Mel Blanc and Barney Rubble---Photographer Favorties

Mel Blanc is most well known for his Warner Bros characters but, as we all know, he did an extensive amount of other work including the voice of Barney Rubble on The Flintstones. When the show aired, the entire cast took photos with Cardboard stand-ups. Mel Blanc probably did the most. They must have done these over a period of time because if they did them all at one time it would have took HOURS!!! The cast literally took every pose possible escpecially Mel. These aren't all of them.



Mel Blanc and Bea Benaderet

Mel Sitting Down

Mel Standing Next to Barney not looking at him

The Entire Cast

Mel with his hands on Barney

Mel Kneeling on Barney

This though is by far my favorite---

Top 15 in My Opinion----Best Websites for Animation Lovers

Here is a list of my top 15 best resources for animation orientied knowledge and goodies. I am making this list because I want to. This is the list of websites I use the most for research for this blog or websites I use for fun.

Before I begin my list here are a few other sites that didn't make it but are honorable mentions.
A. Cartoon Brew
B. Voice Chasers
C. Michael Sporn's Splog
D. Animation Magazine
E. The Fleischer Studios Website


Now time for the real list---

15. Mousetracks
This site is the best place to go on children's records most specifically with the label Walt Disney Records. This site's blog has moved to Jerry's site. This site is run by Greg Ehrbar who, with Tim Hollis, wrote Mousetracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records.

14. Animation Resources

Animation Resources is a website created and run by Stephen Worth. This website has a huge selection of goodies and the amount continues to expand. This website is a great resource.

13. Scrappyland

This website is about a character who most people have never heard of. Harry McCracken's Scrappyland is the most definitive website on any cartoon character ever. No other cartoon star has a website this good.

12. The Animation Guild ASIFA-Hollywood

This is a tie! This is a tie between probably animation's two most important organizations: ASIFA-Hollywood and the Animation Guild. Both Sites include great treasures for any animation fan.
11. The Internet Animation Database

This site is animation's IMDB. It is a fun site that also includes the archived sites from the website that would've made the list if it had survived. All of the Golden Age of Cartoons sites (even the fourms) are here.

10. Animation Scoop
This site is the best place to go for animation news. It is run by Jerry Beck and he is always keeping us updated on what's going on in animation.

9.  Inkwell Images     Thunderbean Animation Cartoons on Film

3 different sites get #9 because it's hard to choose between them. The first one is Inkwell Images Ink which includes great DVDs put together by animation historian extrodiner Ray Pointer. The second one is Thunderbean. Thunderbean is another DVD company run by Steve Stanchfield. Steve continues to make great DVDs and is the one company that proves that DVDs aren't dead. The reason I combined the two is that Steve keeps us updated on Jerry Beck's site and sells the Blu-Rays through Amazon and I believe that his site isn't updated often. Steve makes THE BEST Blu-Rays though. The third site is Cartoons on Film and is run by Tom Stathes. Tom has the biggest collection of silent animated films in the world. He often sells collections on Blu-Ray and has all of his stuff even catalouged on the site.

8. Michael Barrier.com
Michael Barrier is another one of animation's best historians. His website is on this list because of his wide selections of interviews. The best interviews in animation are all here. He has interviewed a lot of people including Robert Mckimson, Bob Clampett, Carl Stalling, and Hugh Harman.

7. Mark Kausler's Catblog

This blog is written by Mark Kausler. It contains old comic strips, stories, and everything you want to know. As Jerry Beck says "wise men fish here".

6. The Simpsons Archive
This website includes everything you wanted to know about The Simpsons. Just searching anything will give you a ton of results on The Simpsons. It's more than anyone can handle!

5. Behind The Voice Actors

Have you ever wanted to know every voice of Daffy Duck? What if you could listen to them all and hear whose closest to Mel Blanc! Behind the Voice Actors is the place to do that and is the best resource for the credits of voice actors.

4. Stu's Show

Here is a website not about animation but is about all things television. Stu Shostak has been doing his talk show for over a decade. His first guest was Mark Evanier.  I am a huge classic TV fan in general and I am a proud VIP Stu's Show patreon. You should to and go see the archives to listen to conversations with this hundreds of different guests including but not limited to: Dick Van Dyke, Jerry Beck, Mark Evanier, Earl Kress, Doug Young, Rose Marie, Ed Asner, June Foray, and Tony Benedict. This Wednesday is his last episode of the season. It's on this year's Cinecon.

3.  News from Me---

Here a very helpful contributor to my book: Mark Evanier. He is one of animation's best historians and his site is full of cool stuff. If you look around, you'll find things on Comic-Con, voice acting, and stories with the animation legends he knew like June Foray and Daws Butler

2. Yowp/Tralfaz--

We all know this guy (or dog). This tie is because they are two equally fun sites by the same dog. Yowp and Tralfaz are fun and thanks to Don Yowp, his advice and knowledge helped me create my blog.



1. Jerry Beck's Cartoon Research

There's no one who knows more about animation then Jerry Beck. He is a wealth of knowledge. He is a big contributor to my book I am writing and his site has knew stuff everyday and always with facts you never knew about.

Animator and Legends Advertisements Part 8--Mel Blanc

Mel Blanc. This is the last edition.

Our first commerical is Mel on An American Express Card.



Here is Mel on a support for Public Television



Here is Mel doing a bumper promoting animation books including Of Mice and Magic written by Leonard Maltin!



Here is the final commercial (literally): Mel and Noel promoting the Oldsmobile. This is an important commercial because this was the final thing Mel did. He died right a few months later in July.

Animator and Legends Advertisements Part 7--Chuck Jones

Chuck Jones didn't really do any advertisements as much as he did promos for networks.

Here is the WB's First night with Chuck Jones drawing America's favorite cartoon frog.

Here is Chuck doing an ACME HOUR bumper.





Here is Cartoon Network congratulating Chuck on getting his honorary oscar.

Animator and Legends Advertisements Part 6--Friz Freleng

Here is a promotional for the Cartoon Network with Friz Freleng.

Animators and Legend Advertisements part 5--Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera

Here is our next edition! The two men who created laughs for all.


This is a commercial better than the item itself. Who wants to watch a biblical film by the creators of The Flintstones? I wouldn't. Joe Barbera is a better entertainment.





Here is something MUCH better. Bill Hanna promoting The Flintstones on the Cartoon Network.

Animators and Legends Advertisements Part 4---Jim Davis

Jim Davis,