Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1962
This year another John Hubley film – one with a strong sense of humanity, and a biting comment on contemporary issues – took home the gold statue.
Sing Me A Cartoon 3: Much More Mickey Mouse
“. . . that tricky, wacky-wicky, Bolseviki Mickey Mouse”. I don’t know if Disney would have approved of that description of Minnie’s boyfriend.
Dreamy Dud Introduces “Cartoon Research Books”
Today we are offering up the first in the series of Cartoon Research books – a filmography of Wallace Carlson’s Dreamy Dud. Click here for details.
Animation Anecdotes #322
“Astro preceded Scooby Doo. I had to come up with what I call growl talk. Joe liked things starting with R’s for the dogs especially. Rello, Rorge! I ruv roo, Rorge.”
Scrappy in “The Battle of the Barn” (1932)
Love this cartoon – and from a technical standpoint, is full of well staged shots, including some really fun moving backgrounds.
Robert McKimson’s “Fool Coverage” (1952)
We love Robert McKimson on this site. This week’s breakdown features Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and a highly eccentric insurance policy…
Golden Records First (and Last) Cartoon Music Compilation
Golden Records First (and Last) Cartoon Music Compilation – Four decades of animation, combined into just one eclectic album in the early seventies.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1961
The sorriest set of submissions from any year, thus far. Ward Kimball, Jules Engel and Chuck Jones must have pulled their hair out.
Sing Me A Cartoon 3: More Mickey Mouse
By 1929, the Mickey Mouse shorts had attained a theme song – a deliberately corny, purposefully rustic opus called “Minnie’s Yoo-Hoo”.
Jerry Beck is a writer, animation producer, college professor and author of more than 15 books on animation history. He is a former studio exec with Nickelodeon Movies and Disney, and has written for The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. He has curated cartoons for DVD and blu-ray compilations and has lent his expertise to dozens of bonus documentaries and audio commentaries on such. Beck is on the faculty of both Woodbury University in Burbank and Cal Arts in Valencia. More about Jerry Beck [Click Here]
