Nation Film Board of Canada Animated Short Films on TCM 4/9/17

 

Good news fellow cartoon lovers.

As many of you probably know, The National Film Board of Canada has produced many of the most artistically brilliant animated short films ever. Luckily for all of us Turner Classic Movies is showing two and a half hours of these animated shorts. These will range in years from 1941 all the way to 1999. This block will show some of the best films produced by NFB, including Caroline Leaf's The Street (1976), Richard Condie's The Big Snit (1985) and Sheldon Cohen's The Sweater (1980). 

Many other amazing shorts will be included as well. The block starts at 5:00pm (west coast) and 8:00pm (east coast). It is a definite must watch for all fans of animation, so toon in all you cartoon lovers.   

The whole list can be seen here: http://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.html?tz=CST&sdate=2017-04-09

-Michael J. Ruhland

Two Classic MGM Cartoons On TCM 4/15/17

Sadly since the MGM hour long block went off of Boomerang, it has been rare to see any classic non-Tom and Jerry animated MGM short. This is why you all need to watch Turner Classic Movies on April 15th. They are airing two of these shorts back to back. They are a 1937 animated short directed by Rudolf Ising called The Hound and the Rabbit, and a 1942 cartoon directed by Hugh Harmon called The Hungry Wolf. These are both great cartoons, and it is fantastic to see them on TV. This is a part of an Easter marathon of films with bunnies in them, this marathon also includes three live action films/Those are Harvey (1950), The Rabbit Trap (1959) and Night of the Lepus (1972). The marathon starts at 5:00pm (west coast) and 8:00pm (east coast). The two cartoons [lay back to back starting at 10:15pm (west coast) and 1:15am (east coast). I hope that TCM plays more MGM cartoons in the future, and I will definitely be watching these.

-Michael J. Ruhland