The Delbert Cartoon Report

  Be very afraid of what's to come next....new lockdowns, more bad stuff similar to 2020????? 2021 was filled with hopes and dreams.  Some of them did come true, but others seem hesitant.  Especially near year's end.  We wanna see a better year than 2021, but will it?  I decided NOT to use "Woody" this year because I decided instead to go from "what a rotten year" to "proceed onto the next year with full caution."  Not everything was good in 2021, but the good, I believe, outweighed some of the bad.  We have a vaccine, restrictions (until somewhat recently though not as bad) are being lifted, big events returned, and of course some interesting animation moments this year This year I decided NOT to pick a winner for each category like I always did (or losers for that matter).  Instead, I'm going to be summarizing what happened in each category with the perspective of my own two eyes.  If you had a favorite moment in 2021, let me know in the co...

 Christmas movies come, Christmas movies go.  Many are considered timeless, others you have to dig deep.  Some involve saving Christmas, other simply tell the joy of Christmas.  Most are obviously live action, but there are good number of them animated.  Those, in my biased opinion, are the most memorable of the bunch.  Even if it becomes obscure, chances are if you've seen it, you remember it.  The same could be said about this little film, Santa and the Three Bears. Depending on where you lived and when you were born, you may remember this film.  It was one of those cheap kiddie matinee movies released during the 1970s.  But was it really that much of a B picture?  Who made this picture anyhow?  That is our story which has bizarre twists and turns along the way. The story goes back to the 1960's.  Tony Benedict was a writer at Hanna Barbera.  Perhaps his most famous creation was Astro the Dog on Jetsons.  He approac...