Remembering Don Morgan
Walt Kelly had liked animation artist Don Morgan, and handpicked the artist to ghost the Pogo strip.
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Pogo Birthday Special Part II: Todd Kausen and the Family Birthday
In this post, I am focusing on the perspective of Chuck Jones’s grandson Todd – who was credited for idea behind the Pogo Birthday Special.
The Bill Tytla Animated Pogo Special That Never Was
The story of how two former Disney animators, Walt Kelly and Bill Tytla, tried to produce a television special of Kelly’s Pogo comic strip – and why it never came to pass.
Pogo Special Birthday Special
Walt Kelly’s popular comic strip Pogo was turned into a network prime time TV special in 1969, with Chuck Jones as director, in the hopes it could kickstart an animated franchise like Peanuts.
In His Own Words: Don Morgan
He worked for Chuck Jones, Hanna-Barbara and Walt Kelly. He laid out How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Pogo Special Birthday Special and Heavy Traffic. Here’s what he had to say about that.
The Other Disney Cartoons: “Mickey’s Surprise Party”
Here’s the story of Mickey’s Surprise Party, the commercial short advertising Nabisco products, which was shown at the New York World’s Fair in 1939–40.
Famous Studios 1945-46 (Part 2)
Welcome back to the Famous Studio Archive. Before we move on to 1946-47 season, a few more items from the 1945/46 era to observe. For example, this… The Noveltoon Jack-In-The-Box…
A Big Batch Of New Books You Should Buy
Who says print is dead? Here are six great books that will make a wonderful gifts for you (print this post and hand it to your loved ones as a…
Animation Anecdotes #183
The Kimball, Kelly and Moore Show. In 1941, Sterling Silliphant who was then the publicity director at the Disney Studio but later went on to fame and fortune as a…
