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Saturday, 21 July 2012

Disney and his Big Bad Wolf

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The drawing you see above comes from a feature story published December 23, 1933 in the Charleston Daily Mail . Alice D. Tildesley, syndic...
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Friday, 20 July 2012

Music by Screwy Squirrel

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Screwy Squirrel cartoons are lots of fun. The only thing wrong with them is Screwy. You can like the gags he pulls but you can’t really like...
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Thursday, 19 July 2012

San Francisco, Giddyap Style

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It’s true. UPA didn’t make funny animal cartoons. The proof is “Giddyap,” which is an unfunny animal cartoon. Well, maybe that’s being a bit...
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Wednesday, 18 July 2012

The One Failure of Arnold Stang

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Network radio comedy and comedy/variety shows were filled with all kinds of really talented secondary players, many of whom were in great de...
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Tuesday, 17 July 2012

Hot Spot Backgrounds

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Tex Avery had a great influence on the theatrical animation business, but it seems the first thing he did that everyone copied was phoney tr...
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Monday, 16 July 2012

Balloon Land

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Ub Iwerks’ “Balloon Land” (1935) is almost the quintessential early ‘30s cartoon. It has: ● Squash and stretch (the cartoon stars balloons, ...
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Sunday, 15 July 2012

Fred Allen Talks Television

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Fred Allen once remarked (and I’m paraphrasing from an appearance on “The Big Show”) that television was called a medium because “nothing i...
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Saturday, 14 July 2012

Walter Lantz, Jitterbugs and Old Drawings

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Today, the idea of tossing out animation art makes fans (and collectors) cringe, but if you want an idea about little anyone thought of the ...
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Friday, 13 July 2012

Bugs as Groucho Smear

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The mid-‘40s seems to have been the era of smear animation at Warners. It was one way to get characters to move quicker. Bobe Cannon did sme...
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Thursday, 12 July 2012

Excited City Wolf

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There’s great animation from start to finish in “Little Rural Riding Hood,” Tex Avery’s last attempt to put his sexual desire spin on the ol...
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