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GUMBY EXHIBIT
There’s going to be a Gumby exhibit opening Aug. 4th at the Center for Puppetry Arts museum in Atlanta. Several original props and models …
Jerry Beck
HEY KIDS! FREE BUTTONS!
Amid and I will be plugging Comic-Con International: San Diego several times during the next week as we slowly figure out what panels are …
FOUR HOURS WITH JOE BARBERA
Check this out: Oliver on the Golden Age Cartoons Forum discoved the posting of an extensive interview (over four hours) with Joe Barbera …
MOUSE TRACKS BOOK EVENT
Greg Ehrbar, co-author of the new book Mouse Tracks, is hosting an ASIFA-Hollywood event this Thursday in Glendale. This is part of a …
TV CARTOON PALS
Dan Goodsell’s Sampler of Things blog is a daily must-see for everyone who loves classic cartoons and great retro package design. Today’s …
WE FOUND WALDO
Where’s Waldo? Check this out.
THE WORST TOM AND JERRY I’VE EVER SEEN
No, the image above isn’t from the Filmation Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (1980), nor any U.S. produced latter day monstrosity. It’s a page …
SUPERMAN HATES SMOKERS
Here’s a blast from the past. Matt Richardson posted this vintage TV spot on his Poptique blog:I’m 99.9% certain it was made back in 1980 …
HISTORY DETECTIVES TRACE MICKEY
Next up on the PBS series History Detectives is an investigation of Mickey Mouse and Disney’s history with toy licensing. The episode …
A LOST WARNER BROS. CARTOON
Thanks to the restoration efforts of Warner Home Video, and the series of Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD sets, there are (or will be) …
RANDOM PLUGS FOR A HOLIDAY WEEKEND
Stop-motion animator Joel Fletcher (Nightmare Before Christmas, Dinosaur, King Kong, Land Of The Lost, X-Men: The Last Stand) has …
CEREAL BOX CARTOONS
The relationship between animated cartoons and breakfast cereal goes back to the 1930s. But it was the weekly TV cartoons shows of the …
Dick Van Dyke And Terrytoons
Dick Van Dyke. The star of Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Bye Bye Birdie and Diagnosis Murder. He was “Chairman of TV LAND”, …
CLASSIC PRESTON BLAIR SWIPE
A while back we reported on various art swipes from the Preston Blair animation book, found on things like lottery tickets, and in places …
TANGO LAND
Cynthia Petrovic has added a nifty flash animated intro (animated by Scotty Arsenault) to her fun Tangoland website. Petrovic is an …
Fleischer At The Trocadero
Dave Fleischer left Miami based Fleischer Studios in 1942 and bolted to the west coast where he was offered the job of producer, …
Underdog Cheerios Commercial
In honor of the opening of SUPERMAN RETURNS today, we pay tribute with a rare clip of one of our favorite animated superheroes: a 1965 …
NEW ANDY PANDA AND OSWALD
Who says they don’t make ’em like they used to? Everything old is new again… Over at Ain’t It Cool News they’ve got some nice pics from …
Two New Books
Two great new books, mentioned prevously on this site, have finally been published and both are a lot better than I imagined – and highly …
FREE CARTOONS
Today only, Classic Media is offering up a bunch of cartoons for free viewing on Google Video. Episodes of Roger Ramjet, Jay Ward’s Rocky …
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