In His Own Words: Dave Tendlar on Superman
Tendlar worked not only on the Fleischer Superman cartoons, but on the character for Filmation and Hanna-Barbera. Here’s what he said about that.
Tendlar worked not only on the Fleischer Superman cartoons, but on the character for Filmation and Hanna-Barbera. Here’s what he said about that.
I think Gene Deitch was really amazing to take Terrytoons in this creative direction at this particular studio.
“Dastardly and Muttley was originally called Stop the Pigeon. The network came up with the idea of substituting Dastardly and Muttley, for two other characters that Hanna-Barbera showed us.”
This week’s post is dedicated to Dave Tendlar—an overlooked talent in the annals of theatrical animation.
It’s time for a Fleischer Color Classic in this week’s breakdown! Dave Tendlar is the head animator, and once again Liszt’s second Hungarian Rhapsody gets the cartoon treatment.
We’re heading over to Miami at Max Fleischer’s animation studio. Today’s entry is a 1939 Color Classic, populated by humanoid produce! (This draft is extracted from Leslie Carbaga’s The Fleischer…