Dr. Toon: American Idol Goes Over the Hedge
This month, Dr. Toon examines the connections between Over the Hedge and American Idol that lie secretly below the surface.
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Dr. Toon: Staying in Toon with Jerry Beck: An Animated Interview
This month, Dr. Toon gets animated with historian, film preservationist, producer, promoter of animation festivals and events, and rather prolific author Jerry Beck.
Dr. Toon: Dis-band-ed
This month, Dr. Toon takes a psychedelic trip back to the late ‘60s and early ‘70s when Saturday Morning cartoons rocked.
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Dr. Toon: Prophets, Coal Blacks, Jewcanos and the Five Freedoms
Martin “Dr. Toon” Goodman takes on taboo racial topics in light of the debut of Adult Swim’s Minoriteam.
Dr. Toon: Duck and Cover-Up
Dr. Toon recounts how terrifying a toon can be when one is young and impressionable, as he harkens back to when he first saw Duck and Cover, now ensconced in the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry.
Dr. Toon: A Peek Under the Hood
In this month's column, Dr. Toon sits down with the makers of Hoodwinked to talk about many an animator's dream — producing their own independent feature.
Dr. Toon: Going Swimmingly? — Part 2
Dr. Toon continues doing laps around the issue of adult animation in America from 1997 to 2006.
Dr. Toon: Going Swimmingly? — Part 1
This month, Dr. Toon dives into the deep end of the animation pool to see what “adult” really means throughout toon history.
Dr. Toon: It Could Have Been
This month Dr. Toon plays the “What If” game to see how the world of animation would be different if in an alternative reality Dick Tracy was an animated star, Bob Clampett lived longer or Walt Disney never lost Oswald the Rabbit.
Dr. Toon: War and Pieces
Dr. Toon draws parallels between Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoons and the Cold War, the Vietnam War and the current Iraqi War.
Dr. Toon: Strip Tease II
For a second spin, Dr. Toon profiles some comic strips he thinks would make great animated properties.
Dr. Toon: The Shock of the Unexpected
Dr. Toon discusses one of the joys of being an animation fan — discovering unexpected gem moments within something seemingly awful.
Dr. Toon: Nuts and Bolts With Rob Renzetti
Dr. Toon talks to producer/writer/director/animator Rob Renzetti about his career, his influences, and that spunky Robotic Global Response Unit XJ9 (a.k.a Jenny Wakeman), star of My Life as a Teenage Robot. The show’s first one-hour special airs on Nickelodeon August 13.
Dr. Toon: Genders and Spenders: Bratz vs. Barbie
Dr. Toon investigates the gender role cultural values that children and tween animation present to the world of young spenders.
Dr. Toon: 40 Million Minutes to Live
Dr. Toon gives a mortality check in DVD time. What should we choose to watch, or bet yet, buy?
Dr. Toon: Welcome to My Tent
Dr. Toon ponders the areas of animation in which he covers via a comment made by The Animation Pimp.
Dr. Toon: Animated Battlegrounds
The liberal left. The religious right. Dr. Toon gets in between the two sides of the culture war that has invaded toonland.
Dr. Toon: The Bomb Squad
Dr. Toon asks, “Hey, hey, hey… why make Fat Albert into a LAAF?”
Dr. Toon: Coin of the Realm
Dr. Toon looks at what film spent its cultural capital better – The Incredibles or Shark Tale.
Dr. Toon: Handicapping the Oscars: Best Animated Feature
Dr. Toon acts the part of a Vegas bookie and casts the odds for each short listed film’s chances in the big Oscar race.
Dr. Toon: Boxed In?: 'The Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2'
Dr. Toon takes a look at the new Looney Tunes box set for the improvements over the first Golden Collection and what the future may behold for the more non-PC shorts on DVD.
The Light That Might Have Failed
Dr. Toon takes a philosophical look at the possible economic, artistic/aesthetic and cultural effects that may have occurred if Walt Disney's gamble on Snow White would have failed.
“When Cartoons Were Cartoony:” John Kricfalusi Presents
Dr. Toon interviews John Kricfalusi about his favorite cartoons, which have inspired the Ren & Stimpy creator's forthcoming screening series at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, California.
Long Live the Kings
If this "what if?" piece, Dr. Toon ponders what it would be like if the vintage kings of cartoons were revived.
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Not Fade Away
Dr. Toon encourages adults to bring cartoons out from the caves of their childhood memories and embrace the nonsense sometimes.
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