Cartoons

Over the years I've been a huge fan of animation. When I was in high school whenever Walt Disney's Fantasia was showing we would all pile into my car and drive to the theater to see it. I especially love the older pre-television cartoons when production values were higher. One of the things I've done since I've been here is work with the Children's Department to make sure we have a represenative sample of animated films. Last night I watched the three Popeye technicolor two-reelers. The background and sets were fantastic. They are a bit dated but I think these three may be some the best cartoons ever made. I will show all three at different times for our Saturday Matinees this year along with Mickey Mouse and Betty Boop. I need to check up and see if we have a good selection the old Merry Melodies (The precursers to Bugs Bunny). Of course we also have been building up a good collection of classic kids television. Rocky and Bullwinkle had some of the funniest stuff on television.