The Hubleys, a Family of Animators
That’s the opening from the animated film, Cockaboody, from the Hubley Studios of Canada.
Mucha Lucha
You may not have heard of Mucha Lucha before, but it’s got to have the best music of any kids’ cartoon show currently (or maybe ever) on television.
A William Steig Weekend
That’s the opening from the animated film version of Dr. Desoto, a children’s book by William Steig about a very principled, compassionate, and clever mouse dentist.
Spirited Away and Hayao Miyazaki
You’re hearing a little from the tender opening theme of Spirited Away, the new animated film from the Japanese director and writer Hayao Miyazaki.
Back to Basics, Building with Bob
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Bob-the-Builder.mp3 Author John Cech (read by Fiona Barnes) Air Date 9/5/2002 Back to Basics, Building with Bob Transcript If your youngsters are into building — with blocks or sand or with cardboard boxes or chairs and blankets — then you might want to introduce them to Bob the Builder who’s […]
William Hanna and the Hanna Barbera Story
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/William-Hanna-Yabba-Dabba-Do.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 7/29/2002 William Hanna and the Hanna Barbera Story Transcript Today we celebrate the birthday of William Hanna who, along with his partner, Joseph Barbera, formed the award winning partnership, Hanna Barbera which brought us some of the most popular cartoons ever produced for American […]
George Orwell
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/George-Orwell.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 6/25/2002 George Orwell Transcript Works that overtly critique political theory have rarely been hailed as classics of children’s literature. An exception to that rule is George Orwell’s anti-totalitarian novel Animal Farm. An allegory of the Russian Revolution, the book tells the story of a […]
Schoolhouse Rock
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Schoolhouse-Rock.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 1/22/2002 Schoolhouse Rock Transcript In the early 1970s, wrapped in blankets and crunching bowls of Trix and Captain Crunch, children all over America gathered, sleepy-eyed on Saturday morning to witness the weekly delights offered by the likes of the Pink Panther, the Road Runner, […]
Rudolf Ising
Here’s Kevin Shortsleeve to celebrate the birthday of a great, early animator: Rudolf Ising.
Blake Edwards and the Pink Panther
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Blake-Edwards-and-the-Pink-Panther.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 7/25/2001 Blake Edwards and the Pink Panther Transcript In 1963 Edwards was directing a live-action film about a diamond called The Pink Panther, so named for a distinctive flaw in the center of the stone. This was the first of the film series involving […]