Animation Anecdotes #343
“Drawing the Flintstones is very fulfilling for a Filipino,” said the assistant production manager of Fil-Cartoons. “Even if you just draw the mouth of Fred, you watch it on TV and say, ‘I did that!’.”
New Year’s Resolutions – and The Coming Year in Film Restoration
Since it’s almost New Year’s Eve, and that usually involves Times Square, here is a little animation done by Otto Mesmer exclusively shown on billboards on Broadway back in the 50s.
Tom & Jerry in “Mouse Cleaning” (1948)
I’ve saved the best for last – with one final MGM Cartoon animator breakdown for December, arguably the funniest Tom & Jerry cartoon of them all.
Disney’s LOST “Mickey’s Christmas Carol” Record Album
Imagine there’s no Mickey, imagine there’s no Scrooge – at least on this record – and you have the original Disneyland LP released before Alan Young made history.
“The Return of Duck Dodgers” Storyboard by Michael Maltese – Part 1
As a Holiday Gift to you, we present (in two parts) the original 1979 Michael Maltese storyboards for the cartoon intended to be a sequel to the 1953 classic, “Duck Dodgers”.
Sing Me A Cartoon 24: Snow White Meets The Big Bands
In 1937, when Snow White was released, Disney had many more ways its songs could be promoted. It was now the much-revered “Big Band Era”.
40th Anniversary Spotlight: Rankin-Bass “Nestor, the Long Eared Christmas Donkey”
With “Nestor” celebrating its 40th anniversary this Season, its the perfect time to shine a spotlight on this little Christmas star.
Christmas Animation Anecdotes 2017
Our annual round-up of obscure anecdotes relating to (mostly) obscure Christmas TV Specials. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!
Scrappy in “The Match Kid” (1933)
Long before the Columbia Screen Gems studio produced their lavish “Little Match Girl”, they made an earlier black & white version with their star character – Scrappy.
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]
