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.
Robert McKimson’s “Fool Coverage” (1952)
We love Robert McKimson on this site. This week’s breakdown features Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and a highly eccentric insurance policy…
Golden Records First (and Last) Cartoon Music Compilation
Golden Records First (and Last) Cartoon Music Compilation – Four decades of animation, combined into just one eclectic album in the early seventies.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1961
The sorriest set of submissions from any year, thus far. Ward Kimball, Jules Engel and Chuck Jones must have pulled their hair out.
Sing Me A Cartoon 3: More Mickey Mouse
By 1929, the Mickey Mouse shorts had attained a theme song – a deliberately corny, purposefully rustic opus called “Minnie’s Yoo-Hoo”.
“Bearly” a Star: A Tribute To Disney’s Humphrey the Bear
While he may not have the marquee value of Mickey, Humphrey holds a special place for Disney and animation fans alike.
Animation Anecdotes #324
“You would probably never see Jeremy Irons and James Earl Jones cast as brothers in a live-action film… but this is animation.”
Why Restore? Why Even Save Any of This?
I wanted to talk a little bit this week about film restoration relating to this exact moment in time and history. What to preserve, why these ones first, and what is the best way to do it?
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]
