Saturday, December 30, 2006
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
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
