Since thanks to my own general sloth I have few if any regular readers, I’m taking the opportunity to start over. I’m going to try out the free version of Expression Engine. I’ll figure out how to move this all to an archive folder… then start over. But if I bork everything I’ve written up [...]

Let’s try this new theme. It seems like it should be doing something up there at the top, since it’s NOT SHOWING THE BLOG TITLE. However, I still like how this looks, so whatever. I’ll leave it for now.

Keep your eye on Guy Smiley in this, one of my all-time favorite Sesame Street bits.

A couple of clips from the very first Sesame Street:

The debut of (orange) Oscar the Grouch. Note that this is the first actor to play Gordon, Matt Robinson.

Aaaand, the closing credits from that first episode.

I’m not sure how much longer this is free, but at Google Video you can watch a handful of old “The Mighty Hercules” episodes like this one. And if you REALLY want to relive your childhood Saturdays, skip the atrocious new opening and closing titles and go here for the real thing.

Animation ID: The Worst Looney Tunes Ever

Greenbriar Picture Shows has a pretty good article on the decline of theatrical animation in the 60s. He’s entitled to his opinion on the work of Hanna-Barbera and the Pink Panther (I disagree with his assessments); but I do think it’s in good taste as a critic to have actually SEEN what you deign to [...]

At YouTube, the last Warner Bros. cartoon of the theatrical era, from 1969. Talk about going out with a whimper.

(EDIT: Does anybody know why embedding YouTube links doesn’t work in WordPress?)
(MORE EDIT: The tip on this page doesn’t work.)
(EDIT AGAIN: Fixed it. Just have to disable the Rich Text Editor.)

Cartoon Brew has the big news: a proper Popeye DVD release is forthcoming, thanks to Time Warner and King Features hammering out an agreement.
They’ll start with the original Max Fleischer cartoons, which makes sense, I guess. Frankly, I think I prefer the Famous Studios cartoons — they just seem a little more lighthearted. (These aren’t [...]

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