Looney Tunes 1931– A Good Year, Indeed!
First up in the new series of animated shorts – the “Merrie Melodies” – was Lady, Play Your Mandolin, based off a recently popular song, trading in a Latin-Americn exoticism.
First up in the new series of animated shorts – the “Merrie Melodies” – was Lady, Play Your Mandolin, based off a recently popular song, trading in a Latin-Americn exoticism.
This time, we’ll discuss the other four early shorts released with the Warner shield and the Vitaphone pennant, again concentrating on musical highlights.
The beginning of a new series of columns, devoted to taking a closer look – and listen – to the songs used in Warner Bros. cartoons.
Since Thursday is the 111th birthday of “The Man of a Thousand Voices,” let’s look at some of the later Looney Tunes recordings that Mel Blanc made especially for children.
In this issue, the editors of The Exposure Sheet pin their Oscar hopes on Detouring America; Chuck Jones has an appendectomy; and much much more.
Once again we peek into the daily lives of the artists, animators, inkers, painters and employees of Leon Schlesinger Productions.
Once again we get to hang with the gang at Termite Terrace – through the pages of their zany in-house newsletter, The Exposure Sheet.
This week’s post profiles Norm McCabe, an overlooked figure who worked in a long, varied career in animation, as you will see here.
Once again we present another six months of columns devoted to the Warner Bros. Cartoon Department, written by either Warren Foster, Tedd Pierce or Michael Maltese back in the day.
During the late 1950’s, Warner Bros. released several cartoons spoofing individual television shows. It is these cartoons – Wideo Wabbit (1956) and People Are Bunny (1959) – that concern us here.