Month: June 2020

The setting of ‘West of the Pesos’ is a ‘veelage’, where several mice have been caught and put into cages inside the ‘ACME Laboratorio por experimentao’, guarded by Sylvester. via West of the Pesos — Dr. Grob’s Animation Review

‘Cannery Woe’ centers on Manuel and José, two poor mice, who live at the beach and who are starving. via Cannery Woe — Dr. Grob’s Animation Review

https://youtube.com/watch?v=mc1DlBU18Fw%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent ‘Le Merle’ is based on a French-Canadian addition song, in which a blackbird loses body parts, but regains them manyfold. via Le Merle (The Blackbird) — Dr. Grob’s Animation Review

https://youtube.com/watch?v=2Bz9SdWR07k%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent ‘Mail Early for Christmas’ is a short commercial, the message of which is in the title. via Mail Early for Christmas — Dr. Grob’s Animation Review

https://youtube.com/watch?v=3bqzgWkEsws%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent In ‘Short and Suite’ a jazzy score for clarinet, piano and double bass by E. Rathburn is interpreted by dots, shapes and lines, scratched directly on film. via Short and Suite — Dr. Grob’s Animation Review

https://youtube.com/watch?v=nf8ZAMRO1DU%3Fversion%3D3%26rel%3D1%26fs%3D1%26autohide%3D2%26showsearch%3D0%26showinfo%3D1%26iv_load_policy%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent It’s Fred an Wilma’s tenth anniversary, and Wilma thinks Fred has forgotten the day, as usual. via The Hot Piano — Dr. Grob’s Animation Review

‘The Hypnotist’ is one of the silliest of the Flintstones episodes. The nonsense starts when Fred brags about being able to hypnotize himself after seeing one Mesmo on the television. via The Hypnotist — Dr. Grob’s Animation Review

This film definitely represented Disney’s animation division trying to cut some costs after “Sleeping Beauty” failed at the box office. The studio made heavy use of Xerox technology to efficiently animate the 99 puppies, and it gave the animation a much rougher look than prior Disney cartoons. This look would be the norm for Disney […]… Continue reading One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) — Mike’s Movies

A June 2 post on official PAW Patrol social media said the show would be “muting our content until June 7th to give access for Black voices to be heard” via PAW Patrol Faces Backlash After Supporting Black Voices amid Protests About Police Brutali — nyob.news

One of the most underrated people at the Warner Bros. animation studio during the era of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies was animator and director Robert McKimson. Born in Denver, Colorado in 1910, McKimson’s mother was an artist and his father was a newspaper publisher, and Robert, his older brother Tom McKimson and younger brother […]… Continue reading Career Highlights: Robert McKimson — Entertainment Junkie Blog