Bugs Bunny’s High-Fructose Christmas Record
Mel Blanc as the “nice Bugs” of the 1970’s and a star-studded Looney Tunes cast celebrate Christmas in stereo for the first and only time on this Peter Pan LP.
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Robert McKimson’s “Gorilla My Dreams”
Gather ‘round, folks! It’s a Bugs Bunny jungle “pitcher”! Precarious journeys in a mysterious jungle proved successful in newsprint and screen throughout the first half of the 20th century, as…
Robert McKimson’s “Acrobatty Bunny” (1946)
This week’s breakdown profiles one of my absolute favorite Bugs Bunny cartoons! (Editor’s Note: and mine too! – JB) Bob McKimson’s first cartoon with Bugs preserved the loose, boisterous animation…
Animator Breakdown: “Hot Cross Bunny” (1948)
Hans Perk’s wonderful blog, A. Film LA, lets viewers observe documents (known as “animator drafts”) that show, in simple terms, who animated what in particular shorts and features for Disney….
In His Own Words: Bob McKimson
I’ve talked about animation legend Bob McKimson before on this site. McKimson was born in 1910 and passed away in 1977. He died from a massive heart attack while eating…
Animation Anecdotes #193
Animated Hope. Popular comedian Bob Hope had a very distinctive face and he was always joking about his “ski slope” nose so you might think he would have been a…
Animation Anecdotes #191
Disney Artist Norman Rockwell. Famed Saturday Evening Post cover illustrator Norman Rockwell ended up painting a cover of the well-loved Dell comic book series Walt Disney’s Comic Book and Stories….
Even Cartoon Characters Have To Pay The Bills
If your favorite cartoon character told you to buy something, you’d buy it, wouldn’t you? Of course you would. That’s why cartoon characters make such wonderful pitchmen. I mean, if…
Bugs Bunny Breaks a Sweat
In today’s column, we listen to a classic recording of Bugs Bunny’s race against Cecil Turtle, with Mel Blanc; on another LP, Bugs takes a cruise to Fort Lauderdale, without…
The Wind-up… The Pitch…
Remember when every normal, red-blooded American kid wanted to play baseball, and only the real weirdo’s wanted to draw pictures? Major league players like Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris were…
