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?

Our other podcasts:

Don’t Fear the Grape: www.dontfearthegrape.com
Crash! Bang! Pow!: www.crashbangpow.com

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/

Our other podcasts:

Don’t Fear the Grape: www.dontfearthegrape.com
Crash! Bang! Pow!: www.crashbangpow.com

The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.

Update: Everything you see is CG except for the photographer (shot on greenscreen), pigeons, timelapsed growing flowers, the flying airplane and sky backgrounds. Stunning realism, artfully done.

Part three 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 40-36.

The 50 Greatest Cartoons (40-36):

40) Peace on Earth, MGM, December 9, 1939
39) Little Red Riding Rabbit, Warner Brothers, January 4, 1944
38) Bambi Meets Godzilla, Marv Newland, 1969
37) Bimbo’s Initiation, Fleischer Studios, July 24, 1931
36) Feed the Kitty, Warner Brothers, February 2, 1952

Links mentioned in this episode:

Peace on Earth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8OYvHPpGDY
Peace on Earth: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xuiut_mgm-cartoon-1939-peace-on-earth_fun
Bambi Meets Godzilla: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAVYYe87b9w
Bimbo’s Initiation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFrBG4xyaF8

In 1994 animation historian Jerry Beck authored The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals. While Patrick and I failed to be included in this list, we felt it our duty to give you, our listeners, our two cents. And so here begins a ten-part series, as we watch, review and dissect the 50 Greatest Cartoons.

The 50 Greatest Cartoons (50-46):

50) Felix in Hollywood, M. J. Winkler Productions, July 15, 1923
49) The Dover Boys, Warner Brothers, September 19, 1942
48) Unicorn in the Garden, UPA, September 24, 1953
47) A Corny Concerto, Warner Brothers, September 25, 1943
46) Quasi at the Quackadero, Cruikshank, 1975

Links mentioned in this episode:

Animation Station YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/user/AnimationStation
Felix in Hollywood: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ-i9bE7RV4
Unicorn in the Garden: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1teJjX-smdE
Sally Cruikshank Website: www.funonmars.com
Sally Cruikshank YouTube Channel: www.youtube.com/user/laughingsal