Friday, July 5, 2019

The 25 Most asked Questions to Animation Aficionados Everywhere (11-15)




11.       I’m asked this one a lot. Jerry Beck gave me the answer: Why There Were Never Any Bugs Bunny Cartoons Made During the late 60's but Road Runner and Daffy And Speedy Cartoons were made, Not To Mention Cool Cat And Merlin The Magic Mouse. Why Were There No Bugs Bunny Cartoons?
Jerry Says: "Several reasons. The main reason was they had so many Bugs Bunny cartoons that Warner Bros. content to reissue older Bugs Bunny cartoons during the 1960s instead of making any new ones. Warner's justified making new theatrical Non-Bugs cartoons by reasoning that they could use more Speedy and Daffy cartoons for selling to Saturday morning (or syndicating) either a Daffy Duck or a Speedy Gonzales Show..."


12.       Is there Still a Use for Hand Drawn Animation?
Yes, there still is a use for hand-drawn animation. Disney still has hand-drawn animators such as Eric Goldberg. Bill Plympton draws completely hand-drawn animated films. Duncan Animation Studio is a studio that does only hand-drawn animation. They animated Mary Poppins Returns.

13.       Is Goofy a Dog?
Greg Ehrbar Suggested this one. Yes. Goofy is a dog. There is no particular reason why Goofy can talk and Pluto can’t.
14.       Was Walt Disney Frozen?
Greg Ehrbar suggested this one too. No. Disney isn’t frozen. But they did make a movie called Frozen. I think the film would be better if the characters found a frozen Walt Disney. The snowman would be very surprised.

15.       Did Mel Blanc Voice All of the Looney Tunes Characters?
Greg Ehrbar suggested this one. No. Mel voiced 94.5% of the characters. Paul Julian is the voice of the Road Runner. Arthur Q. Bryan voiced Elmer Fudd. June Foray and Bea Benaderet voice Granny and Witch Hazel. Other actresses include Berneice Hansell, Sara Berner, and Julie Bennett. Other actors include Dave Barry, Stan Freberg, Kent Rogers, Billy Bletcher, and Daws Butler.


5 comments:

  1. Great information, Kamden. Thanks to Greg!

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  2. I always figured the primary reason Bugs Bunny didn't appear in a theatrical short after 1963 was that he had gone commercial--quite literally. Bugs spent the rest of the sixties selling Tang and Kool Aid. Also, he was hosting "The Bugs Bunny Show" on ABC.

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  4. I thought the canard about a "Bernice Hansen" was put to rest years ago. That was never her name. Someone misremembered it and the incorrect name continues to be perpetuated.
    It's no different that people insisting the first president of the US was George Willingdon because they read that somewhere.
    Read the story here

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