Animation Anecdotes #131
The Fourth Dimension. Chuck Jones directed five cartoons for Warner Brothers that featured a little African boy named Inki trying to capture an elusive Mynah Bird. “Those cartoons really baffled…
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Animation Anecdotes Request For Help
I have asked Jerry to post this request today to try to catch the attention of those who read and enjoy the “Animation Anecdotes” column. As some of you may…
From Ukulele Ike to Jiminy Cricket: Cliff Edwards
I love the voice of Cliff Edwards as Jiminy Cricket but unfortunately, the life of the talented performer was not a Disney fairy tale. For a brief time around 1922,…
Animation Anecdotes #130
Mort Drucker on Animation. Artist Mort Drucker has been one of my favorite cartoonists for decades, not just because of his work for MAD magazine but his work in DC…
In His Own Words: Chuck Jones on Duck Dodgers
Charles Martin “Chuck” Jones received multiple Academy Award nominations over the years and in 1996 he received an honorary Oscar for “the creation of classic cartoons and cartoon characters whose…
Animation Anecdotes #129
A Good Hobbit Is Hard To Break. The November 1977 Rankin-Bass animated television special based on Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” had animation done by TopCraft (a Japanese company that later re-formed…
In His Own Words: Bob Clampett on “Time for Beany”
Here are some more excerpts from my September 1978 interview with Bob Clampett at his studio on Seward Street. In this installment, he concentrates on his popular television puppet show,…
Animation Anecdotes #128
King Kirby and the Fleischer Connection. Jack Kirby is perhaps best known for the many comic book characters he co-created from Captain America to the X-Men to the Hulk but…
Animation Anecdotes #127
Texas Toads Lawsuit. Alleging they created the cartoon “Texas Toads”, comedians Richard Curtis and Larry Hovis filed a $2,800,000 plagiarism suit in January 1977 against NBC, United Artists and David…
It’s “Time for Beany”!
Bob Clampett’s Time for Beany featuring Cecil, the Sea Sick Sea Serpent, made out of pale green terry-cloth for skin with sewn on eyes and buttons representing nostrils, premiered on…
