Over the last six decades or so, the post-Thanksgiving TV landscape has been inundated with animated Christmas specials on themes both sacred (A Charlie Brown Christmas) and secular (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer). And during that time, it seems as though…
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Disney’s 101 Dalmatians Turns 55!
A canine couple sets out to rescue their 15 kidnapped puppies from a fashion-obsessed villainess and winds up with hitting a spotted jackpot! See why guest writer Aurora says Disney’s 1961 animated classic 101 Dalmatians is black and white and fun all over.
Read more →Heigh Ho to Heave Ho: 44 Rejected Disney Dwarfs
The picture above shows Dopey, Bashful, Sneezy, Sleepy, Happy, Grumpy and Doc, but Disney’s Snow White almost had dwarfs named Wheezy, Jumpy, Baldy and Deafy! See who else missed the final cut.
Read more →Good Grief! A Charlie Brown Christmas at 50
“Christmas time is here..,” and so is the 50th anniversary of one of the best-loved TV holiday shows ever, A Charlie Brown Christmas. Join us as we celebrate the Peanuts gang’s animated Yuletide favorite.
Read more →Sylvester Has Porky Pig Kitty Kornered (1946)
Porky Pig has his hands full trying to put Sylvester and his fellow felines out for the night in Robert Clampett’s classic 1946 Looney Tunes short Kitty Kornered, reviewed here as part of the One of My All-Time Favorite Cartoons Blogathon.
Read more →Caught in Heavy Traffic with Ralph Bakshi
Have you ever seen the Ralph Bakshi animated film Heavy Traffic? This 1973 cult classic is a mad masterpiece of kaleidoscopic invention. Let’s take a stroll down (a crazy, grimy) memory lane and revisit this work of wildly irreverent art.
Read more →Create-a-Caption: How the Grinch Stole Christmas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas, directed by Chuck Jones and based on the children’s book by Dr. Seuss. Send us your caption for this still from the timeless Yuletide cartoon children of all ages revisit every year since 1966.
Read more →The 20 Best Daffy Duck Cartoons, Part 2 (Woo-Hoo!)
Looney Tunes fans, Just for the fun of it, guest blogger Blair Kramer picks up where “The 20 Best Daffy Duck Cartoons, Part 1” left off and looks at 10 more Daffy greats!
Read more →The 20 Best Daffy Duck Cartoons, Part 1
From 1930 through 1960, Warner Brothers released some of the best cartoons ever produced. And the adventures of a particularly loony black mallard duck are among my favorites…
Read more →Six Pix: Cats
Six Pix presents a sextet of movie posters representing a particular actor/director/genre. You pick the one you feel is visually the most artistic or best sums up the film. Hang in there, baby, while kitty cat movie posters preen for…
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