Reviews

Poor Cinderella

Today on Refrederator: Betty Boop in “Poor Cinderella”. Cool! Notice the trademark Zukor 3-D feel, and the racy scene where Betty Boop gets her clothes changed by the fairy godmother in time for the royal ball. Guaranteed to get the guys howling! 🙂 Here is the link.

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Thoughts

Chad's Design For Television (1960)

From A-HAA!: “Remember those matchbooks that said ‘Draw Me!’ on the front? They advertised a correspondence course called ‘Famous Artists’. Everyone made fun of ‘draw Binky the Skunk any size but the same size’ – but the truth of the matter was that the Famous Artists Course was no laughing matter – it was one of the best art instructional courses ever created…”

Read the entire post for some great background info on Chad Grothkopf, one of the great animators. Here is the link.

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Reviews

Wolf, Wolf!

The original “Wolf, Wolf!” cartoon featuring Mighty Mouse. Nice! Gotta love that wolfy jazz! Here is the link.

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Thoughts

The Apple-Microsoft Deal

This is just a year after the “Steve Jobs on Microsoft” video. Here is the link.

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Events

The New iMac G5 Intro

Here is the link to a video introducing the sleek new G5 back in 2005.

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