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Olivia and I
We don’t often post about Telenovelas, but since Cartoon Network is going live action, here’s one they might consider: Olivia And I. It …
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Who Needs to Pitch?
LA Weekly has two articles this week profiling Amy Winfrey and her animated webseries Making Fiends and Stefan Bucher’s Daily Monster …
Another Piece of Animal Kung Fu
Chop Socky Chooks is a CG television series produced by Aardman for Cartoon Network UK. The show, starring kung fu chickens, was created …
Renegade’s Funny Face trailer
We mentioned this project back in March. Here’s the sample reel for Renegade’s Funny Face.
No Bozo: Larry Harmon 1925-2008
Larry Harmon, the actor and animation producer who acquired the rights to Bozo the Clown and turned him into a long running TV franchise …
Donkey Ollie
If nothing else, Animation Magazine serves as an entertaining repository of all the awful ideas that animation studios try to produce …
The Pogo Special Birthday Special
Speaking of Chuck Jones, as we were yesterday, here is his infamous 1969 TV special based on Walt Kelly’s classic comic strip Pogo. …
Quick Draw artist
My friend Fred Patten owns this original Quick Draw McGraw painting (click on it above, or here, for enlarged image) created for a frame …
MTV Wants Animators For Reality Show
Animation contests are not a popular subject around the Brew, but this one sounds intriguing enough to mention. MTV is currently …
Cartoon Network Planning To Lure Young Boys
Parents of children beware: it seems that Cartoon Network, in its middle age, has developed a fascination with young boys. A recent …
R.I.P. The Great Gazoo
Say what you will about the Great Gazoo, but Harvey Korman (who performed his voice) was a fine comic actor. He passed away today at …
Spanish Simpsons
There isn’t much to say about this:
As The Wrench Turns”
Here’s something to note. Inspired by the NPR radio show Car Talk, PBS has created its first prime time animated series, Click and …
Fox Launches Inkubator Shorts Program
This Variety article explains how 20th Century Fox TV and Fox Broadcasting Co. are launching Fox Inkubator, a new inititative designed to …
Southwest Airlines watches Kids TV
The illustration above appears in the latest issue of Southwest Airlines inflight Spirit Magazine. This month the magazine has a fun …
An Open Letter to Paramount, MGM and Lionsgate
It was announced today that Viacom and Paramount have teamed with MGM and Lionsgate to create a new cable channel to compete with HBO and …
Masaaki Yuasa’s Kaiba
Below are the opening titles to the upcoming series Kaiba, created and directed by Masaaki Yuasa, the genius visionary behind Mind Game. …
Käytöskukka
Eliza Jäppinen, a co-founder and creative director of the up-and-coming Finnish animation studio Anima Boutique, recently told me about …
“Li’l Abner” Creator Al Capp Harasses John Lennon And Yoko Ono
The great American diplomat and Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson may have well been talking about Li’l Abner creator Al Capp when …
Jerry Beck meets Joan Rivers
Not the most embarassing moment in my life, but it comes pretty close. By popular demand, and as a Brew 4th Anniversary special, here’s …
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