Today, we’re wrapping up our week-long celebration of the 70th anniversary of The Maltese Falcon with a little irreverence. And where better to turn for irreverence than the Animaniacs? God, how I adored this cartoon in my callow and misspent youth. But it’s watching the show as an adult that really brings the greatest pleasure,…
For the next few weeks, we’re going to dedicate our semi-weekly “Saturday Morning Cartoons” feature to the men who set the stage for the art of animation in American film-making–the largely forgotten pioneers whose innovative work eventually inspired and facilitated the creation of Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, and scores of other classic cartoon figures. The…
Posting has been somewhat irregular this week, what with life’s many interruptions (in my case, this includes babysitting four children, five cats, and five dogs, in addition to everything else on my overflowing plate). Hopefully, next week we’ll be getting back in the swing of things. For today’s Saturday Morning Cartoons entry, we’re once again…
This week, TIME announced its list of what it considers to be the “All-TIME 25 Best Animated Films,” as determined by film critic Richard Corliss. Let’s just say there are some puzzling inclusions, and some even more startling omissions. The list: 25. Lady and the Tramp (1955) 24. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) 23. Yellow Submarine…
Back last fall when Brandie originally came up with the idea for Saturday Morning Cartoons (and used it to talk me into joining True Classics), I was telling my sister about it and her first response was, “I love The Rescuers Down Under. You should do that one.” So here you go, Sissy: a post…
“My name’s Copper. I’m a hound dawg.” I love this part of The Fox and the Hound–the whole scene. Rewatching it to do this blog, I really started to think how depressing it really is, though. Many Disney films start with something sad, particularly the loss of a parent or something similar. This is backwards.…
Winnie the Pooh has been a family favorite as far back as I can remember–from my Winnie the Pooh books and my brother’s toys to calling my sister Eeyore when she was in a particularly pessimistic mood. We also grew up watching the various spinoff shows that aired in the late 80s and 90s (to…
The Sword in the Stone’s Archimedes the Owl is awesome and underrated. He’s absolutely hilarious: dry, ironic, grumpy, and sarcastic. Everything we need in a sidekick for a bumbling wizard. The Sword in the Stone (1963) is Disney does Medieval almost like Terry Pratchett (Merlin is somehow just his wizard style. Did he get inspiration…
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