Sweets for the Sweet
Advertising is mainly about trying to sell you things that you don’t necessarily need. The sweet snacks and goodies that wreck your teeth, make you put on pounds, and break…
Animation Anecdotes #190
Birth of Coal Black. Animation legend Bob Clampett had gone to see a Duke Ellington revue in Los Angeles called “Jump for Joy”. After the show, Bob went backstage and…
Scrappy Had It Right: “Holiday Land”(1934)
First, some quick notes: • The TCM broadcast of ‘Van Beuren Cartoons‘ with be run on December 7th Sunday night 12/7 at midnight(EST)/9pm (PST). Tune in and see beautiful copies…
“Cartoon Carnival: The Documentary”
Cartoon Researchers, this year has simply been a fantastic one when it comes to special projects that have been realized in our circles. I really do think the wonderful Turner…
Remembering Walt During His Birthday Week
With Walt Disney’s birthday on Friday Dec. 5th, let’s celebrate this week with an album that paid tribute to both the past (Walt’s career) and the future (Walt’s hope –…
On With The New! Fleischer Promo Art #27
Upon closer inspection, these Paramount Sales News publicity drawings are not exactly the same art as the images prepared for the one-sheet posters for the Fleischer cartoons themselves. While the…
French Animation. Part 6: 1981 – 1985
Continuing my survey of French animation productions – this week French masters René Laloux and Jean Image are joined by the likes of Bill Hanna and Joseph Barbera! Minoïe, directed…
A Really Big Shoe
Those shoe commercials always promised that you’d be a better athlete if you purchased a pair of their wares. Magic wedges, super-arch cushions, and torsion-air ride would see to that….
Animation Anecdotes #189
The Animated Hair. In the cartoon “Magical Maestro” (1952), an annoying hair pops up at the bottom of the frame which was common when films were projected. However, this 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]
