A Corny Concerto is a 1943 Warner Bros. cartoon directed by Bob Clampett and written by Frank Tashlin. It was intended as a parody of Disney’s Fantasia. In was voted #47 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field.
Month: September 2007 (Page 2 of 3)
Here’s another classic cartoon for you guys and gals! This is a 1953 short by James Thurber from Columbia Pictures’ UPA studios titled Unicorn in the Garden. It was ranked #48 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field.
The Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection Vol. 3 is now available for an MSRP of $26.99 although you could probably find it cheaper online. Volume 3 is the final collection in the series and features 35 classic Tom and Jerry cartoons on two DVDs. 15 of the 35 shorts have been re-mastered in their original CinemaScope widescreen format.
Bonus features include: Cat and Mouse: The Tale of Tom and Jerry, a history of the show. Also included in the collection is The Karate Guard, a theatrical short released in 2005 that marked Joe Barbera’s first return as a writer, director and storyboard artist on the series since his and Hanna’s original cartoon shorts.
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American Cinema International has announced that its animated feature, The Ten Commandments, is set for a U.S. theatrical release on Oct. 19, 2007. The CG feature is the first in a branded twelve-film series from Promenade Pictures focusing on stories from the Bible.
The Ten Commandments will feature voices by Ben Kingsley (narrator), Christian Slater (Moses), Alfred Molina (Ramses) and Elliott Gould (God).
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LATV will air THE HOMIES HIP-HOP SHOW, a stop-motion one-hour animated series, on Thursday, September 13. The show will then air on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:00 pm PT. Each show will consist of 8 to 10 sketches mixed in with music videos.
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South Park and Camp Lazlo came out victorious at this year’s Creative Arts Primetime Emmys which aired on Saturday, September 8th.
Camp Lazo won Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More)
South Park won Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour) for its hilarious World of Warcraft episode, “Make Love, Not Warcraft”.
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The Barnyard movie is getting its TV show titled Back at the Barnyard, premiering this fall on Nickelodeon on Saturday, September 29 at 9:00 pm and on Nicktoons Network the following day at 9:00 pm. The regular airtime will be Saturdays at 10:30 am on Nickelodeon.
The series picks up a few years after the movie, chronicling what happens with the animals when the farmer’s back is turned. The series centers around a cow named Otis, who has recently become the patriarch of the farm.
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Great news for parents of young children as Time Warner Cable has announced that they will now carry the PBS Kids Sprout channel. Previously the channel was only available through Time Warner’s On Demand service.
This new deal expands the reach to 34 million homes, including viewers from Comcast, DirecTV, Cox, RCN, Insight, AT&T and Verizon where PBS Kids Sprout already airs.
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Pixar executives are blaming Disney’s marketing team for failing to create a promotional campaign for Ratatouille that would have put the movie in the top-five for the year, which their previous 7 films managed to accomplish. Presently, Ratatouille is sitting in the 8th spot and might end up out of the top 10 by year’s end.
Because of this, Pixar is now overseeing the marketing campaign for the upcoming WALL-E, which has obviously angered Disney’s marketing staff. An anonymous employee said Ratatouille “was a very difficult picture to sell during an incredibly competitive summer. They’re now being complete bastards about the WALL-E trailer, insisting that only they know the proper way to promote their next picture. But that’s okay. Let them call the shots on WALL-E’s marketing campaign. Next year, they’ll be the ones who’ll be taking the fall when that Andrew Stanton film doesn’t measure up to expectations.”
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TIME has named the top 100 shows of all time and you’ll be glad to know that some animated shows made it on to the list:
The Simpsons
King of the Hill
South Park
Beavis and Butt-Head
Spongebob Squarepants
Congrats to the teams behind the above shows!
Sony Pictures Animation has confirmed that it’s making a direct-to-DVD Open Season sequel which will hit store shelves in 2009. The original film took in $190 million worldwide and performed well on DVD so a sequel isn’t much a surprise. What is a surprise is the decision to to straight to DVD which hopefully doesn’t mean the production value will suffer.
The new movie will focus on Mr. Weenie and Giselle, both of which were characters in the original film. No word on whether or not the Boog and Elliot characters will make an appearance.
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News has hit the internet that Tobey Maguire and Warner Bros. will be producing a live-action adaptation of the classic anime series ROBOTECH. Tobey would also star in the movie.
The 1980’s series followed Earth’s use of alien technology to engineer giant robots to help fight various alien invasions.
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4Kids, celebrating its sixth year of programming the 4-hour Saturday morning kids block on Fox, will premiere three new series — Dinosaur King, The Adrenaline Project and Yu-Gi-Oh! GX.
To support the new season, 4Kids has teamed up with teamed up with Six Flags Theme Parks and K·B Toys to present the multi-level promotion The Game Station Sweepstakes. One Grand Prize Winner will be awarded four Video Game Systems, along with a $4,000 cash prize. One First Prize Winner will receive a set of four season passes redeemable at participating Six Flags Theme Parks. Twenty-five Second Prize Winners will receive one $50 K·B Toys Gift Card.
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Good news for fans of AVATAR and LITTLE BILL as both shows will return in Nickelodeon’s fall lineup.
Avatar: The Last Airbender’s third season will premiere Friday, Sept. 21, at 8:30 pm. To celebrate, Nicktoons Networks will air mini-marathons of seasons one and two from Monday, Sept. 17, at 2:00 pm through Thursday, September 20.
Bill Cosby’s Little Bill will join the network’s preschool block on Monday, Sept. 10, at 11:00 am. Based on Cosby’s Little Bill book series and teaches the importance of friendship and family relationships while showing children how to solve problems creatively and fairly.
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Garfield’s Thanksgiving is a 1989 animated television special based broadcast November 22, 1989 on CBS.