The 50 Greatest Cartoons

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The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals
50 Greatest Cartoons cover.jpg
EditorJerry Beck
SubjectAnimation
PublisherTurner Publishing
Publication date
October 1, 1994
Pages192
ISBN187868549X
OCLC467065913
791.43
LC ClassNC1766.U5 F54 1994

The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals is a 1994 book by animation historian Jerry Beck.

Criteria[]

It consists of articles about 50 highly regarded animated short films made in North America and other notable cartoons, which are ranked according to a poll of 1,000 people working in the animation industry.[1][2]

Each cartoon is under 30 minutes long and cel animated (with the exception of Gertie the Dinosaur). Seventeen of the selected films were produced for Warner Bros.'s Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series, ten of which were directed by Chuck Jones (including the #1 cartoon on the list, What's Opera, Doc?). Forty-five of the selected cartoons were created and released before 1960, the exceptions are the 1985 short The Big Snit (No. 25),[3] the 1988 short The Cat Came Back (No. 32), the 1969 short Bambi Meets Godzilla (No. 38), the 1987 short The Man Who Planted Trees (No. 44), and the 1975 short Quasi at the Quackadero (No. 46).[4]

The book's front and rear cover art shows a variety of famous cartoon stars seated in a nightclub.[5] In the appendix, a list of other cartoons with substantial votes were featured.[6]

Legacy[]

A mixture of the book's selections and their runner-ups were featured on Cartoon Network on March 14, 1998, as part of "The 50 Greatest Cartoons of All Time" marathon.[7] The reason for this is because the network only aired the cartoons owned by Time-Warner. The marathon also included interviews with animators such as Chuck Jones and Joe Barbera, as well as historian Leonard Maltin and voice actors Charlie Adler and June Foray.[8][9] A similar marathon aired the following year.[10]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ The 50 greatest cartoons : as selected by 1,000 animation professionals (Book, 1994)-WorldCat.org
  2. ^ Interview with Jerry Beck|Michael A. Ventrella
  3. ^ 100 Greatest Animated Shorts / The Big Snit / Richard Condie|Skywigly Animation Magazine
  4. ^ 100 Greatest Animated Shorts / Quasi at the Quackadero / Sally Cruikshank|Skywigly Animation Magazine
  5. ^ The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1, 000 Animation Professionals: Book Despository
  6. ^ The 50 Greatest Cartoons: As Selected by 1,000 Animation Professionals (pg.186)
  7. ^ Fanitazia, Joan (March 12, 1998). "Cartoon Network to Offer the Best in Cels-Manship". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 24, 2021. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
  8. ^ "The 50 [Almost] Greatest Cartoons". Animation World News. April 1998. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
  9. ^ CARTOON NETWORK TO PRESENT 50 GREATEST CARTOONS - Chicago Tribune
  10. ^ Amidi, Amid (March 22, 1999). "Cartoon Network's Greatest Cartoon Countdown". Animation World Network. Retrieved October 24, 2021.

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