Quiz Show Cartoons – Part 3: “The Ducksters” (1950)
Director Chuck Jones and writer Michael Maltese have Duffy Duck as the downright sadistic host of “Truth or AAAAHHH!” – sponsored by the Eagle Hand Laudry.
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Animation Anecdotes #310
Chuck Jones told the Union newsletter in 1976: “I suppose you could call it retroactive plagiarism, because we stole Izzie Klein’s idea of a little boy ghost ten years before he created Casper.”
Animation Anecdotes #308
“His almost limitless ability to understand the essence of a character and to invest himself into its being is what made him so consummate an artist,” said Chuck Jones of Mel Blanc.
Animation Anecdotes #306
Author and historian Leonard Maltin recalls, “Like most kids, I would scribble in my books – but where it would say ‘The End’, I would take a crayon and write ‘A Walt Disney Production’.”
A Chat with Joan Pabian and Al Pabian
Martha Sigall’s interview series concludes with an interview with ink and paint artist Joan Pabian and her husband, Lantz/WB/MGM animator Al Pabian.
Animation Anecdotes #297
“Cartoonists are unusual people. They are adults who never grow old,” said Bill Hanna. “Our employees’ ages range from the teen-aged to the white-haired, but the atmosphere is that of the young at heart.”
Animation Anecdotes #296
Reason and Emotion (1943) was a wartime short made by the Disney, depicting emotions as cartoon personas. The character of Emotion was modeled after animator Ward Kimball.
Animation Anecdotes: Christmas 2016 Special Edition
From all of us to all of you – I wish you Merry Christmas with an all new collection of holiday themed anecdotes and quotes from Chuck Jones, Charles Schulz and Walt Disney!
Animation Anecdotes #293
Fred and Barney did not exactly “meet” Marvel’s Thing character except in the opening credits and short bumper segments. Where did this wacky idea come from and why was it bought by NBC?
Chuck Jones’ “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” on Records
The beloved 1966 TV special inspired two separate albums that are similar, yet significantly different, both with the voices of Boris Karloff and Thurl Ravenscroft.
