David Gerstein on Cartoon Pop Music
The buried history that cartoon music contains: vintage sheet music, rare original recordings, bizarre facts and weird old-time cliches. Lots of weird old-time cliches.
Animation Anecdotes #319
Actress Liz Taylor supplied the voice for Maggie Simpson’s first word in The Simpsons episode “Lisa’s First Word” in December 1992.
Favorite Animation in Live Action Films
What are your favorite animation sequences in live action films from the Golden Age of Hollywood? Here’s a list of mine.
MOONLIGHTING ANIMATORS IN COMICS: Jack Bradbury
Porky Pig! Spencer Spook! Mickey Mouse! This week, we profile Disney/Warners animator Jack Bradburys vast career in comics.
Filmation’s “The Hardy Boys” on Records
ABC’s answer to the CBS’ Saturday-morning Archies – and the overwhelming success of the manufactured Monkees: a Filmation series that yield two albums and 24 songs.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1957
This year’s Oscar snubs include an independent film from John Hubley, new wave Terrytoons from Gene Deitch, a few last gasps from UPA… and What’s Opera Doc.
Cab Calloway in Cartoons – Part 2
Cab Calloway could enliven a movie–whether feature-length or a musical or cartoon short–with the same energy he displayed on stage.
Disney Without Mickey Mouse? It Could Have Happened in 1928
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was Walt Disney’s first big success – until he lost the contract and that prompted him to create Mickey Mouse; and the Rest is History!
Animation Anecdotes #318
Jean Vander Pyl remembers The Flinstones audition.” Joe asked, ‘Who wants to be Wilma and who wants to be Betty?’ it was so informal in those days.”
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]
