June Foray hears a… “Who?”

I was speaking to June Foray today and was surprised to find out she isn’t in the cast of the currently-in-production CG Horton Hears A …

Viacom sells Famous Music

Well, there goes Popeye the Sailor Man, It’s A Hap-Hap Happy Day and Casper The Friendly Ghost. Not the characters (they were sold off …

Pingwings Rediscovered

Tony Mines of Spite Your Face Productions sent me a note about an early-1960s British animated series, The Pingwings, which had been …

Fleischer/Famous lettering

One of my guilty pleasures, when watching Paramount cartoons from the mid-1930s through the late 1940s, is admiring the incredible …

Hollywood’s Men of Action

(click for large version) Shane Glines of the indispensable Cartoon Retro has sent over a fascinating 1935 article, titled …

Where Are the UPA Shorts?

If there’s one question I’ve received more frequently than any other since the release of Cartoon Modern, it’s “Where can I see the UPA …

More Rare Kimball Video

Brew reader Dave Stuckey has uploaded yet another crazy rare Ward Kimball clip: a Firehouse Five Plus Two performance from the MGM film …

Forgotten Flintstones on MySpace

Here is one of the best MySpace pages I have seen devoted to a classic cartoon series. Forgotten Flintstones contains a lot of fun …

More Classic Animation on DVD

Not to be overlooked in this year of great classic cartoon DVD releases (the The Little King and Cultoons collection is subtitled …

Ward Kimball on You Bet Your Life

At the pace we’re going, by this time next week our site will likely be renamed Kimball Brew. But after seeing the incredible Ward …

Lost Filmstrips

Over at CreativePro.com, writer Gene Gable has posted a great series of articles on all aspects of vintage design, discussing everything …

Droopy on DVD: Uncut and DVNR’d

David Mackenzie has gotten his hands on the hotly anticipated dvd set Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection, slated for release on …

Rare SNAFU/Wartime Animation Art Found

A Hollywood production artist, part-time performer and animator, Paul Manchester, has inherited a cache of rare World War II animation …

Designing Magoo Express (1955)

There’s a big post at the Cartoon Modern blog about Sterling Sturtevant’s character design work on the 1955 short Magoo Express. The post …

Lantz DVD Update

Look! Universal has posted a teaser page to promote the Woody Woodpecker DVD coming out on July 24th. Note that pre-orders can be …

Jim Thurman (1935-2007)

We must sadly note the passing of Jim Thurman, an Emmy-award winning children’s television writer, who died April 14 at age 72. I had …

Popeye lives!

…and you thought the early Disney character costumes were ugly? Popeye, Olive Oyl and Wimpy arrive for a performance of the Broadway …

Capt’n Sailorbird

Any Baby Boomers out there recall those odd foreign cartoons that ran on TV in the 1950s and 60s, packaged under the Capt’n Sailorbird or …

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