Mister Magoo Soundtrack Albums
Today’s long-awaited release of the Shout Factory DVD Mr. Magoo – The Theatrical Collection 1949-1959 calls to mind two soundtrack records featuring the master of myopic misadventures. 1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS…
Tag Archives: UPA
UPA Advertising
Throughout the 1950’s, television commercials were an important part of the UPA cartoon studio’s output. In fact, it’s widely believed that commercial work kept the company afloat, as their Columbia-released…
Animation Anecdotes #148
Origin of Christopher Crumpet. Thornton Hee (“T. Hee”) was responsible for “Christopher Crumpet” (1953) a UPA short about a little boy who turns into a chicken whenever he doesn’t get…
Ethel and Albert, Hank Saperstein, and the Phone Company
Greenfield. Murray Hill. Sycamore. Tyler. Kingswood. What do these words have in common? Once upon a time they were all telephone exchanges. You know, like PEnnsylvania 6-500. The words were…
Cartoons Of Christmas Past
Today: The last vestige of Christmas Cartoons before putting them away for the year. Many years back, the landlord for the house we were renting stopped over just a week…
Eye Candy: Animated Pitches for “Candyland” Riches
Christmas is nearly upon us, and around our house that usually means candy. Lots of candy. In honor of our annual overindulgence of the confectioner’s craft, we present a selection…
Animation Anecdotes #141
Ann Margrock. Artist Doug Wildey once was assigned in 1963 to draw a cartoon version of actress Ann-Margret to appear in an episode of “The Flintstones” television series. He easily…
Mid Century Modern, Volume 2: “Look Who’s Driving”
Somehow a majority of the projects from this year seem to be wrapping up at the same time. On the new titles news, the Gulliver’s Travels BluRay is off to…
In His Own Words: Bill Scott at UPA
I got a chance to do a lengthy interview with Bill Scott on September 3, 1982 where we spent hours talking not only about his legendary work with Jay Ward…
Christmasy Cartoonz, Part 2: TV Cartoon Specials (to 1979)
Starting about 1950, Christmas animation began to be made for television. An early example is the first animation of the Frosty the Snowman song (above), 3 minutes by UPA in…
