All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
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The following films and shorts broadcast on CH 54 SQUIGGLE:
Max Fleischer's clown hops out of the inkwell to battle a pesky fly, mixing live action and hand-drawn animation like nobody else in 1919.
General Electric's 1954 snapshot of American life: railroad traffic control, mass transit, fishing, a TV quiz show and jet propulsion.
Close-up and stop-motion photography follow the life cycle of the 17-year cicada through the brood of 1936. Made with the USDA.
A cartoonist sketches a comical elderly gentleman, then draws a bottle of wine. Early trick film magic with pen and paper.
A 1926 silent short starring Felix the Cat, the cartoon superstar who ruled the screen before Mickey Mouse arrived.
A 1956 history of television, from the labs that built black-and-white and color sets to broadcasts, with animated explainers of cameras and transmitters.
A 1938 Kodak teaching film on Japanese-occupied Manchuria: mines, steel mills, railways and daily life. A period document with a period point of view.
An animated map project from the Warriors fan community, completed by its animators. Fairy tale theme.
An auto mechanic hears a radio show praising the cooperation of ants and gets carried away. A 1950 cartoon with a political message.
Castle Films' year-end newsreel recap of 1945, the year World War II ended.
The Angry German Kid heads out on adventures with his friends in this live-action and animated comedy series.
Felix tries to rescue a man's kidnapped wife in this silent 1922 Felix the Cat cartoon.
Steve has a peptic ulcer and a tense job, and this 1959 health drama ties them together. Its ulcer theory is now discredited.
Ub Iwerks' first Flip the Frog cartoon, made in early two-color Technicolor: a woodland dance party with a fiddle-playing mouse.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A pair of old cartoon shorts, The Haunted House and The Skeleton Symphony, from a film collector's reels. Title only to go on, so expect spooky gags.
Popeye's nephews want fireworks for the Fourth of July. Popeye says no. The fireworks win.
Felix the Cat's picnic goes wrong thanks to the weather and some food thieves. A 1930 cartoon from the sound era.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A cartoon from 1929, title only. Expect silent- or early-sound-era animation with no further detail to go on.
Olive Oyl hires Popeye to guard a glowing green jewel, and the sailor man goes full private eye.
Flip the Frog's debut, Ub Iwerks' first cartoon after leaving Disney and a sound short shot in two-strip Technicolor. A 1930 frog's first hop.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A 1928 Felix the Cat cartoon about homes that are sure-locked. Title only to go on, so expect silent-era mischief.
Popeye's snoring keeps a mouse awake all night, and the mouse declares war. Guess who wins.
A 1930 cartoon about nature, going by the title. Details are scarce, so check the content first.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A 1927 Felix the Cat cartoon about a germ mania. Title only to go on, so expect silent gags and a very bendy cat.
Bluto bullies Popeye and schemes to wreck his date with Olive Oyl.
A cartoon from 1930, title only. Expect early-sound-era animation with no further detail to go on.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A compilation reel of silent-era animation and shorts from the 1920s, per its title.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
Max Fleischer's 1930 sound cartoon Mysterious Mose. Early talkie animation in the Fleischer studio's rubbery, anything-goes style.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A Felix the Cat cartoon from 1928, with a title that promises a swanky future. Title only to go on, so expect silent gags.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A 1930 Felix the Cat cartoon, with a title that hints at spring and a maze. Details are thin.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A compilation reel of early talkies, per its title. Details are thin.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
Flip the Frog's early Ub Iwerks cartoon: music, mischief and a frog with rhythm.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
Felix the Cat visits Hollywood in this 1923 cartoon, where the film colony meets a cartoon cat.
A 1957 survey of peacetime atomic energy, from power plants to radioisotopes in medicine, farming and industry.
Flip the Frog's early Ub Iwerks cartoon: music, mischief and a frog with rhythm.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
Felix the Cat at the circus in an early 1920s cartoon. Details are thin.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A boy adopts a stray dog, his father lands on trial in a land of gnomes, and tooth-brushing gets the last word. A sponsored musical cartoon.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A Felix the Cat cartoon with an astronomical title. Details are thin.
John Q. Public learns how stock gets listed on the NYSE through an oil drum company's growth. Animation meets investing, 1952 style.
A 1946 live-action and animation mix on the dangers of atomic weapons, sponsored by an atomic information committee. Cold War-era worry, front and center.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
Alice and Julius the cat land among cannibals in this Disney Alice comedy. Dated tropes ahead.
George Reeves' Superman stops a robbery and teaches kids to save with school savings stamps, in a short made for the US Treasury.
A raindrop travels a watershed in animation, then live action shows what bad watershed management does to people and land. A Forest Service short.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A Felix the Cat cartoon from around 1927 starring the cat and a kit. Title only to go on, so expect silent-era gags.
Sindbad wants Olive Oyl and sends a giant bird after her ship. Popeye, Wimpy and a can of spinach have notes.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
Alice takes on a dog-catching job in this Disney Alice comedy. Live girl, cartoon pooches.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
An animated tour of the Ford Cycle of Production exhibit at the New York World's Fair, with purchase orders marching across the country.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
Alice and Julius the cat head into the Wild West in this Disney Alice comedy. Live girl, cartoon cowboys.
A 1944 All-American News issue, the first newsreel series made for a black audience. This one covers an interracial Youth Conference of Chicago students.
Street artist Blu paints an animation across city walls, frame by frame, as creatures crawl, split and morph through the streets.
Felix the Cat in a 1929 silent-era romp. Title only to go on, so expect rubber-hose gags and a very expressive tail.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A Rubik's Cube clip from the Saint Paul Neighborhood Network, a community media channel.
French animator Lortac's cartoon about Professor Mechanist and his exhausting invention. Early gadget comedy.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
Extra footage from a brickfilm, with pirates, Martians and a green spear, made before its creator knew the plot.
Felix the Cat makes a comeback in this early 1920s cartoon. Details are thin.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A Felix the Cat cartoon from 1924, with a title about pinching a pole. Details are thin.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A zombie dragonfly takes the dance floor in David Montgomery's short animation. The title tells you the rest.
A Felix the Cat cartoon from the early 1920s, with a title that promises payback. Details are thin.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A sand animation built from Hebrew calligraphy, made for a stage play by animator Nick Fox-Gieg.
Felix the Cat's luck goes sour in this 1924 Felix cartoon.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
An American soldier goes AWOL in Europe after the armistice, chasing a girl named Joy into a heap of trouble. A 1919 silent cartoon.
Bela Lugosi is Dr. Zorka, a mad scientist with a giant robot, an invisibility belt and plans to rule the world. A 12-chapter serial.
A real-time animation from a stage play: two actors controlled these video puppets with the volume of their voices.
Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse go to the circus and dare each other to scare a woman. A 1916 silent cartoon with a very comic-strip sense of nerve.
Chapter 1 of Republic's 1944 serial: Captain America takes on the Scarab, a villain with a sound-vibration weapon that can level buildings.
A 2000 Danish animated science fantasy musical, with voices including Alan Rickman and Terry Jones.
Mr. Nobody Holme warms up his sluggish car with a stick of dynamite. A 1916 silent cartoon where the engine gets quite the wake-up call.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
Sicily's long history in one hundred seconds. A very quick trip through centuries.
An ineffectual cop, Officer Heeler, quits the force after losing his battle against speeders. A 1916 silent cartoon of the early motoring age.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A discussion of Waltz with Bashir, the animated documentary about memory and war, with filmmaker Orly Yadin.
A workman returns Miss Gotrox's lost purse of 10,000 dollars and gets a Canadian dime as thanks. A 1916 animated cartoon with a wry moral.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A 1916 animated cartoon about a woman who tries and fails to lose weight. Silent comedy with period attitudes, so expect dated humor.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A clay-animated prehistoric love triangle: three suitors, one Miss Araminta Rockface. A 1917 silent comedy with dinosaur-sized laughs.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A short animation called Appearance and Reality, from Amix Film Studio. The title is a philosophical tease.
A cartoon character hops out of a telephone magazine to answer a reader's letter about industry jargon. Telephone terms, explained with animation.
Therefore You and Me, a short from creator Kaaatie. The source gives no further details.
Winsor McCay's 1918 animated reconstruction of the Lusitania torpedoing, introduced by McCay himself. Sobering, ambitious hand-drawn work.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A short animation from Kaaatie titled V1RUS. Details are sparse, so expect a surprise.
An animated prologue about Adam and Eve leads into a married couple's housework woes. A 1925 silent comedy with a vacuum cleaner in a leading role.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
Animation Sins runs through the faults of Pigeon: Impossible in nine minutes or less.
Gertie the dinosaur, who lives in the present day, meets a train and dreams of being the life of the party. Excerpts from the Winsor McCay classic.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A senior thesis film from a student at LMU. Little is known beyond the title, so press play and find out.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
Big Buck Bunny, the Blender Foundation's open short about a giant rabbit and three pesky rodents, in a 60fps 4K cut.
Tel E. Phone introduces reporters to his descendants, from Mike the microphone to other offspring of the telephone. A 1929 sound-era explainer.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
Circles, an animation made with Krita. Swirling shapes, painted frame by frame.
Bobby Bumps tricks his pal into a lodge initiation, then gets outsmarted and rescued. A 1916 silent cartoon.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A fake TV airing imagining Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero on Nicktoons, complete with bumpers. The source text calls it fake.
Bobby Bumps heads off to school in this early Bray cartoon, a pen-and-ink kid with a dog and a knack for mischief.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
Birdsong captured outdoors, paired with a Blender animation and photos. A quiet nature interlude for the ears.
An animated cartoon of Theodore Roosevelt's 1910 European tour, with a big stick in hand and crowned heads in a car. Political satire, early animation style.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
Scott Joplin's The Entertainer, set to a Blender-made music visualization by Harry Gohde. Ragtime meets 3D animation.
An animated caricature of animals reacting to Theodore Roosevelt arriving in Africa, with a monkey sounding the alarm. Early political animation.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A short Blender animation of figures dancing, set to music. Digital and abstract, by Harry Göhde.
Dreamy Dud steals a pipe and blows smoke rings. The smoke turns into a ghost that carries him to the moon. Wallace Carlson's 1915 cartoon.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A surreal drawing animation by Harry Gohde, made with open-source software like Krita and GIMP. Dreamlike and handmade.
Dud breaks his mother's bank to buy his girlfriend Maime an ice cream cone, gets punished, and runs away. Early animated trouble.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
Plitsch Platsch, a splashy little sketch animation made with Krita and G'MIC by Harry Göhde.
Dziga Vertov's 1924 animated satire from early Soviet Russia, a cutout cartoon with a political point.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A Blender animation titled Mystic, by Harry Göhde.
Felix the Cat investigates a haunting. Spooky doings, one black cat, zero fear.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A seamless loop of a 3D mesh displaced by quadratic patterns, shaped like a crazy keyboard. Made for VJing and staring.
Mud animation from San Francisco pioneer Joseph Sunn, part of the Ralph Wolfe's Mud Stuff series. Stop-motion made from earth.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A fan imagines Oggy and the Cockroaches airing on Cartoon Network's pastel-era branding. Slapstick cat, chaos and a very specific nostalgia.
J. Stuart Blackton draws a parade of faces, including a man with an umbrella and a clown, and they start to move.
Terry Foxtrot crosses a road in a 2025 animation Bond101DoesArt grew from a GIF first posted on DeviantArt.
The McGinis family chases the latest fashions in this live-action and animation comedy. This reel is all about the men's styles.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A KPF in Space episode, where the crew of an experimental airplane in deep space meets with misadventure.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A KPF in Space episode with the cheerful title Dead on Arrival, starring the airplane crew from galaxy to galaxy.
Krazy Kat serenades Ignatz Mouse's window and gets a barrage of bricks in reply. A 1916 silent cartoon.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A KPF in Space episode where the captain has left the bridge. What could go wrong on an experimental airplane in space?
Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse go bug hunting in the woods and run into a sleeping bee and an angry elephant. A 1916 cartoon.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A KPF in Space episode about a starship crew and a very dull day. Captain Darren has views.
Walter Ruttmann's abstract animation, where painted shapes and colors move to a silent rhythm. Early German experimental film.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A KPF in Space episode that promises Stinky Feet Syndrome. The misadventures of an airplane crew continue.
Walter Ruttmann's second Lichtspiel: moving abstract shapes and color, no story needed. Early German animation as pure motion.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A stop motion promo for Revis, a recycling shop in Liebvillers, France. Small scale, local pride.
Walter Ruttmann's third abstract Lichtspiel from 1924, early German animation where light and shape do the acting.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
Bebe's Fractals, 2020: Laura Arnold's 3D fractal animations made with Mandelbulb3D. Glowing math, slowly blooming.
Walter Ruttmann's fourth abstract Lichtspiel, early German animation from the 1920s with shapes in motion.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A matador and a bull face off in mud animation by Chinese American animator Joseph Sunn. Titles by Syl MacDowell, from Ralph Wolfe's Mud-Stuff.
Silent footage of marionette shows from San Francisco's Golden Gate International Exposition, by turns charming and very strange.
Two girls wander a surreal forest of bowling dwarfs, a tipsy rabbit and Rip Van Winkle in this early American animated fable.
The Diehl brothers' German puppet animation of Sleeping Beauty, from the Brothers Grimm. Part one of the silent fairy tale.
Mud animation from San Francisco pioneer Joseph Sunn, from the Ralph Wolfe's Mud Stuff series. Stop-motion with a squishy touch.
Marionettes tell the story of coffee, from Kaldi and his goats to a ballet dance and industrial processing. A 1938 puppet promo.
Captain gets life insurance, his wife bakes him a pie, and the Katzenjammer Kids sneak toads inside. He thinks she's poisoning him. 1918 animation.
A prehistoric mailman and a rival suitor battle for Winnie Warclub's heart on Valentine's Day, in stop-motion mannequin comedy.
Cavemen and women flock to the Stonehenge Circus, where a dinosaur doubles as trampoline and tightrope. A 1921 silent cartoon.
Political club members bribe a sculptor to carve their favorite bust, and he spends the money on dinner. A 1908 stop-motion caricature, full of period politics.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
A 1918 animated pitch for war savings stamps, in which thrifty Americans help lock Germany's Kaiser in a circus cage. Subtle it is not.
Two animated tire commercials by German abstract pioneer Walter Ruttmann. Proof the avant-garde paid its bills with ads.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
Tony Sarg's marionettes take a trip to the Orient in this 1929 puppet short. Strings, stage tricks and period exoticism.
Bobby loses his dog and finds him in Telezonia, where residents teach him directory assistance, party lines and phone manners. Puppets, 1949.
A 1924 Dave Fleischer cartoon visiting Mother Goose's storybook world. Nursery rhymes, silent-era style.
All-day cartoon block: the best cleared titles from Ink & Paint, Capes, Storybook and Open Studio, back to back
Sherlock Holmes gets the marionette treatment in a 1930 parody that wants to know who spat in Grandfather's porridge.
A baker flings dough at a make-believe rat and the kitchen chaos takes off. Edwin S. Porter's trick-film comedy.