A Chat with Bill Melendez and Bill Littlejohn
Producer-director Bill Meléndez and animator Bill Littlejohn are the subject of this previously lost 1998 interview by Martha and Sol Sigall done for the Animation Guild.
Tag Archives: Bill Littlejohn
Leftovers and Loose Ends
Once again it’s no-theme day again here at Cartoon Research. We have some tasty spots that we’ve been meaning to post one day but never got around to using. Please…
Hops and Spots!
Hey gang! Guess what? It’s time for another post about beer commercials. With all the spots we post about the brewer’s art, you might think I’m some kind of a…
A Festival Of Advertising Fun
That’s right gang, it’s another no-theme day at Cartoon Research. Please enjoy this hastily assembled compendium of colossal clips. Standard Oil Here’s a couple of excerpts from a sales film…
When Animators Walked The Earth
It’s fast becoming history, but once upon a time people made magic out of pencil, paper and paints. It was a time of 35mm film, clattery green moviolas, and giant…
More Spots Animated by Bill Littlejohn
Today we take another look at the work of the very wonderful Mister Bill Littlejohn. Always humorous, always expressive, the easy-going look of his animation often masked his enormous technical…
Detectives, Spies, and Private Eyes
They look for clues, solve mysteries and fight crime. No, I don’t mean those nutty teenagers and their talking dog. I’m talkin’ about the detectives, spies, and private eyes that…
Six Spots in Search of a Theme
Here are a bunch of commercials that I thought were cool and/or noteworthy. These are overstocks that we couldn’t fit into any of our regular posts. Because of this we…
Cartoons and Beer, Animated Cheer!
What is it about cartoons and beer? There are millions of animated beer commercials, invariably featuring happy characters who live for the stuff. Mind you, we never actually see them…
Cheerios Round-Up
Snap, Cackle and Pop. Tony the Tiger. Sonny the Cuckoo Bird. These are few of the long running cereal mascots you’ve seen cavorting on your television set since you were…
