Nick Soars to Comedic Heights with ‘Sanjay and Craig’

May 23, 2013 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment

Sanjay and Craig, Nickelodeon’s eccentric and hilarious new animated series, is exactly the kind of show we love to see on the kids cabler. Forget about all those heart-warming tales of friendship between kids and their pet cats, dogs and ponies. This month, Nickelodeon is going to break the mold [...]

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Jazwares Unveils New Line of Hanna-Barbera Collectibles

August 29, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments

Jazwares is launching a new line of figures and plush based on several classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters. Products hit toy aisles nationwide earlier this month and rollouts will continue into the fall and feature familiar faces from eight popular Hanna-Barbera properties, including The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Tom & Jerry, Yogi [...]

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Disney Legend Ginny Tyler Dies

July 24, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment

Actress Ginny Tyler, who was recognized as a Disney Legend in 2006 for her many vocal performances over the years, passed away July 13 of natural causes in Issaquah, Washington at age 86, according to The Associated Press. The actress began her career with Disney as a narrator for albums [...]

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Alex Toth: Out of Griping Comes Success

September 8, 2011 by Michael Mallory 1 Comment

Like politics, animation sometimes makes strange bedfellows, particularly when creative visions and egos are involved. Back in the late 1990s, when I was regularly meeting with Joe Barbera in the hopes of putting a book together for him (one that would never be completed, alas), I heard a lot about [...]

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