Tag Archives: Bill Melendez

Is Advertising Good For You?
CLASSIC ANIMATED ADVERTISING
January 24, 2015 posted by

Is Advertising Good For You?

Over the months we’ve spotlighted ads for beer and automobiles and breakfast cereal, but today we present to you a film that is advertising advertising. This mostly live-action film produced…

Animation Anecdotes #182
ANIMATION ANECDOTES
October 3, 2014 posted by

Animation Anecdotes #182

Celling Peanuts. “We used to throw the cels away (from the Peanuts specials),” stated animator and director Bill Melendez in 1995 at the height of the market for buying animation…

Animation Anecdotes #181
ANIMATION ANECDOTES
September 26, 2014 posted by

Animation Anecdotes #181

Donald’s Fighting Pose. In the earliest Donald Duck cartoons, the little quacker was quite pugnacious and audiences immediately laughed when he took his fighting pose. That pose was created by…

Animation Anecdotes #180
ANIMATION ANECDOTES
September 19, 2014 posted by

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…

Playhouse Revisited
CLASSIC ANIMATED ADVERTISING
April 12, 2014 posted by

Playhouse Revisited

Once again we delve into the Playhouse Pictures files to bring you a selection of stupendous spots and stills, along with a very special surprise. The spots are from 1957…