Seth MacFarlane's new animated TV show "American Dad" premiered tonight and it was god awful. It felt like a re-tread of an old Simpson's episode combined with a rip-off of The Family Guy. But it was missing the heart and likeable characters of The Simpsons and it was missing the abrupt and sometimes hilarious segues of The Family Guy. Instead we have silly jokes about homosexuality and racism with the occasional splash of nudity or blood. Read the rest of this entry ...
When Cartoon Network first came onto the scene it was owned by the Turner Network and had access to the entire Turner library of animation. This included a large chunk of Warner Brothers cartoons (Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies up to 1948) and (I believe) the entire Hanna-Barbera library (Scooby-Doo, Flintstones, etc). Naturally Cartoon Network became to be known as just a network that reran old Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Frustrated with this image, Mike Lazzo (a producer at CN) asked Turner if they could create their own shows. Read the rest of this entry ...
Starting in 2003, Warner Brothers Home Video began releasing the Looney Tunes cartoons on DVD in wonderful 4-disc box sets packed with cartoons (of course) and extra features. The sets are called "Looney Tunes Golden Collection" and Volume One and Volume Two have been released in 2003 and 2004, respectively. Fans of the Golden Age of Hollywood animation (myself included) are eagerly awaiting each new volume of Looney Tunes. Read the rest of this entry ...
LOL! What do you get when you combine Superfriends and Office Space? Apparently, you get this. Headphones required while at work...Check out Aquaman's "O" face.
Thanks to Jerry Beck from Cartoon Brew for this link...Enjoy!
In 1946, Disney released its latest feature film, "The Song of the South". This family film is a combination of live action and animated sequences and it depicts the story of a young white boy on a southern plantation and how Uncle Remus, an African American servant/slave, befriends the boy and teaches him valuable lessons in life through his colourful stories of Brer Rabbit, Brer Bear and Brer Fox. Since its initial release, the movie has had a tumultuous history but we may be seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. Read the rest of this entry ...