Animation Anecdotes #255
Producer Gary Goldman told about recording actor John Carradine as the voice of the great owl in The Secret of Nimh: Carradine suffered from acute crippling arthritis and that he was on pain killers.
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Animation Anecdotes #254
Bonkers was created so that Disney could have a Roger Rabbit type of character that it owned completely without having to worry about approval or sharing the profits with Steven Spielberg.
The Clarence Nash Story
Clarence Nash was born December 7, 1904, in Watonga, Oklahoma, roughly three years before Oklahoma became a state. He never grew to be taller than five foot two. Nash was…
Animation Anecdotes #253
Chuck Jones at the San Diego Comic Con 1982: “All characters come from within yourself. Lurking within everybody is a certain amount of Daffy Duck. Hopefully, some of Bugs Bunny, since that’s who you’d like to be.”
Animation Anecdotes #252
Mickey Mouse Club 1931. Theaters often needed safety even back in 1931 when the Fox Mission Theater in Southern California had its Saturday morning Mickey Mouse Club which would cost…
The Story Behind “Pete’s Dragon” (1977)
Walt Disney originally purchased the short story in 1957 as a possibility for his weekly television show. In it, a boy named Pete, who had trouble dealing with reality, would escape into a fantasy world.
Animation Anecdotes #251
In 1993, NBC commissioned seven artists to reinterpret their iconic logo. This included animator John Kricfalusi, who did a bit where the peacock has to dislodge a suction cup from his backside.
Animation Anecdotes #250
Paul Murry is perhaps most famous for his comic book work, especially for Mickey Mouse in Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories. But he got his start as the animation assistant for Disney Legend Fred Moore.
Animation Anecdotes #249
This week’s anecdotes are from Frank Tashlin, Chuck Jones, John Lasseter, Garfield and The Man Called Flintstone.
Animation Anecdotes #248
Excerpts from a letter to Bruno Edera by animator Osamu Tezuka, quotes from Jeff Smith, Don Bluth, Walter Lantz, Jessica Rabbit and… Chevy Chase? Another great week of anecdotes.
