Short Film Saturday: Paul Fierlinger

Earlier this year the animation world lost an unsung hero. Paul Fierlinger was perhaps best known as the writer/director of the Teeny Little Super Guy shorts on Sesame Street. He and his wife Sandra also created the critically acclaimed My Dog Tulip. I’ve linked to some of his work here and recommend you read the great profile Cartoon Brew did on him. Enjoy!

His Alphabet song also from Sesame Street.

Short Film Saturday: Private Snafu

During the World War II Hollywood’s biggest animators joined the war effort with entertaining instructional and propaganda shorts. For years these titles were scarce, the most hard-to-find were the Private Snafu shorts directed by the Warner Brothers stable of animation directors including the likes of Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Bob Clampett and more along with the voice talent of Mel Blanc in his best Bugs Bunny/Brooklynite voice. However, these have started to become more available since the advent of the Internet. With it being Memorial Day weekend in the US, it seemed an appropriate time to share these.