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Cartoons Then and Now: Jerry Beck talks Woody, Popeye and More!

Jerry Beck is certainly no stranger to the animation community, earning his well-known reputation as an animation historian and cartoon producer. His twelve books on the subject include The Animated…

Jerry Beck leaves Cartoon Brew

…Brew. Best of luck to Beck in his future endeavors. photo: Animated Views’ Ben Simon, Randall Cyrenne,and James R Whitson with Jerry Beck (second from left)at San Diego Comic-Con 2008…

In step with Jerry Beck

Animation World Network has a biographic piece on Jerry Beck, animation’s Jack-of-all-trades. In a career spanning three decades Jerry Beck has filled the roles of animation historian, film preservationist, promoter…

Kermit, Piggy, Woody, Oswald…and Jerry Beck too!

…you reckon helps put all these things together? Well, Josh’s latest interview will certainly lift the lid on that, as we talk to the almost legendary Jerry Beck, the animation…

Tom & Jerry: Golden Collection Vol 1

…the inevitable happens when Tom mixes Jerry a potion to teach him a lesson about drinking his milk. Things don’t quite work out for Tom, and Jerry’s potion turns him…

The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume One

…all very funny. Titles featured, in original release order, are Casanova Cat, Jerry And The Goldfish, Jerry’s Cousin (worth a mention for Tom’s mistaking Jerry for his cousin, Muscles Mouse),…

EXCLUSIVE! Jerry Beck talks Woody, Popeye and more!

With Animated Views, animation historian Jerry Beck discusses his work on The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection and Popeye the Sailor: 1933-1938, Volume 1, as well as some…

Jerry Beck recommends NOT to Avoid Eye Contact!

Over on his {{link http://www.cartoonresearch.com/reviews.html Cartoon Research}} site, animation historian Jerry Beck takes a look at a new DVD that compiles vintage and recent “produced-in-New York animated short films”. Avoid…

Home On The Range – Jerry Beck's view

Animation historian and writer Jerry Beck got a sneak peek at Disney’s next – and last – traditionally drawn animated film, the bovine comedy {{link http://www.cartoonresearch.com/reviews.html Home On The Range}}….

The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume Three

…almost 15 years (!) to when animation historian Jerry Beck co-produced a trilogy of fine LaserDisc box sets starring the bickering duo. MGM/UA Home Video’s early 1990s collectors anthologies were…

The Art Of Tom And Jerry: Volume Two

…For Sale in which Jerry becomes a dancing white mouse, and Designs On Jerry, where the drawn mouse on Tom’s blueprint for the ultimate mousetrap comes alive to warn Jerry

Warner Bros. Academy Award Animation Collection: 15 Winners, 26 Nominees

…happens when Tom mixes Jerry a lethal potion and things don’t quite work out as Tom hoped, with the concoction turning Jerry into a super-strong giant mouse who is only…

Tom and Jerry Tales: The Complete First Season

…(or would it be considered third?) coming of the popular characters. Tom and Jerry Tales began as a revival of the Tom and Jerry franchise for Warner Bros. back in…

Thunderbean Roundup: Van Beuren Studio Cartoons and Other Strange and Commercial Rarities

…twenty-six cartoons over two years (Foster was then fired, and Tom and Jerry were replaced by the Felix/Mickey rip-off Cubby Bear), and the Tom and Jerry cartoons were later marketed…

Tom & Jerry: The Chuck Jones Collection

Jerry Mouse has Jerry protecting a little kitten from Tom. It’s cartoons like these that reinforce the view that the more things change, the more they stay the same, and…

Tom and Jerry’s Greatest Chases: Volume 4

…mix. Jerry tries to coax Tom out of his trance, but Tom just doesn’t want to deal with him. Jerry then sends Butch a forged love letter that entices the…

Tom And Jerry: Fur Flying Adventures Vol. 2

Jerry cartoons from the 1950s-2000s are collected on the second installment of the Tom And Jerry: Fur Flying Adventures series. The Sweatbox Review: Tom and Jerry cartoons are a staple…

Tom & Jerry: Deluxe Anniversary Collection

…of classics (The Truce Hurts, Jerry’s Cousin, Little Quacker) for Saturday Evening Puss in which the tables are turned when Tom’s rowdy friends this time disturb Jerry’s sleep. Nibbles returns…

Tom and Jerry’s Greatest Chases: Volume 2

…the lake from fishermen. Jerry is bait. The story develops as Tom tries to capture a powerful fish using Jerry as a lure. Eventually, Jerry and the fish both irritate…

Tom and Jerry: Fur Flying Adventures Vol. 3

…cat and mouse duo, Tom and Jerry, in the third volume of Tom and Jerry: Fur Flying Adventures in yet another eclectic collection of cartoons from the past and present….

Tom and Jerry’s Greatest Chases: Volume 3

…Friend, and Puttin’ On the Dog. These are the most common cartoons and usually feature Tom going after Jerry and Jerry figuring out a new way to keep the cat…

Tom and Jerry Tales: Volume Six

…their way through new hilarious adventures. The Sweatbox Review: Tom and Jerry Tales began as a revival of the Tom and Jerry franchise for Warner Bros. back in 2006 for…

Tom And Jerry: Fur Flying Adventures Vol.1

…And Jerry cartoon. As the title invokes, Robin Hood is captured. Jerry and Tuffy are the only merry mice capable of freeing the honorable thief, but the evil Tom guards…

Animated Con-versation: AN&V at Comic-Con 2008!

…obviously that was a good omen. We were then a little stunned to come across celebrated animation author/historian Jerry Beck at the ASIFA booth, where he was being interviewed on…

The Hanna-Barbera Treasury

The Hanna-Barbera Treasury: Rare Art And Mementos From Your Favorite Cartoon Classics By Jerry Beck Insight Editions November 20, 2007 Hardcover $45.00 I love Hanna-Barbera cartoons. I always have. Oh,…

Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Five

…and praise once again. Disc One’s tracks include Ali Baba Bunny by Greg Ford, A Pest In The House by Paul Dini, Jerry Beck on Transylvania 6-5000 and Looney Tunes:…

Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes

…about its Tom and Jerry franchise. Up until 2007 when they released Tom and Jerry: A Nutcracker Tale, they were able to count on the involvement of either William Hanna…

Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Six

…go to WB animation historian Jerry Beck for making the “much-requested” selection (though clearly a list of cartoons Beck just wants to see made available while he has the chance)!…

The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons

Edited by Jerry Beck Foreword by Leonard Maltin Insight Editions June 15 2010 Hardcover, 240 pages $24.95 The question must be asked: how the heck does anyone pick just 10%…

Bee Movie Fun Facts

…telling him to get a hold of Seinfeld ASAP. The deal was done before Jerry even knew it, and the four-year journey of making BEE Movie had begun. Jerry Seinfeld…