Animation Anecdotes #388
“I appreciate the compliment of being called the ‘creator’ of Bugs Bunny but Bugs had many fathers. My co-sires: Tex Avery, Friz Freleng, Bob Clampett and Bob McKimson.”
Category Archives: ANIMATION ANECDOTES
Animation Anecdotes #387
“Even when I was very small, I used to dream of one day creating characters. Once, I saw a Disney film and I used to dream that one day my characters might be up there.”
The Non-Disney Mickey Mouse War Cartoons
Another book written by me has just been released: Secret Stories of Mickey Mouse: Untold Tales of Walt’s Mouse!
Animation Anecdotes #386
“I remember when he couldn’t sell his later pilots – the hilarious Fang, the Wonder Dog, Hawkear, and The Stupor Bowl – he said, ‘CBS dislikes us; NBC hates us and ABC detests us!’
Animation Anecdotes #385
One national magazine group invited children to write letters on ‘Why I Like Scrappy’, and gave prizes in the form of merchandise featuring the smiling little cartoon character.
Animation Anecdotes #384
Larz Bourne was a writer and cartoonist. He was the one who came up with the name Deputy Dawg as well as the design for the character.
Animation Anecdotes #383
John Canemaker on researching Felix The Cat’s Pat Sullivan, “I looked up the court records, and sure enough, Sullivan financed a cat house and was a sex maniac.”
Animation Anecdotes #382
Screenwriter Linda Woolverton said, “Adults will have something to chew on in Beauty and the Beast. That’s why animated films are so interesting to make.
“Evil Toons” (1992)
Move over, Cool World! You weren’t the only R-Rated version of Roger Rabbit to appear in 1992. Here’s the one that was shot in eight days at the cost of $140,000.
Animation Anecdotes #381
In February 1991, Mongolia issued a series of commemorative stamps featuring The Flintstones to generate income through sales to people who would buy them – but never use them.
