Dauntless Dan Smells a Rat? 1939
The villainous Rudolf Ratbone was outdone by the heroine Nellie in this short-lived Lantz Cartune series that spoofed 1890s melodramas.
Animation Anecdotes #258
Talented animator Mark Kausler did the Bugs Bunny sequences in Joe Adamson’s independent short “A Political Cartoon” (1973). Mel Blanc recorded the voice while he was in the hospital with a broken leg.
Stop Motion Fun courtesy of Joop Geesink!
The Joop Geesink “Dollywood” shorts are some of the hardest films to see, and often only the most die-hard of animation fans even know of the studio.
Robert McKimson’s “Daffy Doodles” (1946)
“Science is some folks’ calling Others pilot a ship My mission in life stated simply is… A mustache on every lip!” Since this cartoon was his directorial debut, this column…
A Kellogg’s Cereal Cartoon Concert
The company that brought their best to you each morning also filled the airwaves with catchy jingles to accompany the cartoons they sponsored in the Baby Boom era.
A Chat with Brice Mack
Brice Harvey Mack was perhaps best known as a Disney background artist, though the bulk of his career was spent after he left the studio in 1954.
“Forgotten” OAVs #13: “Amon Saga” (1986)
I remember how eager I was to see Amon Saga because of Yoshitaka Amano’s art design and the publicity that the story was his – and how disappointed I was when I finally did.
In His Own Words: Robert McKimson
For the November 28, 1972 issue of PUNCH magazine, writer Lloyd Chester interviewed Bob McKimson on the state of animation. Here are excerpts from that piece.
Animation Anecdotes #257
“There are only 201 men and women in the world who know how hard it is to make a Silly Symphony. These are Walt Disney and his 200 assistants at the Disney Studios, Hollywood.”
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]
