A Foray into Foray – and “Scrappy’s Expedition” (1934)
Scrappy’s Expedition was one of the first Scrappy’s I ever saw – though many of the Hollywood caricatures are unrecognizable to young people these days.
Moonlighting Animators in Comics: Don R. Christensen
This week, we profile the career of an artist with an impressive career in comics and animation, Don R. Christensen!
June Foray as Walt Disney’s “Pinocchio” & “Ferdinand the Bull”
The animation world lost its fairy godmother last week – today let’s look back at a couple of gems that June recorded for the classic Capitol line of childrens records.
Cartoons Considered For the Academy Award – 1963
The winner of this year’s Academy Award – The Critic – had to compete with the likes of a Krazy Kat TV cartoon, a Hashimoto Terrytoon and a rarely seen Modern Madcap.
Sing Me A Cartoon 4: Mickey Mouse Gets Married. . . on records, at least!
If you know your onions about Mickey Mouse, then you know that his main squeeze was one Minnie Mouse.
Jim Korkis on Disney’s “Ben And Me” (1953)
Based on the popular book by Robert Lawson, Ben and Me tells the “true” story of an inventive churchmouse who was actually the real brains behind Ben Franklin.
“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.
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]
