Revenge of Cartoon Alley

I've been closely keeping track of the Turner Classic Movies showcase for vintage cartoons, Cartoon Alley, ever since it started early this year. It could be relied upon for the more obscure vintage MGM and Warner Bros. cartoons, often with the "offensive" bits left in (stuff that The Cartoon Network censors out). TCM schedules these half-hours infrequently and at odd times, with the shows themselves often suffering from bad quality prints and the overwhelming smugness of host Ben Mankiewicz - but I still like them! After taking a break in August, the series returns this month with not one but four new installments. The first three focus on a rarely-seen English cartoon series called Animaland, directed former Disney man David Hand in the '40s. The fourth program is a showcase for Barney Bear, an MGM creation who never caught on despite going through several years and incarnations.

The next new Cartoon Alley (with three of those Animaland shorts) debuts this Saturday, September 3, at 11:30 a.m. EST.
Posted by mhinrichs at September 1, 2005 04:53 PM