Poster of Cast and Crew in Arena - Watch Me Move... (Season 1 - Episode 248) - Watch Me Move...

Arena - Season 1 - Watch Me Move... (Episode 248)

Plot: 'America gave to the world two original art forms: one was jazz, the other was full character animation' (Chuck Jones) In 1908, the comic strip artist Winsor McCay brought to life, on film, his celebrated 'little Nemo' characters. The first words that appeared on the screen were 'Watch me move!' Tonight Arena salutes the pioneers of animation, in a festival of early cinema cartoons: funny, inventive and often astonishingly beautiful
Episode Aired On:
Monday, April 29 1985
40 years ago