“The Other Duck Man” – Part 2
Part 2 of Jim Korkis’ 1984 interview with Disney Legend Jack Hannah.
Part 2 of Jim Korkis’ 1984 interview with Disney Legend Jack Hannah.
If you can track down copies of Jim Korkis’ interviews, do it. Here’s one of my favorites, with Disney Legend Jack Hannah in 1984.
Fifty years later, produced at that uncertain time at Disney and dismissed by a number of critics, has developed quite the audience from multiple generations.
Evil scientist Hugo Plotz, a giant of a person, is keeping Scrappy in a tall petri dish. Another Screen Gems classic.
Today we survey some of the last storm stories to grace the big screen – some still impressive, a few rather dreadful.
1929 saw Van Beuren cartoons with peppy music tracks, and an occasional line of dialogue.
David Gerstein was pivotal to both these projects – both are close to his heart: Disney Comics and Flip The Frog.
An excellent “warm-up lap” for the artistic leaps and box-office blowouts on the horizon for Disney.
I thought it might be nice to chat a little bit about two animation-related folks I’ve known and worked with in the animation industry.
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]