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From: bkeener@cs.ulowell.edu (Brian E. Keener)
Subject: Disney's ANIMATION STUDIO for the IBM
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Lowell Computer Science
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 18:10:39 GMT

	I own a Canon IBM PC compatible computer with VGA/MCGA capabilities,
and I have been looking at the $80-odd "Disney's Animation Studio" software.
Since it would require, for my PC, a RAM upgrade (about 120-150 dollars) in
addition to the software (80-100 dollars), I was wondering if anyone out there
has actually used the software and, if so, what you think of it.

							-MetalMaster
From: jjwright@remus.rutgers.edu (   Jay)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
Subject: ROCKY/BULLWINKLE/LOONEY TUNES
Date: 11 Sep 92 14:46:43 GMT
Distribution: nj
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


When does TNT and Nickelodeon play looney tunes and rocky and
bullwinkle?  (This post coming to you from Middlesex county in New
Jersey).  

Actually I am interested in any cable channels lineup of cartoons,
most specifically the older looney tunes, rocky and bullwinkle, and
other classic old cartoons.  I especially love the old daffy duck
shows.  but anyway..  if anyone could send any times, that would be
greatly appreciated.

jay

as a side question, how many episodes of rocky and bullwinkle are
there?  how many years did it run?  if you know this, or any other
items of information that should be shared, please do so.
From: wmorgan@stsci.edu (Windsor A. Morgan)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
Subject: Re: BATMAN: TAS    9/14    PRETTY POISON
Date: 15 Sep 92 14:43:54 GMT
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute

In article <1992Sep15.140902.11643@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> conty@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (OtakuRoach) writes:
>9/14    PRETTY POISON                              Sunrise     Poison Ivy

>The pace was too rushed for my taste, but otherwise it was a decent episode.  
>Note the irony in the "A Better, Safer Gotham" caption.

I liked the "Watchmen-like" comments of Dent while Batman was "acting
them out" while fighting/chasing the escapee.  The first 15 minutes
seemed better than the last, in my opinion.  I can't put my finger on
it, but maybe it just didn't seem "realistic" and "believable" (that
is, in the "realism" and "believability" of the Batman universe).

However, what was it with those two scenes:

Gordon:  "There's been a breakout at Gotham Penitentiary!"
	 ("Everybody abandon your posts!")

or later,

Gordon:  "The District Attorney is in a coma!"
	 ("Everybody abandon your posts!")

(The dialogue in parentheses was not said, but it *sure* looked as if
Gordon did order that, from the actions of the policemen :-)

>P.S.  Is it me, or should little Miss Poison be in Arkham instead of the
>penitentiary?

Artistic license (or poetic justice, take your pick).

Finally, wasn't Harvey Dent supposed to be ultra-handsome?  The way he
is drawn, it *sure* doesn't look like it.  I hope Dent shows plenty of
times.  It's fun to watch a doomed man :-).
-- 
'Verily, there be no leader as wise as the Vision!'
                         Windsor Morgan (wmorgan@stsci.edu OR NHT@PSUVM.BITNET)
                         Space Telescope Science Institute
                         Baltimore, MD   21218
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From: schmata@camelot.bradley.edu (Peter Stein)
Subject: Great BATMAN quote
Organization: Bradley University
Distribution: na
Date:  7 Sep 92 21:56:56 GMT


From today's "Mr. Freeze" episode, when Freeze shows up with his freeze
weapon in front of GothCorp. He pulls up in front of the valet attendant,
who had me ROTFL with this line:

                        "Keys?"

Oh well...I guess you had to be there...=) 

--
Pete Stein, rspw's number-one free agent
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Organization: Sophomore, Art, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
Date: Wed,  9 Sep 1992 17:34:08 -0400 
From: Paolo Vergara Malabuyo <pm3o+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: company addresses, info?

Does anyone out there know any major animation studios' addresses/phone
numbers?  I am an art student and I am interested in any internships or
student employment.  Any and all information would be greatly
appreciated.

Please send any responses to:
    pm3o+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU

Thanks.

Paolo V. Malabuyo
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From: cmeadows@nyx.cs.du.edu (Chris Meadows)
Subject: Fox has BOTH Batman and X-men?
X-Disclaimer: Nyx is a public access Unix system run by the University
	of Denver for the Denver community.  The University has neither
	control over nor responsibility for the opinions of users.
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix at U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Distribution: na
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 18:00:29 GMT


That's a show from DC comics, and a show from Marvel comics.  Now THAT's
what I call keeping your bases covered.

---Chris Meadows

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From: ss@wpi.WPI.EDU (Scott Streeter)
Subject: Re: Laserdisk Players
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
Distribution: rec
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 12:54:53 GMT

>>>>> On 6 Sep 92 15:19:37 GMT, derrick@cs.athabascau.ca (Derrick Rowlandson) said:


derrick> I see a lot of neat cartoons on Laserdisk (example: the two 5
derrick> disk Loony Toons sets). I am thinking of getting into this
derrick> technology, but have a couple questions:

derrick> Is the video (and sound) quality much better?  

Like CD's compared to records...

derrick> How much does a player cost?  

Anywhere from $300 to $3000

derrick> Is there any other questions I should be asking?

Well LD's have a range of features like most products of today do. I
would suggest going out and checking them out at the store. Also if
you post to rec.video you will get a huge response.

--
                        Scott Streeter
                        ss@wpi.wpi.edu
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From: kathyli@sdcrsi.cray.com (the Rev. Mom)
Subject: Re: Some comments on BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES
Organization: CRS San Diego UUCP Gateway
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 17:22:33 GMT

Whoops.  This is what happens when you string articles together.
I wrote:

>They also mentioned that there's going to be an episode where
>Adam West will play an actor who portrayed the Grey Ghost on tv,

The rest of the paragraph goes like this:

one of Bruce Wayne's childhood heroes. The Adam West character
is now a washed-out-has-been because he can't get any work;
everybody always recognizes him as the Grey Ghost...

--Kathy
-- 
------------------------| Alfred: My heavens! You mean it *wasn't* you 
kathyli@sdcrsi.cray.com |         tossing guards out of windows last night?
------------------------| Batman: I only toss butlers, Alfred.
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From: ij59@vaxb.acs.unt.edu
Subject: Re: BATMAN: TAS
Organization: University of North Texas
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 02:34:18 GMT

7In article <s5ssqB2w165w@cybernet.cse.fau.edu>, sasha@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (David A. Tumarkin) writes:
> Damn good cartoon.  The art is a hybrid of Max Fleisher and Chester 
> Gould.  Very artsy but extremely effective.  
> 
> Finally, a cartoon that doesn't talk down to you (and the only cartoon 
> that I can recall in which a character says "My God").
> 
> 
>                                - Sasha
> 
> 
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> "Though the fruits of crime bear bitter seaweed, the sea cucumbers of 
>  crime makes a killer salad."
>                                       - Dr. Calamari in the DC/Marvel
>                                         Crossover with Suicide Squid
>                                         and Archangler in THE DEVIL,
>                                         THE ANGEL, AND THE DEEP BLUE

"Swiss Family Robinson," starrring Reba West aka "Minmei" from Robotech, and
airing on the Family channel every SUnday at 7am (or at least it was) has no
trouble with phrases like "my god," and the family is fairly devout vchristian
and say prayers every now and then, a definite no-no for most current cartoons.  
P.S. this is anime styles, by Nippon Animation, is a sequential 26 or so
episode series and is pretty good, acxtually.

Scott Miller/Sukotto Miraa  Still tyoping on a screwed-up keyboard...
ij59@vcaxb///////
{IGNORE^^^}
ij59@vaxb.acs.unt.edu   "Nippon no anime wa ichi-ban desu!"
From: thwang@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Tommy Hwang)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
Subject: Alvin and the Chipmunks
Date: 4 Sep 92 22:46:00 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Computing Center


     Does anyone out there knows where I can find Alvin and the
Chipmunks (SP?) on Laser disc?  I no longer have a VCR...
:[ :[
                                                -TKH '92
  
Thanks in advance...
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From: lf7z@ellis.uchicago.edu (glenn alan carnagey jr)
Subject: Re: Batman Animation
Reply-To: lf7z@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 07:20:07 GMT

In article <Bu7s8F.32s@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> sarwate@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Sanjiv Sarwate) writes:
>rjung@aludra.usc.edu (Robert A. Jung) writes:
>
>>  Not to be a wet blanket, but I thought the "Man-Bat" story wasn't THAT
>>great. My biggest gripe was that the identity of the Man-Bat was telegraphed
>>from a mile away -- as soon as Bruce walked into the lab, the light bulb went
>>off in my head. Also, the "Batman finds an antidote" solution was a little too
>>pat and trite for my tastes. In contrast, the Saturday episode ("Claws of the
>>Cat", or somesuch) was better written IMO.
>
>Well, on the other hand, anyone familiar with the story of the Man-Bat knew
>who he was anyway.  They are staying fairly true to the comic origin in this
>series.  (Did anyone notice how Harvey Dent already has a thing about flipping
>coins? )

Not only that, but the antidote is also how the original Detective story
ended as well, it just wasn't permanent.  The action in the Man-Bat story
is my favorite of the animation so far, but for story it comes in second to
Mr. Freeze, destined to be a classic, in my book.

Pax ex machina,
Glenn
......................................................................
"SSKKKRRRREEEEEE"
   --- Man-Bat
g-carnagey@uchicago.edu, if you must know
......................................................................
 


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From: JACK.L.WEBB@OFFICE.WANG.COM ("Jack Webb")
Subject: Re: Need Lyrics to Michigan J. Frog Song
Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA USA
Date: 08 Sep 92 11:00:49 EST

Well, I was planning on posting a complete transcript of "One Froggy Evening"
to provide the lyrics to the Michigan Rag, but Will Bell kinda stole my
fire...    :-)

Anyhoo, it's probably better that way - the transcript is rather long and
would have eaten up a hell of a lot of bandwidth.  So I'll simply offer to
e-mail it to anyone out there that's interested in it.  Let me know.

Jack
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From: conty@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (OtakuRoach)
Subject: Re: Cartoon Network
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 04:43:28 GMT

In article <1992Sep7.203427.19576@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, cmeadows@nyx.cs.du.edu (Chris Meadows) writes:
> 
> I heard that Turner was going to show anime (Japanese animation, as if
> I need to explain after Marc's article) on the Science-Fiction Channel.

That would be a pretty good trick, since Turner doesn't own the
Sci-Fi Channel.  :-)

The Sci-Fi Channel is owned by the same people who own the USA Network,
home of the most wretched cartoon block existing today (the USA Cartoon
Express).

Hmm.  Vintage SF animated series would be a natural for the SF Channel.
STAR BLAZERS, anyone?
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From: palmerc@abulafia.b21.ingr.com (Christopher M. Palmer)
Subject: Re: BATMAN:  "Feat of Clay" (spoilers)
Organization: Intergraph
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 14:05:40 GMT

>In article <SS.92Sep9080217@wpi.WPI.EDU> ss@wpi.WPI.EDU (Scott Streeter) 
>rites:
>>
>>I agree the Batwing was thrown in just to be thrown in. It would have
>>been more relistic is he used a helicopter. The only reason it was the
>>Batwing was becaues it was in the movie. It was relistic when he was
>>just following the car on the radar screen, but when he is flying
>>around with the guy hanging by one arm, dive bombing the water.....

In my personal attempt to suspend disbelief in order to not be bummed
out by the obvious silliness of doing all of these things in a jet, I
decided that the batplane must have VTOL capabilities, like a Harrier.
Don't bother correcting me, it keeps me from saying, "Yeah, right..."
:-)

Other impressions:

I liked it when the Gotham police made Batman stop torturing the guy
with the Batplane.  It kind of hints at the uneasy alliance between
the police and a vigilante.

I liked Clayface's death scene.  It had me wondering for a few
seconds, "Did they really kill a villain in a cartoon?"

I liked it when Clayface confronted Daggett (sp?) on the TV show.  A
semi-obvious homage to Total Recall?

I agree with a previous poster.  Batman: TAS has more graphical
storytelling than most other cartoons I have seen.  Most American
cartoons seem like radio plays.  You can listen to them and follow
every detail of what little story there is.  I thought Isis seeing the
invisible security beams in the premiere was very cool.

Of course the graphic design is great.  I particularly admire the use
of light and shadow as opposed to the garish colors and well-lit
scenes of TMNT and others.

P.S. Are any Fox stations showing this at a decent hour?  Ours shows
it at 4:30, which is before I get home but after my wife gets home.
She likes the show, and I've been taping it, but she doesn't like
watching it twice a day (my current cable configuration keeps me from
taping one show while watching another without rewiring).


-- 
Christopher M. Palmer --------------------------- Intergraph Corporation
palmerc@abulafia.b14.ingr.com ---------------------- Huntsville, Alabama     
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From: bkeener@cs.ulowell.edu (Brian E. Keener)
Subject: Test... test... test... te.... AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! (crunch!)
Keywords: Merde, merde, merde, merde, merde! -Napoleon, "Bill & Ted's"
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Lowell Computer Science
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 18:40:23 GMT

Testing... testing n' stuff... this damn thing never works... testing...


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From: cmeadows@nyx.cs.du.edu (Chris Meadows)
Subject: Anybody got copies of Inhumanoids?
Organization: Nyx, Public Access Unix @ U. of Denver Math/CS dept.
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 19:23:48 GMT


I _REALLY_ hate to ask this question, but it's for my younger bothers--I
mean, _brothers_.  They, apparently, really loved the toy-advertisement
show INHUMANOIDS.  And they wanted me to post to see if anybody recorded
it and is willing to copy it for them. 

So there.  I asked.  If you have it, please respond via email.  Thanks.

---Chris Meadows
From: jordan@castor.cs.uga.edu (Chuck Jordan)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
Subject: Batman: Animated Series
Date: 10 Sep 92 07:31:21 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens

I have a couple questions about Batman: TAS and I guess TV animation in
general:

1) Does anybody out there have little brothers or children who are more in
the target audience for Batman?  I'd be interested to see what they think 
of the show; I'd like it to be a hit with the kids so I could watch it too!
(And don't send nasty messages telling me how animation isn't just for kids;
unfortunately that's the way American TV works now and an animated series
just isn't going to last unless it's popular with children.  The only animated
series that have been really successful because of older audiences have been
Liquid Television and to some degree Ren 'n' Stimpy, which are both popular
with the college set.)

2) I think it's a little early to be saying that Batman marks a new rebirth
for American animation, because I believe a majority of the actual animation
is done in Japanese studios?  (I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong.)
The way I understand it, the art direction and character design are done by
the studio that is handling the series, and then the scripts are sent to the
foreign studios?  Are key drawings done by the US company or by the foreign 
artists?  Is the Ink and Paint for TV animation similar to comic book
inking?  That is, can an Ink & Paint artist change the look of the pencil
drawings or are they under more pressure to keep the art consistent with the
pencil work?

3) Also, is there any American animated TV series that is produced completely
in the US?

USENET's Chuck
-- 
                  Chuck Jordan | jordan@castor.cs.uga.edu
SPY Magazine's 1,000 Reasons Not to Vote for George Bush:
NO 477: The cost of Noriega's conviction: $180 million.  NO 478: "I must say,
I'm finishing [my first year] with a bit of a glow" -- after the invasion.
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From: conty@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (OtakuRoach)
Subject: Re: Cartoon Network
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 00:18:24 GMT

In article <BuDJJE.3oH@CAM.ORG>, emru@CAM.ORG (Emru Townsend) writes:
> 
> Here's a more specific breakdown of the Cartoon Network programming, culled
> from articles in Cable World and Electronic Media:
>  
> 6-10 am: "Morning Crew"

Any idea what's in here?

> 10-11 am: "Tom And Jerry"
> 11-11:30: "Top Cat"
> 11:30-12: "Fantastic Max"
> 12-2 pm: Preschool shows
> 2-4 pm: "Down Wit' Droopy D"

I take it these are these non-T&J MGM shorts?

> 4 pm: "Top Cat"
> 4:30: "Yogi's Treasure Hunt"
> 5-7 pm: Superhero block

Seems all those people asking for reruns of SuperFriends got their wish...

> 7-7:30: "Jonny Quest"

YES!!!

> 7:30-8: "Back To Bedrock" (series featuring Flinstone spinoffs)

A daily block reserved for FLINSTONES SPIN-OFFS?!  Give me a break!

> 8-8:30: "The Flintstones"
> 8:30-9: "The Jetsons"
> 9-11:30: "Bugs And Daffy Tonight"
> 11:30-11:45: "Toon Heads"

These would be the experimental stuff I've been hearing about.

> Sun 10-12: "Boomerang"

??

> Cartoon Network's weekend fare will be comprised mainly of series for which
> not enough episodes exist to strip, including "Wait Till Your Father Gets
> Home" (Sunday night at 11 p.m.) and "The Completely Mental Misadventures Of
> Ed Grimley" (Sunday morning at 9 a.m.)

Ah, what is "Wait Till..."?

P.S.  Is it me, or is the block from midnight to 6 AM empty?
-- 
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From: mab@wdl39.wdl.loral.com (Mark A Biggar)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
Subject: Re: Batman cartoon: origin story?
Date: 8 Sep 92 18:12:02 GMT
Organization: Loral Western Development Labs

In article <18hfh3INN415@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> omni@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Omniscient fool) writes:
>I have only seen the Manbat episode of the new Bat-toon (missed
>the catwoman one, and our station pre-empted Mondays for a telathon -girrr)
>and I was wondering if Batman's origin has yet been shown.  You know,
>watching his parents get shot, proclaming that criminals are a superstitious
>and cowardly lot, etc...  They could just assume the viewers know all that
>stuff, but i would like to see an episode devoted to it.  Anyone know
>if one is coming up?

According to the talk at the Sand Diego Comic Con, they arn't going to do the
origin story because they didn't think they could get it past the Standards and
Practices people, given that it includes both people getting shot & killed
and child endangerment.  So all they are going to do is alude to it every
once and a while.

--
Mark Biggar
mab@wdl1.wdl.loral.com
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From: tcw@kepler.unh.edu (Timothy C Webb)
Subject: My want list
Organization: University of New Hampshire  -  Durham, NH
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 19:51:05 GMT

  As the subject line says, here's my want list. If you have episodes of any of
these shows or know where to find them, please contact me! Thanks in advance.

    Spiderman and His Amazing Friends
    Spiderman (1960s)
    Marvel Superheroes (1960s- Thor, Hulk, Iron Man, Capt America, Sub-Mariner)
    Force Five (esp. Grandizer, and yes, I know about the Robo-Formers tapes)
    Superfriends (I know, I'm nuts)

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|   nowadays you can't hear the words well enough to understand that what   |
|   you would have heard is something you wouldn't have understood anyway"  |
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Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Thursday, 10 Sep 1992 11:34:40 CDT
From: <U52025@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
Subject: LIQUID T.V. Is finally here

That's right, Liquid television will begin on MTV on sept. 22.

P.S. Thank God Aeon Flux is back!

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From: tcw@kepler.unh.edu (Timothy C Webb)
Subject: Batman (9/8 episode, etc.)
Organization: University of New Hampshire  -  Durham, NH
Distribution: usa
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 00:48:04 GMT

  I realize somebody already asked this about yesterday's Batman, but could
someone please summarize what happened on today's episode? I seem to have a
roommate who doesn't realize when the timer is set on the VCR, so I missed
it today and am quite pissed.
  Incidentally, I hope somebody out there who is taping all of these will
be kind enough to help me out in filling in my collection, as I imagine this
won't be the last time I'll miss a show. But hopefully I'll catch the ones
I miss when they are re-run. Either way, I must have them all!! I'm hooked!
  There was also a post or two recently about the mistake in calling this
Batman the first animated Batman on TV, and someone mentioned a Batman show
from the 70s, which also had Batgirl and Bat-mite on it. Today I was watching
a tape I have of some "Batman and Robin (the Boy Wonder)" shows from 1968.
Casey Kasem does the voice of Robin. Are these the same shows?

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|   nowadays you can't hear the words well enough to understand that what   |
|   you would have heard is something you wouldn't have understood anyway"  |
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From: agent99@kretin.infoserv.com (Wendy Lee)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
Subject: Re: Animation for Kids (was: Re: Batman: Animated Series)
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 92 03:40:56 EDT
Organization: Darkwing Tower

jrjohns@eos.ncsu.edu (John R. Johns II) writes:

> Hey, FOX:  Who cares about Super Dave?  I wanna see TIM ALLEN in
> a cartoon! :-)

Can you imagine the havoc he could wreak?  MORE POWER!!!
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