Posted in Advertising Happy Birthday to It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Chris Holmes posted on October 24, 2016October 27, 2016 Comments Off on Happy Birthday to It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Let's celebrate and prove how sincere we really Read More
Posted in Ephemera, Movies Beautiful RKO Radio Pictures Ad for Disney’s Silly Symphonies Chris Holmes posted on October 15, 2013October 2, 2013 Comments Off on Beautiful RKO Radio Pictures Ad for Disney’s Silly Symphonies A lovely 1937 RKO Radio Pictures ad for the Walt Disney animated shorts series, Mickey Mouse and Silly Read More
Posted in Auction Finds Vintage Animation: “Who Profits from Profits?” Chris Holmes posted on September 24, 2013September 16, 2013 Comments Off on Vintage Animation: “Who Profits from Profits?” A gallery of one dozen 35mm slides showing scenes from the 1960s animated business short film, "Who Profits from Read More
Posted in TV & Radio Venture Bros. Wrapup: “A Very Venture Halloween” Chris Holmes posted on October 29, 2012May 7, 2013 Comments Off on Venture Bros. Wrapup: “A Very Venture Halloween” The Venture Bros. returns to Adult Swim after a two-year absence with the hilarious holiday special, "A Very Venture Read More
Posted in Funny Stuff, TV & Radio Man, Challenge of the GoBots Was Really a Twisted Cartoon Chris Holmes posted on July 10, 2012 1 Comment Let's watch this scene from Challenge of the GoBots and take it out of context as a sexual Read More
Posted in Funny Stuff, TV & Radio Hanna-Barbera Makes Me Want to Do Drugs Chris Holmes posted on June 6, 2012July 27, 2012 Comments Off on Hanna-Barbera Makes Me Want to Do Drugs 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 Read More
Posted in Music, Sunday Jazz Sunday Jazz: Shorty Rogers, Stan Freberg, and “Three Little Bops” Chris Holmes posted on March 11, 2012April 11, 2012 Comments Off on Sunday Jazz: Shorty Rogers, Stan Freberg, and “Three Little Bops” Let's take a fun little diversion from our Sunday Jazz routine to watch "Three Little Bops," the swinginest cartoon Looney Tunes ever Read More
Posted in Movies Trailer Trash — The Lorax, A Thousand Words, and 21 Jump Street Chris Holmes posted on February 16, 2012June 18, 2013 Comments Off on Trailer Trash — The Lorax, A Thousand Words, and 21 Jump Street This week I offer snap judgments of The Lorax, A Thousand Words, and 21 Jump Street based solely on their theatrical Read More
Posted in Internet I Love You, Internet: DangerMouse fan art I would totally buy Chris Holmes posted on January 10, 2012January 9, 2012 1 Comment One day, when the Danger Mouse cartoon gets a reboot, this will be the movie poster. It has to Read More