Where There’s Smoke (Part 15)
More hot times this week from the early days of TV programming and into the 60’s.
Max and Dave: Popeye 1937-38: You Better Lock Up Your Doors Today
Never mind what the feature was, it was Popeye the audiences wanted… accompanied by great songs!
Animator Breakdown: “What’s Cookin’ Doc?” (1944)
Greetings Gate! Ahh, yes – An actual breakdown of a Bob Clampett classic!
Warner Bros. Gremlins
The Disney studio’s plans for a Gremlin’s feature was thwarted by… Gremlins?
Scrappy in “The Great Experiment” (1934)
Mad scientists and being jolted into the future are as much science fiction as spooky Halloween, and that’s good enough for me.
Where There’s Smoke (Part 14)
We move our survey of fire-related cartoons to the proverbial “small screen” this week, in the golden days of “kiddie” TV.
2022 Oddity Space
What’s with credits on IMDB and other animation hoaxes? I’m beginning to think you can’t trust the internet.
Ralph Heimdahl: A Collection for the Ages
The legacy of Ralph Heimdahl – who began drawing the Bugs Bunny comic strip in 1947, and would continue doing so until 1978.
In Her Own Words: Margaret Kerry of “Peter Pan” Mermaids
The actresses who provided the voices and the live action reference were Margaret Kerry (redhead), Connie Hilton (blonde) and June Foray (brunette).
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]
