Cartoon Network has announced that Adventure Time will be ending in 2018, prompting the crew to reflect on the show’s legacy.
This month’s cartoon is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse (1947), a Tom and Jerry entry, riffing off of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, in which Tom concocts a deadly potion but finds that it only makes Jerry stronger.
This month’s explore is dedicated to Sammy Timberg, one of the most important composers in American animation history. Timberg is best known for the music he wrote for Fleischer Studios, including theme music for Betty Boop and Superman cartoons.
This month’s featured biography is Scott Bradley, the composer of the music for this month’s featured cartoon – “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse”. Bradley developed a unique musical style during his career at MGM that proved essential to the intelligibility and entertainment value of these often wordless cartoons.