Winnie The Pooh for President!
Sears as well as Disney gave the tubby little cubby their support with this little record package featuring members of the film cast and a special campaign song.
The 1984 Golden Awards Banquet Video, Part 2
We continue our playback of the official video of the First Golden Awards Banquet from 1984, with what was billed as an “Animation Operetta” written and performed by Sid Miller and Bernie Wayne.
“Forgotten” Anime OAVs #29: “Blood Reign: Curse of the Yōma” (1989)
I didn’t pay much attention to this at the time, because it was too depressing. The setting is the end of Japan’s Sengoku period – the Age of Civil Wars, about 1467 until 1603.
Early NY Animators Profiles: Jesse “Vet” Anderson
The story of one of the Aesops Fables animators, who fell out of favor when the studio converted to sound production. He was let go in Spring 1930 and then joined Fleischer studios.
Animation Anecdotes #273
John Musker commented on the cameo in Disney’s Aladdin of him and co-director Ron Clements: “If we were real actors, we would have had us fired.”
A Schoolhouse Rock Classic: “I’m Just A Bill!”
Since it’s Polytiks at the forefront in this convention season, I’ve been thinking a lot about political cartoons – and thought it would be fun to do an HD transfer of my print of ‘I’m Just a Bill’, scratches and all.
Disney’s “The Cookie Carnival” (1935)
This week’s breakdown is a deliciously sweet Silly Symphony! The Cookie Carnival is Chaplin-esque in nature – a tramp selflessly helps a poor woman succeed in her wishes.
Hanna-Barbera Characters Talk ‘Safety’ – on Records
Daws Butler plays almost two dozen Hanna-Barbera characters offering three dozen messages to kids about safety in a very strange LP album package.
The 1984 Golden Awards Banquet Video, Part 1
Today, I will begin posting, in three parts, the official video of the First Golden Awards Banquet. The first banquet honored 41 people and, though only 36 showed up, it was a huge success.
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]
