Chatting with Betty Smith and Jeanne Selby Thorpe
Today’s set of video chats by Dan McLaughlin from The Animation Guild’s 1986 Golden Awards Banquet are with two ink and paint veterans: Betty Louise Smith and Jeanne Selby Thorpe.
Tag Archives: Hanna Barbera
A Kellogg’s Cereal Cartoon Concert
The company that brought their best to you each morning also filled the airwaves with catchy jingles to accompany the cartoons they sponsored in the Baby Boom era.
Happy 50th Anniversary to Hanna-Barbera’s “Alice in Wonderland” (1966)
Wednesday is the day and date that ABC presented the most ambitious TV special Hanna-Barbera had yet produced. Here’s a peek at the rare soundtrack recording.
Hanna-Barbera’s “Charlotte’s Web” (1973) on Records
A deep dig into the soundtrack from a film that generates strong emotions (positive and negative) with a Sherman Brothers score controversial simply by its presence.
Hanna-Barbera’s “Ruff and Reddy in Space” on Record
TV’s first cat-and-dog team tangles with an evil interstellar empire on an LP based on the cartoon that launched the Hanna-Barbera animation empire.
A Chat with Ed Love
Ed Love was one of the most admired animators of cartoon shorts during Hollywood’s Golden Age, a reputation that continued on through his work in television at Hanna-Barbera.
Animation Anecdotes #242
Anecdotes this week from Frank Tashlin, Bill Hanna, Joe Barbera, Chris Wedge, Ralph Bakshi and others!
A Chat With Carlo Vinci
I will begin this new series of posts with video of animator Carlo Vinci (née Carlo Antonio Vinciguerra) whom I met on January 20th, 1984, at Sorrentino’s Restaurant in Toluca Lake.
Animation Anecdotes #238
Today we look at Miyazaki’s anime inspiration, John K.’s first direction, and one of Hanna Barbera’s low-rated, but highly acclaimed series.
Super Snooper and Blabber Mouse Meet “James BOMB”
This week, Super Snooper and Blabbermouse encounter Gold Pinky, Dr. Oh No and 007 himself (sort of) in a smashingly superb record album from 1965.
