Jack Benny and Walt Disney
Jack Benny parodied Disney achievements throughout his radio career. Walt also appeared on his television show.
March of the Penguin: The 60th Anniversary of “Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales”
Parachuting for your pleasure, sailing seas in search of treasure, anything so he can measure…
Wrapping the Tom and Jerry set, What’s Next, and “Scrappy’s Television” (1934)
And… in an attempt to forget about Tom and Jerry for a minute… here’s a Scrappy cartoon!!
Unpredictable as Weather (Part 19)
Lots of star power this week, with many of the major players in Hollywood cartoons taking their stand in the rain and snow.
Famous Studios: Screen Songs/Kartunes 1950-52
Why would Paramount would choose to rename the “Screen Songs” series as “Kartunes” in 1951 while still maintaining style and content as before?
Animation of “Note”: The Anniversary of Disney’s “Make Mine Music”
Noting the anniversary of one of two Disney features from 1946 NOT on Disney+.
An “Enterprise”-ing Saturday Morning Show: The 50th Anniversary of “Star Trek: The Animated Series”
Celebrating this sci-fi Saturday morning classic – a well-crafted way to realize the original show in a new medium.
Combining Prints of the Van Beuren Tom and Jerry cartoon ‘Pots and Pans’
A companion to last week’s post about working on the Van Beuren Tom and Jerry cartoons for Blu-ray.
Unpredictable as Weather (Part 18)
The storm clouds miss no one today – as every one of the major producing studios appears in today’s 1943-44 survey.
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]
