Animation Anecdotes #226
Jim Korkis with anecdotes on Woody Woodpecker, Gigantor, Lilo and Stitch, Jeffery Katzenberg, dubbing Miyazaki, Betty Boop and the Incredibles.
Category Archives: ANIMATION ANECDOTES
In His Own Words: Ward Kimball’s Autobiography
“The Bulletin” was the Disney Studio in-house employee newsletter. Ward Kimball was asked write his own brief autobiography, knowing it would entertain the readers as Ward already had the reputation of being a jokester.
Animation Anecdotes #225
Friz Freleng’s “Two Crows From Tacos” is basically about two incredibly stupid Mexicali crows who chase a grasshopper. The crows were later redesigned as cats, and later as toads. Here are the voices behind these funny characters.
Animation Anecdotes #224
The most popular cartoon for several decades in the Soviet Union was “Nu Pogodi!” People have compared the series to Tom and Jerry or Roadrunner, but the Russian shorts had their own unique perspective.
Animation Anecdotes #223
Disney had acquired certain rights to Winnie The Pooh in 1961 and made a featurette released in 1966. However, it turned out that author A.A. Milne had granted some of his rights to more than one entity.
Animation Anecdotes #222
Here Comes H.E.R.B.I.E.! “The New Fantastic Four” was an animated series produced by DePatie-Freleng in 1978 based on the Marvel comic book created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack…
Animation Anecdotes #221
This week, anecdotes about The Three Stooges, Looney Tunes writer Tubby Millar, The Incredibles, Jonny Quest, and Bob Clampett.
Animation Anecdotes #220
The Biography of Dudley Do-Right. The long extinct Dudley Do-Right Emporium (1971-2005) that was open on a whimsical limited basis whenever they felt like it on Sunset Boulevard had a…
Animation Anecdotes #219
Gilliam and Pinocchio. In the Guardian newspaper April 27, 2001, filmmaker and animator Terry Gilliam was asked about what he thought the ten best animated films of all time were….
Animation Anecdotes #218
Dave Fleischer On Screen. In the low budget Republic live action movie Trocadero (1944), actor Eddie Bartell introduces several minor celebrities in the audience at that famous nightclub including “The…
