Oct 23, 2015 That is 'Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies', a crossover of Warner Bros most beloved characters ever with Filmation's horror variety show stars that didn't have much of an impact. See what made this crossover more dead than some of the monsters from the Goolies. He soon after received his first starring role when he replaced Joe Dougherty as Porky Pig's voice in Porky's Duck Hunt, which marked the debut of Daffy Duck, also voiced by Blanc. Following this, Blanc became a very prominent vocal artist for Warner Bros., voicing a wide variety of the 'Looney Tunes' characters.
Man, I remember the Whole Toon Catalog coming to the house every year, and I would just sit and gawk (which, as it turns out, was just as much of a thrill, but waaaayyy cheaper!). The year I happened on those Masters of Russian Animation releases, I was floored!Imagine, being just out of college where my film department treated animation like 'something you do if you can't make films'. The closest I ever got to seeing animation being treated faforably in public, was seeing Castle Films 50-foot 8mm's at a Comic 'Convention' in Indianapolis, or mimeo'd catalogues touting, 'Own a piece of real animation! Cels just fuve dollars each!'
.and in the space it took to show Fievel Goes West at the mall.suddenly I could BUY RUSSIAN ANIMATION?! Great thread.I dream that some of the more obscure theatrical cartoons will eventually see light in a good edition.If you missed it, Porky Pig 101 just came out that pulled up quite a few I had never seen, so I guess there is hope.But I am thinking about Columbia, Terrytoons, I don't think all of Fleischer or UPA stuff is out yet is it (though a lot is).I love this stuff, important part of film history.
And just wasting away.a lot of Warner Brothers stuff is still not available.I think Disney is in pretty good shape, except for I am not sure about the very very early stuff. Alice shorts.I feel the same way about stop animation.there are some nice dvd sets out though.but I am sure there is still a lot that has never seen the light of day.I wish they would show some of this on the big screen, I have memories of some of the Warner and Disney shorts just looking awesome on a huge screen.I would kill to see 'Deduce You Say' on a 50 foot screen.it just has an impact that watching it on a small screen does not. The DreamstoneThis aired for four seasons from 1990 to 1995.
The above video consists of the first two episodes (which originally aired as one hour long debut episode and was later split into a two-parter) and an episode from the second season. Looking around on Youtube, you can also find, which uses a working title and features noticeably different character designs and actors, including a young Christian Bale among them, and (of note, one of the other actors is doing a scratch voice for the Dream Maker, with the regular actor doing the lines proper on a different day). One thing I'll add about the show is that the soundtrack is really good - it's one of my favourite soundtracks of any TV show. Click to expand. I think you helped solve my 53 year old cartoon mystery. On page 5 of this thread.
I mentioned a cartoon show i used to watch from 1964 to 1966 on WFRV-TV in Green Bay Wisconsin that would come on at 12 noon Monday thru Friday called Mighty Mouse and Friends. Good for us half day morning kindergardners to wind down with after a hard day! Anyway, it had it's smattering of Terrytoons, Harveytoons, the Upa shorts ( which i referred to as surreal in my earlier post ) and Mr. Anyway, the cartoon i mentioned where i seen a live head reporter talking to cartoon animals, which was mentioned also in my earlier post, is mentioned in the book ' When Magoo flew- the rise and fall of animation studios' It says ' One story man who rose to director was T.
Hee who created a parody of Walter Cronkite's you are there television program 'Mr. Longview looks back'. Four cartoons were produced for this series. In each, the animators cut out black and white photographs and made them move. Walter Longview, a cronkite-type figure appears at his news desk to open each installment. In 'nero fiddles' we are taken to July 24, 64 A.D.
Where Larry White, an on the spot reporter, is there with trenchcoat and microphone to interview ancient romans. The black and white photographs interact with drawn backgrounds and animated characters.'
All these years, i have asked cartoon experts on the net and i actually called WFRV and nobody knew what i was talking about. The bad news is i can't find a video or screenshot for these particular upa cartoons.
'Nero Fiddles' is one of those MIA shorts that you mentioned from the Gerald Mcboing show that was on CBS. Thank you, Indy Mike. Moonbird is a 1959 short animated film by John Hubley and Faith Hubley in which two boys have an adventure in the middle of the night as they sneak out and try to catch a 'Moonbird' and bring it home. The film was animated by Robert Cannon and Ed Smith. It won an Academy Award for Short Subjects (Cartoons) at the 32nd Academy Awards, in 1960.Moonbird featured the voices of the Hubley's sons, Mark and Ray ('Hampy'). For the Moonbird, the Hubleys secretly recorded the boys sharing an imaginary adventure before going to sleep in the darkness of their room. Their parents afterwards took the tapes and created an animated film to fit their sons' story.The very first independent short to win the Oscar.