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51. A Few Meters of Animated Film (1981)
22 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Juho Gartz, Lauri Tykkyläinen | Stars: Lauri Tykkyläinen, Kurt Vasström, Yrjö Norta, Armas Vallasvuo
Votes: 5
52. Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin (2005 Video)
17 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary about Frank Tashlin's cartoons.
Directors: Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble, Frank Tashlin, Constantine Nasr | Stars: Eric Goldberg, Eddie Fitzgerald, Jerry Beck, Leonard Maltin
Votes: 55
53. Endangered Species (2006)
9 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
An animated homage to the great, classical moments of animation's history.
Director: Tony White | Stars: Roy Edward Disney, Christopher Kent
Votes: 8
54. Behind the Tunes: The Ralph Phillips Story: Living the American Daydream (2011 Video)
7 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Alexander Gray, Jeff Maynard | Stars: Andrew Beall, Andrew Farago, Andrew Farago, Mark Kausler
Votes: 6
55. Behind the Tunes: The Charm of Stink - On the Scent of Pepe le Pew (2005 Video)
7 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary about Pepe le Pew.
Directors: Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble | Stars: Art Leonardi, Eric Goldberg, Jerry Beck, Leonard Maltin
Votes: 44
56. Still More Animated Film... (1983)
37 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Juho Gartz, Lauri Tykkyläinen | Stars: Lauri Tykkyläinen, Seppo Suo-Anttila, Riitta Rautoma, Riitta Nelimarkka
57. How Disney Movie Backgrounds Evolved Over 17 years (2023 Video)
14 min | Documentary, Short
Tech advancements have allowed Disney to go from more static environments in its earliest computer-animated movies to a living, breathing landscape in "Strange World" (2022). This new ... See full summary »
Stars: Abby Tang, Steve Goldberg, Larry Wu, Benjamin Fiske
58. Behind the Tunes: Drawn to Life - The Art of Robert McKimson (2007 Video)
17 min | Documentary, Short
A look at the career of Warner Bros. animator and director Robert McKimson.
Directors: Tex Avery, Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising, Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson | Stars: Michael Barrier, Jerry Beck, Paul Dini, Mark Evanier
Votes: 19
59. Unsung Maestros: A Directors Tribute (2007 Video)
20 min | Documentary, Short
The titular directors discussed are: Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising (1930-1933), Jack King (1934-1936), Ub Iwerks (1937), Ben Hardaway (1934-1940), Norm McCabe (1940-1943), and Art Davis (1945-1949)
Stars: Michael Barrier, Jerry Beck, Paul Dini, Eric Goldberg
Votes: 16
60. Behind the Tunes: One Hit Wonders (2006 Video)
7 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary about the one-shot characters in the Looney Tunes cartoon shorts.
Directors: Tex Avery, Robert Clampett, Arthur Davis, Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson | Stars: Jerry Beck, Hank Azaria, Eric Goldberg, Daniel Goldmark
Votes: 23
61. Behind the Tunes: Bugs - A Rabbit for All Seasonings (2003 Video)
6 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary about Bugs Bunny.
Directors: Tex Avery, Robert Clampett, Cal Dalton, Friz Freleng, Ben Hardaway, Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson | Stars: Jerry Beck, Noel Blanc, Ruth Clampett, Linda Jones Clough
Votes: 71
62. Behind the Tunes: Leon Schlesinger - The Merrie Cartoon Mogul (2012 Video)
21 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Constantine Nasr, Tom Palmer | Stars: Peter Alvarado, Jerry Beck, Friz Freleng, Will Friedwald
Votes: 10
63. Behind the Tunes: Wagnerian Wabbit - The Making of 'What's Opera, Doc?' (2004 Video)
10 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary about What's Opera, Doc? (1957).
Directors: Constantine Nasr, Chuck Jones | Stars: Jerry Beck, Corny Cole, Daniel Goldmark, Willie Ito
Votes: 62
64. Mutt and Jeff: The Original Animated Odd Couple (2005 Video)
108 min | Documentary
Director: Ray Pointer
65. Behind the Tunes: Hard Luck Duck (2003 Video)
4 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary about Daffy Duck.
Directors: Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson, Frank Tashlin | Stars: Joe Alaskey, Jerry Beck, Noel Blanc, Eric Goldberg
Votes: 64
66. Lááásky Jirího Brdecky (1986)
16 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Director: Miroslava Humplíková | Stars: Jirí Brdecka, Miroslav Hornícek, Frantisek Braun, Jitka Walterova
67. How Pixar's Movement Animation Became So Realistic (2021 Video)
13 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Pixar gets its characters to move and emote by building them rigs and filling them with controls that allow animators to give them unique expressions and movements. "Toy Story 2" gave them ... See full summary »
Stars: Abby Tang, Mara MacMahon, Bobby Podesta, Jared Fong
68. Behind the Tunes: Wacky Warner One-Shots (2007 Video)
9 min | Documentary, Short
Historians and modern animators discuss classic era Warner cartoons without "stars": characters who returned in subsequent cartoons.
Stars: Jerry Beck, Paul Dini, Eric Goldberg, Mark Kausler
Votes: 18
69. TV's Funniest Animated Stars: A Paley Center for Media Special (2015 TV Movie)
120 min | Documentary
Stars: Pamela Adlon, Tony Anselmo, Todd Barbee, H. Jon Benjamin
Votes: 21
70. Shades of the Bat: Batman's Animated Evolution (2008 Video)
23 min | Short
Director: Michael Brosnan | Stars: Jerry Beck, Stan Berkowitz, Alan Burnett, Paul Dini
Votes: 8
71. Behind the Tunes: Razzma-Taz: Giving the Tasmanian Devil His Due (2011 Video)
12 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Alexander Gray, Jeff Maynard | Stars: Jerry Beck, Eric Goldberg, Mark Kausler, Art Leonardi
Votes: 8
72. The History of 'Speed Racer' (2008 Video)
11 min | Short
Stars: Peter Fernandez, Ben Gruber, David McGrath, James Rocknowski
73. From Magic Lantern to Today: A History of Animation (1963)
26 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
74. Behind the Tunes: Sing-a-Song of Looney Tunes (2006 Video)
6 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary about the songs in the Looney Tunes cartoon shorts.
Directors: Tex Avery, Robert Clampett, Friz Freleng, Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising, Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson, Frank Tashlin | Stars: Daniel Goldmark, Friz Freleng, Keith Scott, Chuck Jones
Votes: 35
75. Lineage (1979)
29 min | Animation, Short, History
An anti-cartoon essay on animation"s contradictory legacy: comedy and formalism. It pays tribute to self-conscious processes as well as the vaudevillian quick-sketch artists. Referencing ... See full summary »
Director: George Griffin | Star: George Griffin
76. Behind the Tunes: Short Fuse Shootout: The Small Tale of Yosemite Sam (2003 Video)
3 min | Documentary, Short
A documentary about Yosemite Sam.
Directors: Friz Freleng, Constantine Nasr | Stars: Jerry Beck, David H. DePatie, June Foray, Friz Freleng
Votes: 64
77.
ToonHeads (1992–2003)
Episode:
A ToonHeads Special: The Lost Cartoons
(2000)
TV-G | 46 min | Documentary, Animation, Family
A treasure trove of "lost" animation from Warner Bros., this documentary includes Bugs Bunny, many of the Looney Tunes gang and many others in rare and never-before-seen clips
Directors: Peter Fitzgerald, Tex Avery, Joseph Barbera, Gerry Chiniquy, Robert Clampett, Friz Freleng, William Hanna, Hugh Harman, Rudolf Ising, Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson, Maurice Noble, Hawley Pratt, Tom Ray, Frank Tashlin | Stars: Leslie Fram, Tex Avery, Dawn Benedict, Henry Binder
Votes: 95
78.
Camera Three (1955–1980)
Episode:
The Boys from Termite Terrace: Part 1
(1975)
29 min | Drama
Examining the golden years 1934 to 1964 of the Warner Bothers film cartoon department, which created cartoon characters known all over the world.
Director: John Musilli | Stars: Mel Blanc, John Canemaker, Robert Clampett, Friz Freleng
Votes: 36
79.
ToonHeads (1992–2003)
Episode:
A ToonHeads Special: The Wartime Cartoons
(2001)
TV-G | 49 min | Documentary, Animation, Family
A look at animated shorts produced during World War II with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Superman, Porky Pig, Popeye and more.
Directors: George A. Klein, Tex Avery, Joseph Barbera, Robert Clampett, Arthur Davis, Friz Freleng, Dan Gordon, George Gordon, William Hanna, Chuck Jones, Seymour Kneitel, Norm McCabe, Robert McKimson, Izzy Sparber, Frank Tashlin | Stars: Leslie Fram, Hirohito, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini
80.
Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode:
Stuff & Nonsense #6
(2021)
TV-PG | Animation, Comedy
Bill eats synonym cookies, MeTV hires a sports legend, Goldie attends a celebrity festival, and Bill gives a history lesson on cartoon voice actors. Bugsy and Mugsy (1957), It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House (1965), Cat Napping (1951), The Daffy Doc (1938), A Bird in a Bonnet (1958)
Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein
Votes: 6
81.
Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode:
Rabbit Tracks
(2021)
TV-PG | Animation, Comedy
Best of Bugs Week, Day 1 explores the origins and early evolution of the Bugs Bunny character, starting with the proto-Bugs character 'Happy Rabbit': Porky's Hare Hunt (1938), Prest-O Change-O (1939), Hare-um Scare-um (1939), Elmer's Candid Camera (1940), A Wild Hare (1940).
Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein, Jerry Beck
Votes: 8
82.
Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode:
Of Course You Realize This Means War
(2021)
TV-PG | Animation, Comedy
Best of Bugs Week, Day 2 showcases Bugs Bunny's adversaries: Elmer Fudd in Wabbit Twouble (1941), Daffy Duck in Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953), Tasmanian Devil in Devil May Hare (1954), Yosemite Sam in Wild and Woolly Hare (1959), and Marvin the Martian in Hare-Way to the Stars (1958).
Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein, Rich Koz
Votes: 8
83.
Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode:
Ballads For A Bunny
(2021)
TV-PG | Animation, Comedy
Best of Bugs Week, Day 3 highlights Bugs Bunny's greatest musical cartoons: Rhapsody Rabbit (1946), Long-Haired Hare (1949), Rabbit of Seville (1950), Baton Bunny (1959), and What's Opera, Doc? (1957).
Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein, Jerry Beck
Votes: 9
84.
Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode:
Hollywood Bugs
(2021)
TV-PG | Animation, Comedy
Best of Bugs Week, Day 4 spotlights Bugs Bunny's Hollywood- and showbiz-themed cartoons, often featuring celebrity caricatures: Slick Hare (1947), What's Cookin' Doc? (1944), A Hare Grows in Manhattan (1947), What's Up Doc? (1950), and A Star Is Bored (1956).
Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein, Jerry Beck
Votes: 8
85.
Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode:
Best in Show
(2021)
TV-PG | Animation, Comedy
On what is meant to be a Cartoon Curator's Choice show, Bill ends up playing everyone else's top cartoon picks: The Big Snooze (1946), Dog Tales (1958), The Bear That Wasn't (1967), The Man on the Flying Trapeze (1934), Pink Panzer (1965).
Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein
86.
Camera Three (1955–1980)
Episode:
The Boys from Termite Terrace, Part Two
(1975)
29 min | Drama
Continuation of program (Season 21, Episode 2) interviewing classic Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies directors, with many cartoon clips.
Director: John Musilli | Stars: Mel Blanc, John Canemaker, Robert Clampett, Friz Freleng
Votes: 13
87.
Walt Disney (2015–2016)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2015)
59 min | Documentary, Biography
In this first part, the early career of Walt Disney is discussed including the creation of Mickey Mouse and the making of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) - the first feature-length animated film.
Director: Sarah Colt | Stars: Walt Disney, Rebecca Gethings, Shirley Temple
Votes: 33
88.
Walt Disney (2015–2016)
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2015)
59 min | Documentary, Biography
The second part of this documentary series deals with the later career of Walt Disney. The making of films combining live action with animation and the realisation of Disney's dream project - Disneyland.
Director: Sarah Colt | Stars: Walt Disney, Rebecca Gethings
Votes: 32