Putting Together a Show of Classic Animation
What kind of cartoon show would you put together? And what cartoons would you never show? Here’s my list.
RADIO ROUND-UP: The Johnson Wax Program Presents, Fibber McGee and Molly!
Ever wonder about those catch phrases we heard over and over in classic cartoons? Here’s where those funny lines come from.
Jymn Magon & Ted Kryczko’s “Bambi” Storyteller Records
In Part Two, we look at how Bambi benefitted from the late ‘70s renaissance of the Disneyland Records label and the optomistic dawn of the compact disc era.
Summer Book Reviews
Labor Day weekend is a perfect time to read a book or two. Here’s my latest round-up of books I read this summer – and I think you’ll want to get a few of these.
Sing Me A Cartoon #8: Wolf Tracks
Three Little Pigs premiered on May 25th, 1933 in New York and in LA on July 13th. It didn’t take long for the first records of “Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf” to hit the music shops.
Winsor McCay’s “The Sinking of The Alpena”
Long before McCay’s famous “Sinking of The Lusitania” cartoon, another ship went down that started his professional career.
Animation Anecdotes #327
“I think it’s my best animation because it was the most imaginative, and broke a lot of rules, shocked everyone here (at Disney),” said Ward Kimball.
Scrappy in “Minding the Baby” (1931)
At the risk of this seeming like ‘Scrappy Thursday’, here’s another Columbia this week, and an interesting and really fun one.
MOONLIGHTING ANIMATION ARTISTS IN COMICS: Anton “Tony” Loeb
In the final installment of this month’s feature, our featured artist is background artist and illustrator Anton Loeb!
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]
