Monday, April 27, 2009

YOGA

Advertisement for Scrabble by Ogilvy & Mather, Paris. This one is called "Yoga." It has a great retro, old cartoon feel! This came from an article at the SuperPunch Blog.

Friday, April 24, 2009

Green Lantern: First Flight

Aeroplane Jellies (1959)

This is directly from Cartoon Brew

“Congobeat” has posted on YouTube several really cool, vintage animated advertisments from Australia. ........ this one a TV spot from 1959 that introduces the I like Aeroplane Jellies theme song"

The Brotherhood of Man (1946)

Here's a pre-upa short from 1946!



"An animated film, in humorous style, which makes the point that dissimilarities between people are not basic but result from superficial environmental influences. Based on the pamphlet 'RACES OF MANKIND' by Ruth Benedict and Gene Weltfish.

SPONSOR: United Auto Workers. PRODUCTION CO.: United Productions of America. DIRECTOR: Robert Cannon.
WRITERS: Ring Lardner Jr., Maurice Rapf, Phil Eastman. MUSIC: Paul Smith. ANIMATION: John Hubley.

Director: Robert Cannon.
Production Company: United Productions of America.
Sponsor: United Auto Workers
Audio/Visual: sound, color"

Thanks to Character Control

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

The Secret of the Kells



Straight from Cartoon Brew

"The Secret of Kells is a largely hand-drawn 2-D animated feature that is garnering a lot of good buzz from people who have seen it, such as this Variety review that calls it “absolutely luscious to behold…UPA-studio-meets-the-Dark-Ages characters with intricate, Celtic design-inspired detailing.” The 6 million Euro feature originated out of the studio Cartoon Saloon in Ireland, but is a truly global co-production with studios from Brazil to Hungary working on the film."

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

FLINSTONES: On the Rocks!

Here it is finally! Thanks to my buddy Craig Parrillo for the heads up!



"This was a rarely seen animated special that aired in 2001 on "Cartoon Network's Cartoon Theatre" based on the original series.

With Fred and Wilma's marriage falling apart the Rubbles take them on a vacation to fix their relationship, but when a jewel thief gets a stolen diamond mixed up with one of Wilma's bags Fred uses it as a way to win Wilma back (unaware that it's stolen) while the thief pursues them to get it back.

This film is notable for having a unique dream sequence for Fred done in puppet-motion animation. It is also the very last animated Flintstones project from Cartoon Network, as well as the show's original creators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera (William Hanna died before this film aired and was dedicated to his memory). "

To watch the rest of the movie go to CN90s youtube page!

King Crab: Space Crustacean



"A short film created by Bill Wray that aired on Cartoon Network in 1999, right after the premiere of "Courage the Cowardly Dog", about an intergalactic space crab who has his cadet taken over by an alien parasite after coming back from their latest mission.

Even though this short has a very Spumco-ish feel to it John Kricfalusi was not involved in it in any way. However, Bill Wray had worked on "Ren & Stimpy" as a background artist before making this short. "

Brought to you by CN90s!