Animation Anecdotes #353
Leonard Maltin wrote Jay Ward a letter when he was twelve years old and Ward wrote back “on wonderful embossed Bullwinkle stationery!” Thus began a lively and very friendly correspondence.
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Animation Anecdotes #347
“Unlike most people in television, Jay Ward didn’t underestimate the intelligence of the audience. It’s the most important creative thing I ever learned.”
Disney Cartoon Parodies
Disney characters and films are so iconic – and represent all that is good and clean – that they are a tempting target for parody. Here are a few classic examples.
A Closer Look at Jay Ward’s Cartoon Cereal Serials
“Jay Ward’s Animated Cereal Capers”, a new Cartoon Research mini-book, explores the Cap’n’s story and the men behind his creation in 1962.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1961
The sorriest set of submissions from any year, thus far. Ward Kimball, Jules Engel and Chuck Jones must have pulled their hair out.
Network Status Reports 1956-1964
These internal memos – I believe from the files of CBS – I post for no other reason than they’re just a few more pieces in the jigsaw puzzle of animation history.
Music For Some “Metal Munching Moon Mice”
Rather than hire somebody to write a plethora of old-sounding songs, the Jay Ward people went to Bill Scott’s memory of old songs he’d learned at camp.
Animation Anecdotes #303
Animator Dave Spafford created three versions of Woody Woodpecker – one for each nominee – to announce the winner of the 1991 Academy Award for Best Cartoon Short.
Animation Anecdotes #287
“He loved ballet, was crazy about ballet,” Bill Scott said of director Bobe Cannon. “He considered animated movement a form of ballet and when he would design a film, it would largely be in terms of ballet motion.”
Animation Anecdotes #220
The Biography of Dudley Do-Right. The long extinct Dudley Do-Right Emporium (1971-2005) that was open on a whimsical limited basis whenever they felt like it on Sunset Boulevard had a…
