Cereal Killers, Part II: Forty Years Ago, on Saturday Morning 1981
In part two of a three-part article, here is a trip back in time forty years ago to the cartoons that debuted that season.
“Dough Nuts” (1933) restored with Original Titles!
We’ve featured this cartoon before—it’s nice to finally see it as close as possible now to its original version.
Unpredictable as Weather (Part 21)
Pull up any handy umbrella, and don’t follow that old song’s advice about turning it upside-down – it just doesn’t work.
Famous Studios: A 50s Grab Bag
As original music began to become scarcer and scarcer, today’s sampling is simply a grab bag of bouncing balls!
BEING IN BAMBI: A Chat With The Voices of Bambi and Thumper
I had the opportunity to talk to Donny Dunagan and Peter Behn about what they remember of that time.
Cereal Killers, Part I: Thirty Years Ago, on Saturday Morning 1991
This first of a three-part article taking a nostalgic trip back thirty years to the golden age of Saturday Morning Cartoons.
Technicolor “Rainbow Parade” Model Sheets
Several of these model sheets are for a never-produced Felix the cat short.
Unpredictable as Weather (Part 20)
Another neat batch of titles this week, mostly from the higher-end producers of animated fare (Terrytoons and Columbia miss the cut).
Look What I Got!
Just showing off today: sharing some artwork that came my way from Dante Barbetta and Phil Kimmelman.
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]
