Christmas Animation Anecdotes 2017
Our annual round-up of obscure anecdotes relating to (mostly) obscure Christmas TV Specials. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!
Tag Archives: Ralph Bakshi
Animation Anecdotes #342
Don Bluth recalls, “Many people were saying, ‘Don’t touch animation. It’s a dinosaur that doesn’t work anymore’. But American Tail went on to gross over $150 million and suddenly, it looked viable again”.
The Mighty Heroes: Ralph Bakshi’s Professional Springboard
As a baby boomer raised on the Terrytoons’ Mighty Heroes, I was delighted when its creator, Ralph Bakshi, granted me an interview for my latest mini-book.
Animation Anecdotes #332
“I wanted to know what a full-grown adult male was doing living with three lower life forms, forcing them to sing and go to school and wear human clothing.”
Animation Anecdotes #321
Ralph Bakshi was working in 1989 on selling an animated series to NBC called Hound Town – about a group of dogs who observe the curious habits of humans.
Animation Anecdotes #317
From Entertainment Weekly, November 13th, 1992 on Disney’s Aladdin: “A voiceless, faceless and limbless magic carpet speaks volumes with only body language.”
The Paramount Cartoon Studio and the Press, 1968
Paramount Pictures closed its cartoon studio in December 1967. The studio’s last cartoons were distributed well into 1968, and most of them came and went without any notice in newspapers.
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 #295
The episode ‘Mighty’s Benefit Plan’ of Bakshi’s Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, featuring Elvy and the Tree Weasels is filled with hidden surprises.
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?
