Rise and Fall of the Slow Burn Gag
Today we ponder one of the greatest mysteries surrounding the cartoon world: What can be called a “Slow Burn Gag” in animation?
Today we ponder one of the greatest mysteries surrounding the cartoon world: What can be called a “Slow Burn Gag” in animation?
Eighty-five years later, a time capsule from a unique, cuter period in Warner Bros. animation history.
Today, double doses of Hugh Harman, early Chuck Jones, and a couple of major features, as we continue our storm tracking into mid-1940.
Carl Stalling continued to fold songs – both old and new – into the scores of the WB cartoons.
The 1939-40 season of Merrie Melodies saw many familiar to us from endless television runs – and, late in the season, one of the most significant cartoons of all.
A new decade – an old breakfast. Eggs continue to be delivered sunnyside up by all the major animation studios. Let’s serve up a dozen this week so there’s plenty to go around.
I hope I haven’t bitten off more than I can chew in this food-related topic, as there are so many classic cartoons dealing with eggs, that I’m still in the 1930’s.
Has it been a whole year since my last posts on Christmas animation? Around Christmas 2013, I devoted six columns to Christmas-themed cartoons. American theatrical shorts, American TV Specials, direct-to-DVD…