As I’m writing this, I’m waiting for some clothes to come out of the dryer so I can pack them. I’ll be out in Los Angeles for a few days for the Lightbox Expo, along with a bunch of CCS students. I’m excited to share experiences with my students.
Before the commercials, first some small Thunderbean news:
Since the big hard drive issue here, we’re working on rebuilding the things we have, and have now sent that drive off to see if it’s possible to recover the six cleanups we didn’t have another backup on. It’s put various special sets behind as well. We’re still working to get the next batch of special discs out the door and are making good progress. We’re also offering the past special discs this week, through Sunday. We’re hoping to offer them again if able, but if there’s something you’ve really wanted it’s a good time to get them. Here’s the webpage.
I personally can’t wait to share some really big news here soon that I’m sure everyone will love— we’re close to being able to do that now. It will be a big game changer here at Thunderbean.
And, now… some more commercials!
Here’s a few spots in pretty terrific quality. These are all from 35mm prints, and we’ve cleaned them up for the new Blu-ray set Mid Century Modern 3. One of them, Melvin and the Nabisco Seal, was aired during the first broadcast of How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966). There’s another copy of this spot on Youtube, uploaded by Crispin Broadhurst, whose father boarded and designed while working for McCann Erickson. Here’s the link to this copy. I’m pretty sure Murakami-Wolf animated this spot— but I could be wrong. I’m sure there’s someone here that knows who produced it if I’ve got it wrong.
Speaking of Fred Wolf, for many years the famous ’Tootsie Roll’ commercial has been up in the longer version, here. I love that cow!
There’s also a groovy Ford Commercial here as well as a Sominex commercial, pretty clearly made in Los Angeles. One of the things I’ve loved about doing a set like Mid Century Modern 3 is that it can feature lots of little things like these, that deserve to have good quality versions available.
I hope you enjoy them, and have a good week all!
Steve Stanchfield is an animator, educator and film archivist. He runs Thunderbean Animation, an animation studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan and has compiled over a dozen archival animation DVD collections devoted to such subjects at Private Snafu, The Little King and the infamous Cubby Bear. Steve is also a professor at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit.
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