Coming MONDAY: The New Cartoon Research Website
Later today I’ll be “launching” the new-look Cartoon Research blog at the http://www.cartoonresearch.com address. All the posts and comments left here since February 12th will move over to the new […]
Scrooge McDuck And Money (1967)
It may have started with a mouse… but it all ended with Scrooge McDuck and Money. Released roughly three months after Disney’s death, in March 1967, it would in theory […]
1940s Columbia Screen Gems Posters
The little studio that couldn’t. Columbia’s poor Screen Gems studio tried its best to compete, but never really came up with a memorable character along the likes of Bugs Bunny, […]
WANTED: The Bugs Bunny Show
Yesterday I hosted a Looney Tunes marathon screening (six hours!) in Los Angeles. I devoted one hour of it to running a bunch of ABC’s Bugs Bunny Show (1960) bumpers […]
Walt Disney’s Forgotten “Carrot” Characters
Well, ya learn something new everyday… for example, I never knew Disney helped the British Government win the war by promoting carrot recipes in the Yorkshire Post newspapers – until […]
An Animators Draft: A Car-Tune Portrait (1937)
Today I am re-posting an original animators draft for the Max Fleischer “Color Classic” cartoon A Car-Tune Portrait (released June 26th, 1937). Drafts for non-Disney cartoons are scarce, but vital […]
When A.A.P. became U.A.A.
We all know A.A.P (Associated Artists Productions). For a company that really only existed for two years, it left behind quite a legacy. The company’s name has long been associated […]
Mel Shaw Memorial
The Walt Disney Studios will be hosting a memorial for the late Disney viz-dev artist Mel Shaw (1914-2012) next Tuesday at the Burbank lot. The Shaw and Lounsbery families will […]
Terrytoons Barker Bill
Today we’ll gaze into the hypnotic image of Terrytoons’ long-forgotten animated cartoon host, Barker Bill. Barker Bill’s Cartoon Show is considered one of the first network television weekday cartoon series. […]
Matty’s “Funday Funnies” bumpers
Ever wonder about these? I thought not. Many of us Baby Boomers remember the original Matty’s Funday Funnies show on ABC back in the late 50s, early 60s. Matty Mattel […]
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