Famed announcer GARY OWENS, who emceed Laugh-In and numerous game shows, has passed away at age 80, according to Variety. To ME, he is most memorable as SPACE GHOST, as well as a myriad of other cartoon voices for Hanna-Barbera and Walt Disney.
Read the article HERE.
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R.I.P. Cartoon producer LOU SCHEIMER
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
A "Darker, Edgier Mickey"....?
Nice Read about "Characters".....
A good opinion piece about continuity, story, and personality.
Check it out HERE.
A good opinion piece about continuity, story, and personality.
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| Gritty, Icky Mickey |
Check it out HERE.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
"Underdog" Co-Creator BIGGERS Dies
William Watts Biggers, the co-creator of the popular animated series Underdog died at 85 of undisclosed causes last Sunday. Biggers, who was also a novelist, was part of the influential team that created the popular toon while working for New York City advertising firm Dancer Fitzgerald Sample. The team came up with the toon while on an assignment for General Mills to come up with vehicles to promote breakfast cereals.
Read the entire story HERE .
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Google 'FLINTSTONES' Doodle Celebrates Iconic Cartoon's 50th Anniversary
Click the title of this post to read the entire story! "The Flintstones" was the first, and the longest running, animated situation comedy shown in prime-time television, according to the Museum of Broadcast Communications. It debuted on ABC in September 1960 and was modeled after "The Honeymooners." It was not actually branded as "children's programming" until NBC started re-airing it in 1967. It broke ground because cartoons in that era typically only lasted a few minutes; this was the first show to stretch one story into a full half hour.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
"Phineas & Ferb" Renewed by Disney!
BRENTOONS MEDIA has learned that The Disney Channel is picking up Dan Povenmire's "Phineas & Ferb" for another season. Co-created & co-produced by Dan Povenmire and Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh, this brings the episode total to 100 and counting...!
Congratulations, fellas, and keep up the good work! And by 'good work' I really mean 'great work' and am proud and excited for you!
Click on the title of this post to read the article on 'Animation Magazine'.....!
Monday, April 6, 2009
Classic Disney Animator Dunham Dies
Classic Disney Animator Dunham Dies
Sunday, April 05, 2009
By: Thomas J. Mclean
Jack Dunham, an animator who worked for Universal and at Disney on such classics as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, has died at the age of 98, according to the blog Cartoon Brew.
Dunham first worked on Oswald shorts at Universal before moving to Disney in the mid-1930s. He worked as an in-betweener on Snow White, then worked as a unit manager at the studio until 1947.
According to notes accompanying a series of interviews on YouTube, Dunham moved to Canada in the 1950s to manage Associated Screen News in Montreal. He produced animated and live-action commercials in Canada for many years before he and his wife were placed in a government-run old-age facility in 2006.
Sunday, April 05, 2009
By: Thomas J. Mclean
Jack Dunham, an animator who worked for Universal and at Disney on such classics as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, has died at the age of 98, according to the blog Cartoon Brew.
Dunham first worked on Oswald shorts at Universal before moving to Disney in the mid-1930s. He worked as an in-betweener on Snow White, then worked as a unit manager at the studio until 1947.
According to notes accompanying a series of interviews on YouTube, Dunham moved to Canada in the 1950s to manage Associated Screen News in Montreal. He produced animated and live-action commercials in Canada for many years before he and his wife were placed in a government-run old-age facility in 2006.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Disney Says They Will Make More 2-D Features
Disney Plans to Make 2-D Features Every Other Year
Sunday, March 01, 2009 By: Thomas J. Mclean
Walt Disney Animation Studios visual effects supervisor Marlon West told crowds at WonderCon this weekend that the studio plans to make a 2-D, hand-drawn feature every other year.
The comments came after a presentation on The Princess and the Frog, the first 2-D animated film from the studio since 2004. Due out at Christmas, the film is directed by Ron Clements and John Musker.
Disney also is planning a digitally animated Rapunzel featured, due out in 2010.
Sunday, March 01, 2009 By: Thomas J. Mclean
Walt Disney Animation Studios visual effects supervisor Marlon West told crowds at WonderCon this weekend that the studio plans to make a 2-D, hand-drawn feature every other year.
The comments came after a presentation on The Princess and the Frog, the first 2-D animated film from the studio since 2004. Due out at Christmas, the film is directed by Ron Clements and John Musker.
Disney also is planning a digitally animated Rapunzel featured, due out in 2010.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
The Man Behind The Mouse
You can read a good article about Walt Disney by clicking on the title of this post. It was interesting to me, anyway.....!
Above is a picture of Walt Disney and his partner Ubbe Iwerks, along with their iconic creation.
Above is a picture of Walt Disney and his partner Ubbe Iwerks, along with their iconic creation.Sunday, September 21, 2008
Drummer for "Flintstones" Theme Passes
"Flintstones" theme drummer Earl Palmer dead at 84
Hugely prolific New Orleans drummer Earl Palmer, whose powerful backbeat was heard on the fast, percussion-heavy theme song of "The Flintstones," died Friday in Los Angeles after a long illness. He was 84. Possibly the most recorded drummer in the history of popular music, Palmer helped create the beat of rock 'n roll. He was heard on thousands of recordings, starting in the late 1940s. "He was my right hand," Dave Bartholomew, the producer and co-writer of Fat Domino's catalog, told the New Orleans Times-Picayune. "He was a professor of music. [With Palmer's death,] it's like I died myself." "If any single musician can be credited with defining rock & roll as a rhythmic idiom distinct from the jump, R&B, and all else that preceded it, that musician is surely Earl Palmer," wrote Robert Palmer (no relation) in Rolling Stone.
Born Earl C. Palmer in New Orleans on October 25, 1924, he grew up in the city's Treme neighborhood. As a young boy, he entered show business as a tap dancer with his mother and aunt on the black vaudeville circuit. Later, he moved to Los Angeles, impacting the music scenes in both cities as a first-call session drummer. From 1950 to 1957, Palmer's powerful backbeat and mastery of second-line shuffle rhythms made him a much in-demand percussionist in his hometown. He was hired by bandleader Dave Bartholomew in 1947 after a stint in the army and recorded extensively with Bartholomew protege Domino, Lloyd Price, Smiley Lewis and other New Orleans artists at Cosimo Matassa's legendary J&M Studios. He also played on the seminal rock and roll recordings of Little Richard, who wrote in his autobiography that Palmer "is probably the greatest session drummer of all time." In 1949, Palmer played drums on Domino's debut hit "The Fat Man," a reported million-seller that reached #2 on the R&B chart early the following year.
Lured to California to work for Aladdin Records in 1957, he played on literally thousands of rock, jazz, R&B and soundtrack sessions over the years. From his home base in Los Angeles, Palmer drummed for producer Phil Spector and for Motown. His list of session credits included artists as diverse as Ritchie Valens, Eddie Cochran, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Duane Eddy, Frank Sinatra, the Monkees, Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Otis, Neil Young and Elvis Costello. Though Palmer's first love was jazz -- "I lived in a jazz world," he allowed in his biography Backbeat: Earl Palmer's Story -- he laid the foundation for rock and roll drumming with his solid stickwork and feverish backbeat. He was heard on such classics as Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti" and The Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin.'"
In 1961, he recorded the solo album Drumsville for the Liberty label, followed a year later by "Percolator Twist." Among other projects in 1968, he played on albums by the Monkees, Taj Mahal, Roy Brown and Van Dyke Parks. The year 1972 was typically prolific and varied. He played on albums by B.B. King, Randy Newman and Professor Longhair. Backbeat: Earl Palmer's Story, by music journalist and historian Tony Scherman, was published by the Smithsonian Institution Press in 1999. A companion CD, Backbeat: The World's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Drummer (Ace Records), collected 30 of the strongest tracks that he played on. On March 6, 2000, Palmer was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the fifteenth annual induction dinner. Mike Leiber and Jerry Stoller were his presenters.
Palmer could be heard on scores of Fats Domino singles, including his hits "I'm In Love Again," "I'm Walkin" and "My Blue Heaven." He backed Little Richard on "Long Tall Sally," Lewis on "I Hear You Knocking," Price on "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," Shirley & Lee on "Let the Good Times Roll," and Ritchie Valens on "La Bamba." "Earl was a complete musician, a complete drummer," Bartholomew said. "In the studio, I didn't have to tell him (anything). He would tell me. If it was a sweet song, he knew how to approach it. If it was rock 'n roll, he knew how to approach that." He contributed to the soundtracks of dozens of 1960s and 1970s movie classics. These included It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Cool Hand Luke, In the Heat of the Night, Valley of the Dolls, Rosemary's Baby, Kelly's Heroes, Harold and Maude, Lady Sings the Blues, What's Up, Doc?, Walking Tall, The Longest Yard and The Rose. Movie work in the 1980s included Gremlins, Top Gun, Predator, Cocktail and The Fabulous Baker Boys. Palmer played the theme song or incidental music on such TV series as I Dream of Jeannie, Green Acres, Ironside, The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, The Odd Couple and M.A.S.H. He continued working even through the 1990s. His influence was recognized by drummers ranging from the Rolling Stones' Charlie Watts to the E Street Band's Max Weinberg. Earl Palmer was married four times. His survivors include seven children, 18 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Hugely prolific New Orleans drummer Earl Palmer, whose powerful backbeat was heard on the fast, percussion-heavy theme song of "The Flintstones," died Friday in Los Angeles after a long illness. He was 84. Possibly the most recorded drummer in the history of popular music, Palmer helped create the beat of rock 'n roll. He was heard on thousands of recordings, starting in the late 1940s. "He was my right hand," Dave Bartholomew, the producer and co-writer of Fat Domino's catalog, told the New Orleans Times-Picayune. "He was a professor of music. [With Palmer's death,] it's like I died myself." "If any single musician can be credited with defining rock & roll as a rhythmic idiom distinct from the jump, R&B, and all else that preceded it, that musician is surely Earl Palmer," wrote Robert Palmer (no relation) in Rolling Stone.
Born Earl C. Palmer in New Orleans on October 25, 1924, he grew up in the city's Treme neighborhood. As a young boy, he entered show business as a tap dancer with his mother and aunt on the black vaudeville circuit. Later, he moved to Los Angeles, impacting the music scenes in both cities as a first-call session drummer. From 1950 to 1957, Palmer's powerful backbeat and mastery of second-line shuffle rhythms made him a much in-demand percussionist in his hometown. He was hired by bandleader Dave Bartholomew in 1947 after a stint in the army and recorded extensively with Bartholomew protege Domino, Lloyd Price, Smiley Lewis and other New Orleans artists at Cosimo Matassa's legendary J&M Studios. He also played on the seminal rock and roll recordings of Little Richard, who wrote in his autobiography that Palmer "is probably the greatest session drummer of all time." In 1949, Palmer played drums on Domino's debut hit "The Fat Man," a reported million-seller that reached #2 on the R&B chart early the following year.
Lured to California to work for Aladdin Records in 1957, he played on literally thousands of rock, jazz, R&B and soundtrack sessions over the years. From his home base in Los Angeles, Palmer drummed for producer Phil Spector and for Motown. His list of session credits included artists as diverse as Ritchie Valens, Eddie Cochran, Ray Charles, Sam Cooke, Duane Eddy, Frank Sinatra, the Monkees, Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Otis, Neil Young and Elvis Costello. Though Palmer's first love was jazz -- "I lived in a jazz world," he allowed in his biography Backbeat: Earl Palmer's Story -- he laid the foundation for rock and roll drumming with his solid stickwork and feverish backbeat. He was heard on such classics as Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti" and The Righteous Brothers' "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin.'"
In 1961, he recorded the solo album Drumsville for the Liberty label, followed a year later by "Percolator Twist." Among other projects in 1968, he played on albums by the Monkees, Taj Mahal, Roy Brown and Van Dyke Parks. The year 1972 was typically prolific and varied. He played on albums by B.B. King, Randy Newman and Professor Longhair. Backbeat: Earl Palmer's Story, by music journalist and historian Tony Scherman, was published by the Smithsonian Institution Press in 1999. A companion CD, Backbeat: The World's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Drummer (Ace Records), collected 30 of the strongest tracks that he played on. On March 6, 2000, Palmer was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at the fifteenth annual induction dinner. Mike Leiber and Jerry Stoller were his presenters.
Palmer could be heard on scores of Fats Domino singles, including his hits "I'm In Love Again," "I'm Walkin" and "My Blue Heaven." He backed Little Richard on "Long Tall Sally," Lewis on "I Hear You Knocking," Price on "Lawdy Miss Clawdy," Shirley & Lee on "Let the Good Times Roll," and Ritchie Valens on "La Bamba." "Earl was a complete musician, a complete drummer," Bartholomew said. "In the studio, I didn't have to tell him (anything). He would tell me. If it was a sweet song, he knew how to approach it. If it was rock 'n roll, he knew how to approach that." He contributed to the soundtracks of dozens of 1960s and 1970s movie classics. These included It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World, Cool Hand Luke, In the Heat of the Night, Valley of the Dolls, Rosemary's Baby, Kelly's Heroes, Harold and Maude, Lady Sings the Blues, What's Up, Doc?, Walking Tall, The Longest Yard and The Rose. Movie work in the 1980s included Gremlins, Top Gun, Predator, Cocktail and The Fabulous Baker Boys. Palmer played the theme song or incidental music on such TV series as I Dream of Jeannie, Green Acres, Ironside, The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, The Odd Couple and M.A.S.H. He continued working even through the 1990s. His influence was recognized by drummers ranging from the Rolling Stones' Charlie Watts to the E Street Band's Max Weinberg. Earl Palmer was married four times. His survivors include seven children, 18 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Rare "Phineas & Ferb" Original Drawing
I recently had a request from a friend whose daughter is a fan of the Disney Channel hit "Phineas & Ferb". The creators, my friend DAN POVENMIRE and his partner JEFF "SWAMPY" MARSH were gracious enough to provide THIS gem:
Much coolness abounds....!
Much coolness abounds....!
Sunday, January 6, 2008
DON'T TASE ME, BRO...!
Well, it's been a while since I've updated. Been busy with a job change and the holidays and all. Got all kinds of art/animation goodies (software, pegbars, etc.)for Christmas or Festivus or HannuKwanzamas....!
Will be using these to finish putting together my 'pitch'.
Attempted to attend first Mardi Gras parade of the season down on Dauphin Island yesterday. Their floats are a bit primitive, traffic was poorly managed, and we actually missed the parade and sat stranded for over an hour after a 'senior citizen' driving a looooooonnnnnng luxurious motorhome (with s.u.v. in tow) pulled too far into an impassible 't' intersection. He blocked traffic 3-ways and pissed off a LOT of locals and me...! When we finally convinced him to disconnect the vehicle-in-tow, we were able to make our escape to a local watering hole to wait for the traffic to clear.
Saw a lot of mulletts. The 'do', not the fish. And they were 'proud' mulletts, some over 2-feet long...! (Not like the old 'semi-mulletts everyone had at some point in the 80's/early 90's).
And Bikers.
Will be using these to finish putting together my 'pitch'.
Attempted to attend first Mardi Gras parade of the season down on Dauphin Island yesterday. Their floats are a bit primitive, traffic was poorly managed, and we actually missed the parade and sat stranded for over an hour after a 'senior citizen' driving a looooooonnnnnng luxurious motorhome (with s.u.v. in tow) pulled too far into an impassible 't' intersection. He blocked traffic 3-ways and pissed off a LOT of locals and me...! When we finally convinced him to disconnect the vehicle-in-tow, we were able to make our escape to a local watering hole to wait for the traffic to clear.
Saw a lot of mulletts. The 'do', not the fish. And they were 'proud' mulletts, some over 2-feet long...! (Not like the old 'semi-mulletts everyone had at some point in the 80's/early 90's).
And Bikers.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Talented Artist Really DOES Need "PAYING" Gig!
WELL, after months of delays and hesitancy, I took a regular job. At a retail auto parts chain store. I had vowed to "never work retail" again, but had to take the job because I can't make any decent regular money as an artist. Everyone either wants a 'donation' or doesn't want to pay what the work is worth. Since I am pretty fast, most folks presume it should be pretty cheap.
Well, they can kiss my ass. People who say "Well, it shouldn't cost that much, since it didn't take you that long to do it...." have NO idea just how difficult getting a likeness can actually be! (Just for shits and giggles, YOU try it sometime, Michelangelo!)
Listen up, morons. You're not paying for the short time it takes me to draw your picture, portrait, or caricature. You're paying for the 30+ years of experience to be able to get a likeness in such a short time!
And I can't make as much money at any kind of print shop or in any low-rung graphics position to make it worth my while, so in lieu of chasing people down for pennies, I have taken a position in a field I despise in order to make a living. I don't necessarily enjoy dealing with slack-jawed droolers, trying to avoid arguing with them over what type of car they have, or what part they mistakenly requested. (I meant the part that attachesTO this one.....!) I had forgotten what a joy it is to install a battery in someone's car who is perfectly physically able, but just lazy or ignorant. But it's a regular paycheck. It enables me to help meet my financial obligations and takes stress off of my lovely and patient wife. And it will allow me the small allotment of time to chip away at the details of a project proposal I am attempting to complete.
Please pray for me that I don't blow my brains out before I can finish my cartoon designs.
Thank you and ROLL TIDE.
Well, they can kiss my ass. People who say "Well, it shouldn't cost that much, since it didn't take you that long to do it...." have NO idea just how difficult getting a likeness can actually be! (Just for shits and giggles, YOU try it sometime, Michelangelo!)
Listen up, morons. You're not paying for the short time it takes me to draw your picture, portrait, or caricature. You're paying for the 30+ years of experience to be able to get a likeness in such a short time!
And I can't make as much money at any kind of print shop or in any low-rung graphics position to make it worth my while, so in lieu of chasing people down for pennies, I have taken a position in a field I despise in order to make a living. I don't necessarily enjoy dealing with slack-jawed droolers, trying to avoid arguing with them over what type of car they have, or what part they mistakenly requested. (I meant the part that attachesTO this one.....!) I had forgotten what a joy it is to install a battery in someone's car who is perfectly physically able, but just lazy or ignorant. But it's a regular paycheck. It enables me to help meet my financial obligations and takes stress off of my lovely and patient wife. And it will allow me the small allotment of time to chip away at the details of a project proposal I am attempting to complete.
Please pray for me that I don't blow my brains out before I can finish my cartoon designs.
Thank you and ROLL TIDE.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Dan's Gonna Be A Daddy.....Again!
SEE IT HERE FIRST:
Clarissa and Dan Povenmire are expecting another member to join the cast! As the newest addition to the clan gestates and matures, I will be holding polls and/or contests for guessing gender, weight, names, and various preferences!
Stay tuned!
Clarissa and Dan Povenmire are expecting another member to join the cast! As the newest addition to the clan gestates and matures, I will be holding polls and/or contests for guessing gender, weight, names, and various preferences!
Stay tuned!
Saturday, October 6, 2007
When You Wish Upon Suing Family Guy
Well, seven years after the fact, "When You Wish Upon a Weinstein", a Family Guy episode directed by Dan Povenmire, is generating more controversy. Initially pulled from airing on network television due to material deemed offensive (on FOX, ironically enough!), the installment has since been included in the dvd collections and shown (several times) on Cartoon Network's ADULT SWIM.
Now, the music company who holds the rights to the song "When You Wish Upon a Star", the well-known tune featured in Walt Disney's Pinocchio, is suing Time-Warner, the parent company of Cartoon Network.
E-Online tells a little about it here:
http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=36351312-cb93-4ca2-af08-c6eddf2b9a4c&sid=fd-hot3-txt
And here's this this gem from Variety:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117973320.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
NOW, on a totally unrelated note, here is a nifty video featuring an "Etch-a-Sketch" artist:
Pretty neat, eh? I don't think I have the patience or manual dexterity for THAT...!
Now, the music company who holds the rights to the song "When You Wish Upon a Star", the well-known tune featured in Walt Disney's Pinocchio, is suing Time-Warner, the parent company of Cartoon Network.
E-Online tells a little about it here:
http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=36351312-cb93-4ca2-af08-c6eddf2b9a4c&sid=fd-hot3-txt
And here's this this gem from Variety:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117973320.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
NOW, on a totally unrelated note, here is a nifty video featuring an "Etch-a-Sketch" artist:
Pretty neat, eh? I don't think I have the patience or manual dexterity for THAT...!
Thursday, October 4, 2007
In Case You Missed It.....
Last night, I happened across a cable-tv showing of a Warner Brothers animated feature from 1999, "The IRON GIANT". This was a well-written and superbly-animated film by Brad Bird (The Incredibles) before he joined Pixar. The animation was gorgeous, and Bird's eye-catching designs captured the 50's sci-fi feel perfectly. If you get a chance, I highly recommend watching it, and/or adding it to your collection.
The use of both traditional animation and computer graphics made for a beautifully-rendered production, and the plot was strong and entertaining. Think "Classic Disney"..... It was a very well-made film that I don't believe was marketed properly by Warner Brothers, otherwise it would have been a much bigger box-office success.
The WHO's Pete Townshend, who is listed as a producer, had previously adapted a version into a rock opera/musical in the late 80's or early 90's, and had attempted to get his made into a feature.
This was the cover to the original novel by Ted Hughes, before the story was watered-down and sugar-coated for mass appeal in America.
AND, on a totally unrelated note, I thought you would also appreciate an old character model sheet from the old 'TerryToons' series "TOM TERRIFIC":
I used to watch this when it was shown on "CAPTAIN KANGAROO".
The use of both traditional animation and computer graphics made for a beautifully-rendered production, and the plot was strong and entertaining. Think "Classic Disney"..... It was a very well-made film that I don't believe was marketed properly by Warner Brothers, otherwise it would have been a much bigger box-office success.
The WHO's Pete Townshend, who is listed as a producer, had previously adapted a version into a rock opera/musical in the late 80's or early 90's, and had attempted to get his made into a feature.
This was the cover to the original novel by Ted Hughes, before the story was watered-down and sugar-coated for mass appeal in America.
AND, on a totally unrelated note, I thought you would also appreciate an old character model sheet from the old 'TerryToons' series "TOM TERRIFIC":
I used to watch this when it was shown on "CAPTAIN KANGAROO".
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