#animated special

[deebrisbyfish]

I've been watching a lot of the classic holiday specials of late, like the various Peanuts/Charlie Brown shows, Garfield, A Wish for Wings that Work, etc., and got the idea in my head to mock up what a "Finding Dee" version of one of those classic cartoons might look like. I put a lot of work into trying to replicate a little of the line style of vintage cel art and mocked up an old TV as a frame. I am unusually happy with how this came out, honestly, and now wish that there really WAS an animated cartoon to go with this one image.

#christmas #merrychristmas #merry christmas #christmasspecial #christmas special #animated #animatedspecial #animated special #cbs #cbs eye #stockings #cats #christmascats #santa #santa hat #vintage #vintage tv #classic tv #holiday #holiday special #holiday specials

[cellspex]

Halloween Spotlight: The Devil and Daniel Mouse Whether you consider this horror or seasonal at all, it's an old animation special from Nelvana of impressive quality that deserves to be seen. A take on The Devil and Daniel Wester that also inspired that Treehouse of Horror episode with Flanders as the devil, only with a mouse who wants to be a singer. Lotta 70s in this. Unrelated but said treehouse of horror remains the only true satisfying end to this story.

#halloween #horror #devil and daniel #animated special #Youtube

[arconinternet]

The Cathy Animated Specials & McDonalds Ads (Videos, 1987/1988/1989/1998)

Based on the classic newspaper comic. So many links to post! ACK!

Cathy (1987)

Cathy's Last Resort (1988)

Cathy's Valentine (1989)

McDonald's salad ads: this one, this one and the one with Mike Ditka (1989)

JCPenney ad (1998)

See also these podcast episodes about the specials, episodes 2, 5 & 35 of A Special Presentation, or, Alf Will Not Be Seen Tonight, co-created by @thehungryreader and @bitterkarella.

#internet archive #video #videos #cathy #mike ditka #comic #comics #comic strip #comic strips #newspaper comic #newspaper comics #cartoon #cartoons #animation #animated special #ad #ads #mcdonalds #jcpenney #advertisement #advertisements #advertising #1987 #1988 #1989 #1998 #1980s #1990s #80s #90s

[kentray]

❤️ Valentine’s Day Plans, Anyone? ❤️ 😂😂😂

#brett goldstein #chest hair #fine furry fella #harley quinn #animated special #Roy Kent #he’s every-f&ckuung-where #romance hero #heartthrob #I love him your honour #i love him your honor

[princesssarisa]

A Christmas Carol Holiday Season: "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" (1962 animated musical)

Now we reach a pop culture landmark: the first animated Christmas special ever produced for American television. Before A Charlie Brown Christmas, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, or any other similar classics, there was this 1962 cartoon musical from the UPA animation studio, starring their most famous cartoon character, Quincy Magoo. A character rarely seen on TV today, because the comic mishaps caused by his weak eyesight aren't politically correct by modern standards. But this special, with songs by legendary Broadway composer Jule Styne (Gypsy, Funny Girl, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and more) and lyricist Bob Merrill (Funny Girl), has never lost its popularity.

The framing device of this Christmas Carol is that Mr. Magoo is starring as Scrooge in a Broadway musical of Dickens' tale. While the opening scene of Magoo's arrival at the theatre and the final scene of the curtain calls feature the standard Magoo slapstick, the Christmas Carol itself is played surprisingly straight, with only a few small gags hinting that Scrooge needs glasses. For the most part, it's a faithful, if abridged version of the story. There are only two really notable changes: (a) the character of Fred is cut, and (b) the order of the first two ghosts' visits is reversed, so that the Ghost of Christmas Present (voice of Les Tremayne) comes first, and then the Ghost of Christmas Past (portrayed as an androgynous golden-colored child, voiced by Joan Gardener). I can only assume the latter change was made because the Christmas Past sequence is more emotional for Scrooge than Christmas Present, so they were re-ordered to create a "rising line of tension," so to speak.

The result is a Carol that's both funny and emotionally effective, which both children and adults can enjoy. Especially worth appreciating is its poignant emphasis on Scrooge's lonely childhood, since so many other versions downplay or cut that plot point. UPA's impressionistic style of animation, simple yet colorful and vivid, suits the tone of the production well, and the voice cast is first-rate too. Jim Backus, Magoo's iconic voice actor since 1949 (also known as Thurston Howell III on Gilligan's Island and James Dean's father in Rebel Without a Cause), is a vivid, engaging Scrooge throughout every stage of his character development. Meanwhile, standouts in the supporting cast include Jack Cassidy as a warm, rich-voiced Bob Cratchit, Royal Dano as an imposing Marley's Ghost, Jane Kean as a touching Belle, and Joan Gardener doubling as an ethereal yet wry Ghost of Christmas Past and an adorable Tiny Tim (who looks like another popular UPA character, Gerald McBoing-Boing). Last but not least, Styne and Merrill's songs – "It's Great to Be Back on Broadway," "Ringle, Ringle," "The Lord's Bright Blessing" (a.k.a. the "razzleberry dressing" song), "Alone in the World," "Winter Was Warm" and "We're Despicable" – are all memorable and strike an excellent balance between childlike simplicity and Broadway quality.

The first-ever Christmas cartoon special is still one of greatest.

@ariel-seagull-wings. @thealmightyemprex, @reds-revenge, @faintingheroine, @thatscarletflycatcher

#a christmas carol holiday season #mr. magoo's christmas carol #1962 #animation #upa animation #animated special #mr. magoo #jim backus

[upontheshelfreviews]

Christmas Shelf Reviews: A Garfield Christmas

Christmas Shelf Reviews: A Garfield Christmas

Ah, Garfield, bastion of feline laziness and gluttony. 40 years after his his first newspaper comic appearance, he’s living proof that a little cynicism is welcome now and then; that inside all of us, there’s a cat who hates Mondays, loves sleeping in and eating whatever he wants whenever he wants. Thanks to that relatability, Garfield’s popularity peaked to the point where he received no less…

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#80&039;s animation #80s #80s television #animated #animated cartoon #animated musical #animated special #animation #Arbuckle family #Binky the Clown #cat #Christmas #christmas carol #Christmas cartoon #Christmas dinner #christmas on the farm #Christmas review #christmas special #christmas story #christmas tree #Comedy #cool grandma #david lander #Desiree Goyette #Doc Boy #family farm #farm #Film Roman #garfield #garfield and friends

[scuba-divers]

'fairies dont exist' WRONG❗❗cyerce elegans

#marine biology #ocean #sea slug #nudibranch #sea #sea slugs #sea creatures #sea critters #animals #little guys... #this thing is so special. to me

[suiheisen]

rattling the bars of my cage screaming for bread

#i love him an extra special amount in this #my crazed little suzie homemaker #my dungeon ecosystem upkeeping babygirl #also both hiroshi naka and prozd’s delivery… excellent #senshi #dungeon meshi #anime #autoplay warning

[kimdokjas]

though the movie might be cancelled, yuri on ice will live forever in our hearts. thank you yoi fandom, it's been real ♡

#yuri on ice #yoiedit #yoi #victuuri #ice adolescence #anime gif #*gifs #animangahive #dailyshounenai #userkarura #usergojoana #userhanyi #useralphonse #usertorichi #usermoonz #usericybtch #userheidi #usergokalp #userartless #homuras #himawaari #this is not goodbye this is still my house!!! #devastated but not surprised tbh but i still wanted to channel my emotions somehow and just. express how much this show means to me so here #this thank you goes out to u guys. the fandom #mappa can eat a brick btw <3 #god i wish i could articulate just how special yoi is to me #it truly resonated with me like very few other pieces of media have (i can count them with one hand in fact) #it was sooooo revolutionary and ahead of its time not just in terms of queerness but also in terms of mental health #it truly changed me as a person and i just. really appreciate how earnest and kind it was above all #thank you yoi. you will be a part of me forever <3

[seagiri]

can i be sad here for a moment

#my art #dungeon meshi #dunmeshi #laios touden #falin touden #um. sibling dynamics make me really sad. these two specially #i start thinking of that extra where baby laios is telling all the animals that he has a little sister and i bawl my eyes out #i dont usually post sketches here but im about to shatter #dungeon meshi spoilers #??? i guess but very loosely

[luck-of-the-drawings]

posted this forever ago as part of a bigger compilation BUT i think it deserves to stand on its own. i was gonna add more color BUT that didnt happen; thus it doesnt translate aswell that hes freezing the water around him. BUT now you aware and you can see it. you can see it

#jrwi fanart #jrwi show #jrwi riptide #gillion tidestrider #OLD AS FFFUUUUCCKK BUT THIS WAS ONE O THE FIRST ANIMATIONS I MADE BACK WHEN I WAS REAAAALLY GETTIN BACK INTO THE GROOVE #OHHH THE HHAAAIR THE POSINGE THE WEIGHT THE PERSPECTIVE AND THE FLOW AND YEEEESSS IM STILL SO PROUD #SURE THERES MISTAKES. SO MANY MISTAKES. BUT IT STILL MOVES AND ITS STILL SO COOL. YIPPEEE!! #i think im gonna gradually post the other animations i made forever ago individually #they were all clumped together! and i simply do not like some of them as much as others. those are my special children whom i love more #the others shall be fed to wolves.

[deebrisbyfish]

As a holiday EXTRA, here's a glimpse at this year's Christmas comic without any of the extra grain, blurring, warping and aging that I did to try and make it look like it actually WAS on an old TV. Rather than digitally ink this with a "brush" designed to be smooth and flowing, I used a digital pencil tool to replicate the look of penciled art photocopied onto the cels that was common in cartoons of the 70s and 80s. There are colored line holds for things like Poe's hair, my OWN hair, the whites of my eyes, etc. I added shadows from the lines onto the colors of the "cels" and shadows from the cels themselves onto the "painted" background. This was a LOT of fun to try and do and I think I will need to try this again in the future for fun. Also, in hindsight, I REALLY should have followed an obscure animation tradition of having my standard lavender shirt colored something else. (Think Charlie Brown's yellow shirt, which was usually red in the color strips, or Bart Simpson's blue or green shirts in almost everything OUTSIDE the actual cartoon series.)

#christmas #Christmas special #holiday #holiday special #christmas cartoon #animated special #merry christmas #cats #hristmas cats

[zoe-oneesama]

Some "Special" Girls! And the late girls.

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#you don't even know how long I've held onto the Zoe one I made her with the quickness #I still haven't seen the Shanghai or New York Special I went in mostly blind on their looks #all the 'Specials' girls did get a redesign from me so the version where their mimicking their render pose is the redesign #though I kept Jess's hair wraps even though I don't love them #I know Native American people DO wrap their hair sometimes but I think it was to cop-out of animating her braids #my art #fashion #ml paris special #emonette #jess #aeon #new york special #fei #shanghai special #socqueline #zoe #socqueline wang #zoe lee #marinette #marinette dupain-cheng #ml art #miraculous ladybug

[arconinternet]

The Bollo Caper (Video, Rick Reinert, 1985)

Animated TV special based on the story by Art Buchwald. A leopard brought to New York to be made into a fur coat escapes and travels to Washington DC, where he asks for be declared an endangered species. You can watch it here.

#internet archive #video #videos #cartoon #cartoons #animation #obscure cartoons #obscure animation #tv special #animated special #tv #television #80s tv #80s television #80's tv #leopard #leopards #wildlife conservation #fur industry #1985 #1980s #1980's #80s #80's

[jay-birds-fly]

A candid image of me cleverly tricking my unsuspecting friends into sharing an interest with me so I have someone to infodump to

#don’t worry I tailor the traps to everyone specially:)) #infodumping is a love language #the interests include but are not limited to #stranger things #our flag bbc #banana fish #mdzs #qsmp #kpop #haikyuu #mcyt #anime #yuri on ice #newsies #animal crosing new horizons #musicals #music #dsmp #shoutout my sister for dealing with this constantly #omg hit tweet! /j

[princesssarisa]

A Christmas Carol Holiday Season: "The Stingiest Man in Town" (1978 animated musical)

Even though the original 1956 telecast of the musical The Stingiest Man in Town went unseen for decades after its original airing, the musical itself wasn't lost to the public. Rankin/Bass, the company behind such classic Christmas specials as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, and more, produced this animated remake in 1978. While not very well-known today, it still has the appeal of childhood nostalgia for me: in the '90s, it used to air on The Disney Channel, and I remember watching it.

This cartoon special features the same tuneful lineup of Broadway-style songs by Fred Spielman and Janice Torre as the original 1956 musical: "Holly-Ho," "An Old-Fashioned Christmas," "The Stingiest Man in Town," "I Wear a Chain," "Golden Dreams," "It Might Have Been," "The Christmas Spirit," "Yes, There Is a Santa Claus," "One Little Boy," "The Birthday Party of the King," and "Mankind Should Be My Business." But in place of Janice Torre's original script is a new teleplay by Rankin/Bass mainstay writer Romeo Muller. He introduces one major change, clearly meant to appeal to children. The story is now told by a chubby Jiminy Cricket-like insect named B.A.H. Humbug (voiced by Tom Bosley), who not only narrates, often using Dickens's original words, but plays a semi-interactive role throughout the action. I suspect that he helped to inspire the similar role played by Gonzo-as-Charles Dickens in The Muppet Christmas Carol fourteen years later.

As a whole, this production might be too much aimed at children for many Dickens lovers. Especially because Scrooge (voiced by and drawn to resemble Walter Matthau) is less of the hard, sharp businessman Dickens wrote and more of a cartoon bully at first. Rankin/Bass's signature animation style, with its lumpy, large-headed character designs, certainly won't suit all tastes either, though it does have a warm, innocent appeal; nor will the American accents of the starry voice cast. But all the same, there's charm. The story is told in a way that's easy for children to understand, yet hits all the emotional beats. The scenes involving Marley's Ghost (Theodore Bikel) are genuinely spooky; the doomed romance of Young Scrooge (Robert Morse) and Belle (Shelby Flint) is genuinely poignant. All the voice actors – who also include Dennis Day as Fred and Paul Frees as the Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present – give solid performances, and the songs are just as memorable as they were in 1956.

A definitive Christmas Carol this isn't, but it would be a fine introduction to the story for children. As far as I'm concerned, it's a worthwhile addition to the cartoon Christmas special lineup.

@ariel-seagull-wings, @thealmightyemprex, @faintingheroine, @reds-revenge, @thatscarletflycatcher

#a christmas carol holiday season #the stingiest man in town #1978 #rankin bass #animation #animated special #musical #walter matthau