Animation Cel-ebration

An Eye for A Classic: The 60th Anniversary of “Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol”
He may be near-sighted, but it was Mr. Magoo who could see the way and blaze a trail for all future animated television Christmas specials. Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol debuted on December 18, 1962, on NBC, making it the very first animated Christmas special to be produced for television.  It aired two years before Rudolph […]
A Very Merry Mickey: The 70th Anniversary of “Pluto’s Christmas Tree”

A Very Merry Mickey: The 70th Anniversary of “Pluto’s Christmas Tree”

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December 19th, 2022
The fall and winter of 1952 saw many at the Disney Studio in a holiday mood. In October that year, Disney released the Donald Duck short that would become a Halloween classic, Trick or Treat. And, just a month later, the Disney artists would get into the Christmas spirit with a short that has become […]
A Fine French Feline Film: The 60th Anniversary of “Gay Pur-ee”

A Fine French Feline Film: The 60th Anniversary of “Gay Pur-ee”

Avatar photoMichael Lyons|
December 12th, 2022
Gay Purr-ee is an example of two distinct animation styles coming together perfectly. The feature film was produced by United Productions of America (UPA) studios, revolutionizing animation with their distinctive graphic style. Also, Gay Purr-ee was written by animation legend Chuck Jones and his wife Dorothy Webster Jones. The recognizable “UPA look” is on full […]

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Goal Setting: Football-Themed Cartoons

Like so much over the past year, the Super Bowl this weekend will be a much different experience, but it will still bring with it some traditions that don’t change: a large television audience, much-discussed commercials and mounds of buffalo wings, pizzas and nachos. To help set the mood for all that’s coming to this […]