Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1979
Don Bluth’s Banjo The Woodpile Cat was one of 33 animated shorts submitted, qualified and screened – but snubbed for an Academy Award in 1979.
Sing Me A Cartoon #22: Original Mousetracks
You would think that, by 1936, the folks at the Walt Disney studios would have every way figured to promote their product. Toys . . . newspaper comic strips ….
Celebrating Disney’s Silly Symphony: “The Night Before Christmas”
In December of 1933, The Walt Disney Studios released its own version of the classic Clement Clarke Moore poem as its fortieth animated Silly Symphony cartoon.
Animation Anecdotes #341
“Dastardly and Muttley was originally called Stop the Pigeon. The network came up with the idea of substituting Dastardly and Muttley, for two other characters that Hanna-Barbera showed us.”
“On Thimbles Or Something…” Short Thoughts on the Future of Collecting Animated Films
Michael Eisner added that, in 1991, ”the technology will be so advanced and changed, videocassettes will be on thimbles or something…”
Tom & Jerry in “The Zoot Cat” (1944)
Latch on, Jackson! Get hep to the jive! Sport yourself a new zoot suit in this week’s animation breakdown! Well all-reet, well all-root, well alright!
Disneyland Records’ Holiday-Themed “Cinderella” Sequel
A little-known album picks up where the movie left off, weaving previous recordings from the Disneyland catalog into the mix, including a record conceived by Walt himself.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1978
Disney’s The Small One was one of 40 cartoons submitted but snubbed by Oscar this year. It’s one of 18 posted in this week’s round up of submitted shorts.
Sing Me A Cartoon #21: Even More Mickey Melodies
By 1936, Walt Disnney’s studios had musicians and lyricists at the ready, willing and able to provide themes and words for any song that might be required for a given…
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]
