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?
Tag Archives: Sniffles
Cold Comfort: The 85th Anniversary of Sniffles the Mouse and “Naughty But Mice”
Eighty-five years later, a time capsule from a unique, cuter period in Warner Bros. animation history.
Unpredictable As Weather (Part 14)
Today, double doses of Hugh Harman, early Chuck Jones, and a couple of major features, as we continue our storm tracking into mid-1940.
Merrie Melodies 1940-41: The Care and Feeding of a New Cartoon Star (Part 1)
Carl Stalling continued to fold songs – both old and new – into the scores of the WB cartoons.
Merrie Melodies 1939-40: A Significant Year
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.
Happy Henfruit Pt. 4: “More Eggs-acting Detail”
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.
Happy Henfruit Pt. 3: “Eggs-ecutive Action”
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.
More Christmasy Cartoonz
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…
