Showing posts with label Animation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Animation. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

A Cartoon from the Archive: Betty Boop and Cab Calloway

The Internet Archive has a lot more than great live music, it has tons of old films and cartoons as well. Here is a great example- a 1932 Betty Boop cartoon featuring Cab Calloway and his Orchestra. The version of "Minnie the Moocher" that they do here might be a little slower than people familiar with the song might be used to, but it still is a great one!

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

PORK!

Ahh, if I could afford a band to follow me at all times and play theme music for my every move, this song would be playing most of the time:



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Chainsaw Maid

Jeeze, this is a far cry from the days of Gumby and Pokey! This is a great little Claymation film from Takena Nagao, check out his Youtube page for more clay blood and gore! I am a big fan of the Zombie genre, but I think that it is geting a little cluttered these days. However, I think this film gives the genre a fun twist!

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Born to Die. . .Stevie and Zoya!

Stevie and Zoya was a cartoon that used to run late nights on MTV in one-minute segments. I remember seeing these shorts while I watched 120 Minutes, back when MTV still played videos! What I used to love about them:
- The soundtrack, complete with mistakes and outtakes integrated into the cartoon, and crazy sampling from disco soundtracks and completely random noises- The "Alien Invader" noises are my favorites.
- The great narration by Russell Johnson, the Professor from Gilligan's island! "All Crime!" - The Animation- crude in some cases, but things move fast and a lot is conveyed in the minute long segments- packed with action and supreme coolness! The series was made by Joe Horne, who later worked on cartoons for Disney and the Cartoon Network. Horne has recently made some new Stevie and Zoya cartoons, but I am not as big a fan of the new ones- the style is based on Flash Software and does not have the cool use of sound and the sensibility of the first cartoons. And Russell Johnson is totally irreplaceable!