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.
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“Free to Be … You and Me” Cartoons on Records
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.
Animation Anecdotes #342
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”.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award 1967
This was the first year the traditional Hollywood studios – including Disney, Warner Bros., MGM and Paramount – failed to score a nomination.
“Strawberry Shortcake” on Records
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.
Cheezy Day-After-Halloween Commercial Spook-tacular!
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…
