Raggedy Ann & Andy and Disney Dance Band

Don Brockway’s IsntLifeTerrible.com is a new entry on the blogging scene and well worth checking out. He’s done a couple posts in the …

Popeye Song Folio

One of the best pieces of Fleischer Popeye memoribilia ever created was a 32 page compilation of sheet music, the Popeye Song Folio, …

An Unabashed Plug

We’ve talked about it for weeks. Today’s the day. Support the cause. Buy the Woody Woodpecker DVD collection.

Popeye Beer ad

Please forgive all these Popeye and Woody Woodpecker posts, but here’s a YouTube find I had to share: a 1980s British Carling Black Label …

Rare Color Film of 1941 Disney Strike

I was organizing some dvds tonight and stumbled upon this rare color footage from the 1941 Disney strike. If I recall correctly, it’s …

Beep! Beep!

Looking for something to do today? Try watching 43 Road Runner cartoons on YouTube. Or if you prefer a more painless way of committing …

BG Inspiration

Art director Hans Bacher (Mulan) has started up an incredible new blog called Animation Treasures. He’s painstakingly recreating pan …

Woody and Popeye

Next week the Popeye collection goes on sale. While we wait, here are two recent vintage commercials that didn’t quite make it as …

RIP, David Hilberman

ASIFA-San Francisco president Karl Cohen forwarded a note to let us know that UPA co-founder and one of the last of the truly great …

Monday Morning Inspiration: Tex Avery

The word genius is thrown around a bit too frequently nowadays (admittedly, I’m guilty of it myself), but true animation geniuses the …

Popeye Update

Once again, the original title from Popeye The Sailor Meets Ali Baba’s Forty Thieves. This time I was able to grab the frame from the DVD …

Thurl, Thurl, Thurl

Ahhh… The joys of Thurl collecting. If you love old cartoons (or are simply addicted to Kellogg’s Sugar Frosted Flakes) then you …

Chuck Jones, Ken Harris, and Ben Washam

Animators at Work

Animator David Nethery has created a wonderful photo album of classic and contemporary animators at their animation desks.

Popeye DVD: Bonus Materials

This is the original main title, unseen for 70 years, to Popeye The Sailor Meets Ali Baba’s Forty Thieves, shot with my cel phone camera …

Terrytoon Animators at work, 1939

Asifa-Hollywood’s Animation Archive has unearthed and posted a rare silent 8mm film shot by animators at Terrytoons detailing the process …

All About Arnold Stang

New York freeform radio station WFMU has one of the best blogs devoted to alternative pop culture and strange music. Today’s post by …

First Hitler, now Mussolini

How many facists does it take to create a classic cartoon character? A play we posted about earlier concerning a fictional meeting …

A Letter from Ward Kimball

Animator and director Will Finn has posted a letter that he received from Ward Kimball in 1973 packed with sage words about becoming an …

Paramount Shorts 1934

Here’s a killer item on ebay. If I could afford it, I’d buy this. Since I can’t I might as well post it here and maybe one of our …

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