Casting my damaged memory back 30+ years, I used to actually get up early to watch Saturday morning cartoons, where the animated fruits of the network’s imaginations were fed to kids like some national electronic breakfast. I especially loved the music cartoons like the Banana Splits, Archies, Beatles, Fat Albert, …
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“I Hate This Town!”
Eric Cartman settles the war debate!
Read More »Your Phone is D’oh-ing
Simpsons go wireless: you’ve ever wanted your cell phone to say “D’oh!” when someone calls, you’ll soon have the chance. Twentieth Century Fox on Monday said it has licensed “The Simpsons” to the wireless division of video game publisher THQ Inc. to be developed into games, ring tones, screensavers and …
Read More »Behind That Which Sucks
MuchMusic is crazy-go-nuts lately with the coolness, what with real interactivity between TV and Internet, and with airing the Sessions@AOL concert show, as well as playing actual music videos. Now they carry the animated series: Behind the Music That Sucks is a barely in-depth look at the lives of your …
Read More »Tale of Two Groenings
Matt Groening is responsible for two animated series: you’ve probably heard of one, The Simpsons, which recently celebrated its 300th episode and is gearing up for its 15th season. The other is probably less familiar, Futurama, which has ended production after 72 episodes after suffering from inconsistent scheduling and lack …
Read More »Broken Saints
Proving anew that an amazing supply of wild, wonderful, category-bursting material is out there on the Internet: the 2003 Sundance Online Film Festival Viewers Award winner for animation, Broken Saints. An online graphic novel created by Brooke Burgess, Andrew West and Ian Kirby, Broken Saints is an epic of 24 …
Read More »Wallace and Gromit Online
Wallace and Grommit are back with Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Contraptions — a series of ten new films featuring Aardman’s Oscar-winning pals and their dubious inventions, available from AtomFilms. The first of the series, “The Soccamatic,” is available for free viewing now. Creator Nick Park won Oscars for two Wallace …
Read More »Monsters Smash
Disney/Pixar’s animated Monsters, Inc sells 5 million copies on first day of DVD/video release: The computer animated feature “Monsters, Inc.” set a record for opening day sales of DVDs and videos, with 5 million copies snatched up on Sept. 17, Pixar Animation Studios Inc. and Walt Disney Co. reported on …
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