Hit the Beach (Part 7)
Once again, Old Sol’s rays bear down upon Toontown, driving its late 40’s and early 50’s population to the coastline to beat the heat.
Tag Archives: Popeye
Hit the Beach (Part 6)
In the late 1940s, with sea lanes clearing, attention seems to shift in the animation industry to the leisure voyage, and to destinations of palm-fringed shores.
Hit the Beach (Part 5)
The war years bring a new light to beachfront activities, as the importance of the Pacific Campaign places a new emphasis upon the maritime activities in cartoons.
Fitness v. Fatness (Part 7): “Pop” Go the Waistlines
Paramount cartoons continued to show an interest in portraying both fitness gurus and fatness freaks with equal fairness.
Fitness v. Fatness (Part 5): The Fitter Fifties
Snap on those headbands, don your athletic shorts and best running shoes, and get set for some energetic roadwork down our latest animation trail.
Fitness vs. Fatness (Part 3)
We continue our survey of animation’s war on weight – whether to put on the pounds or take them off.
Fitness vs. Fatness (Part 1)
Animation’s encounters with exercise is our new weekly workout routine.
Courtroom Drama: Deliberate Deliberation (Part 5)
We stare in wonderment (call it “stare decisis”) at the judicial process in action in the cartoons discussed herein.
Party Animals – and Other Species (Part 5): Leftovers
We’ve been partying continuously for four weeks – so it’s time for a little cleanup!
Party Animals – and Other Species (Part 4): Party Protocol
As a public service this week, we provide an object lesson in the proper etiquette for party attendance and party throwing.
