Some of the most mind-numbing cartoons ever produced, animation historian Jerry Beck has unearthed the funniest crap-tacular animation originally created for TV in the 1950s and 60s, when budgets were low and production values were lower. You cheer and jeer the antics of
Super President, a one man weapon of mass destruction,
Sir Gee Whiz, a dirty old man from the moon and
Mighty Mr. Titan the physical fitness super hero.
Biography:
Jerry Beck is an animation historian, cartoon producer and co-writer of the popular animation blog Cartoon Brew. His twelve books on the subject include
The Hanna Barbera Treasury,
Looney Tunes: The Ultimate Visual Guide and
The 50 Greatest Cartoons. He is a former studio exec with Nickelodeon and Disney, and is currently a consulting producer for Warner Bros. Animation.
Tickets (including talk and screening) are available through siggraph.ca.
$10 for general public / $8 for SIGGRAPH and Vancity Theatre PREMIUM members
