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Saturday, April 22, 2023
Today's Video Link---People on Paper (1945)
Poster via Heritage Auctions
This fantastic newsreel is today's video link."Passing Parade" did a segment where newspaper artists are showcased drawing their characters. This was produced during WWII by MGM. As quoted from the description, those featured are:
* H.H. Knerr (Katzenjammer Kids)
* Bud Fisher (Mutt and Jeff),
* Fred Lasswell (Barney Google and Snuffy Smith)
* Frank King (Gasoline Alley)
* Chester Gould (Dick Tracy)
* Dick Calkins (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)
* Milton Caniff (Terry and the Pirates)
* Chic Young (Blondie)
* Raeburn Van Buren (Abbie an' Slats)
* Ham Fisher (Joe Palooka)
* Hal Foster (Prince Valiant)
* Harold Gray (Little Orphan Annie)
* Al Capp (Li'l Abner)
TNT cable in its early years ran plenty of old shorts between movies, including the "Passing Parade" series, and they ran this particular episode one night. At a comics convention in the late '90s, I met Fred Lasswell and told him of seeing his shoeless cameo in "People on Paper." He said he remembered it well, and that of all the cartoonists featured therein, he was the only one left. (Of course, he has passed since then.) John Nesbitt revived the "Passing Parade" on TV in the "Telephone Time" series (it was sponsored by AT&T).
TNT cable in its early years ran plenty of old shorts between movies, including the "Passing Parade" series, and they ran this particular episode one night. At a comics convention in the late '90s, I met Fred Lasswell and told him of seeing his shoeless cameo in "People on Paper." He said he remembered it well, and that of all the cartoonists featured therein, he was the only one left. (Of course, he has passed since then.)
ReplyDeleteJohn Nesbitt revived the "Passing Parade" on TV in the "Telephone Time" series (it was sponsored by AT&T).
Airing on Saturday 5/13/23 on TCM (right after a showing of Little Rural Riding Hood).
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