Rudolph is the son of an unnamed female reindeer and an unseen male reindeer and the protagonist of the 1944 animated short film Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Continue reading
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12/7/15 O&A NYC Hollywood Monday: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a Christmas television special produced in stop motion animation by Rankin/Bass Productions and distributed by DreamWorks Classics. It first aired Sunday, December 6, 1964, on the NBC television network in the United States. The special was based on the Johnny Marks song Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer which was itself based on the 1939 poem Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer written by Marks’ brother-in-law, Robert L. May. Since 1972, the special has aired on CBS. Continue reading
11/30/15 O&A NYC Hollywood Monday: How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a children’s story by Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel written in rhymed verse with illustrations by the author. In 1957 the book was published by Random House, and it also appeared in an issue of Redbook Magazine. The story criticizes the commercialization of Christmas. The 26-minute short directed by cartoon legend Chuck Jones and narrated by Boris Karloff was originally telecast on CBS on December 18, 1966.
9/16/15 O&A NYC Wildin Out Wednesday: Sylvester The Cat & Tweety Bird – Tweet And Lovely
Sylvester (who lives in an apartment building next to Tweety’s yard) Tweety Bird singing and looks through the window with his telescope. Tweety sees him, grabs a towel, exclaims “I taw I taw a peeking tom cat!”, and shuts the door after saying “That nasty old peeking tom cat!”. Continue reading
9/2/15 O&A NYC Wildin Out Wednesday: Bugs Bunny- Rabbit of Seville
Rabbit of Seville is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short released in 1950. It was directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. The cartoon, in a plotline reminiscent of Stage Door Cartoon, features Bugs Bunny being chased by Elmer Fudd into the stage door of the Hollywood Bowl, whereupon Bugs tricks Elmer into going onstage, and participating in a break-neck operatic production of their chase punctuated with gags and accompanied by musical arrangements by Carl Stalling, focusing on Rossini’s overture to The Barber of Seville. Continue reading
8/31/15 O&A Hollywood Monday: ANYA
ANYA is a five minute animated film, charting twenty years in the life of a Russian orphan. It is a unique initiative with To Russia With Love to help raise funds for the charity Continue reading
8/26/15 O&A Wildin Out Wednesday: Nicki Minaj – Anaconda (Cartoon Parody)
8/24/15 O&A Hollywood Monday: Runaway
Runaway is a charming story about a misunderstanding between a man named Stanley and his treasured 1950’s refrigerator, named Chillie. Set in present day, a sad event sends Chillie into a whirlwind of emotional turmoil, and as a result, he runs away. This charming CGI animated short film was created by the talented female team of, Susan Yung, Emily Buchanan and Esther Parobek at Ringling College of Art and Design. Continue reading
8/19/15 O&A NYC Wildin Out Wednesday: When Magoo Flew
Mr. Magoo sets off to go to the movies but instead he goes to an airport by mistake and gets on a plain thinking it to be a theater.
7/27/15 O&A Hollywood Monday: Slimtime
While his wife is undergoing slimming treatment, Andre goes on a discovery tour of this very unusual center. Continue reading
