TCM Celebrates Fleischer Animation’s 100th Anniversary (Patreon)

TCM is dialing in its focus on classic film to one of the pioneers of Toon Town with a celebration of Fleischer Animation’s 100th Anniversary. The lineup includes a brand-new documentary on the early days of American animation and two collections of Fleischer cartoon shorts (read the whole article here).

I'll be recording the below listed programs and you will have the opportunity to watch them if you are unable to. Keep an eye out for those sometime Sunday.

Saturday, October 2

Fleischer Animation 100th Anniversary – part I

8 p.m. Cartoon Carnival (2021) | TCM Premiere — A 90-minute documentary charting the birth of the American cartoon through the silent era until the arrival of Disney. Told through interviews with animation historians and supported by archive clips, the aim of the film is to cast a light on a forgotten, but pioneering part of film history.

9:45 p.m. 100th Anniversary of Fleischer Animation – Part 1: The Silent Era (2021) | TCM Premiere

• The Boxing Kangaroo (1920) 5:30
• Reunion (1922) 7:30
• Cartoon Factory (1924) 8:30
• Vacation (1924) 8:00
• Come Take a Trip in My Airship (1924) 6:30
• It’s the Cat’s (1926) 9:00

10:45 p.m. 100th Anniversary of Fleischer Animation – Part 2: The Sound Era (2021) | TCM Premiere

• Hurry Doctor! (1931) 7:30
• Betty Boop’s Crazy Inventions (1933) 7:00
• Let’s Sing with Popeye (1934) 2:00
• Betty Boop and Grampy (1935) 7:00
• Dancing on the Moon (1935) 8:00
• Popeye Meets Sinbad the Sailor (1936) 16:00