lookin` Back:



My wife keeps track of all the books she reads each year and logs them all in her diary. One of the last books she read was Stephen Cox`s the Munchkins Remember. There are a great many photos of all the little people that appeared in the Wizard of Oz and half way through the book there is a section on my old Sarasota neighbor Harry and his sister Daisy Doll.

I didn`t know them that well although I always saw him in his yard with his big Sherlock Holmes pipe waving up at his gardener. My father made the adjustable controls for their car. The built up gas peddle had to be 3 different sizes for Harry, the shortest; his sister Daisy, the tallest and Harry`s wife who was just a little taller than Harry.

This got me thinking. I have known a lot of people in my years. I use to hang out over at Harry A. Chesler`s house with John Totleben (Swamp Thing) and Chris Kalnick (Robotech).

I use to drink beers with Gray Morrow. I helped him dig his car out of the snow once.

Tex Blaisdell once peed in my widow ledge green house when he was desperate and couldn`t find the restroom in my Dover studio at 4 in the morning when he was crashing at my place.

The list of strange people and happenings goes on and on. I really don`t know how long the list is, it just kind of snack up on me.

I never really thought of myself as a source of memories for the past of Comic Books and Animation. Or not until I joined the Afternoon of Remembrance committee and I am nothing compared to my follow members.

Don`t forget
The Afternoon of Remembrance
February 3rd .
1 PM to . . .
Lasky-DeMille Barn
2100 North Highland Avenue
(Across from the Hollywood Bowl)
Hollywood, California

I guess the New Year is making me think. The one thing I am most grateful for is all the memories of all the strange people I have known and been friends with over the years. Have a safe and sensible New Year.


Larry Loc (ASIFA Blog Guy)  ¶ 4:26 PM

  Archive: Mary Blair Song Book Part Three Today we digitized more pages from the amazing Golden Book by Mary Blair, "The New Golden Song Book"...



Illustration: Mary Blair Song Book Part Three

If you missed them, check out the previous postings from this beautiful book... Part One and Part Two.

All of us at the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive wish you a Happy New Year. Starting this Tuesday we will be back at our regular hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Thanks
Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive  ¶ 8:04 PM

  Where Do You Get Those Cartoons?:

People, mostly students, keep asking me: where do you get all these animated cartoons? The answer is always the same and always different. I look. I am always looking. I know what they are asking, where can they pick up the DVDs and Tapes I have in my collection.

Like, do I have some secret connection that I could turn them on to. Sure, some my collection comes from friends with connections but most of it comes from thrift shop crawls. So unless you are willing to be always on the look out you can`t find what I find.

Here are a couple my new finds of old animation. And this is what I mean about the answer being always the same and always different. I found a couple Bobby`s World tapes at the Salvation Army just before Christmas.



I loved the whole kid`s reality of the Bobby`s World view. The production values are top notch and the traveling pans are outrageous. Howie Mandel is a real talent as is Phil Roman. The 2 of them created a great piece of animation.

Now here is what I mean about the answer always being different. The Two Thousand Year Old Man was a Christmas present. I am sure that it came from a thrift shop or a yard sale somewhere but where and when I do not know.



I have heard this Mel Brooks/Cal Reiner routine in one form or another for years. I knew there was an animation but I had not run across it. (I haven`t seen every animation every made even if I have tried)

The first thing I notice is the look and feel of the animation. It screams Hubley but I know it can`t be. I have gone over Faith and John`s filmogrophy too many times to have missed this cartoon.

Once I see the credits it all makes sense, Bill Littlejohn. Maybe the Hubley look is so much the Hubley look because of the long time collaboration with Bill Littlejohn. Just like the Chuck Jones look has a lot to do with Mike Maltese and Maurice Noble.

Back to my question. Where do you get all the rare cartoons? Constant vigilantes! And okay, and friends that know about and help feed your cartoon jones.


Larry Loc (ASIFA Blog Guy)  ¶ 9:35 AM

 

Where has that Loc guy been? I finished my last class on Friday December 22 and got the grades in about 11:30 AM. I had 3 students that had skipped the last class and where to email me their final tests. I had told them all that they had to have them in by 10 AM Dec 22. Only one made the deadline. I was in my car by 12 noon and I haven`t been on the Internet again until yesterday. I needed time off so I took it.

I came back on line to find over 800 emails only 4 of which I wanted to read. The 2 missing tests there. One marked 10:23 AM Dec 22nd. Strange it wasn`t there at 11 AM local time when I last checked on the 22nd so what time zone it came from I know not. The other test was marked 9 PM Dec 22. Hey they both missed the deadline. What can I say. A deadline is a deadline. Speaking of which I was going to take a week off from everything, so why am I back a day early?

I was at the 99 Cent Only store today and found another DVD. On the face of it, it is a complete piece of crap called the Mouse Police (Mause Polizei). Germany with early Hong Kong Kung Fu quality lip syncing (sic). The animation is below that I would accept from a first semester animation student. The walk cycles suck so bad. You have to buy this disk. Not for the main feature mind you.

It is the bonus features:

• Betty Boop and Little Jimmy - 1936 (transfer good) everybody had 5 copies
  
• Bored of Education - 1946 Little Lulu (transfer - who cares) 12 copies on this clunker
  
• Jasper`s Derby - 1946 (transfer - poor) Yes this is a George Pal puppetoon and even if the quality is not the best, this is a puppetoon and it is watchable.
  
• Bosko`s Shipwreck - 1931 (transfer - fair)
  
• Ding Dog Daddy - 1942 (transfer - good) I have 7 or 8 copies of this
  
• Inki and the Minah Bird - 1943 (transfer poor) one of those non PC cartoons that are hard to find but I have better copies
  
• Fox Pop - 1942 (transfer - fair) have lots of copies of this.

The question is would you pay 99 cents for a copy of a George Pal Jasper cartoon even if the source material and transfer is not the best? I know I would and did and will again if I get the chance.

Larry Loc (ASIFA Blog Guy)  ¶ 10:51 PM

  Archive: Bill Tytla Today, we posted the first part of an article on Bill Tytla by John Canemaker...



Biography: Bill Tytla

Thanks
Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive  ¶ 6:36 PM

  Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays from the officers and volunteers of the International Animated Film Society: ASIFA-Hollywood.  ¶ 6:17 PM

  The Seven Major Cartoon Factories of the Thirties Today, we posted the next chapter of Nat Falk's rare book, "How To Make Animated Cartoons"...



History: Nat Falk's How To Make Animated Cartoons Part Two

It's an interesting overview of the seven major cartoon factories that led the industry in the late thirties. Great stuff every day! Bookmark us.

Enjoy!
Stephen Worth
ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive  ¶ 2:49 PM

  New Screener:



FedEx just showed up at the door with the 4th screener of the session. So far ASIFA-Hollywood Members have received Monster House, Over the Hedge (which I watched again last night) Cars, and now Flushed Away.

Larry Loc (ASIFA Blog Guy)  ¶ 11:58 AM

  ASIFA Member's Screening:


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Larry Loc (ASIFA Blog Guy)  ¶ 11:29 AM

  Christmas is upon us all. I have been in a mad rush to get everything done. Last night Mr. S. showed up at the Silverado Library.





Larry Loc (ASIFA Blog Guy)  ¶ 11:08 AM

  JOSEPH BARBERA (1911-2006)
The Internet Animation Community has been a buzz with the passage of one of the last giants of the golden age. Cartoon Brew has a number of very good remembrances http://www.cartoonbrew.com/

Larry Loc (ASIFA Blog Guy)  ¶ 11:06 AM

  M.I.C.K.E.Y Have they Done This To You:



This just might be the world`s worst Mickey Mouse plagiarism? It is kind of the logo of Joanne`s Antiques in downtown Lake Forest. In fact it is so bad that it may not even constitute copyright infringement? My gods, he has 5 fingers on one hand and 4 on the other.

Larry Loc (ASIFA Blog Guy)  ¶ 5:33 AM

  Reviewing the Review:

I dreamed last night, all night, that I was being instructed by the computer generated ghost of Chuck Jones. Chuck would be in the middle of explaining something to me and he would warn me that he only had access to answers that were in his public record but fortunately there was quite a bit in that record.

It was one of those saturation dreams where waking activities continue into the distortion of dreams and you know you are dreaming. So I just enjoyed the personal training. When else are you going to be trained by the the master?

Yesterday was saturated and there is no surprise that the day continued into my night dreamlands. I spent the day at Laguna College of Art & Design taking part in an end of semester portfolio review. Every 15 minutes 3 more students would bring their semester worth of work in to for review by faculty.

LCAD is one of the top schools with a stiff portfolio review requirement for admission so the levels of work are very high. We teachers nit picked and talked about timing. The silhouette quality of a figure seemed to be the big problem as did a good understand of the power of the hold in the animated storytelling precess.

The review started a little before 11:30 AM and ran until 3:00 PM with a very short lunch fit inbetween students. At first I was worried that I would be off the wall. My teachers use to contradicting each other and sometimes themselves, hating one piece one day and loving it the next. It use to drive me crazy.

As the faculty went from review to review I was glad to see we all seemed to focus on the same areas. Made it seem like we knew what we were talking about.










Lennie Graves making a point, animators tend to be animated when we talk.



At 3:00 PM Linda Jones, looking poised and dignified as always, showed up with a DVD of a lecture by her father, Chuck Jones. (this of course explains my dream) It was great to hear a lecture by the master again. It was a lecture to a group of interns at Chuck Jones Productions back in 1997 and it seem like he was in the room and talking right to us.

At one point the alarm panel started beeping as the campus wide alarm system was activated and Chuck asked from the screen is the air conditioning on? It was spooky but in a meaningful way not a scary way. The event ended about 6:00PM and the LCAD semester was closed.

Laguna College meant a lot to Chuck. He helped launch the Animation Program. He designed their logo. His last public appearance was as LCAD back in 2001 just a few months before he died. I feel lucky to have been at that event. I feel luck to have been part of the review event yesterday. Sometimes it seems impossible to believe that I am teaching at an animation program that was started by Chuck Jones.




Chuck talking about conservation of volume with a balloon as a prop





Crawford, the short lived comic strip that Chuck did. He did not like being tied down to one strip a day, 365 days a year.




Larry Loc (ASIFA Blog Guy)  ¶ 11:50 AM

  Semester`s End:

I have finished with my Cal State Fullerton History of Animation class. (2 more classes at Brooks to go next week) The Fullerton grades are turned in. I did the long walk all over campus and then back again getting everything signed off by departments I never deal with and I got it turned in so I will get my last couple of pay checks. (It only took me 2 hours and 5 miles of walking. I`m not joking here)

The last whining student has been emailed back Your grade is your grade, you missed 3 classes so you don`t get the 10 points for attendance (read the syllabus) and all that extra credit you somewhere found should have been turned in before the last class, the grades are in.

Okay, that is not fair. I had 79 great students, students that are going places, students that will show up in the industry very soon and do great things and only one whiner trying to talk themself into a grade they did not earn. But one is enough and that is the one I tend to remember right after the class ends.

Last Sunday I posted some quiz question on the Blog while I was writing the final test for this class. So here are the answers (even thou most of you know the answers already):

The first U.S. prime time animation was:

a. Crusader Rabbit
b. Ruff and Reddy
c. Huckleberry Hound
d. The Flintstones


The world famous Zagreb animation studio is located in what country:

a. Greece
b. Spain
c. Yugoslavia
d. Italy


Snow White was distributed by RKO, why:

a. Pat Powers was embezzling money from Disney
b. RKO offered a stronger base and more screens
c. United Artists tried to hold up Disney for TV Rights
d. RKO was the only distributor Walt could get after Mintz took Oswald

Now I am off to a portfolio review at Laguna College of Art & Design followed by a Chuck Jones lecture pieced together on DVD by his daughter Linda.

Larry Loc (ASIFA Blog Guy)  ¶ 8:12 AM

  As long time readers know I have been editing last year`s Afternoon of Remembrance DVD set. Here is a great little clip of John Musker as he remembers Joe Ranft at last year's Afternoon of Remembrance.



Larry Loc (ASIFA Blog Guy)  ¶ 8:46 AM

  Toon Saloon #2:

McG`s, in real life, is a corner bar in Chatworth. Last night in was invaded by animators watching rare stop motion films. It was very dark inside the bar, as is right in a bar environment, so I could not get that many photos.



It is always fun to get to talk to your heros. The thing with film is that you may not know your hero`s names just their animaiton. Jim Aupperle of Flesh Gordon and Dinosaur Planet fame. (Jim is doing the deer in headlights impression because of the flash in a very dark bar).

We got to see some of Dinosaur Planet. Great stop motion cheesy live action actors in jump suits, what more can you ask for?



George Wong (quickly closing his eyes having been warned about the deer in headlights flesh) worked on a great TV show that I would love to have a copy of, Bump in the Night. Why has no one put out a DVD of this killer Saturday morning stop motion classic? Man that was a great show. The Sock Monster in the closet is up there with the all time greats.

There were people from BixPix with their just finished Chistmas special, copies of Animation Magazine, good food and some the the people drank non-soft type drinks.

Larry Loc (ASIFA Blog Guy)  ¶ 5:25 AM

  Animaton History Final:

Tonight is the final for my Cal State Fullerton History of Animaiton class. I have been going over the numbers and it looks good on paper.

Only 2.4% missed more than 2 days of class this semester (there are 10 points for missing no more than 2 classes in the semester - my theory, the student has to show up to get anything out of the class). 6.1% of students did not hand in their Animator Report (which is not good for the students that this number reflects - but not bad for a class - on the whole a nice small number). Another 6.1% did not hand in their Animation Timeline for review. Only one of the students was in both groups or 1.2% did not hand in the report or the timeline.

What does this all mean? Not much. Teaching is an art not a science. You can`t do it by the numbers. You have to feel your way and look for the teachable moments. You just have to put it out there and hope it means something to somebody.

Often it is the student everbody thinks is not paying attention that gets the most out of the class. Often it is the class screwup that makes it big and then gives lots of money to the school.

I have been in the teaching game 11 years and I am starting to know what I am doing just not who I am doing it for. I know that I am going to see a number of my students at animation events for years to come, I just don`t know which students are going to be, be, be in that number.

Larry Loc (ASIFA Blog Guy)

  ¶ 9:52 AM

  Questions, Questions:

I spent the day writing my final exam for Cal State Fullerton. Each semester is a little different because I find that I end up talking more about one aspect of animation history one semester and another aspect the next semester. So each test needs to match the areas covered.

The trick is to have a pool of question from old tests and change them around and rewirte them as needed to match the material covered during the semester.

Just for fun here are a few questions that did not make it into this final.

The first U.S. prime time animation was:

a. Crusader Rabbit
b. Ruff and Reddy
c. Huckleberry Hound
d. The Flintstones


The world famous Zagreb animation studio is located in what country:

a. Greece
b. Spain
c. Yugoslavia
d. Italy


Snow White was distributed by RKO, why:

a. Pat Powers was embezzling money from Disney
b. RKO offered a stronger base and more screens
c. United Artists tried to hold up Disney for TV Rights
d. RKO was the only distributor Walt could get after Mintz took Oswald

I`ll post the answers Tuesday morning after I give my final at Fullerton and turn in my grades.

Larry Loc (ASIFA Blog Guy)  ¶ 3:20 PM

 

Animation Magazine & Chiodo Bros. Are teaming up again to put on
Toon Saloon

A get together of animators and animation enthusiasts (again this month the event has an emphasis on stop motion with a screening of rare stop motion films and hanging out with your animation peers)

Thursday, Dec 14th
8:00 PM.
McG's Irish Pub & Grill
21356 Devonshire Street
Chatsworth, CA 91311


Larry Loc - ASIFA Blog Guy  ¶ 7:57 AM

  Date Set For An Afternoon of Remembrance:

The date for this year`s animation memorial event is February 3rd . It will be held in the Lasky-DeMille Barn as it has in past years.

Each year the animation community gets together at this event to honor the members of the animation family who have passed away during the year.

Some of the greatest stories and remembrances are told as friends and coworkers talk about their old friends, teachers, co-workers and mentors. It is a celebration of careers in animation. It is a beautiful and meaningful and often funny event that my kids and I look forward to attending each year.

Sometimes, while looking out over a new class of student, I wonder if one of these students is going to talk about me on some future Afternoon of Remembrance. It makes me want to do a good job teaching so there will be something good to say about me. As for the funny stories in my career, they seem to take care of themselves.



Larry Loc ASIFA Blog Guy  ¶ 7:43 AM

  Jumping the 20 Year Divide:

Winsor McCay Award - Recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation.



Bill Plympton; Genndy Tartakovsky; Andreas Deja

This year the Winsor McCay Awards look a whole lot younger. Or the Animators getting the awards do. There is a reason for this. A little thing that we in the Animation History game refer to as the Dark Ages of Animation. A 20 year period from around 1955 to about 1975 when almost no new talent came into the field of animation.

I was talking to Dori Littell-Herrick over at Woodbury University about this phenomena just yesterday. "I started in 1979 a kid working alone side all the old greats and by the time I hit 40 I was the oldest person in the studio. I was too young to be the old guard." Be that as it may be Dori, you and a whole lot of other people were fated to become prematurely old guard.

This year at the 34th Annual Annie Awards the Winsor McCay Award honors 3 of this young old guard. Three animators that have truly had a major impact on the Art and Industry of animation, 3 animators who are still working, still changing the industry.

Stolen from a short Annie PR bio written by Tom Sito:

Andreas Deja. Since coming from his native Germany in 1980, animator Andreas Deja has been a central player in the revival of Disney animation. His exceptional skill created Roger in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? King Triton in the Little Mermaid, Jafar in Aladdin, Scar in The Lion King and Hercules in Hercules.

Bill Plympton is one of the most successful makers of independent film in America today. Working virtually alone in his New York loft apartment, his output includes the award winning shorts Your Face, 25 Ways to Quit Smoking, The Fan and the Flower and Guard Dog; as well as the feature films The Tune, Mutant Aliens, I Married a Strange Person and Hair High.

Genndy Tartakovsky is one of the most influential animators in television today. His creations Dexters Lab, Samurai Jack, Star Wars Clone Wars and Powerpuff Girls have defined our idea of TV animation in a way not seen since Hanna & Barbera did it in the 1960s. He is currently creating a new version of the old Jim Henson classic The Dark Crystal.

Larry Loc - ASIFA Blog Guy  ¶ 9:07 AM

  2006 ANNIE AWARD NOMINATIONS BY CATEGORY
PRODUCTION CATEGORIES

Best Animated Feature

• Cars - Pixar Animation Studios
  
• Happy Feet - Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a Kennedy Miller Production in association with Animal Logic Film
  
• Monster House - Columbia Pictures Presents an ImageMovers/Amblin Production
  
• Open Season - Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures
  
• Over The Hedge - DreamWorks Animation
  

Best Home Entertainment Production

• Bambi II - DisneyToon Studios
  
• The Adventures of Brer Rabbit - Universal Animation Studios
  
• Winnie the Pooh: Shapes & Sizes - DisneyToon Studios
  

Best Animated Short Subject

• Adventure Time - Nickelodeon
  
• Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot - Thunderbean Animation
  
• No Time For Nuts - Blue Sky Studios
  
• Weird Al Yankovic Don`t Download This Song - Acme Filmworks
  

Best Animated Television Commercial

• Candy Factory - Kachen/Screen Novelties
  
• ESPN Believe - Laika/house
  
• Hilton Dancing Couple - Acme Filmworks
  
• St. Louis Zoo Giraffe - Z Animation
  
• United Airlines Dragon - DUCK Studios
  

Best Animated Television Production

• Charlie and Lola - Tiger Aspect Productions
  
• Foster`s Home for Imaginary Friends - Cartoon Network Studios
  
• King of the Hill - Twentieth Century Fox TV
  
• The Fairly OddParents - Nickelodeon
  
• Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! - Film Roman, a Starz Media Co.
  

Best Animated Video Game

• Flushed Away The Game - D3 Publisher of America, Inc.
  
• Monster House - THQ, Inc.
  
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature From the Krusty Krab - THQ, Inc.
  

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES

Animated Effects

• Scott Cegielski - Flushed Away - DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
  
• Keith Klohn - Cars - Pixar Animation Studios
  
• David Stephens - Open Season - Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures
  
• Erdem Taylan - Cars - Pixar Animation Studios
  
• John David Thornton - Ice Age: The Meltdown - Blue Sky Studios
  

Character Animation in a Feature Production

• Line Andersen - Flushed Away - DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
  
• Carlos Baena - Cars - Pixar Animation Studios
  
• Gabe Hordos - Flushed Away - DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
  
• Bobby Podesta - Cars - Pixar Animation Studios
  
• Kristof Serrand - Over The Hedge - DreamWorks Animation
  

Character Animation in a Television Production

• Joshua Jennings - Moral Orel - ShadowMachine Films
  
• Eileen Kohlhepp - Family Guy - Fox TV
  
• Sihanouk Mariona - Robot Chicken - ShadowMachine Films
  
• Yu Jae Myung - Avatar The Blind Bandit - Nickelodeon
  

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

• Peter DeSeve - Ice Age: The Meltdown - Blue Sky Studios
  
• Carter Goodrich - Open Season - Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures
  
• Nicolas Marlet - Over The Hedge - DreamWorks Animation
  

Character Design in an Animated Television Production

• Ben Balistreri - Danny Phantom King Tuck - Nickelodeon
  
• Mike Kunkel - The Life & Times of Juniper Lee Party Monsters - Cartoon Network Studios
  
• Carlos Ramos - The X `s Homebody - Nickelodeon
  
• Eric Robles - The X `s You Only Sneeze Twice - Nickelodeon
  

Directing in an Animated Feature Production

• David Bowers & Sam Fell - Flushed Away - DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
  
• Tim Johnson & Karey Kirkpatrick - Over The Hedge - DreamWorks Animation
  
• Gil Kenan - Monster House - Columbia Pictures ImageMovers/Amblin Entertainment
  
• John Lasseter - Cars - Pixar Animation Studios
  
• Carlos Saldanha - Ice Age: The Meltdown - Blue Sky Studios
  

Directing in an Animated Television Production

• Shaun Cashman - The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy Hill Billy - Cartoon Network Studios
  
• Craig McCracken - Foster `s Home for Imaginary Friends Bus the Two of Us - Cartoon Network Studios
  
• Guy Vasilovich - Growing Up Creepie The Tell-Tale Poem - Mike Young Productions
  
• Giancarlo Volpe - Avatar The Drill - Nickelodeon
  

Music in an Animated Feature Production

• John Debney - The Ant Bully - Warner Bros. Pictures Presents in Association with Legendary Pictures, a Playtone Production in Association with DNA Productions
  
• Gordon Goodwin - Bah Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas - Warner Bros. Animation
  
• Laura Karpman - A Monkey `s Tale - Dedica Group
  
• Randy Newman - Cars - Pixar Animation Studios
  
• John Powell - Ice Age: The Meltdown - Blue Sky Studios
  

Music in an Animated Television Production

• Brad Benedict, Mark Fontana & Erik Godal - Squirrel Boy A Line in the Sandwich - Cartoon Network Studios
  
• John King - Shorty McShorts ` Shorts Boyz on Da Run Part 1 - Walt Disney Television Animation
  
• Steve Marston - Jakers! The Gift - Mike Young Productions
  
• James L. Venable & Jennifer Kes Remington - Foster `s Home for Imaginary Friends One False Movie - Cartoon Networks Studios
  

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

• William Cone - Cars - Pixar Animation Studios
  
• Andy Harkness - Open Season - Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures
  
• Michael Humphries - Open Season - Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures
  
• Paul Shardlow - Over The Hedge - DreamWorks Animation
  
• Pierre-Olivier Vincent - Flushed Away - DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
  

Production Design in an Animated Television Production

• Martin Ansolabehere - Foster `s Home for Imaginary Friends Good Wilt Hunting - Cartoon Network Studios
  
• Alan Bodner - The Life and Times of Juniper Lee Water We Fighting For - Cartoon Network Studios
  
• Bob Boyle - Wow! Wow! Wubbzy - Tale of Tails - Film Roman, a Starz Media Co.
  
• Dan Krall - My Gym Partner `s A Monkey Grub Drive - Cartoon Network Studios
  
• Sue Mondt - Camp Lazlo Hard Days Samson - Cartoon Network Studios
  

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

• Thom Enriquez - Over The Hedge - DreamWorks Animation
  
• William H. Frake III - Ice Age: The Meltdown - Blue Sky Studios
  
• Gary Graham - Over The Hedge - DreamWorks Animation
  
• Kris Pearn - Open Season - Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures
  
• Simon Wells - Flushed Away - DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
  

Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production

• Troy Adomitis - American Dragon: Jake Long Breakout - Walt Disney Television Animation
  
• Ben Balistreri - Danny Phantom Urban Jungle - Nickelodeon
  
• Li Hong - The X `s You Only Sneeze Twice - Nickelodeon
  
• Shaut Nigoghossian - Danny Phantom Reality Trip - Nickelodeon
  
• Adam Van Wyk - Hellboy Sword of Storms - Film Roman, a Starz Media Co.
  
  

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

• Maggie Gyllenhaal - Voice of Zee - Monster House - Columbia Pictures ImageMovers/Amblin Entertainment
  
• Sam Lerner - Voice of Chowder - Monster House - Columbia Pictures ImageMovers/Amblin Entertainment
  
• Spencer Locke - Voice of Jenny - Monster House - Columbia Pictures ImageMovers/Amblin Entertainment
  
• Ian McKellan - Voice of the Toad - Flushed Away - DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
  
• Wanda Sykes - Voice of Stella - Over The Hedge - DreamWorks Animation
  

Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production

• Keith Ferguson - Voice of Blooregard - Foster `s Home for Imaginary Friends Squeeze the Day - Cartoon Network Studios
  
• Eartha Kitt - Voice of Yzma - The Emperor `s New School Kuzclone - Walt Disney Television Animation
  
• Mila Kunis - Voice of Meg Griffin - Family Guy Barely Legal - Fuzzy Door Productions
  
• Russi Taylor - Voice of Ferny - Jakers! Mi Galeon - Mike Young Productions
  
• Patrick Warburton - Voice of Kronk - The Emperor `s New School Kuzclone - Walt Disney Television Animation
  

Writing in an Animated Feature Production

• Rich Burns - Brother Bear 2 - DisneyToon Studios
  
• Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais and Chris Lloyd & Joe Keenan and Will Davies - Flushed Away - DreamWorks Animation & Aardman Features
  
• Dan Harman, Rob Schrab & Pamela Pettler - Monster House - Columbia Pictures Presents an ImageMovers/Amblin Entertainment
  
• Dan Fogelman - Cars - Pixar Animation Studios
  
• George Miller, John Collee, Judy Morris & Warren Coleman - Happy Feet - Warner Bros. Pictures Presents in Association with Village Roadshow Pictures, A Kennedy Miller Production in Association with Animal Logic Film
  

Writing in an Animated Television Production

• Kirker Butler - Family Guy Barely Legal - Fuzzy Door Productions
  
• Ian Maxtone-Graham - The Simpsons The Seemingly Neverending Story - Gracie Films
  
• Tom Sheppard - My Gym Partner `s a Monkey Nice Moustache - Cartoon Network Studios
  
• Dan Veber - American Dad American Dad Afterschool Special - Fuzzy Door Productions/Underdog Productions
  
• John Viener - Family Guy The Griffin Family History - Fuzzy Door Productions
  

JURIED AWARDS

June Foray Award - Significant and benevolent or charitable impact on the art and industry of animation.

• Stephen Worth
  

Winsor McCay Award - Recognition of lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation.

• Bill Plympton
  
• Genndy Tartakovsky
  
• Andreas Deja
  

Certificate of Merit

• Bill Matthews
  
• Michael Fallik
  
• Marc Deckter
  
• Eric Graf
  
  

  ¶ 6:37 AM

  This just in from my friend Porky Pig (Bob Bergen).

If you are free this Sunday, Hollywood and Highland is having their annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony along with an outdoor screening of the new animated feature Bah, Humduck: A Looney Tunes Christmas in which I play Porky, Tweety, and Speedy. There will also be complimentary hot cocoa, hot apple cider and holiday treats provided by Wolfgang Puck. Bring the kids!!! This is a free event! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Below is the schedule. Hope to see you there! ! !

5:00 PM - 5:10 PM
K-MOZART Personality, Rich Capparela, to welcome guests & serve as emcee for the event - Introduces Bob Bergen, who introduces the film.

5:10 PM - 5:55 PM Outdoor Screening of Warner Home Video`s Animated Feature BAH HUMDUCK!. . . A Looney Tunes Christmas.

5:55 PM - 6:00 PM
Rich Capparela speaks about CASA LA as beneficiary charity for the event and introduces Judge Nash and CASA LA Director to speak.

6:00 PM - 6:05
PM Judge Nash and CASA LA Director speak briefly about CASA LA and the tree light sponsorship as well as their car giveaway.

6:05 PM Official Tree Lighting by Santa Clause and/or Looney Tunes Character(s)(characters pending).

6:10 PM Rich Capparela introduces world famous Paulist Choristers Boys Choir.

6:10 PM - 6:30 PM Paulist Choristers Boys Choir Performs.

6:30 PM Event Concludes with Bob Bergen`s Porky Pig sendoff. . .




For more info see http://www.bobbergen.com/

Larry Loc  ¶ 8:37 AM