animation – The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

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Happy Birthday to It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

Chris Holmes
posted on October 24, 2016October 27, 2016
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2016 marks the 50th anniversary of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Let's celebrate and prove how sincere we really

Posted in Ephemera, Movies

Beautiful RKO Radio Pictures Ad for Disney’s Silly Symphonies

Chris Holmes
posted on October 15, 2013October 2, 2013
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A lovely 1937 RKO Radio Pictures ad for the Walt Disney animated shorts series, Mickey Mouse and Silly

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Vintage Animation: “Who Profits from Profits?”

Chris Holmes
posted on September 24, 2013September 16, 2013
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A gallery of one dozen 35mm slides showing scenes from the 1960s animated business short film, "Who Profits from

Posted in TV & Radio

Venture Bros. Wrapup: “A Very Venture Halloween”

Chris Holmes
posted on October 29, 2012May 7, 2013
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The Venture Bros. returns to Adult Swim after a two-year absence with the hilarious holiday special, "A Very Venture

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Man, Challenge of the GoBots Was Really a Twisted Cartoon

Let's watch this scene from Challenge of the GoBots and take it out of context as a sexual

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Hanna-Barbera Makes Me Want to Do Drugs

Chris Holmes
posted on June 6, 2012July 27, 2012
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And here I thought I had seen all the funky PSAs the ’60s and ’70s had to offer. I’m not sure how effective this 1970 public service announcement from Hanna-Barbera was at keeping

"Three Little Bops" from Looney Tunes, 1957

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Sunday Jazz: Shorty Rogers, Stan Freberg, and “Three Little Bops”

Chris Holmes
posted on March 11, 2012April 11, 2012
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Let's take a fun little diversion from our Sunday Jazz routine to watch "Three Little Bops," the swinginest cartoon Looney Tunes ever

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Trailer Trash — The Lorax, A Thousand Words, and 21 Jump Street

Chris Holmes
posted on February 16, 2012June 18, 2013
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This week I offer snap judgments of The Lorax, A Thousand Words, and 21 Jump Street based solely on their theatrical

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I Love You, Internet: DangerMouse fan art I would totally buy

Chris Holmes
posted on January 10, 2012January 9, 2012
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One day, when the Danger Mouse cartoon gets a reboot, this will be the movie poster. It has to