LOST AND FOUND: Sam Singer’s “Little Dan’l Boom” (1959)
Happy Thursday everyone! Thunderbean Thursday is back!
Back to School (Part 2)
Welcome back to lecture number two in our introductory-level course on ‘30’s Toon Education 101′. Last week got us past orientation, and this week we knuckle down for more serious study,
Max and Dave: Screen Songs 1931-32: Slight Changes
Just as the Talkartoons developed during the 1931-32 season, the Screen Songs had developed too. They began to use more up to date song material, rather than relics.
ANIMATOR BREAKDOWN: “Hot Cross Bunny” Redux
Bugs is a lab rabbit, being readied for an experiment to switch his characteristics into a chicken. A Robert McKimson classic!
The Thirteen New Adventures of Beany and Cecil
In 1988, ABC-TV and DIC produced a new series of Beany and Cecil cartoons for Saturday morning. They hired John K. to supervise. What could possibly go wrong?
“Cartoon Carnival” and Fleischer Tribute on TCM Saturday Oct. 2nd
Thunderbean Thursday is once again delayed this week so we can tell you about a wonderful cartoon event you won’t want to miss.
Back to School (Part 1)
Like it or not, the nation faces a return, after a long hiatus, to a tradition as old as the hills – face to face, classroom education.
Tubby the Tuba: 80 Years of Music & Animation History
A lonely tuba’s storied rise from one low-budget record to a star-studded history of award-winning fame and game-changing entertainment.
“GUESS WHO??” Voice Artists in the Woody Woodpecker Cartoons
To accompany this important release I would like to provide a guide to the often obscure actors heard as voices in Walter Lantz cartoons represented in this collection.
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]
