A few years back the men who piddle sitting down and the women who urinate standing up took the scissors to the great cartoons of Hollywood's Golden Age of Animation and cut the pee out of them (Think I am kidding? Go to the censored cartoons site and check the damage for yourself... http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/ltcuts/ ...).
To see great uncensored 16mm prints of these films full of piss come to this festival.
Cartoons On The Bay 2005Positano, ItalyDeadline: February 15, 2005
The deadline is a week away to enter Cartoons On The Bay 2005 for the Pulcinella Awards 2005. The 9th International Festival on Television Animation welcomes new animated series, pilots, TV specials, short films, social and educational programs.
Take part in the Pulcinella Awards 2005 and send your programs by Feb. 15, 2005. Regulations and the entry form are available on the festival Website www.cartoonsbay.com and may be sent online.
Left Lane Cartoons is sponsoring a Holiday Art Contest. All children, ages 5 to 13, are invited to submit an illustrated book report of their favorite novel. Six winners will receive art books. Entries may be sent to: Left Lane Cartoons, Box 53074 - 10 Royal Orchard Blvd., Thornhill, Ontario, Canada L3T 7R4. For more information, visit www.leftlanecartoons.com.
Cartoons on the Bay 2005Positano (SA), ItalyApril 27 - May 1, 2005Deadline: February 15, 2005
Cartoons on the Bay is an international event with awards, workshops, lectures, TV and theatrical previews, and events centering on the ever-changing world of television animation. The Pulcinella Awards Competition is open to all products in animation for television and the Internet, including pilots of series. The Competition is also open to short films.
Left Lane Cartoons Holiday Art ContestWorld Wide WebJanuary 31, 2004Deadline: December 23, 2004
Left Lane Cartoons is sponsoring a Holiday Art Contest. All children, ages 5 to 13, are invited to submit an illustrated book report of their favorite novel. Six winners will receive art books. Entries may be sent to: Left Lane Cartoons, Box 53074 - 10 Royal Orchard Blvd., Thornhill, Ontario, Canada L3T 7R4. For more information, visit www.leftlanecartoons.com.
The U.K.s Channel 4 plans to air a four-hour marathon rundown on the 100 favorite animated shows as voted for by the general public. 100 GREATEST CARTOONS will feature clips of the cartoons and interviews with the creators, celebrities and experts about their opinions of the list. Realizing the list of 105 nominated cartoons can't cater to everyone's tastes, voters will also be given voters the opportunity to list five other cartoons they feel ought to make it in this hall of fame.
Dr. Toon takes a look at the new Looney Tunes box set for the improvements over the first Golden Collection and what the future may behold for the more non-PC shorts on DVD.
Dr. Toon interviews John Kricfalusi about his favorite cartoons, which have inspired the Ren & Stimpy creator's forthcoming screening series at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, California.
Concluding our extensive interview with Tad Stones, Joe Strike talks with the animation vet more about Darkwing Duck and direct-to-video projects.
Dr. Toon encourages adults to bring cartoons out from the caves of their childhood memories and embrace the nonsense sometimes.
Dr. Ruebert Saturnine III presents a lengthy case study on the adverse effects of cartoons on children.
Harvey Comics is releasing Filmation's ARCHIE and SABRINA animated TV episodes on DVD, March 29, 2004. Each of the four videos in The Legacy Collection will contain four complete half hour TV cartoons. This collection consists of the following videos: ARCHIE'S CLASSIC CARTOONS, THE ARCHIE SHOW, SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH and ARCHIE'S TV FUNNIES priced at $12.98 each. Harvey is offering a special -- all four for $44.98 plus a free Archie music CD. The Riverdale adventures will be available for purchase at the Harvey Website: http://stuffshop.archiecomics.com/videos.html.
Dr. Toon continues to take on the deconstructionists about the things they read into classic cartoons.
That was the question I constantly had to answer while isolated from my old colleagues, and hunkered in this distant and seemingly God-forsaken communist-gripped misery. This chapter answers the question. Was I a pinko? A spy? An enemy agent? A CIA man? Or did I just happen to fall into something too good to be true?
Edward Peghin has joined Vancouver-based Atomic Cartoons as coo to oversee production and legal matters, human resources and marketing/sales initiatives.
As part of its "Toons Gone Wild!" series, the Two Boots Pioneer Theatre will be screening vintage "golden age" cartoons that are rarely shown anywhere. Many have not been shown on TV since the 1950s and are unlikely to be ever be available on DVD. A special ToonTalk will follow immediately after each screening. At 6:00 pm, "Educational, Industrial and Sponsored Cartoons" will screen schoolroom and industrial propaganda realized through the medium of animation. This is a revealing peek into the American psyche of the past. Tickets are $9.00 and $6.50 members.
As part of its "Toons Gone Wild!" series, the Two Boots Pioneer Theatre will be screening vintage "golden age" cartoons that are rarely shown anywhere. Many have not been shown on TV since the 1950s and are unlikely to be ever be available on DVD. A special ToonTalk will follow immediately after each screening. At 10:00 pm, "Cultoons: Oddball Cartoons" will screen some of the rarest of the rare toons you have never even heard of from the most obscure studios and maverick independents of Toon Town. Tickets are $9.00 and $6.50 members.
As part of its "Toons Gone Wild!" series, the Two Boots Pioneer Theatre will be screening vintage "golden age" cartoons that are rarely shown anywhere. Many have not been shown on TV since the 1950s and are unlikely to be ever be available on DVD. A special ToonTalk will follow immediately after each screening. At 4:00 pm, "Toons For The Holidays" will screen an eclectic collection of rare and timeless holiday animation classics from the golden age of cartoons. Tickets are $9.00 and $6.50 members.
As part of its "Toons Gone Wild!" series, the Two Boots Pioneer Theatre will be screening vintage "golden age" cartoons that are rarely shown anywhere. Many have not been shown on TV since the 1950s and are unlikely to be ever be available on DVD. A special ToonTalk will follow immediately after each screening. At 6:00 pm, "I.B. Damned!: What Glorious Technicolor" will screen Technicolor cartoons made in the no-longer-used "I.B.Tech" (imbibition) dye transfer process. Tickets are $9.00 and $6.50 members.
As part of its "Toons Gone Wild!" series, the Two Boots Pioneer Theatre will be screening vintage "golden age" cartoons that are rarely shown anywhere. Many have not been shown on TV since the 1950s and are unlikely to be ever be available on DVD. A special ToonTalk will follow immediately after each screening. At 10:00 pm, "World War II Cartoons" will screen films where cartoon characters fight fascism abroad and fifth columnists on the home front while waving the red, white, and blue. Tickets are $9.00 and $6.50 members.
As part of its "Toons Gone Wild!" series, the Two Boots Pioneer Theatre will be screening vintage "golden age" cartoons that are rarely shown anywhere. Many have not been shown on TV since the 1950s and are unlikely to be ever be available on DVD. A special ToonTalk will follow immediately after each screening. At 8:00 pm, "Early 1930s 'Rubber Hose' Animation" will screen great cartoons from that brief period when toons were really wacky and featured characters with no perceivable skeletal structure who jived to the synchronized beat. Tickets are $9.00 and $6.50 members.
As part of its "Toons Gone Wild!" series, the Two Boots Pioneer Theatre will be screening vintage "golden age" cartoons that are rarely shown anywhere. Many have not been shown on TV since the 1950s and are unlikely to be ever be available on DVD. A special ToonTalk will follow immediately after each screening. At 10:00 pm, "Politically Incorrect Cartoons" will screen rare vintage cartoons with attitudes of a different earlier era. Tickets are $9.00 and $6.50 members. The Two Boots Pioneer Theater is located at 155 East 3rd Street (at Avenue A), New York, New York 10009.
Starting at 6:00 pm, Tom Tomorrow, creator of THIS MODERN WORLD, will be at the Cartoon Art Museum. He will discuss and sign his most recent book, THE GREAT BIG BOOK OF TOMORROW. The 240-page book contains the best of his previous five anthologies, new cartoons from the last several years and many cartoons previously only published in rare comic books or zines. The event is $4 and seating is limited. To reserve a seat, call (415) 227-8666, ext. 314.
Author Mike Barrier (Funnyworld) will discuss classic animation and screen rare examples of great cartoons (in 16mm and 35mm) in conjunction with the publication of the revised paperback edition of his award-winning book, HOLLYWOOD CARTOONS (Oxford University Press). Barrier will sign copies of his book and show examples of the finest animated moments of the 1930s and 40s
Saturday September 27th, 2003 at 3:00pmThe AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTETED ASHLEY SCREENING ROOM2021 N. Western Ave.Los Angeles, CAAdmission: $2. for ASIFA-Members
HOLLYWOOD CARTOONS Book Signing & ScreeningBurbank, California, USASeptember 27, 2003
