Stick to Shorts: A Classic Cartoons Podcast
Stick to Shorts: A Classic Cartoons Podcast
Podcast Description
Short films can be a big deal. Join J.D. Hansel (ToughPigs.com) and friends as they discuss the animated shorts of Hollywood's Golden Age. From the elegance of the Disney shorts to the hilarity of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, they'll explore the cartoons that made animation what it is today.
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The podcast focuses on classic animated shorts, diving into the elegance of Disney productions, the comedy of Looney Tunes, and the creativity of Fleischer and MGM, with episodes examining specific shorts, their historical context, and their impact on animation.
Short films can be a big deal. Join J.D. Hansel (ToughPigs.com) and friends as they discuss the animated shorts of Hollywood’s Golden Age. From the elegance of the Disney shorts to the hilarity of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, they’ll explore the cartoons that made animation what it is today.
ToughPigs’ Danny Horn and Joe Hennes fly in to talk about Superman in his cinematic debut! We also look at where this fits into the history of the Fleischer studio.
Host/Producer: J.D. Hansel
Guests: Danny Horn and Joe Hennes
Content Warning for Animated Short: flashing lights; death.
Selected Availability: Public Domain; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection; The Superman Motion Picture Anthology (among other releases of Superman: The Movie); Max Fleischer’s Superman 1941-1943.
Notes:
In all honesty, my homework for this episode was a little rushed and relied on video sources almost exclusively, possibly at the expense of accuracy. Most of my info about the Fleischer studio came from the documentary Out of the Inkwell: The Fleischer Story. For information more specific to Superman and his shorts, I relied on the audio commentary track on the cartoon by Paul Dini on the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection and the featurettes Max Fleischer’s Superman: Speeding Toward Tomorrow and First Flight: The Fleischer Superman Series.
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