Monthly Archives: December 2011

The Dot And The Line (1965) — MGM Theatrical Cartoon


The Dot And The Line (1965) - MGM Theatrical Cartoon

CotD: Last car­toon of the year and we choose “The Dot And The Line”, an Acad­emy Award win­ner for Chuck Jones. Watch it today and see why this won!
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Cars 2″ led domestic animation grosses in 2011


Cars 2

Pixar-Disney’s sequel “Cars 2″ was the sev­enth most suc­cess­ful movie at the North Amer­i­can box office — and the only ani­mated film in the top 10 — accord­ing to Box Office Mojo, an online movie pub­li­ca­tion and box office report­ing ser­vice.
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Once again, “Arthur Christmas” tops UK box office


Arthur ChristmasIn its sev­enth week of release, Aard­man Animation’s Arthur Christ­mas
has returned to the top spot at the­aters in the United King­dom and Ire­land.
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The Bongo Punch (1957) — Pepito Chickeeto Theatrical Cartoon


The Bongo Punch (1979) - Pepito Chickeeto

CotD: “The Bongo Punch” fea­tur­ing Pepito Chic­k­eeto in this musi­cal story from old Mex­ico ani­mated by Wal­ter Lantz.
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Online Film Critics Society nominate 5 animated features

Online Film Critics Society

Five movies have received nom­i­na­tions for the 15th Annual Online Film Crit­ics Soci­ety award for Best Ani­mated Fea­ture, the society’s gov­ern­ing com­mit­tee announced Mon­day.
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Bambi” named to Library of Congress film registry


Bambi

Walt Disney’s time­less car­toon clas­sic “Bambi” and 24 other films were selected Wednes­day by Librar­ian of Con­gress James H. Billing­ton to be pre­served as cul­tural, artis­tic and his­tor­i­cal trea­sures in the National Film Reg­istry of the Library of Congress.

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Sale Of The Century (1979) — Plastic Man Cartoon Episode Guide


Sale Of The Century (1979) - Plastic Man Cartoon

CotD: Today we have “Sale Of The Cen­tury” fea­tur­ing Plas­tic Man who is able to stretch his body into any shape or size he needs to.
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An Elephant Never Forgets (1934) — Color Classics Theatrical Cartoon Series


An Elephant Never Forgets (1934) - Color Classics
CotD: The early Two-Strip Tech­ni­color car­toon “An Ele­phant Never For­gets” make use of the three-dimensional back­ground effect achieved through use of a revolv­ing turntable set up behind the cel screen.
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The Tell-Tale Heart (1953) — UPA Productions Theatrical Cartoon


The Tell-Tale Heart (1953) - UPA Productions

CotD: Acad­emy Award Nom­i­nee “The Tell-Tale Heart” was an inter­est­ing adap­tion of the clas­sic Poe tale, and put the fledg­ling young UPA Stu­dios on the map. Oh, and did you know it was pro­duced in 3D?
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Barney Bear’s Victory Garden (1942) — Barney Bear Theatrical Cartoon Series


Barney Bear's Victory Garden (1942) - Barney Bear Theatrical Cartoon

CotD: About a year into US involve­ment in World War II, “Bar­ney Bear’s Vic­tory Gar­den” helped make him– and the nation– more self-sufficient in a wartime econ­omy.
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Merry Christmas from BCDB

Merry Christ­mas and Happy Hol­i­days from The Big Car­toon Data­Base! Our wishes for the best for all of you in the com­ing new year! Related Posts:No Related Posts

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Lonesome Ghosts (1937) — Mickey Mouse Theatrical Cartoon Series


Lonesome Ghosts (1937) - Mickey Mouse Theatrical Cartoon Series
CotD: Not exactly a Christ­mas car­toon, but “Lone­some Ghosts” is a won­der­ful and fun car­toon in it’s own right.
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Rooby-Roo robber on the roose in St. Petersburg


Scooby Doo robbery
Instead of help­ing that quar­tet of kids fight vil­lains, Scooby-Doo has joined the wrong side of the law in St. Peters­burg, Florida.
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Stingray actor, voice coach Robert Easton dies, 81


Robert Easton

Char­ac­ter actor Robert Eas­ton, known as the “Henry Hig­gins of Hol­ly­wood” for teach­ing dialects to such lumi­nar­ies as Charl­ton Hes­ton and Anne Hath­away, died Fri­day at his Toluca Lake, Cal­i­for­nia home. He was 81.
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San Bernardino police seek help identifying toon


Cartoon SnippetInves­ti­ga­tors for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Depart­ment are seek­ing pub­lic assis­tance in iden­ti­fy­ing the car­toon shown on this TV screen, or the net­work or sta­tion “bug” on the bot­tom right.
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