Cartoons
Bailey’s Comets
The Wikipedia page.
According to Mark Arnold's book, Think Pink! The Story of DePatie-Freling Productions, producing the show was a nightmare, due to the massive amount of characters. Not only did the series do extremely poorly in the ratings, it got so costly to produce it nearly broke the studio, curtailing production for that year.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 08, 2021 -
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Category: Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Fads, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Sports, Cartoons, 1970s
UK Shopping: 1949
Halfway to Christmas!
Source: Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) 29 Jun 1949, Wed Page 3
Uncle Holly apparently dates to 1950:
Source.
Info on Ginger Nutt here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 02, 2021 -
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Category: Holidays, Advertising, Retailing, Myths and Fairytales, Cartoons, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, United Kingdom
Help…It’s the Hair Bear Bunch!
The Wikipedia page.According to author Christopher P. Lehman, Hanna-Barbera "dress[ed] the bears in counterculture apparel" in order to stay on track with the "mainstream" fashion in the United States.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 22, 2021 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Television, Cartoons, 1970s
Dancing on the Moon
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 14, 2021 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Babies, Cartoons, 1930s, Sex Lives Worse Than Yours
The Barkleys
Cartoon version of ALL IN THE FAMILY.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 12, 2021 -
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Category: Animals, Domestic, Family, Homages, Pastiches, Tributes and Borrowings, Cartoons, 1970s, Parody
A Family Circus Christmas
I was going to save this for Christmas 2021, but then realized I should not deprive anyone of immediate viewing of this masterpiece.The IMDB page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 07, 2021 -
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Category: Family, Fey, Twee, Whimsical, Naive and Sadsack, Holidays, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Newspapers, Cartoons, 1970s
Robo Show and Flower Planet
Two features from the 1990 World's Fair in Japan.The opening few minutes are a press release for the company that created the exhibit. "Robo Show" begins at the 5:40 mark, and "Flower Planet" at minute 13:00. State-of-the-art stuff for thirty years ago.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 11, 2021 -
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Category: Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Robots, Cartoons, Special Effects, 1990s, Asia
Peanuts Cast Does “Roundabout”
This is the newest in a series, others to be found here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jan 12, 2021 -
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Category: Music, Homages, Pastiches, Tributes and Borrowings, Cartoons, 1970s
Cartoons by Moebius
The artwork of French cartoonist Moebius was eternally weird. Here are some animations of his stuff.
Playlist of all 14 here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 02, 2021 -
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Category: Comics, Cartoons, Europe
Family Planning, Disney Style
Or: Donald Duck's Vasectomy
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 18, 2020 -
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Category: Family, PSA’s, Birth Control , Cartoons, 1960s
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