Animation Station

Patrick and I discuss 2003’s surreal animated adventure film, The Triplets of Belleville. A controversial pick; you’ll either love it or hate it. Can you guess our reactions?

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Part five of our review of the 50 greatest cartoons as selected by a panel of more than 1,000 cartoon historians and animation professionals from the book by the same name by Jerry Beck (1994). In this episode we take on cartoons 30-26.

The 50 Greatest Cartoons (30-26):

30) Rabbit Seasoning, Warner Brothers, September 20, 1952
29) Toot, Whistle, Plunk, & Boom, Walt Disney Studios, November 10, 1953
28) Northwest Hounded Police, MGM, August 13, 1946
27) Clock Cleaners, Walt Disney Studios, October 15, 1937
26) Brave Little Tailor, Walt Disney Studios, September 23, 1938

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Patrick and I discuss the nominees for the Academy Award’s 2010 Best Animated Short Film and give our prediction.

The 50 Greatest Cartoons (50-46):

French Roast, Fabrice O. Joubert
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty, Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte), Javier Recio Gracia
Logorama, Nicolas Schmerkin
A Matter of Loaf and Death, Nick Park

Update: Some of the links have changed since we recorded the podcast. I’ve tried to find alternate links, but who knows how long the will remain viable.

Watch online:

French Roast: www.frenchroast.fr/watchfrenchroast.html
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty: www.grannyogrimm.com/#/the-film
The Lady and the Reaper: 212.227.136.88/press/
Logorama: v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTQ5OTQ5NDU2.html
A Matter of Loaf and Death: disembedded.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/a-matter-of-loaf-and-death-big-trouble-at-the-mill/

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Don’t Fear the Grape: www.dontfearthegrape.com
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Part four of our review of the 50 greatest cartoons as selected by a panel of more than 1,000 cartoon historians and animation professionals from the book by the same name by Jerry Beck (1994). In this episode we take on cartoons 35-31.

The 50 Greatest Cartoons (35-31):

35) Ali Baba Bunny, Warner Brothers, February 9, 1957
34) You Ought To Be In Pictures, Warner Brothers, May 18, 1940
33) Superman, Fleischer Studios, September 26, 1941
32) The Cat Came Back, National Film Board of Canada, 1988
31) The Scarlet Pumpernickel, Warner Brothers, March 4, 1950

Our other podcasts:

Don’t Fear the Grape: www.dontfearthegrape.com
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After a twelve year hiatus James Cameron returns with the much-hyped film, Avatar. Was Avatar worth the wait? Does it live up to the hype? Is Avatar really a ‘game changer’? Patrick and I have a lively discussion about James Cameron’s latest gambit.

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