TV

Magoo’s Christmas

Once again I visited with Stu Shostak this week to do his Internet radio show. During the commercial breaks I peruse Stu’s huge archive …

Books

P.D. Eastman book website

Animation storyman Phil Eastman (1909-1986) worked for Disney, Warner Bros., UPA, even Terrytoons during his career in the 1940s, 50s and …

Animators

A Mary Blair Christmas Card

(click for full-sized version) I should have waited until the holidays to post this, but I couldn’t resist. Cool stuff like this has …

Classic

Merry Christmas from Harman-Ising

It’s the first day of Summer – and Mike Van Eaton has just shared with me another rare piece of animation history. Click the thumbnails …

Shorts

Nuttin’ For Christmas

Animator Doug Compton used a classic 1955 Stan Freberg recording as the basis for his Christmas card this year: a fully animated version …

Events

Christmas Cartoon Chaos!

Just a reminder, I’m hosting two (count ’em 2) Christmas Cartoon Parties this week: 1. CARTOON DUMP – our annual Christmas special is …

Bad Ideas

A Christmas Carol Opens Today

Robert Zemeckis’s A Christmas Carol opens today to a chorus of negative reviews and a rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. A particularly …

Books

Magoo’s Christmas Carol book

I’m pleased to report that Darrell Van Citters’s book on the making of Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol has now gone to press. If all goes …

Ward Kimball

Christmas at the Kimballs

From 1959, Christmas morning at the home of Disney legend Ward Kimball along with his family–wife Betty and children Kelly, John and …

Animators

Christmas Cards by Ollie Johnston

Check out this rare collection of holiday cards by Disney legend Ollie Johnston from the 1980s and ’90s. They’re from the collection of …

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