look at a Grammy-nominated grab-bag of eclectic music, strange casting and a few Mouseketeers.
In which we note that Sterling Holloway would be 115 this Saturday and look at a Grammy-nominated grab-bag of eclectic music, strange casting and a few Mouseketeers.
Today, we cover nearly 30 years of television cartoons (with beavers) in one fell swoop.
A look at an obscure X-rated animated feature that is “Uncut, Uncensored & Incredibly Unsuitable for Children!”
Our survey of the animated appearances of beavers wends its way into the last half of the 1930’s and through the beginnings of WWII.
The inventive title sequences created for Disney live-action features were mini-productions in themselves.
With Roger Rabbit’s success, a drastic change took place in the production of animation for both the big and small screen.
This TV special brought together animated characters from different studios.
The late ‘60’s were not entirely devoid of characters knowledgeable of their existence on screen or of interaction with offscreen narrators and animators.
There is much about The Tigger Movie that connects to Walt Disney and his rich legacy.
I thought we’d ring in the New Year by celebrating the new – with a survey of cartoons declaring something “new” right from the opening title card.
