Flights of Fancy (Part 2): More First Contacts
Ready to rise above it all? Then continue with us as we soar to new heights with our overview of ‘toons about planes.
Ready to rise above it all? Then continue with us as we soar to new heights with our overview of ‘toons about planes.
As one of literature’s most famous beach dwellers was Daniel Defoe’s “Robinson Crusoe”, Hollywood animators had a field day adapting his exploits in cartoons.
More party-toons with Yogi Bear, Bosko, Popeye, Farmer Al Falfa, and Yakky Doodle!
June is associated with “June Bugs”. No, not that wascally wabbit, but the six-legged kind. A fresh look at a common cartoon insect: the flea.
Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising were about to leave – and taking the studio’s most popular character with them. Here is Warner’s last batch of Boskos.
The Bosko series of Looney Tunes was going on a pace. They have been popular with exhibitors, and they endeavored to plug songs by Warner Brothers’ publishing companies.
The earliest cartoon robot man appears in the Van Buren Aesop’s Fable talkie The Iron Man. Here’s a survey of all robot men in the 1930s.
The initial 1930-31 Looney Tunes were doing respectably well in the marketplace, as they continued to plug songs from Warner Bros. various publishing companies.
This time, we’ll discuss the other four early shorts released with the Warner shield and the Vitaphone pennant, again concentrating on musical highlights.
The beginning of a new series of columns, devoted to taking a closer look – and listen – to the songs used in Warner Bros. cartoons.