Sunday, 18 November 2012
Cartoons of 1928
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1928 was the start of a transitional period for animated cartoons. The year began with Paul Terry (Aesop’s Fables), Charlie Mintz (Krazy...
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39 Again?
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When Jack Benny died in 1974, newspapers quietly joked in their obituaries that he was 39. It seems that Benny was always 39 but despite an ...
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Saturday, 17 November 2012
Emery Hawkins
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Many of the great names of theatrical animation parked themselves at one studio, and then stayed there for years. They left when the studio ...
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Friday, 16 November 2012
Mutts About Backgrounds
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“Mutts About Racing” was directed by Mike Lah, designed by Ed Benedict, with backgrounds by Fernando Montealegre. All three would later work...
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Thursday, 15 November 2012
Bulldog in a Box
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At first, it looks like Tex Avery has a continuity error in “Bad Luck Blackie” (1947). But Tex was so meticulous with each frame, I suspect ...
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Fred Allen Sees Oblivion
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Fred Allen’s radio show came to an end on June 26, 1949 and it was probably a relief for all concerned. Allen was tired and doctors ordered ...
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Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Two Long Pigs
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The story’s a little ill-conceived in spots, but there’s some nice work in “Alley to Bali,” a 1954 Woody Woodpecker cartoon directed by Don ...
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Monday, 12 November 2012
Snafuperman Snafu
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In cartoons, arms, hands, legs or bodies sometimes disappear, and it’s not because an anvil has been dropped on someone. It’s because someon...
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Sunday, 11 November 2012
Fleischer Cartoon Ads, 1935
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The Fleischer studio had the best-looking and funniest cartoons out of New York. When the 1930s began, the Fleischers presented the world wi...
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How to Write a TV Show
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The variety show hosts of radio’s great days in the 1940s didn’t stand in front of a microphone and make up a half-hour show on the spot eve...
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