collectibles 8-- castle films woody woodpecker

 Most  theatrical shorts  became either super8 or 8mm reels.  This was only if the short was very successful. Castle films produced many live action shorts on 8mm reels. They mainly only sold Walter lantz cartoons and TerryToons on 8mm. Anyway I have the ace in the hole and here is an articles.

a look at Mr. Magoo and How he got that way

Collectibles 7--soaky bubble bath bottles

Soaky made a lot of bubble bath bottle toys. They made The Beatles, Bugs Bunny, Popeye, Fred Flintstone, and a ton of others.

They made hundreds of them but the most recognized today by fans and experts is Top Cat.

Top Cat

Here are a few more:

Here are some tv ads for the soaky bubble bath bottles:

Popeye and Brutus
















Donald Duck and Porky Pig

Superman and Tennessee Tucxedo

Dick Tracy and Musky Muskrat

ABC TV guide ads

Remember to watch them!!!

He chewed off more than he could bite

Scripts! Microphones! Action! Voices Of Actors Bring Animation To Life

Clarence Nash is revealed

Everybody thought he was Mel Blanc. He never got credit so the public believed  Mel was the voice of Donald Duck. The credits on Disney TV shows and his appearance on to tell the truth wasn't real proof to the public that he was the voice of Donald Duck.