Celebrating 50 Years of “The Point” and Its Nice Round Records
TV’s first feature-length animated film and its companion pop storybook album happened in a roundabout way.
TV’s first feature-length animated film and its companion pop storybook album happened in a roundabout way.
A look at the animation that resulted from the groundbreaking children’s record that became a book and then a TV special, each setting a creative foundation for generations.
Don Bluth recalls, “Many people were saying, ‘Don’t touch animation. It’s a dinosaur that doesn’t work anymore’. But American Tail went on to gross over $150 million and suddenly, it looked viable again”.
This was the first year the traditional Hollywood studios – including Disney, Warner Bros., MGM and Paramount – failed to score a nomination.
Greg Ehrbar loves Strawberry Shortcake. Not the pastry – the cartoon! Humor him as he examines the soundtrack albums for her three animated prime time TV specials.
Halloween is at an end. Have you had enough monsters yet? No? Good thing, for indeed that is the theme for today’s post. We present here a creepy compendium of…