Rare Animation on TCM: “Silent Cartoons”

Here’s a fun gallery of actual film frames from the collection of Tom Stathes – the collector extraordinaire who provided the rare prints …

FIRST LOOK: Jerry on TCM

As previously noted, this Sunday night yours-truly, Jerry Beck, spends the whole evening co-hosting an entire block of classic animated …

Rare Animation on TCM: “UPA Cartoons”

This is gallery of images from Columbia Pictures cartoon shorts produced by UPA (United Productions of America), the groundbreaking …

Rare Animation on TCM: “Mr. Bug”

This gallery of images is posted to augment your enjoyment of Max Fleischer’s Mr. Bug Goes To Town (1941) which will be screened on …

Why Animation on TCM is Important

Regular readers to this site are well aware by now that I’ll be part of a six-hour presentation of classic animation on TCM (Turner …

First Look: Looney Tunes Platinum Vol. 2

Unabashed Plug: Out next week is Vol. 2 of Warner Home Video’s Blu-ray cartoon collection, Looney Tunes Platinum Collection. I’m a little …

“90 Day Wondering” By Chuck Jones

The post about the 1955 Chuck Jones short A Hitch in Time was well received, so let’s complete the story. Jones made at least two more …

“A Hitch in Time” By Chuck Jones

A Hitch in Time is a new one for me: a 1955 propaganda short directed by Chuck Jones that encouraged U. S. Air Force personnel to …

Bob Clampett remembered

Writer Chris Lukather has just posted a nice interview with Ruth Clampett which contains some new insights into her father – the …

SCRAPPYLAND is now a blog!

I’ve previously plugged Harry McCracken’s ongoing efforts to recognize Columbia Picture’s most popular (and now long forgotten) cartoon …

Looney Tunes Comics blog

Looney Tunes mega-fan Matthew Hunter (of the Misce-Looney-Ous blog) has started another worth-while project for the benefit of mankind. …

72 Years Ago Today: Bugs Bunny Was Born

Seventy-two years ago today – on July 27th, 1940 – Bugs Bunny appeared in Tex Avery’s A Wild Hare. The Warner Bros. short is widely …

More Comic Con finds

A last look at some of my coolest finds at the Con. And here’s a real winner: this unframed cel, found in a stack of MGM odds and …

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