sobien... at (no spam) gmail.com wrote:
Which is why I always felt this episode of Ralph Bakshi's "Mighty
Mouse: The New Adventures" best sums up the experience!
http://www.clipser.com/watch_video/610166

I'm kinda glad they finally got off their corporate a$$es and release
this fine show again on DVD coming soon.

Hurray!

Consider another great 60's TV cartoon series: "The Alvin Show",
starring Alvin and the Chipmunks. This series had the usual Saturday
morning stiff animation, but the stories and music were clever and funny
enough to overcome budget limitations. The Chipmunks have been back in
several forms over the years, including a 1980's Saturday morning TV
series, an animated feature, and a live action feature with the
Chipmunks rendered in CGI. All of these efforts have much better
production values than the original 60's series. Unfortunately, none of
these efforts display an ounce of wit, and hence none of them are worth
a nanosecond of your time.

Frank J. Lhota wrote:
Consider another great 60's TV cartoon series: "The Alvin Show",
starring Alvin and the Chipmunks. This series had the usual Saturday
morning stiff animation, but the stories and music were clever and funny
enough to overcome budget limitations. The Chipmunks have been back in
several forms over the years, including a 1980's Saturday morning TV
series, an animated feature, and a live action feature with the
Chipmunks rendered in CGI. All of these efforts have much better
production values than the original 60's series. Unfortunately, none of
these efforts display an ounce of wit, and hence none of them are worth
a nanosecond of your time.

Agreed... when Ross Sr. was still around, there was a great creative
team in support.  Format Films had a great crew.
All classy people who had their starts at UPA.

There was one episode wherein a woman got drunk or something and started
belting out this jazz number - "Baby, baby baby!  A-daddy, daddy,
daddy!..."  June Foray did some outstanding vocal work there.

And of course... Clyde Crashcup, who claimed to have invented nearly
everything, and his Teller-esque assistant Leonardo.  I have no earthly
idea why, but Clyde was modeled, in voice and appearance, on character
actor Richard Haydn.  Perhaps Haydn was a friend of Bagdasarian and
Clyde was an inside joke, for Haydn was never that famous despite many
film appearances.

And speaking of voices (going back on topic) - I wonder if Bill Scott
modeled Dudley's voice on that of Harry Secombe of the "Goon Show"?
Though it was a BBC series, the Goons did get some American airplay.  I
know some cite Nelson Eddy's character in "Rose Marie" as the
inspiration for Dudley, but the voice is very much like "Neddie Seagoon"
(Secombe's character).

I'll close it here lest I develop Carras-itis.

The only good part of that movie was the cartoon shown before it: "The
Fox, the Box and the Lox." This cartoon came about because of the
discovery of an unused "Fractured Fairy Tales" script in the Jay Ward
Studio archives. A modern team of animators made the cartoon, and
lovingly recreated the Jay Ward style. "The Fox, the Box and the Lox"
had all the humor and charm of the original Bullwinkle series.

It is unfortunate that the production team who made this cartoon did not
make the feature. I really regret not leaving the theater after the
cartoon was over!

Frank J. Lhota wrote:
The only good part of that movie was the cartoon shown before it: "The
Fox, the Box and the Lox." This cartoon came about because of the
discovery of an unused "Fractured Fairy Tales" script in the Jay Ward
Studio archives. A modern team of animators made the cartoon, and
lovingly recreated the Jay Ward style. "The Fox, the Box and the Lox"
had all the humor and charm of the original Bullwinkle series.

It is unfortunate that the production team who made this cartoon did not
make the feature. I really regret not leaving the theater after the
cartoon was over!

That reminds me of when Disney was putting out Roger Rabbit
shorts.  I talked a friend into going to see "Honey, I Shrunk the
Kids".  After the short, he said "Okay, let's go."  but I said to
wait a bit.  The opening credits for the movie were done in an
entertaining cartoon, too.  Then we decided to press our luck...

The less said about "Dick Tracy", the better...

--
-Jack