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Q: Among shows for kids in the early ’60s when I was a child, there was a cartoon, in black and white ... from the 1940s in a format called “Puppetoons,” with animated puppet figures ...

Q: Among shows for kids in the early ‘60s when I was a child, there was a cartoon, in black and white ... from the 1940s in a format called “Puppetoons,” with animated puppet figures ...

This is how filmmaker George Pal made his Puppetoons films in the 1930s. Embracing new tech brought stop motion back onto the world stage, with studios such as Laika leading the charge.

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“My calendar’s pretty full, but I can squeeze you in between my post-holiday burnout and my midwinter blues.” ...