Hi, everyone! I would like to extend my thanks to everyone who has supported this Patreon page during these difficult times that have occurred these past couple months.
Here is the late...
2020-05-11 18:43:06 +0000 UTC
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Hi, everyone! I would like to extend my thanks to everyone who has supported this Patreon page during these difficult times that have occurred these past couple months.
Here is the late...
2020-05-11 18:39:21 +0000 UTC
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Ken Champin (1911-1989) was one of Friz Freleng’s regular animators—he was part of his staff by 1940, indicated by a group photograph, but he did not receive an on-screen credit until Daffy...
2020-04-20 21:26:14 +0000 UTC
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Hope everyone is staying well and keeping in good spirits. Now, for a brand-new restoration comparison!
This stunning copy Insect to Injury (1956) is sourced from a 35mm Tech print o...
2020-04-16 18:52:47 +0000 UTC
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Hope everyone is staying well and keeping in good spirits. Now, for a brand-new restoration comparison!
This stunning copy Insect to Injury (1956) is sourced from a...
2020-04-16 18:49:36 +0000 UTC
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(If you have trouble viewing the Google Drive embed, click here.)
2020-04-05 19:28:38 +0000 UTC
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Attention, readers and Patrons! I’d like to announce the subject of an upcoming animator breakdown—something that has been on my list since I started doing these for Cartoon Research!<...
2020-03-20 17:47:50 +0000 UTC
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Here's the last clip of the week, from The Music Lesson (1932), sourced from a 35mm dupe positive. I hope you've all enjoyed these clips - I will share more eventually, but I might space t...
2020-03-13 16:00:04 +0000 UTC
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Back again with another Flip clip, this time with a sample from Puppy Love (1932). Like many of the other clips we've shown this week, this was scanned from the original 35mm fine-grain el...
2020-03-12 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Hope you've all enjoyed these clips so far! Today, we present an excerpt from Circus (1932), scanned from a 16mm print, dated around 1945. As of this writing, there do not seem to be any 3...
2020-03-11 16:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Today's clip is from Flip's Lunch Room (1933), sourced from its original 35mm fine-grain elements.
2020-03-10 16:01:01 +0000 UTC
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As I've shared yesterday, up until this Friday, I will be posting clips from different Flip the Frog cartoons sourced from the raw scans (no clean-up) done by Steve Stanchfield.
This first cl...
2020-03-09 16:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Hi, folks! Here's a big announcement!
From Monday (3/9) through Friday (3/13), I will post clips from different Flip the Frog cartoons, each scanned by Steve Stanchfield of Thunderbean ...
2020-03-08 15:52:20 +0000 UTC
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Now, here’s a clip from Ragtime Romeo (1931), scanned in 4K from the original camera negative, with some animation in the first 30 seconds by Grim Natwick. This is straight from the raw ...
2020-02-23 17:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Happy Saturday! As promised, here is a hi-def clip from Flip the Frog’s first appearance, Fiddlesticks, released in August 1930. Fiddlesticks is an important cartoon in that it ...
2020-02-22 20:50:38 +0000 UTC
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With Steve Stanchfield's permission, this Patreon will be presenting clips from raw 4K scans of Fiddlesticks and Ragtime Romeo (1931) to the public this Saturday and Sunday, so be...
2020-02-21 23:18:22 +0000 UTC
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Note: If you have difficulty playing the Google Drive embed, click to this direct link:
2020-02-16 20:57:26 +0000 UTC
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Next on the restoration pipeline is the 1932 Flip the Frog cartoon, The Milkman! Steve Stanchfield had this scanned just a few days ago, sourced from the original fine-grain master positiv...
2020-02-09 12:43:35 +0000 UTC
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In The Adventures of the Road Runner (1962), while Ralph Phillips and his friend sit very close to the television set watching Wile E. Coyote chase after his usual conquest, he asks a ques...
2020-01-27 19:24:53 +0000 UTC
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Production materials indicate animator Ben Washam worked on the first cartoon Chuck Jones directed for Warner Bros., 2020-01-23 20:21:16 +0000 UTC
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I’m back with another restoration comparison! This time, it’s from a cult classic, The Sunshine Makers, a 1935 Rainbow Parade cartoon (in Cinecolor) directed by Ted Esbaugh an...
2019-12-11 03:53:54 +0000 UTC
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I’m back with another restoration comparison. This time, it’s from a cult classic, The Sunshine Makers, a 1935 Rainbow Parade cartoon (in Cinecolor) directed by Ted Esbaugh an...
2019-12-11 03:52:14 +0000 UTC
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Here’s a new restoration comparison video featuring Techno-Cracked (1933), starring Ub Iwerks’ cartoon character Flip the Frog! I have decided for public posts, viewers will be able to...
2019-11-26 22:32:53 +0000 UTC
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Here’s a new restoration comparison video featuring Techno-Cracked (1933), starring Ub Iwerks’ cartoon character Flip the Frog! In this cartoon, Flip builds his own mechanical man to a...
2019-11-26 22:29:32 +0000 UTC
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This was meant to accompany the “Moonlighting Animation Artists in Comics” post about 2019-11-07 22:23:51 +0000 UTC
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Hey, everyone! Apologies for the slow update (yet again)!
I hit upon an idea that might be easier for me to deliver more posts at a faster rate. A new feature will be introduced in a few days...
2019-11-02 23:32:05 +0000 UTC
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Stick ‘em up, partner! As promised, here is a “restoration comparison” video available to the public! Here is a clip from Movie Mad (1931) with Flip the Frog, largely animat...
2019-10-06 23:56:50 +0000 UTC
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Place your bets, folks! Here’s an animator breakdown, exclusive only on this Patreon!
Adm...
2019-10-02 21:02:59 +0000 UTC
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Hey, folks! Apologies for the lack of updates, but I’ve decided to fix up this Patreon page to keep it simple and reasonable, in terms of rewards. As you’ll see on the main page, I’v...
2019-09-30 19:23:02 +0000 UTC
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