Happy Birthday June Foray

I snapped the photo above earlier this past week. I was on one side of a glass wall, inside the studio on the other side director Mark …

The Simpsons Network?

All Simpsons, All The Time? News Corp. COO Chase Carey said earlier this week that Fox is considering starting an entire digital TV …

Who was Lee Orgel?

In the Gay Purr-ee production photo above is (left to right): Lee Orgel, Judy Garland, Henry G. Saperstein, Robert Goulet, Abe Levitow …

“Titlee in Jugmugland”

Welcome to Jugmugland, a place that’s a thousand miles from Earth within a world of crayons. If that doesn’t make any sense, neither will …

Futurama finale: “Reincarnation”

We’d like to thank the producers, writers and animators of last night’s season finale of Futurama for creating an episode just for us – …

Captain Planet goes Berserk

I always hated Captain Planet, but if it were this cool back then I would have watched it more often. From Funny or Die, Don Cheadle …

New Adult Swim Bumpers from John K

John K. has several new pieces of animation coming up – bumpers for Adult Swim – that explore a more abstract style. I have no idea if …

Nicktoons 20th Anniversary

We celebrated the date August 11th, 1991 earlier this week by marking the anniversary of The Ren & Stimpy Show. But that same second …

Happy 20th Anniversary, Ren & Stimpy!

On this day, twenty years ago–August 11, 1991–Nickelodeon debuted The Ren and Stimpy Show, and animation hasn’t been the same ever …

The Battle Over Who Created “He-Man”

Toy Masters is a feature-length documentary (currently in production) on the story behind the toy line and animated series, He-Man and …

Popular Mechanics on Hanna Barbera (1960)

Here’s another one of those wonderful articles from Popular Mechanics magazine (September 1960) explaining the tricks behind creating …

“Legend of Korra” trailer

Avatar: The Last Airbender was a very successful anime-inspired seies for Nickelodeon. Unfortunately the franchise took a hit last year …

My Little Bronies

“As a person with Asperger syndrome, I learned more about theory of mind, friendships and social interactions from this season [of My …

Happy Birthday, Liquid Television!

It was 20 years ago today, June 2nd 1991, when MTV first aired its groundbreaking anthology show Liquid Television. It’s gone but not …

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