Animation Anecdotes #322
“Astro preceded Scooby Doo. I had to come up with what I call growl talk. Joe liked things starting with R’s for the dogs especially. Rello, Rorge! I ruv roo, Rorge.”
Category Archives: ANIMATION ANECDOTES
Animation Anecdotes #324
“You would probably never see Jeremy Irons and James Earl Jones cast as brothers in a live-action film… but this is animation.”
Animation Anecdotes #321
Ralph Bakshi was working in 1989 on selling an animated series to NBC called Hound Town – about a group of dogs who observe the curious habits of humans.
Animation Anecdotes #320
Jamie Mitchell, of Disney’s television version of The Little Mermaid said “I think it’s good that we’re addressing the girl audience because they’ve been underrepresented for such a long time.”
Animation Anecdotes #319
Actress Liz Taylor supplied the voice for Maggie Simpson’s first word in The Simpsons episode “Lisa’s First Word” in December 1992.
Animation Anecdotes #318
Jean Vander Pyl remembers The Flinstones audition.” Joe asked, ‘Who wants to be Wilma and who wants to be Betty?’ it was so informal in those days.”
Popeye On Television: 1970-1990
It is much more difficult to revive a classic animated character than studios imagine, despite the many examples to show them the error of their ways.
Animation Anecdotes #317
From Entertainment Weekly, November 13th, 1992 on Disney’s Aladdin: “A voiceless, faceless and limbless magic carpet speaks volumes with only body language.”
Animation Anecdotes #316
“In most cases (the animals used as devices) were from the animated show. We worked with Hanna-Barbera and they had a great visual library of all the original creatures on the series.”
Animation Anecdotes #315
Don Messick recalled the day – “Joe Barbera said to me, ‘Don, you can do baby voices, can’t you? We want Pebbles to have a playmate’.”
