The Tezuka Pro TV Specials #3: “Fumoon” (1980)
We resume our survey of the Tezuka Pro TV Specials of 1978-1989 with the one based on the epic manga, Nextworld. Fumoon. August 21, 1980. 91 minutes, in a two-hour…
Detroit Iron / Hollywood Hoopla
Longer. Lower. Wider. That was the mantra of the American automotive industry in the latter half of the 1950’s. Of course, for most of us human-being people, only the wider…
Animation Anecdotes #165
Coonskin. “Everyone’s so terrified of the name (Coonskin). I feel a slight pain in me. Coonskin (1975) was the first “Bakshi Production”. Before that, I had worked with Steve Krantz….
A Lost Ted Eshbaugh Film: “Sammy Salvage” (1943)
I’ve got a rare treasure for you this week – a previously lost wartime cartoon by Ted Eshbaugh. But first, I thought it would be kind-of cool to show how…
A Paul J. Smith Scrapbook
Who was “Paul J. Smith” (1906-1980)? He was a pioneering animator who started with Walt Disney on the Alice Comedies, then joined Harman-Ising on the Bosko Looney Tunes and Merrie…
Snagglepuss – the Great and Powerful!
A classic Hanna-Barbera character gives a stellar performance in a surprisingly faithful retelling of Baum’s original Wizard of Oz. Hanna-Barbera Presents SNAGGLEPUSS TELLS THE STORY OF THE WIZARD OF OZ…
Fleischer Promo Art from Paramount Sales News (#1)
Editor’s Note: Today starts a new series of weekly posts that are sure to excite long time readers of this blog and fans of Fleischer and Famous Studios in particular….
The Tezuka Pro TV Specials #2: “Marine Express”
We resume our survey of the Tezuka Pro TV Specials of 1978-1989 with the star-studded Marine Express. Kaitei Choutokkyuu Marin Ekusupuresu. (Marine Express: Undersea Super Train). August 26, 1979. 91…
Red Riding Hucksters
Ever since the writers in the cartoon business discovered deadlines, fairy tales have been a surefire way to fill up screen time. That goes for commercials too. One of the…
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]
