Even Cartoon Characters Have To Pay The Bills
If your favorite cartoon character told you to buy something, you’d buy it, wouldn’t you? Of course you would. That’s why cartoon characters make such wonderful pitchmen. I mean, if…
Animation Anecdotes #188
Unusual Clampett Credits. While most of animation legend Bob Clampett’s credits are for Warners cartoons and Beany and Cecil, here are a few unusual credits on his resume that he…
A Pre-Thanksgiving Thunderbean Christmas Post
Some Christmas Cheer, early this year… I really like dusting off the Christmas Boxes each year, and even though we haven’t done that yet this year, I hope that we…
DePatie-Freleng’s “Hoot Kloot”
Continuing my series of posts on DePatie-Freleng’s later theatrical works – another one they did was “Hoot Kloot”, about a sheriff in the wild west. Like many cartoon characters, Hoot…
Mickey Mouse: “This is My Life” (1971)
Mickey did an in-depth interview for a most unique Disney album that tied into a Theme Park attraction, though not quite thoroughly enough. MICKEY MOUSE: THIS IS MY LIFE Disneyland…
New Characters: Max Fleischer Promo Art #25
What’s interesting about this batch (and last week’s) is that these are 1938 clippings promoting cartoons from 1937. Maybe they’re making up for the downtime during the strike? Note that…
French Animation Part 4: Jump to 1970-1975
There were apparently no more French-language animated features besides Belvision’s up to 1970. During the 1970s, French animation exploded so much that this column covers the theatrical features from 1971…
A Festival Of Advertising Fun
That’s right gang, it’s another no-theme day at Cartoon Research. Please enjoy this hastily assembled compendium of colossal clips. Standard Oil Here’s a couple of excerpts from a sales film…
Animation Anecdotes #187
Bugs Bunny’s Girlfriend. There was a 1945 New York Times newspaper article where animation legend Friz Freleng was quoted as saying “We don’t want to give him (Bugs Bunny) a…
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]
