“Raggedy Ann and Andy” at BAM – and The Ongoing Hunt for Original Titles
Happy late July folks. It’s Thunderbean Thursday on a Friday this week, due to the loss of June Foray. I want to thank Jim Korkis for trading places with me…
June Foray 1917-2017
“I love everything I do, with all of the parts that I do, because there’s a little bit of me in all of them.”
Dick Lundy’s “WILD AND WOODY!” (Redux)
Wild and Woody is primarily cast by sequence, and each artist displays nuanced, flowing movement.
Disney Records Sold Only at Gulf Gas Stations
There was a time when you could fill up your car, pay one extra dollar and get a dozen Disney hits in a special collectors album available only at Gulf stations.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1962
This year another John Hubley film – one with a strong sense of humanity, and a biting comment on contemporary issues – took home the gold statue.
Sing Me A Cartoon 3: Much More Mickey Mouse
“. . . that tricky, wacky-wicky, Bolseviki Mickey Mouse”. I don’t know if Disney would have approved of that description of Minnie’s boyfriend.
Dreamy Dud Introduces “Cartoon Research Books”
Today we are offering up the first in the series of Cartoon Research books – a filmography of Wallace Carlson’s Dreamy Dud. Click here for details.
Animation Anecdotes #322
“Astro preceded Scooby Doo. I had to come up with what I call growl talk. Joe liked things starting with R’s for the dogs especially. Rello, Rorge! I ruv roo, Rorge.”
Scrappy in “The Battle of the Barn” (1932)
Love this cartoon – and from a technical standpoint, is full of well staged shots, including some really fun moving backgrounds.
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]
