Those 70’s Spots
What can you say about the 70’s that hasn’t already been said? Inflation was up and employment was down. Cheezy bad taste was considered to be tops in entertainment. The…
Animation Anecdotes #171
Animated Stooge. “During the era in which the Three Stooges made a cameo in ‘Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World’, head stooge Moe Howard had a company that I thought could…
Coming to Blu-Ray: SNAFU!
Really short post this week, but I’ll make up for it next week! On Technicolor Dreams, the long awaited Blu-ray/DVD set, it looks like I’ll be back with big news…
Talking with Jim Korkis about “Who’s The Leader of the Club?”
Cartoon Research regular columnist Jim Korkis has authored a new book for Theme Park Press entitled Who’s the Leader of the Club? Walt Disney’s Leadership Lessons. While the book contains…
Time Travel with the Sherman Brothers
The creative range of the two-time Oscar winning songwriters shines in two superb (if little-known) albums featuring their unforgettable music and lyrics. Walt Disney Presents TINPANORAMA Buena Vista Records BV-3330…
Fleischer Promo Art #7: “Popeye Power!”
This next installment of 1935 Paramount Sales News cartoons features some nice “color” renderings of Popeye and Betty. There’s one of those beautiful cartoony horses that Mike Barrier despises in…
The Tezuka Pro TV Specials #7: “The Three-Eyed One: The Prince of Devil Island”
The 8th annual Love Will Save the Earth TV Special – the 7th with Tezuka involvement – is one of the oddest of them all! Akuma Shima no Prince –…
More Spots Animated by Bill Littlejohn
Today we take another look at the work of the very wonderful Mister Bill Littlejohn. Always humorous, always expressive, the easy-going look of his animation often masked his enormous technical…
Animation Anecdotes #170
Scotty McTape Meets Woody Woodpecker. The plot for the Woody Woodpecker cartoon, Termites from Mars (1952) was actually adapted for a promotional giveaway comic book from Scotch tape entitled “Woody…
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]
