Animation Anecdotes #221
This week, anecdotes about The Three Stooges, Looney Tunes writer Tubby Millar, The Incredibles, Jonny Quest, and Bob Clampett.
Animated Safety Films
This week, I’m taking a serious interest in all of your safety with these films that just happened to be animated. The animation this time, unlike most of what I…
Betty Boop and Pudgy in “My Friend The Monkey”
This week, Pudgy is back again, with a mischievous little “monk”! Betty Boop’s last few cartoons were released around 1939, and this cartoon signifies how inconsequential the series had become….
“Bugs Bunny Sings” On Capitol Records
To get a head start on celebrating Bugs Bunny’s July 27 birthday, here are some vintage musical gems from the golden age of 78 RPM children’s records. BUGS BUNNY SINGS…
Famous Studios 1949-50
For the 1949-50 season, Paramount gave Famous Studios a repeat of its previous year’s order of 30 cartoons: Eight Popeye, twelve Screen Songs and ten Noveltoons. Screen Songs Strolling Thru…
Streamline Pictures – Part 13
Continuing the parade of quotes from press reviews of Streamline Pictures releases. Today more classic anime including Robotech, 3×3 Eyes, Silent Möbius, Space Adventure Cobra, and Space Angel: Robotech Perfect…
Ed Kiechle Paints a Big Debut, 1940
The Lantz studio provided many artists the opportunity to develop their expertise, even if they might later have done their most notable work elsewhere. In the case of painter Ed…
Animation Anecdotes #220
The Biography of Dudley Do-Right. The long extinct Dudley Do-Right Emporium (1971-2005) that was open on a whimsical limited basis whenever they felt like it on Sunset Boulevard had a…
Recalling An Afternoon With Walter and Gracie Lantz
For this week, I decided to turn my column over my colleague Chris Buchman – whom I wrote about here in May 2014. With Chris, Thunderbean produced and released “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]
