Jim Tyer, part 2: Terrytoons Characters and 1960s Felix Stories
Jim Tyer began drawing stories for the St. John comics in 1948. Unlike the other freelancing animators, Tyer wrote his own stories, which often led to strange but humorous ideas.
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Animators In Funny Animal Comics: Jim Tyer – Part 1
In the 1940s, arguably the most prominent animator from Famous Studios to freelance on funny animal comics was Jim Tyer, at the time serving as head animator/de-facto director on Popeye cartoons.
Animation Anecdotes #284
Edna Phillips who was the principal harpist in Fantasia recalled, “I was banished to the pit beneath the stage so that the rustle of my skirt against the harp couldn’t be heard by the microphones.”
Segregation and the Selling of “Deputy Dawg”
Terrytoons’ Deputy Dawg aired on television during the last years of legal segregation in the early 1960s, and Jim Crow in the South significantly shaped the program.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1948
This is the first in a new series articles I plan to regularly post that dives an little deeper into the history of the Academy Award For Best Animated Short Subject.
Terrytoon’s “Club Sandwich” (1931)
Club Sandwich harks back to the silent Aesop’s Fables which Paul Terry produced, in that an army of mice retaliate against Farmer Al Falfa and his cat.
More Terrytoons in CinemaScope
Most existent versions of these cartoons were panned-and-scanned for television airings, so I took upon myself to find as many wide-format prints on film as possible – the only way to view these cartoons the proper way.
Terrytoons’ “Deputy Dawg” on Records
This TV cartoon – once as popular as it is now relatively obscure – is celebrated today in its vinyl record form with the full cast, consisting of one talented actor.
Paul Terry, the model senior citizen, in “Social Security in America” (1968)
Paul Terry is featured in this week’s film as a shining example of how the Social Security system is working. It’s quite a rarity in that I don’t think there are too many surviving prints.
A Chat with Ed Rehberg
Ed Rehberg’s career in animation rests on a fairly long list of credits as a journeyman animator and director. However, his place in animation history is assured for his role in the 1947 Terrytoons strike – and his work on early TV commercials.
