A Frank Moser Mystery
I got an interesting packet in the mail a few weeks ago. It came from London – and I wasn’t expecting it. It was a flat thin barely padded envelope….
Taking a Spin with “Susie, The Little Blue Coupe”
Buckle up with Sterling Holloway for the charming Susie, the Little Blue Coupe and The Little House, both based on the Disney shorts and in recordings produced by Decca Records….
Fleischer Promo Art #17: “Ko-Ko, Wiffle Piffle and Adolph Zukor!”
The “Any Language” theme continues. Now you can see not just one, but two Olive Oyl navels, and Pudgy makes his debut in Paramount Sales News, finally reflecting what’s actually…
My Top Ten Anime Features (Part 3)
Continuing my list of “Top Ten” favorite anime features with three from the modern masters of anime, Hayao Miyazaki, Katsuhiro Otomo and Mamoru Oshii. 6. My Neighbor Totoro. Tonari no…
The Tortoise and the Hare and Other Stories
Did Aesop ever know that his stories would be routinely used for advertising purposes? Did any of the known and unknown authors of children’s literature know? I suspect not, otherwise…
Animation Anecdotes #180
Seeger’s Koko the Clown. “Out of the inkwell, comes Koko the Clown. He’s so gay and he’s so jolly. He will make you laugh, by golly” went the theme song…
More Animated Pilots
Today I continue with more cartoon pilots that never went anywhere. Hang on tight, because there are more of these than you thought lying around. Here’s a fresh crop. Samson…
Paul Terry’s Terryscope
My friend Eric Kurland, visual effects animator (Osmosis Jones) and 3D consultant (Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare), recently came into ownership of a very strange 3-D/Cartoon item. It appears…
Hanna-Barbera’s “Cinderella á Go-Go”
Groovin’ through Paul Frees and June Foray’s steeped-in-the-‘60s spoof of the fairy tale that is, like, for non-squares, you know? PIXIE & DIXIE WITH MR. JINKS TELL THE STORY OF…
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 USC in Los Angeles, CalArts in Santa Clarita, and UCLA in Westwood – teaching animation history. More about Jerry Beck [Click Here]
