Brandon C
@bdottouch.bsky.social
Designer, multimedia professional, and movie/music historian.
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Willie Whopper originated via MGM and/or Powers insisting that frogs were not popular, and for increased popularity, Flip needed to stop being one.
Iwerks got as far as this model sheet—itself a refined version of Flip's human disguise in FUNNY FACE—and then the decision was made to rename him, too.
Iwerks got as far as this model sheet—itself a refined version of Flip's human disguise in FUNNY FACE—and then the decision was made to rename him, too.
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Willie Whopper originated via MGM and/or Powers insisting that frogs were not popular, and for increased popularity, Flip needed to stop being one.
Iwerks got as far as this model sheet—itself a refined version of Flip's human disguise in FUNNY FACE—and then the decision was made to rename him, too.
Iwerks got as far as this model sheet—itself a refined version of Flip's human disguise in FUNNY FACE—and then the decision was made to rename him, too.
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Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Gary Larson: In my cartoon I invented Cow Tools as a cautionary tale
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Cows: At long last, we have created the Cow Tools from classic newspaper comic Cow Tools
Still looking for a corner of the internet that won't exponentially increase my stress.
January 19, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Still looking for a corner of the internet that won't exponentially increase my stress.
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Yup.
The show didnt find or even grow its audience UNTIL repeated syndication airings and was considered failed until kids in the late 70s/early 80s discovered it and just kinda latched onto it. Exec noticed it was getting significant new views 2 decades later & revived it for syndication seasons
The show didnt find or even grow its audience UNTIL repeated syndication airings and was considered failed until kids in the late 70s/early 80s discovered it and just kinda latched onto it. Exec noticed it was getting significant new views 2 decades later & revived it for syndication seasons
WTAF ... all this time I thought The Jetsons was a 1960s show. But actually there was only one (failed) season in 62-63. Those episodes were in syndication in the 60s and 70s, but the overwhelming majority of episodes were actually made in 1985-87. My mind is blown. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
List of The Jetsons episodes - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
August 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Yup.
The show didnt find or even grow its audience UNTIL repeated syndication airings and was considered failed until kids in the late 70s/early 80s discovered it and just kinda latched onto it. Exec noticed it was getting significant new views 2 decades later & revived it for syndication seasons
The show didnt find or even grow its audience UNTIL repeated syndication airings and was considered failed until kids in the late 70s/early 80s discovered it and just kinda latched onto it. Exec noticed it was getting significant new views 2 decades later & revived it for syndication seasons
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My life would've been different had my parents never took me on this ride at a very young age. This is what began my lifelong path to becoming a cartoonist.
August 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
My life would've been different had my parents never took me on this ride at a very young age. This is what began my lifelong path to becoming a cartoonist.
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this doesn't really do anything
August 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
this doesn't really do anything
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And on the subject of #realartatters: AI poisoning tool NIGHTSHADE is now free for artists to use: venturebeat.com/ai/nightshad...
Nightshade, the free tool that ‘poisons’ AI models, is now available for artists to use
The tool's creators are seeking to make it so that AI model developers must pay artists to train on data from them that is uncorrupted.
venturebeat.com
August 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
And on the subject of #realartatters: AI poisoning tool NIGHTSHADE is now free for artists to use: venturebeat.com/ai/nightshad...
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Best reverse Scooby reveal in Sh! The Octopus (1937)
August 24, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Best reverse Scooby reveal in Sh! The Octopus (1937)
Question - will all Eastmancolor negatives of a certain age inevitably fade?
I was reading about how angry people were at the Criterion restoration of THE GIRL CAN’T HELP IT (“not saturated enough” being the main complaint), but in their restoration doc they showed the hideously faded negatives.
I was reading about how angry people were at the Criterion restoration of THE GIRL CAN’T HELP IT (“not saturated enough” being the main complaint), but in their restoration doc they showed the hideously faded negatives.
August 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Question - will all Eastmancolor negatives of a certain age inevitably fade?
I was reading about how angry people were at the Criterion restoration of THE GIRL CAN’T HELP IT (“not saturated enough” being the main complaint), but in their restoration doc they showed the hideously faded negatives.
I was reading about how angry people were at the Criterion restoration of THE GIRL CAN’T HELP IT (“not saturated enough” being the main complaint), but in their restoration doc they showed the hideously faded negatives.
And she pretended she was a good 10 to 15 years younger until her old marriage license at age 18 turned up.
"I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it."
The one and only Mae West, born 17 August 1893.
The one and only Mae West, born 17 August 1893.
August 18, 2025 at 4:32 AM
And she pretended she was a good 10 to 15 years younger until her old marriage license at age 18 turned up.
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August 18, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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Water, Water Every Hare (1952)
August 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Water, Water Every Hare (1952)
Not this television set requiring 1.4 GB sized downloads for system updates.
August 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Not this television set requiring 1.4 GB sized downloads for system updates.
I see some people can be just as rude on the “non-N*zi” app as they are on the N*zi app.
Oh well. I’m trying to remind myself not to expect anything from humanity but horror, misinformation, and bigotry. It’s hard.
Oh well. I’m trying to remind myself not to expect anything from humanity but horror, misinformation, and bigotry. It’s hard.
August 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I see some people can be just as rude on the “non-N*zi” app as they are on the N*zi app.
Oh well. I’m trying to remind myself not to expect anything from humanity but horror, misinformation, and bigotry. It’s hard.
Oh well. I’m trying to remind myself not to expect anything from humanity but horror, misinformation, and bigotry. It’s hard.
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It drives me crazy when people say this era was "just black and white", not realizing the range of experimentation that happened.
February 6, 2025 at 2:43 AM
It drives me crazy when people say this era was "just black and white", not realizing the range of experimentation that happened.
I slipped a few recent movies into my rental stack this week.
Let’s see if I don’t anxiety-attack myself into a coma.
Let’s see if I don’t anxiety-attack myself into a coma.
August 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I slipped a few recent movies into my rental stack this week.
Let’s see if I don’t anxiety-attack myself into a coma.
Let’s see if I don’t anxiety-attack myself into a coma.
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This is a thread of all the color in Silent Film. No Wizard of Oz was not the first film to use color. It was going on for a while before and these are
Some great examples
Some great examples
Quick! Let's review the different colors of the silent era!
Hand-applied Color: Just what it says! A tiny brush applied color to evert single frame by hand. Most colorists were French women and very well-paid.
Hand-applied Color: Just what it says! A tiny brush applied color to evert single frame by hand. Most colorists were French women and very well-paid.
February 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This is a thread of all the color in Silent Film. No Wizard of Oz was not the first film to use color. It was going on for a while before and these are
Some great examples
Some great examples
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If I see one more post about The Wizard of Oz being the first film in color…
GOOGLE IS FREE!
GOOGLE IS FREE!
November 27, 2024 at 5:24 AM
If I see one more post about The Wizard of Oz being the first film in color…
GOOGLE IS FREE!
GOOGLE IS FREE!
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Farley Granger and John Dall in, Rope (1948) Considered to be Alfred Hitchcock's most controversial film that several American theaters banned it upon release.
August 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Farley Granger and John Dall in, Rope (1948) Considered to be Alfred Hitchcock's most controversial film that several American theaters banned it upon release.
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Fantastic Voyage
1966. Scuba, submarines, Cold War, acronyms, ray guns and Raquel Welch. Want more? Academy award winning SFX by Cruikshank, Stephen Boyd is a dashing spy guy, and Donald Pleasance is ....
A scifi film that people who are not normally scifi fans tend to enjoy.
1966. Scuba, submarines, Cold War, acronyms, ray guns and Raquel Welch. Want more? Academy award winning SFX by Cruikshank, Stephen Boyd is a dashing spy guy, and Donald Pleasance is ....
A scifi film that people who are not normally scifi fans tend to enjoy.
March 20, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Fantastic Voyage
1966. Scuba, submarines, Cold War, acronyms, ray guns and Raquel Welch. Want more? Academy award winning SFX by Cruikshank, Stephen Boyd is a dashing spy guy, and Donald Pleasance is ....
A scifi film that people who are not normally scifi fans tend to enjoy.
1966. Scuba, submarines, Cold War, acronyms, ray guns and Raquel Welch. Want more? Academy award winning SFX by Cruikshank, Stephen Boyd is a dashing spy guy, and Donald Pleasance is ....
A scifi film that people who are not normally scifi fans tend to enjoy.
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Celebrate Trailers From Hell Guru Jack HIll’s birthday with these trailer commentaries!
Pit Stop
www.youtube.com/watch?v=moGU...
Switchblade Sisters
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xIu...
Foxy Brown
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu6Q...
Pit Stop
www.youtube.com/watch?v=moGU...
Switchblade Sisters
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xIu...
Foxy Brown
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu6Q...
January 28, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Celebrate Trailers From Hell Guru Jack HIll’s birthday with these trailer commentaries!
Pit Stop
www.youtube.com/watch?v=moGU...
Switchblade Sisters
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xIu...
Foxy Brown
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu6Q...
Pit Stop
www.youtube.com/watch?v=moGU...
Switchblade Sisters
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xIu...
Foxy Brown
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu6Q...
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Excerpts from Bill Peet’s autobiography—a fascinating account of Peet’s version of “what really happened” during pre-production of “Jungle Book”, prompting Peet to leave Disney for good!
January 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Excerpts from Bill Peet’s autobiography—a fascinating account of Peet’s version of “what really happened” during pre-production of “Jungle Book”, prompting Peet to leave Disney for good!
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THE CAT CONCERTO (1947, MGM)
(dir: Bill Hanna, Joe Barbera)
(animation: Ken Muse)
(dir: Bill Hanna, Joe Barbera)
(animation: Ken Muse)
January 25, 2025 at 10:43 PM
THE CAT CONCERTO (1947, MGM)
(dir: Bill Hanna, Joe Barbera)
(animation: Ken Muse)
(dir: Bill Hanna, Joe Barbera)
(animation: Ken Muse)