Unpredictable as Weather (Part 34)
This week, a sampling of three studios’/producers’ works from the 1960’s – Jay Ward, Total Television, and King Features.
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Animation Anecdotes #282
“We had arguments with the people marketing the film,” stated animator Gary Goldman. “We made this film for us. We’re entertained by it, so why shouldn’t a teen-ager or an adult like it?”
Animation Anecdotes #211
The Origin of Yogi Bear. From the first issue of Exposure Sheet (July 1967), the in-house Hanna-Barbera Studio newsletter, from an article entitled “The Improbable World of Hanna-Barbera” credited to…
Philling Airtime: More Spots Animated by Phil Duncan
Conventional or far out. Cheap or extravagant. Phil Duncan did it all and it did it superbly. Today we take another look at the work of mighty Mr. Duncan, animator…
Morning Thrills from General Mills
Another Big “G” cereal post from Cartoon Research! Also please forgive us for using the word “Post” when speaking of General Mills. Today we present to you a series of…
Commercials Animated by Gerard Baldwin
Gerard Baldwin had an amazing facility for animating. He did brilliant full animation, but he also has a way of doing limited animation in a way that made it seem…
Commercials Animated by Phil Duncan
For years Phil Duncan was one of those ubiquitous animators. You’ve seen his work a million times but you may be unfamiliar with his name. He was very stylistically flexible…
Sneak Peek at Darrell Van Citters new Jay Ward Book
Remember these guys? Animator Darrell Van Citters, who put together the must-have Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol book, has been spending the last few years tracking down the rarest of the…
Animation Anecdotes #123
That Kelly Girl. Selby Kelly applied to the Disney studio by sending in her portfolio and was hired as an artist by mail without having ever actually physically meeting anyone…
Animation Anecdotes #112
Time Paradox. In the Warner Brothers’ cartoon “Bear Feat” (1949), the gag involves the Bear family trying to put together an act for Mingling Bros. Circus after reading an ad…
