#jerry beck

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Happy 30th anniversary of Jerry Beck’s The 50 Greatest Cartoons book, originally published on October 1, 1994.

[dailylooneys]

Happy 80th Birthday to Private Snafu!

Snafu.......Situation Normal All........All Fouled Up!

A series of World War 2-themed animated short films screened for young military men. They were mainly instructional, educational films, but still contained that same irreverent, slapstick comedy style of humor of the Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies, thanks to the contributions of the boys of Termite Terrace: Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett, Friz Freleng and Frank Tashlin, and voice legend Mel Blanc.

The intention these cartoons had on the military audiences was that, the titular character, Private Snafu was an incompetent soldier that was meant to illustrate, in more straightforward way, what NOT to do (true to his name that is), with practically each short ending with Snafu getting blown.

Imagine how different it could've been if Disney had done these instead of Warner Bros., as that was the United States Army’s first choice. But that didn't happen as Leon Schlesinger would bid lower than Disney.

These shorts, of course, generally remained obscure in the minds of the mainstream audiences (until recently that is) as they never were intended to be shown in public theaters. As Martha Sigall, a staff of the ink-and-paint department at Leon Schlesinger Studios, stated these Private Snafu cartoons were top secret. They wore ID badges, did fingerprints, got FBI approval and were given ten cels rather than the usual thirty cels, to prevent them from knowing about the stories.

Therefore, it was never made for a general audiences of kids and adults as the publicly released Looney Tunes shorts were, especially considering it’s content; mild swearing (i.e., damn, hell) and fanservice displayed all over these cartoons that couldn't have been possible in the days of the Hays Code (it's especially surprising to note that Ted Geisel, AKA Dr. Seuss, of all people, was the main writer for THESE!!! Wowie!!!!). 

Fun fact: (one of the shorts titled “Censored” was shown on Cartoon Network’s trivia show Toonheads late at night with half of the scene featuring a topless Sally Lou cut out!)

And, naturally, because this was a WWII-themed series, featured a good deal of derogatory depictions/imagery of Japanese/Germans and Nazis (which will not be shown here).

It's interesting to see not only how strongly connected Private Snafu is to the Looney Tunes, considering, not only the same style of humor, but the two cameo appearances of Bugs Bunny (Gas and Three Brothers), which could make Snafu himself a Looney Tune. 

This is especially considering his early bird cameo in Chuck Jones’s The Draft Horse.

Later on, Private Snafu would not only be done by Warner Bros., but also by it’s competitors, like MGM, UPA, Harman-Ising and Disney. 

Two shorts were left unproduced. One of them was originally going to be directed by none other Tex Avery at MGM. Too bad that didn’t happen!! 

Though the Private Snafu series maybe a time capsule of World War 2, as oppose to being as timeless as the classic Looney Tunes cartoons are, they still serve as a fascinating historical art, a look at what our world was going through, and still included a lot of the trademark style of humor seen in the Warner Bros. cartoons that still kept it entertaining enough.

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Fan Art Friday - When Hornswiggle meets Kimba

This week's #FanArtFriday happens when Hornswiggle meet Kimba the White Lion. They're celebrating the legacy of Osamu Tezuka, who passed away on this day 35 years ago, and the birthday of Jerry Beck, created Hornswiggle.

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CLAYDREAM:

Man with the moustache

Put claymation on the map

Flew too close to sun

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Having a real Betty Boop moment just now - she doesn't half need to deal with a lot of shit

Betty Boop - Baby Be Good (1935)

Loved this look

The Impractical Jokers (1937)

Loved this vibe from her (and that grampy could have a job designing setpieces for Jackass based on this short - very Jackass Forever "silence of the lambs" skit energy)

Poor Cinderella (1934)

The only colour Boop and as this was years before the invention of the multiplane camera the ballroom scene was a physical set made of layered paper cutouts, a first attempt at this technique 💗

Quite revolutionary!

(Some more insight from Jerry Beck on this commentary video)

Judge For A Day (1935)

Quite a lot of relatable content in this one

Blunderland (1934)

Is My Palm Read? (1933)

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GIRLS!!

eltingville girls! beck and priscilla!!

darlingest rebecca, secretary of comics, belongs to @t33thpulp !!! priscilla, aka sarge, is mine! we Are looking for more girls if anyone wants to make them😋😋 i really want to draw them all together!!!

beck is secretary of comics but has a particular interest in manga.. this is her introducing sarge to junji ito!! yayaya

i love these girls!!

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via NickALive!

[thefloatingstone]

Me: oh yeah I really like cartoons :)

the cartoons:

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The Power of Shazam! (1994) by Jerry Ordway

[bebx]

Johnny Depp has the most beautiful guardian angels, Jerry Judge and Jeff Beck

[krispyweiss]

Producers Seek $24K to Get Nicky Hopkins Documentary Made

- “The Session Man” is finished; 39 tracks need licensing

If anyone is ever going to see “The Session Man,” producers need to raise $24,000 to license 39 tracks for the Nicky Hopkins documentary

Touted as “rock ’n’ roll’s greatest session man,” by narrator Bob Harris, Hopkins, who died in 1994, played on more more than 250 albums over his 30-year career. Over those decades, Hopkins was a member of Quick Silver Messenger Service, the Jeff Beck Group and the Jerry Garcia Band and played alongside the likes of John Lennon, the Kinks, Joe Cocker, Zero, Meat Loaf, the Rolling Stones and others.

“He could play just about anything,” Keith Richards says in the trailer for the film.

The Michael Treen-directed documentary is finished. But it cannot be shown to potential distributors at film festivals until licensing is secured.

Harry Shearer sums up why Hopkins - and his instrument - were so important to the bands he assisted.

“Piano has all the colors - can say anything,” Shearer says. ��And a guy who’s as talented as Nicky can take a simple song and fill it with all sorts of extra feeling and meaning.”

Donations can be made here.

3/8/23

[dailylooneys]

Finally was able to get this lovely DVD! Now I can collect images of the specific shorts included (Hip, Hip Hurry!, The Unruly Hare, The Bee-Deviled Bruin, Doggone Cats, to name a few), restored to the original quality, without any watermarks, logos, or distorted or photoshopped imagery whatsoever! I'm looking forward to seeing more volumes in the preceding years and to see that DVD's will still live on as a medium!

Have any of you obtain this gem yet?

If not, click here!

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Now Streaming: "Unfrosted" on Netflix (5/3/2024)

Some of you readers might recall our sharing the Official Trailer for the Netflix comedy “Unfrosted” and if you didn’t see that post its easily rectified by clicking HERE. The film marks the directorial debut of Jerry Seinfeld and has an all-star comedic cast. The premise surrounds a battle for breakfast domination between Kellogg’s and Post and this film is available to stream as of early this…

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The Miraculous Horror of Stop Motion

From the same artform that brought you Coraline and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, comes three stories that evoke the existential fear of art.

Original Music by Molly Noise

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Brubaker, Charles. “The Japanese Studios of Rankin/Bass.” Cartoon Research, Jerry Beck, 14 Apr. 2014, cartoonresearch.com/index.php/the-japanese-studios-of-rankinbass/.

Bute, Paris. “Introduction to “a Rankin/Bass Retrospective from a New Perspective.”” Citizen Jane, Stephens College, 19 Nov. 2021, www.citizenjane.org/home/cwwicd2ucb2fvs64kgfaocfykjhaum. Accessed 19 June 2024.

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Prehistoric Beast. Directed by Phil Tippett, Tippett Studios, 1984. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlaXIRTjNfo

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May…may I poke for more about Oscar’s friendsss

Yeah ofc!!!

Weirdly- only group picture I have of them as I draw them more separately

We have Turner! He’s a deer hybrid who specializes in bows, hatchets, and tracking. He and his mother were New Seasides first residents as they left his father. His mothers name is Lenora and she’s a deer centaur looking person. Turner was the first friend Oscar made in New Seaside and it was definitely more one sided for a bit. Oscar probably annoyed the shit out of him for a bit (he/him)

Next is Sonya, the idea I had for her that I talked to Beck a bit about was she was an allay that had been vexed before. Possibly restored with Arisannas help, she is a bit more mature than some of the others. She struggles with empathy a lot and her speciality is knives (these two are connected)! She still fights like a vex, vanishing into walls and getting in close to make precise cuts. She likely is the voice of reason in the group even if she is a very tiny voice. (She/they)

Raja is next! They’re an endermen and were found by Jerry’s sisters before they were able to reunite with him. Raja is more timid but they specialize in long weapons such as spears and pole arms as well as any staffs. They’re descended from speakers of enderian and struggled with hearing her thoughts for a lot of their childhood until she was killed. It was always a one sided communication. Raja doesn’t know anything else about their family as they, like Oscar, we’re born and displaced during the resets. Raja does not get along with centross, they make him uncomfortable. (They/he/she)

Ofc you all know Oscar who would eventually specialize in crossbow, scythes, axes, and sword combat. Probably knows a few bit more due to Jerry and centross. He canonically sucks at wielding a trident though. He named the group the “Realm Breakers” because he thought it was cool that they were all from different realms.

Oscar met them all either in school (Turner) or while going through the New Seaside version of basic training as he joined up to help Jerry who’s the guard commander. The Realm Breakers eventually became their own specialized unit for the New Seaside guard as they are scarily effective. The main issue comes with that they will only listen to Jerry or Kai for orders. Centross sometimes if they’re feeling like it (most of them have adopted those three as basically their own parents. Centross hates this)

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Submissions for the hottest 80s male musicians

Go wild everyone! We have 256 slots to fill!

Submissions 215/256

List of submitted people

Phil Collins 

Michael Monroe

Duff McKagan

Vince Neil

Kee Marcello

Michael Sweet

Roger Taylor 

Joe Elliott

Sting

Michael Hutchence

Bono

Larry Mullen Jr.

Tom Petty

Axl Rose 

Razzle Dingley

Eddie Van Halen

Dave Mustaine

Nikki Sixx 

Morten Harket

Tommy Lee

John Deacon 

Zakk Wylde

Steven Adler

Slash 

Izzy Stradlin 

Jon Bon Jovi

Richie Sambora

Kelly Nickels

Bret Michaels

Warren Demartini

Sebastian Bach

Rachel Bolan

Jerry Harrison

Eric Brittingham

Steven Tyler

George Harrison

Brian May

Tom Keifer

Mick Mars

Paul Stanley

Joey Tempest

Jani Lane

Prince

David Bowie

Ozzy Osbourne

Sami Yaffa

Angus Young

Rikki Rockett

David Lee Roth

Bobby Dall

Robin Zander

Eric Bazilian

Jimmy Page

Kirk Hammett

James Hetfield

Jason Newsted

Morrissey

Nick Beggs

Steve Clark

Chris Lowe

Rick Savage

Robert Smith

Robbin Crosby

David Sylvian

Daryl Hall

John Oates

Rod Stewart

Billy Squier

Nasty Suicide

Geddy Lee

David Coverdale

George Lynch

Randy Rhoads

Alice Cooper

David Bryan

Steven Sweet

Freddie Mercury

Terry Hall

Stone Gossard

Nuno Bettencourt

Bruce Kulick

Leif Garett

Adam Yauch

Mike Tramp

Blixa Bargeld

Dave Vanian

Nick Cave

Gary Numan

C.C. DeVille

Bryan Adams

Eazy-E

Bob Dylan

Bernard Sumner

Kenny Loggins

Richard Marx

Lionel Richie

Patrick Swayze

Billy Ocean

Michael Stipe

Corey Hart

Murray Head

David Byrne

Warren Cuccurullo

Rob Zombie

Russell Mael

Mark Mothersbaugh

Martin L. Gore

Dave Gahan

Tracii Guns

Phil Lewis

John Cougar Mellencamp

Jon Farriss

Roland Orzabal

Yoshiki

Billy Joel

Weird Al Yankovic

Joe Strummer

Billy Idol

John Taylor

Michael McDonald

Klaus Nomi

Rob Halford

George Michael

Terence Trent D'Arby

Joe Perry

Paul Williams

Brad Whitford

Stephen Pearcy

Juan Croucier

Bobby Blotzer

MC Hammer

Rick James

Eddie Murphy

Mick Jagger

Don Johnson

James Lomenzo

Meat Loaf

Keith Richards

Ronnie Wood

Cliff Williams

Lars Ulrich

Cliff Burton

Steve Harris

Dave Murray

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Bruce Dickinson

Marian Gold

Bernhard Lloyd

Frank Mertens

Per Gessle

Tim Farriss

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Rockwell

Andy Scott

Brian Connolly

Peter Wolf

Bruce Springsteen

Jason Becker

Neil Tennant

John Norum

Alex Lifeson

Neil Peart

Paul Simon

Art Garfunkel

Nick Rhodes

Andy Fletcher

Alan Wilder

Robert Sweet

Oz Fox

Magne Furuholmen

Paul Waaktaar-Savoy

Dave Stewart

John Rees

Thomas Anders

Huey Lewis

Adam Ant

Falco

Rick Springfield

Martin Fry

Mark King

Jerry Dixon

Paul Simonon

Howard Jones

Paul Young

Clark Datchler

John Waite

Rick Allen

Paul Engemann

Kurt Maloo

John Levén

Mic Michaeli

Ian Haugland

Erik Turner

Dr. Robert (Robert Howard)

Rick Wright

Andy Taylor

Tony Thompson

Robert Palmer

Brian Johnson

Neil Murray

Rudy Sarzo

Vivian Campbell

Jake E. Lee

Steve Vai

Rowland S. Howard

Steve Perry

Robert Plant

Ivan Doroschuk

Martin Kemp

Roger Daltrey

Jeff Beck

Bob Geldof

Limahl

Anthony Kiedis

Martin Gore

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