Party Animals – and Other Species (Part 1)
Today we begin a series on the best of toon festivities through the years, in remembrance of when we, too, could sometimes cut loose as wildly as they can.
Laurel & Hardy & Mickey Mouse in Toyland: On the Record
The animation connections – including those personally approved by Walt Disney—are part of what makes the 1934 Laurel and Hardy version of the musical fantasy so unique.
Walt Disney Classified: The Ration Book Holder!
The Disney Ration Book Holders were used from early 1942 through approximately June 1946 when the Office of Price Administration shut down.
Mickey Mouse Christmas Cartoons
I love Christmas and I love Mickey Mouse so here is a listing of some of the Disney theatrical Christmas cartoons produced while Walt Disney was alive.
Pre-code Holiday Fun: “Room Runners (1932)”
Everyone deserves a little gift for the holidays – so here’s our (nearly) done version of the Flip the Frog classic Room Runners.
Reign of the Supertoons (Part 11)
The old Green Lantern battery is running on low, so it’s time to wind down this review of non-career cartoon superheroes and their various exploits and follies.
1948-49: Rabbits and Duckies and Bears, Oh My!
The 1948-49 season proved a bit more musically rich than some in recent memory at Termite Terrace.
Mickey Mouse in “The Karnival Kid” (1929)
With The Karnival Kid, Walt Disney determined to make his latest Mickey a “talking picture.”
Tim Burton’s Early Disney Days
Burton recalled, “I was like the weird relative that they’d let out occasionally and then lock back up in my room.”
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 Cal Arts in Valencia, UCLA in Westwood and Woodbury University in Burbank – teaching animation history. More about Jerry Beck [Click Here]
