Animation Anecdotes #267
“The head honcho at MGM was looking through the financial books one day and said, ‘What the hell is this? What do we need new cartoons for?’ That was his thinking.” – Joe Barbera
Tag Archives: Don Bluth
Animation Anecdotes #259
“Walt, Ub Iwerks and Les Clark get themselves a few laughs over the 1929 antics of Mickey Mouse in a lively short called The Karnival Kid, wherein Mickey enjoys an amusement park.”
Animation Anecdotes #258
Talented animator Mark Kausler did the Bugs Bunny sequences in Joe Adamson’s independent short “A Political Cartoon” (1973). Mel Blanc recorded the voice while he was in the hospital with a broken leg.
Animation Anecdotes #255
Producer Gary Goldman told about recording actor John Carradine as the voice of the great owl in The Secret of Nimh: Carradine suffered from acute crippling arthritis and that he was on pain killers.
The Story Behind “Pete’s Dragon” (1977)
Walt Disney originally purchased the short story in 1957 as a possibility for his weekly television show. In it, a boy named Pete, who had trouble dealing with reality, would escape into a fantasy world.
Animation Anecdotes #248
Excerpts from a letter to Bruno Edera by animator Osamu Tezuka, quotes from Jeff Smith, Don Bluth, Walter Lantz, Jessica Rabbit and… Chevy Chase? Another great week of anecdotes.
Animation Anecdotes #247
This week the Anecdotes include Roger Rabbit, Mel Blanc, Don Bluth, Judy Jetson, Mr. Magoo, Oliver and Company and The Three Stooges.
A Land Before Time in a Galaxy Far, Far Away, 1986
After completing the original Star Wars trilogy, George Lucas achieved a long-held dream by breaking into feature animation as an executive producer on this Universal film, but his influence showed a Dark Side.
Animation Anecdotes #229
Jim Korkis quotes Joe Dante on Looney Tunes; Gary Goldman on The Land Before Time; Jack Bradbury on working at Disney with Walt Kelly; and much much more.
Animation Anecdotes #195
Unproduced Don Bluth Films. Here are two more pitches that the Bluth studio prepared to pitch back in the 1980s and 90s – two projects that might have been. SATYRDAY….
