Animation World Magazine, Issue 3.1, April 1998

Television

The 50 [Almost] Greatest Cartoons. Cartoon Network U.S. aired an eight-hour marathon program called "The 50 Greatest Cartoons of All Time" on March 14 and 15. The program includes interviews with Chuck Jones, Joe Barbera, June Foray, Charlie Adler, Maurice Noble and Leonard Maltin. While Cartoon Network programmers were inspired by Jerry Beck's book of the same name, for which more than 1,000 animation professionals were asked to pick the 50 greatest cartoons, the lineup of this program is different than the list in the book, in that it only includes films that Cartoon Network and parent company Time/Warner own or to which they have secured broadcast rights. Disney films included in the book, such as Skeleton Dance, The Band Concert and Steamboat Willie will not be featured, nor will certain "politically incorrect" Warner Bros. films be shown, such as Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs, one of the "Censored 11" shorts which was included in the Beck's book. However, Cartoon Network's program does include some rarely seen gems. A complete list follows: What's Opera, Doc? (Warner Bros., 1957), Duck Amuck (Warner Bros., 1953), Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century (Warner Bros., 1953), One Froggy Evening (Warner Bros., 1955), Gertie the Dinosaur (Winsor McCay, 1914), Red Hot Riding Hood (MGM, 1943), Dough for the Do-Do (Warner Bros., 1949), King-Size Canary (MGM, 1947), Rabbit of Seville (Warner Bros., 1950), Bad Luck Blackie (MGM, 1949), The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (Warner Bros., 1946), Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor (Paramount, 1936), Betty Boop (Paramount), Little Rural Riding Hood (MGM, 1949), The Big Snit (Richard Condie, National Film Board of Canada, 1985), Northwest Hounded Police (MGM, 1946), Rabbit Seasoning (Warner Bros., 1952), The Scarlet Pumpernickel (Warner Bros., 1950), The Cat Came Back (Cordell Barker, National Film Board of Canada, 1988), Superman (Paramount, 1941), You Ought to Be in Pictures (Warner Bros., 1940), Ali Baba Bunny (Warner Bros., 1957), Feed the Kitty (Warner Bros., 1952), Little Red Riding Rabbit (Warner Bros., 1941), Peace on Earth (MGM, 1939), Cat Concerto (MGM, 1947), Beep Prepared (Warner Bros., 1961), Book Revue (Warner Bros., 1947), Quasi at the Quackadero (Sally Cruikshank, 1975), Corny Concerto (Warner Bros., 1943), The Dover Boys (Warner Bros., 1942), Felix in Hollywood (M.J. Winkler, 1923), The Big Snooze (Warner Bros., 1946), Hair-Raising Hare (Warner Bros., 1946), A Wild Hare (Warner Bros., 1940), I Love to Singa (Warner Bros., 1936), Tweetie Pie (Warner Bros., 1947), Daffy Duck Slept Here (Warner Bros., 1948), A Dream Walking (Paramount, 1934), Pink Phink (United Artists, 1964), Peco's Pest (MGM, 1955), Bob's Birthday (Alison Snowden and David Fine, National Film Board of Canada, 1994), Senor Droopy (MGM, 1949), Who Killed Who? (MGM, 1943), Screwball Squirrel (MGM, 1944), The Flagstones (Hanna-Barbera, 1959), Ruff and Reddy (Hanna-Barbera, 1957), Spud Dud (Hanna-Barbera, 1960), The Cat That Hated People (MGM, 1948) and Bambi Meets Godzilla (Marv Newland, International Rocketship, 1969).

Casper, one of the characters in Harvey's classic library of
Harveytoons. © Harvey Entertainment.
Harvey Toons Join Fox Family. Fox Family Channel has licensed 65 half-hour episodes of Harveytoons from Harvey Entertainment, and will air the shows on Saturdays and Sundays starting in fall 1998. Harveytoons is a collection of repackaged, classic animated cartoons from the Harvey library featuring characters such as Casper, Baby Huey, Herman & Katnip, Little Audrey and Buzzy the Crow. Harvey Entertainment is reviving these characters through a bevy of licensing deals and a new, direct-to-video animated feature, Casper Meets Wendy. Fox Family Channel, a Saban/News Corp. co-venture, will relaunch in August 1998 on U.S. cable television.

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