The Animated Marx Brothers That Never Were
Perhaps we should all be grateful they never got made.
Category Archives: ANIMATION ANECDOTES
Star Trek: The Animated Series
Many fans felt it gave a nice sense of closure to the original live action series and thought it a good transition to the later feature films.
Bluth’s Un-Made Animated Features
Don Bluth has quite a lengthy list of unmade animated features – and this column only covers the tip of the iceberg.
Disney’s “Reynard” – Part Two
The second part of the story of Walt Disney struggles to make the tales of Reynard the Fox into an animated feature film.
Disney’s “Reynard The Fox” – Part One
In the 1930s, Walt Disney was interested in two French properties, but both presented story challenges.
In Her Own Words: Jodi Benson on The Little Mermaid
In 2015 I got to interview Jodi in front of a limited paying audience of sixty people.
In His Own Words: Ward Kimball Practical Jokes
As you read these following stories, please keep in mind that Kimball was well-known as a storyteller and sometimes never let the truth stand in the way of a good story.
“The Red, Red Dragon”
The film was a co-production between Australia’s Eric Porter Productions and an American company called Animation International Inc. headed by artist Sheldon Moldoff.
Action Johnny
Action Johnny started out as a thinly veiled parody of Jonny Quest – but eventually the producers found out that Cartoon Network actually owned the rights to that iconic character.
How Sherri Stoner Became “The Little Mermaid”
She was performing as part of the famous Los Angeles improvisational comedy troupe The Groundlings when she was tapped to become Ariel.
