The Animated Marx Brothers That Never Were
Perhaps we should all be grateful they never got made.
Tag Archives: Filmation
Star Trek: The Animated Series
Many fans felt it gave a nice sense of closure to the original live action series and thought it a good transition to the later feature films.
Filmation’s “Groovie Goolies” on Records
What’s a Halloween party without Saturday morning’s primo cartoon pop band? Here are the gory details behind their monster hits.
The Animated Tarzan
Edgar Rice Burroughs himself suggested a cartoon series featuring Tarzan – but it would take 40 years and Filmation Studios to make it happen.
Filmation Superman
The New Adventures of Superman, produced by Filmation in 1966, literally changed the face of Saturday morning cartoons.
Who Was That Animated Masked Man?
“A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty Hi-Yo Silver! The Lone Ranger rides again!”
Kid Kong
Multiple attempts have been made to translate the iconic King Kong character into animation. Here is the story of one aborted attempt by Filmation.
A Tale of Two Ghostbusters
In later years, Filmation’s Lou Scheimer regretted they had not asked for the animation rights as part of a legal settlement with Columbia Pictures for the use of the name for the live action comedies.
50 Years Ago: When the Animated “Archies” Ruled TV & Pop Music
Even The Beatles couldn’t beat “Sugar, Sugar” for the number one hit of 1969, when the Archies enjoyed a highly unique success – much imitated but never equaled.
Animation Anecdotes #354
Glen Keane used one of Disney’s fabled Nine Old Men animators, Eric Larson, as a model for Dr. Dawson in Disney’s The Great Mouse Detective.
