Barker Bill's Cartoon Show was the first network television weekday cartoon series, airing on CBS from 1953 to 1955. It aired the early black and white Terrytoon theatricals.
The Baby Seal 2022-03-27 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Yet another project that I'm working on is related to Mutt and Jeff. For the better part of a year, I have been collecting new scans of those films.
The Library of Congress was a good starting place. Perhaps some of you have seen the v...
2022-03-19 15:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Ken Southworth (September 22, 1918 – December 6, 2007) was an animator who worked for a number of major animation studios throughout his nearly 60-year career, including Walt Disney Studios, Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, Warner Bros. Animation, the ...
2022-03-18 16:21:54 +0000 UTC View Post
As it is almost mid-March, I wanted to give some updates to current projects. I've been going slower due to the number of projects that I'm working on simultaneously (5!).
The first project is the one I announced when I released I'm a ...
2022-03-13 12:28:08 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the first short with the redesigned Bosko.
This is from a 16mm scan of a somewhat poor condition print. It has a lot of full frame emulsion scratches and the color was quite faded. I wrestle with whether to put my full attenti...
2022-03-05 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Rocking Pins and I have collaborate to create a limited series of enamel pins of cartoon characters that likely will never see any official release.
The first pin is ready and can be ordered 2022-03-01 16:57:11 +0000 UTC
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The Fifth Column Mouse is a 1943 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated cartoon directed by Friz Freleng.
When the film was re-released in 1950, a small line of dialogue was cut during the "Ain't We Got Fun?" musical number. The origina...
2022-02-26 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
The redrawn/colorized Looney Tunes provoke strong feelings (often negative). This week I uploaded a new 16mm scan of the redrawn/colorized version of Bob Clampett's We the Animation Squeak. It my number YouTube video for the week in terms of views...
2022-02-19 13:41:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Tin Pan Alley Cats is Bob Clampett's follow up to Coal Black. Both were released in 1943 and are apart of the canonical Censored 11 owing to their objectionable visual depictions of American blacks. This short also focuses upon themes of African-A...
2022-02-12 14:11:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This is from a 16mm print I had scanned some months back. It was on my list of scans to clean up; however, since WB has apparently restored this film; I've decided to shelve those plans for the time being as it will likely air on MeTv in the futur...
2022-02-05 13:18:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Now that I finished "I'm a Big Shot Now," I've spent this week prepping upcoming projects.
Some of you may know who Antonio Gabriele Fiori is. He is a collector and has his own Patreon (2022-01-29 03:26:35 +0000 UTC
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Merrie Melodies I'm a Big Shot Now (1936) 16mm Clean Up Preview
This is from a 16mm scan of I'm a Big Shot Now (1936). The following was done to the raw scan to improve the quality of the picture and sound:
-AAP Logo clean up (...
So supporter inquired if I have a print of the Merrie Melody A-Lad-In Bagdad. At the time, I didn't, but knew a collector who had one, but with a reddish tint. In investigating the print, he discovered that he had another print on AGFA stock with ...
2022-01-11 04:06:16 +0000 UTC View PostThank you to all who have generously supported my ongoing work throughout the year.
I never intended/imagined that I would be doing this kind of work as I have no background in it. A lot has changed in the last year. In addition to my ...
2022-01-01 14:40:08 +0000 UTC View Post
With the new year comes a new post to host Saturday morning cartoons.
January 15, 2022
"Man's Best Friend" is an episode from the second season of The Ren and Stimpy Show. It was originally intended to air on Nickelode...
2022-01-01 14:26:11 +0000 UTC View Post
This video demonstrates a first pass at digital clean up for the opening scene of I'm a Big Shot Now. The concept of a dust map (or dirt map) comes from 2021-12-22 02:50:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is my first pass at cleaning up and restoring the opening sequence. Leave any comments if something does not look good.
*Note: since this is on YouTube and there compressed, film grain is suppressed, but know that it is in there.<...
2021-12-20 19:20:29 +0000 UTC View Post
This week I started work on the WB's cartoon "I'm a Big Shot Now." This cartoon has not been released since laserdisc (And as an extra on a WA release). Of the batch of restored WB cartoons that was leaked last year, this was not apart of that. So...
2021-12-18 23:05:28 +0000 UTC View Post
The rate at which I have been acquiring prints and scans has increased drastically. In just a month, I have been able to obtained 12 prints of Heck & Jeckle, 9 of which I've already had scanned. My exact plans for these is unclear right now. A...
2021-12-09 15:39:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Design for Leaving Restored Opening Rings
Warner Brothers released a restoration of Design for Leaving, but included the Blue Ribbon reissue opening and closing rings instead of those original to the cartoon.
My previous way of providing this content will change. All future additions will be added to this one post, which will be pinned. Most recent edition are top with earlier at the bottom.
December 18, 2021
2021-11-22 21:58:23 +0000 UTC
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Of the lot of 8 scans that I recently had done, 4 are of Looney Tune/Merrie Melodies.
Design for Leaving is a LT that has already been restor...
2021-11-03 16:17:32 +0000 UTC View Post
I was able to obtain a single 16mm reel of Crusader Rabbit a few months ago. It is from Crusader in the Tenth Century. Unfortunately, that is a 30 part crusade and this reel is only part 29 of 30, so much context + the conclusion are absent. ...
2021-11-02 22:08:18 +0000 UTC View Post
The first of the various scans that I am working on is A Terry Toon Called the Baby Seal. Cartoon Research erroneously listed it as "lost," but rather, it is very scarce. I was able to acquire a copy that had early vinegar syndrome, but was scanna...
2021-10-30 17:14:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry for the lack of updates. I have been working on a restoration project that I am not currently allowed to speak about. But if/when that is public, then I can, and I will possibly be able to share the work as well.
Anyway, I sent out 8 f...
2021-10-22 22:24:38 +0000 UTC View Post
TCM is dialing in its focus on classic film to one of the pioneers of Toon Town with a celebration of Fleischer Animation’s 100th Anniversary. The lineup includes a brand-new documentary on the early days of American animation a...
2021-10-02 18:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I have a few minor tweaks to make before rendering the master files. If all goes well, this should be released tomorrow.
2021-09-18 20:52:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Below you can view or download a comparison video that shows the before and after of cleaning up the print.
The new process that I alluded to previously involves making two versions of a scene, one that's "dirty" (i.e., not yet cleaned...
2021-09-10 16:13:27 +0000 UTC View Post
It took the better part of the week, but I'm satisfied with how the color is graded for this film now. It took 6 revisions to finish. In the the image above from left to right, you can see the transformations. Changes get more subtle as revisions ...
2021-09-10 13:15:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is my first pass at improving the color of this scan. The original is on the right and the first revision on the left. Since this film has not been released since laserdisc, I do not have another source to act as a model on the color. 2021-09-05 15:53:55 +0000 UTC View Post