Hanna-Barbera’s “Atom Ant” Records
Atom Ant takes on giant ants from outer space before offering his personal views on diet and fitness for those who over-indulged a bit during the 1964 holiday season. Hanna-Barbara…
Paramount Sales News #33: Max Gets Gabby
There’s something rather unsettling about Gabby advertised as a laugh provoker equal to Popeye. And there’s something downright disturbing about Gabby’s face plastered over the globe (solve Sept. 18’s puzzle)….
French Animated Features – Part 10: 2006 – 2007
The tenth part of my survey of French animated features continues with a look at the releases in 2006 and 2007 – films by such diverse artists as Luc Besson,…
Good Grief! More Public Service Spots
In last week’s post we mentioned that Public Service Announcements are typically done on a low budget. The simple reason for this is because they are a public service, as…
Animation Anecdotes #194
The Wisdom of Walt Disney. The following quotes by Walt Disney come from Everyweek Magazine, a Sunday newspaper supplement in the Odgen Standard Examiner May 12 1935 from the collection…
The Hunt for FLIP THE FROG Begins!
The title above is a bit of a misnomer in that we started looking at materials for ‘Flip the Frog‘ back in July- but this is the first in a…
Japanese Animated Commercials
It’s been a while since I’ve done an anime post. Well, maybe I can get back to it a bit for the New Years. Every week, Mike Kazaleh has been…
The Ultimate “Alvin Show” TV Soundtracks
Only two of five early Chipmunk albums featured material that originated on the classic CBS TV series – with June Foray and other voice greats, too. THE CHIPMUNK SONGBOOK Liberty…
Paramount Sales News #32: Popeye Fills Space
Back to the bread-and-butter, the Popeye series, in this one-eyed sailor batch. I think most readers will agree that Popeye began to lose his sheen once the Fleischer studio was…
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]
