RE:"Cartoon Fridays"
Memo: Following is the order by which we present salient elements of this American Original Art Form in the classroom. Like Jazz Music and RockNRoll,
Cartoon moving picture animation technology and art were seen first in the United States at the dawn of the 20th Century. Because a large part of this History
takes place in New York and Florida, within six degrees of separation between the work of the Fleischer Brothers and the inimitable Walt Disney, it has been great fun developing a
series of drawing lessons on this topic.
(Present these in linear order along the span of a 20th Century outline:)
Gertie the Dinosaur 1911-1914..................... 
USA: NorthEast: New York City: Gertie the Dinosaur is a 1914 American animated short film by Winsor McCay. Although not the first animated film,
as is sometimes thought, it was the first cartoon to feature a character with an appealing personality. The film was also the
first to be created using keyframe animation. Gertie the Dinosaur was originally created to be used in McCay's vaudeville performances.
McCay started performing "chalk talks" on vaudeville in 1906, as a sideline to his regular newspaper cartooning.The performance
consisted of McCay interacting with Gertie, a cartoon dinosaur. McCay would stand on stage in front of a projection
screen, dressed in a tuxedo and wielding a whip. He would call Gertie, who appeared from behind some rocks. He then
instructed her to perform various tricks, similar to a circus act. This shortfilm does a great job of capturing the sureal
experience of the animator interacting with the creature in a dinnertime setting.SUGGESTED ASSIGNMENTS:drawGertie, dinosaurs, flipbook animation,vaudeville.
MAX and DAVE FLEISCHER: FAMOUS STUDIOS : FELIX, BOSKO, BETTY and POPEYE : From Queens to the Miami River
Felix the Cat 1919.................................... 
Bosko and Friends 1929.......................... 
Betty Boop 1932.................................... 
Popeye (1919)1932............................................. 
STEAMBOAT WILLIE to Der Zauberlehrling (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
Mickey Mouse: Steamboat Willie 1928..................... 
Mickey Mouse: FANTASIA : The Sorcerer's Apprentice 1940............ 
Gulliver's Travels versus Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: Battle of the Blockbusters : Disney wins.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated film based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale Snow White.
It was the first full-length cel-animated feature in motion picture history, as well as the first animated feature
film produced in America, the first produced in full color, the first to be produced by Walt Disney, and the first
in the Walt Disney Animated Classics canon.
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Gulliver's Travels (1939): animated feature produced by Fleischer Studios and Paramount Pictures as a response to
the success of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, directed by Dave Fleischer. The film is generally considered
one of the best from The Golden Age of Hollywood animation, although it varies widely from the original novel. Fleischer
used the rotoscope to animate the character of Gulliver, tracing from footage of a live actor. The film was a moderate
success, and its Lilliputian characters appeared in their own cartoon short subjects. With the expiration of its copyright,
this film has entered the public domain, and can be downloaded at no charge from the Prelinger Archive.
Walter Lantz, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Leon Schlesinger, Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, & Co.
Woody Woodpecker 1940.................................... 
Bugs Bunny 1938-1940.......................... 
Tom and Jerry 1943.................................. 
More Mickey 1945 to present.................................... 
Rocky, Bullwinkle, Boris and Natasha.......(1959 – 1961) 
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