The Animated “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
Joss Whedon was inspired by Batman: The Animated Series to create an extension of his Buffy The Vampire Slayer live action TV series. It was developed for several years – but never came to be.
Category Archives: ANIMATION ANECDOTES
Disney on Lux Radio Theater – Part Two
Last week, I introduced you to the world of The Lux Radio Theate, a program that featured adaptations of Disney feature films. Here are the remaining four episodes.
Disney on Lux Radio Theater – Part One
For the 1938 broadcast of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney did not want to destroy any illusions – so these episodes had no studio audience.
In His Own Words: Joe Ranft
In 1999, Joe dropped by Disney Feature Animation Florida and the Disney Institute where I was an animation instructor, and I got a chance to talk with him.
Who Was Count Cutelli?
Count Cutelli is not mentioned in any other source, other than that short self-promoting newspaper interview, as ever doing Mickey Mouse’s voice. So what are the facts?
In His Own Words: Jack Kirby at Fleischer Studios
I got to meet Jack Kirby briefly and asked him about his time at the Fleischer Studio in the 1930s.
In His Own Words: Don Morgan
He worked for Chuck Jones, Hanna-Barbara and Walt Kelly. He laid out How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Pogo Special Birthday Special and Heavy Traffic. Here’s what he had to say about that.
Bob Hope and Animation
Bob Hope has been caricatured several times in animation, most notably in cartoons distributed by Paramount where Hope did several live-action comedies. Here’s a checklist.
When Charlie McCarthy Met Snow White
Edgar Bergen and McCarthy met the characters from Snow White on their December 19th, 1937, radio show. Here’s a transcript.
In Her Own Words: Ruth F. Kneitel
Feeling her father’s legacy was being overshadowed by Walt Disney, Ruth Fleischer wrote an article for a comics fanzine published in 1966. Here are a few excerpts.
