Thunderbean Thursday: Frankenstein’s Cat (1942)
Oddly enough, this cartoon is a closer to a faithful retelling of the Frankenstein’s Monster story than any other cartoon I can think of!
Where There’s Smoke (Part 13)
This week are clips from three features, a Disney educational special featuring Walt himself, a neat Tom and Jerry romp, and some late Paramount and Terrytoons
Betty Boop 1936-37: Not Much Different Than the Year Before
The conventional wisdom is there is something missing from these cartoons than those in the pre-code years. But the music was just as lively.
Dusty Memories: The Lost UPA “Dusty of the Circus” Pilot
A long lost Gene Deitch UPA pilot has been unearthed and preserved.
In Her Own Words: Illene Woods on “Cinderella”
By the age of eleven, she was using the name Illene Woods and had her own program on a local radio station in 1941.
Restoring Fleischer Cartoons Panel at the New York Comic Con
…and Hoppity saving the day, with some help from Leigh Harline.
Where There’s Smoke (Part 12)
Another visit with Smokey The Bear is on tap, together with a double-dose of Heckle and Jeckle, and some “modern” styles from Paramount and UPA.
Spin Special: Happy 50th Birthday, King’s Island!
Celebrating the first home of Hanna-Barbera theme park attractions, Brady Bunch hijinks, and Partridges dancing with Banana Splits.
A “Camp”-y Film: The 45th Anniversary of “Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown”
The New York Times called the film “…a series of droll blackout sketches, many of them ending with the obligatory ‘Good Grief!’
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]
