Category : Winsor McCay

Part nine 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 10-06.

The 50 Greatest Cartoons (10-06):

10) King-Size Canary, MGM, December 06, 1947
9) Gerald McBoing Boing, UPA, January 25, 1951
8) Porky in Wackyland, Warner Brothers, September 24, 1938
7) Red Hot Riding Hood, MGM, May 08, 1943
6) Gertie the Dinosaur, Winsor McCay, September 15, 1914

Links mentioned in this episode:

King-Size Canary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOH7ZCyonBg
Red Hot Riding Hood: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn7Su0A-inA

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