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Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas
…on board here as the casting director, and she brought along a number of the usual suspects. Billy West, who has done Bugs before in Space Jam and other venues,… |
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Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 2
…to syndicated television was Quick Draw McGraw in 1959, starring a slow-talking horse and his sidekick Baba Louie, a Mexican burro, in the Old West. The bumbling but self-assured Quick… |
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Popeye The Sailor: Volume 1 1933-1938
…described; and Sailor’s Hornpipe: The Voices Of Popeye (9:30). It is here that Billy West, Jerry Beck, and others lay out the contributions of Costello and Mercer with interesting commentary…. |
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Dalmatians 101: “Spot”-light on songwriter Mel Leven
…you remember, L.A. was very popular for its contemporary music and a lot of recording studios were on the West Coast. One of the things that Dad did – and… |
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Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show: The Complete Series
…remained as dull as Superman and Batman. One thing that excited the crew on the show, and a number of fans as well, was that Adam West— former live action… |
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The New Adventures Of The Lone Ranger And Zorro: Volume 1
…dole out justice in this two-disc set celebrating Filmation at its adventuresome best. The Lone Ranger and faithful Indian companion Tonto make things fairer in the Old West, while Zorro… |
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What’s New Scooby-Doo?: Complete 3rd Season
…ghost of an old lighthouse keeper. Why is he scaring away nearby boats? Go West, Young Scoob– Reminiscent of Westworld in a way, featuring a western town made up of… |
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Bravestarr: Volume One
…share with us. I cannot honestly say that Bravestarr promised great things, as it was certainly a decent but not outstanding show. Its premise, mixing the Old West with outer… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies
…Dwarfs. One of my favorite cartoons in the disc is Who Killed Cock Robin? In it, Robin is singing to a Mae West-like Ms. Jenny Wren when he’s shot with… |
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The Animatrix
…niche market in North America. In its native Japan, where this unique form of animation originated, it is highly successful. While in America, and much of the west, cartoons are… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Tomorrowland: Disney In Space And Beyond
…cutting-edge, and very witty, and sometimes reminded me of the UPA cartoons of the 1950s. At the end, Disney introduces a new Frontierland episode of “The Horse of the West”,… |
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Invader Zim: House Box Complete Set
…West (who was working on Futurama at the time) was going to be Zim, and he even voiced the original pilot episode. However, eventually Vasquez decided to go with Richard… |
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Co-director Chris Renaud on No Time For Nuts
…we’re rolling through all that fast stuff. There was one where Scrat was in the Old West, and he’s dodging bullets very quickly. We had a ton of different ideas…. |
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Cartoons Then and Now: Jerry Beck talks Woody, Popeye and More!
…and Hayao Miyazaki’s Laputa: Castle In The Sky. Beck was instrumental in launching Animation Magazine, and has written for The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. Beck was also the West Coast… |
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\\Mary Poppins\\ musical to debut December 2004
…8 week out-of-town run starting in in September, and then open on London’s West End on December 15, 2004, at the Prince Edward Theater. The Oscar winning music of the… |