Follow Us!
Popular Posts
-
Tags
Announce Awards Betty Boop Box Office Bugs Bunny cartoon Cartoon Network CotD Daffy Duck Disney DreamWorks Famous Feature Film Film Festival Financial Fleischer Foreign Fox Hanna-Barbera Hayao Miyazaki In Production Looney Tunes Merrie Melodies MGM Mickey Mouse New Release News Nickelodeon Nominees Obituary Paramount Personel Pixar Premier Programming Sequel Short Sony special Television Theatrical Tom & Jerry Universal Warner Bros. WinnersRecent Comments
- Meghan Hutnak on Cartoon Network Coming To Netflix Streaming
- Paul Presti on Silver Surfer actor Bernard Behrens Dies at 85
- Ken Raymond on Cartoon of the Day: Musica-Lulu
- joseph flores on TV Series Director Margaret Nichols Dies at 82
- Kendra on Cartoon of the Day: Treasure Planet
Tag Archives: Short
Cartoon of the Day: Rebel Rumble
Today’s CotD is Rebel Rumble, an episode from The Peter Potamus Show. Hana and Barbera took a new tack with this show, one that would pay of for years. The studio began selling animated half-hour blocks directly into syndication. The new outlet grew the studio faster than anyone thought possible. After winning in syndication, ABC saw the light and brought this show back to network television.
Posted in Cartoons, News
Tagged cartoon, CotD, Hanna-Barbera, News, Short, Television
Leave a comment
Cartoon of the Day: Bad Luck Blackie
Our first Tex Avery short of the year is Bad Luck Blackie, from 1949. Not his most popular character or short, but one worth watching if you are a fan of Avery.
Cartoon of the Day: Hurdy-Gurdy Hare
Robert McKimson paired Bugs Bunny with Gruesome Gorilla in 1950 for Hurdy-Gurdy Hare. Anytime Bugs got to play against the Gorilla it was fun, and this film was no exception. Seen it? Watch it today if it has been a while, or you need a good laugh or three!
Posted in Cartoons, News
Tagged Bugs Bunny, cartoon, Merrie Melodies, News, Short, Theatrical, Warner Bros.
Leave a comment
Cartoon of the Day: Bewitched Bear
The episode Bewitched Bear is from the The Huckleberry Hound Show, the first successful animated television series by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera. After making the transition from theatrical to television, Hanna-Barbera became synonymous with TV animation, and were the pioneers in the field.
Oscar-nominated Animated Shorts Come to Theatres February 1
ShortsHD The Short Movie Channel, working with Magnolia Pictures, will release The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013 in over 260 theatres across the United States, Canada and Europe on Friday, February 1.
Cartoon of the Day: Somewhere In Dreamland
From the Fleischer Color Classics series, today we celebrate Somewhere In Dreamland. While this was not the first cartoon in the Color Classics series, it does have the unique distinction of being the first from the series produced in three-strip Technicolor. The prior shorts were all done in the inferior two-strip process.
Carton of the Day: Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs
Easily the most controversial of all Bob Clampett’s films, Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs was never intended to offend, but rather to entertain. What Clampett had intended as a celebration of Black music and culture of his time has turned into a touchstone of racist film making at Warner Bros. Additionally, being a War film, there are some very disparaging comments about the Japanese in the film. So what do you think– is this cartoon historically significant enough to rise above it’s racial overtones, or is this more of the man keeping prejudice alive?
Posted in Cartoons, News
Tagged cartoon, Merrie Melodies, News, Short, Theatrical, Warner Bros.
Leave a comment
Cartoon of the Day: Hare Do
From 1949, Hare Do is one of the great Bugs Bunny-Elmer Fudd meetings. Directed by Isadore Freleng, the short was animated by Ken Champin, Virgil Ross, Gerry Chiniquy and Manuel Perez, this short has a surprise character in addition to the two stars.
Posted in Cartoons, News
Tagged Bugs Bunny, cartoon, Merrie Melodies, News, Short, Theatrical, Warner Bros.
Leave a comment
Cartoon of the Day: Bosko In Dutch
An early Looney Tune, Bosko In Dutch is generally unremarkable in its story telling, animation or direction. However, the short is important because this was the first cartoon that one of the greatest cartoon directors ever supervised– albeit uncredited.
Posted in Cartoons, News
Tagged cartoon, Looney Tunes, News, Short, Theatrical, Warner Bros.
Leave a comment
Cartoon of the Day: Herr Meets Hare
Back to World War II with Herr Meets Hare, an Isadore Freleng propaganda film from 1945. And who wouldn’t want to see Adolf and Herman face off against.… Bugs Bunny!
Cartoon of the Day: The Sunshine Makers
Not a whole lot to choose from today, so I decided to go for unusual. The Sunshine Makers is from Van Beuren Studios Rainbow Parade Theatrical Cartoon Series, and while it may not be the most obscure choice I could make, it is certainly not a series many are knowledgeable of.
Blue Umbrella serves as cover for Monsters U.
To be released just before the new feature film Monsters University on June 21, the six-minute short Blue Umbrella will be the first Pixar film to be made by one of its technical artists.
Cartoon of the Day: The Missing Mouse
From nearly the end of the theatrical series, The Missing Mouse was unique in a few ways. Popular voice actor Paul Frees– Captain Hook from Disney’s Peter Pan from the same year– handles the voice duties for this short, and therein is one of the unique aspects of the film.
Posted in Cartoons, News
Tagged cartoon, Hanna-Barbera, MGM, News, Short, Theatrical, Tom & Jerry
Leave a comment
Cartoon of the Day: Building A Building
Eighty years ago today saw the release of Mickey Mouse in Building A Building. This was not the same Mickey Mouse from Steamboat Willie. Mickey had done a lot of growing up– maturing– in five years, and passed a lot of his bad habits to Donald. And the artists at Disney had shown a drastic improvement in their skills.
Posted in Cartoons, News
Tagged cartoon, Disney, Mickey Mouse, News, Short, Theatrical
Leave a comment
Cartoon of the Day: The Talking Magpies
The Heckle and Jeckle Theatrical Cartoon Series kicked off on this date in 1946 with The Talking Magpies. This short featured a very late appearance of Farmer Al Falfa, and a rare appearance in color.