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Amazing 1950s French Commercials

Here’s a series of ten beautiful animated spots produced in France during the 1950s. It’s inspiring how these commercials take full …

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SCARY POPPINS

Somebody recut Disney’s MARY POPPINS into a horror film. A cheap laugh but it works.

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Preston Blair Swipes: Policeman

What’s one of our favorite recurring topics here at Cartoon Brew? Of course, it’s the “Preston Blair swipe,” which is when an …

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HILARIOUS SNOWMAN SPOOF

Brew reader Arthur writes about this funny and well done commercial spoof of the classic British holiday special THE SNOWMAN: To promote …

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SID RAYMOND 1909-2006

Mark Evanier is the first to note the passing of my friend Sid Raymond. Raymond was best known as the voice of Baby Huey and Katnip for …

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CEREAL:GEEK

Not my favorite decade for animation, but James Eatock of Busta Toons Productions (the folks behind the He Man/She Ra blog) is starting …

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BREWSTER ROCKIT

Brewster Rockit is a very funny sci-fi parody comic strip running in the L.A. Times and many other papers accross the country (via …

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BLIP

I came across this commercial for BLIP, the digital game, while I was transfering to DVD some cartoon shows I taped in 1980. It’s not …

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ONE BAD NOTE

Have you ever wondered what Chuck Jones’s HIGH NOTE (1960) would look like if it was remade in CG? Well, neither have I, but somebody …

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MINGY PUSS

Either Makinita (a.k.a. independent cartoonist Andres Silva, in Ecuador) is a demented genius – or just demented. You decide:Also check …

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LIVE-ACTION ANIME FROM 1960

Here’s an oddity I just had to share. If you thought a live-action Flintstones was a bad idea, check this out. A live action Japanese …

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TOON IN

Our buddy Tee Bosustow has just started broadcasting a new radio show dedicated to classic animated cartoons. Toon In! … to the Masters …

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RUSSIAN ANIMATION SPY STORY

Who ever said being a distributor of animated films was boring work? Here’s an amusing newspaper article from a few months back about …

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Oswald To Get Lucky in 2007

One of the most interesting animation stories of ’06 took place last February when Disney acquired the rights to one of Walt’s earliest …

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TIME TRAVEL

Dan Hollis has been working in radio for the past 10 years as both the sales manager for Hackettstown, New Jersey radio station WRNJ and …

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