…to this point also include the overall tone, which goes from that “serious, epic art” approach from human-Kenai’s screen time to a much more cartoony feel. The characters are fluffier,…

…realized that these cartoons featured real stories and relatable characters, rather than the random gags cooked up by other cartoon producers Otto Messmer (with Felix The Cat) and the Fleischer…

…while in captivity is the 1931 Silly Symphony Flowers And Trees – the first cartoon in Technicolor and here playing (in a wickedly ironic joke by the Disney team) in…

…is more animation than live-action (approximately two-thirds inside Frank’s cartoon innards), but when those real-world inserts come it is hallmark Farrelly humor. Murray makes for the perfect Frank and brings…

…to the crew involved. The interactions between the cartoon and live-action elements are kept to a minimum, although this does not hamper the flow of the film in any way…

…with a particularly cartoon feel. Into the Humans Only section, and this opens up the door to a variety of behind the scenes clips and featurettes. Leading the pack is…

…the intro of new characters. Day Of The Beevilweevils is another such grandly designed episode that transcends the usual needs of Saturday morning cartoons. Oddly, the disc actually finishes with…

…cartoon caricatures in the 1950 film and therefore should have been the easiest to transfer here, and they are, though quite how Anastasia has developed a nice little singing voice…

…was going to be included in this animated collection of cartoons based on legendary figures was enough to spark off interest in this release, for word went around that we…

…me, but he’s not what I was expecting as the simple but effective animated clip began! As the camera swoops around to a cartoon high school, out pops a precocious…

…names, big catch Sigourney Weaver embarrasses herself, confusing cartoon-evil acting as the stepmother Frieda with overacting, chewing up the scenery and shouting out her lines with maniacal glee, but not…

…cartoons actually looked and felt like the panels they were drawn from, and the approach – while forced upon the program makers by necessity – took advantage of both mediums…

…We all know Walt the animation innovator, as seen by way of cartoon compendiums featuring his merry menagerie of caricatured animals, from Oswald The Lucky Rabbit (concurrently released in this…

…I put down to the characters. On looking at the cover, one may shiver at the mention of serial cartoon vocalists Freddie Prinze Jnr, Andy Dick and Rob Schneider –…

…The Tramp’s Scamp was a long-running hit on those pages. Walt made compilation features and television programs galore based around old cartoon output combined with new animation. He took Scrooge…

…the vast amount of strictly cartoon fare that made up Saturday mornings and proved something of a modest hit. The set up seemed perfectly suited to animation, but its central…

…scientists, to aliens and lost civilizations. The Sweatbox Review: The original Jonny Quest is somewhat legendary among those who treasure cartoons from the 1960s, or Hanna-Barbera in general. That show…