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From: pochron@rt1.cs.wisc.edu (David Pochron)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
Subject: Re: TV This Week (April 11 - 17, 1992)
Summary: ABC's address + comments on cancellations
Keywords: ABC
Date: 13 Apr 92 14:43:26 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Computer Sciences Dept.

In article <1992Apr12.001142.25133@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> tusneem@field.ecn.purdue.edu (Irfan Tusneem) writes:

>Anyone know the address of ABC.  I would like to give them a piece of
>my mind.  The only show I watch on Saturday is being cancelled.
>AAAAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you want to complain, here's their address:

Attn: Programming
ABC Television
77 W. 66th St.
New York, NY 10023

And while you are writing, tell them you want to see the remaining 7 episodes
of "Capitol Critters" as well.  I would consider it a great favor! :-)


Look on the bright side, at least "Hammerman" will be gone....I caught 3
minutes of it this morning while rewinding "Darkwing Duck" on tape...Geeze,
that show is really *BAD*!  The animation was so lousy I thought they were
lampooning badly animated kids shows....Wow, it was so awful, it was almost
funny....

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From: rcorns@husky1.stmarys.ca
Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
Subject: Re: Could Disney do a human-only animation?
Date: 7 Apr 92 12:35:00 GMT
Organization: St. Mary's University, Halifax, N.S., Canada

In article <1992Apr6.110035.7624@sura.net>, 
wbarnes@sura.net (Bill Barnes) writes:

> 
> Well, looking over the list of Disney animated films someone posted a while
> back, would the Legend of Sleepy Hollow count as a non-anthropomorphic
> film.  I don't recall any, but it's been a while since I saw it.  The
> Black Cauldron is iffy; it depends on what you think Gurgi was.  And I've
> never seen Saludos Amigos, Make Mine Music, Fun and Fancy Free, or Melody
> Time, so I can't comment on those. Or on most of their shorts for that matter.

Make Mine Music is a second film done in the style of Fantasia but with
a quite different styles of music. There was a Blue Ridge style music
piece which they animated a Hillbillie feud (and wedding); a tone poem
piece which animated the egret (heron?) flying in the swamp; a boogie
version of the Flight of the Bumblebee; A Benny Goodman piece with kids
and props being drawn in ala Duck Amuck style; and an opera piece about
a whale who could sing in not one but three voices simultaneously. I think
there are a few more but I've forgotten what they might be.

BTW the egret animation was originally going to be in Fantasia but was
never put in.

Fun and Fancy Free is composed of two short story films "Bongo" and
"Mickey and the Beanstalk". To keep continuity, there is a segment
with Jimney Cricket. He starts up a record of Dina Shore telling the
story of Bongo the bear. After the record is done Jimney heads over to 
a party at the house across the way where Edgar Bergen is recounting the
story of Mickey and the Beanstalk. I've rented F&FF from a video store
so it is out there for the viewing. 

Robert Corns               rcorns@husky1.stmarys.ca       Dept of Physics
Saint Mary's University         Halifax          Nova Scotia     Canada
Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
From: ij59@vaxb.acs.unt.edu
Subject: Re: Dark Water (was Re: TV This Week (April 11 - 17, 1992))
Organization: University of North Texas
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1992 20:17:25 GMT

In article <=m#vd7n@rpi.edu>, ncc1701@madoka.its.rpi.edu (Mark O. Chadwick) writes:
> smmcafee@mtu.edu (Sean McAfee) writes:
> 
>>Hmmm.  I missed the original run (last year my TV access was even more limited
>>than this year), so I can't compare the two Niddlers.  He sounds and acts
>>just like a monkey-bird should, IMO.
> 
> Well, I checked them a few weeks back because I _thought_ the rerun had
> a different voice for Niddler (Isn't it _M_iddler?)  And yep, he sure does.
> That musta been rather fun, redubbing the voice for the re-runs...
> 
> Mark "Emerson" Chadwick -- ncc1701@acm.rpi.edu    chadwickmo@space.laafb.af.mil

  I was originally unsure about Niddler's name, but there is definite
confirmation that it is "Niddler" from the title of the episode "King Niddler"
and from the Marvel comic book adaptation of Dark Water (which, in my opinion,
is not done very well.  The characters _narrate_ everything they do.  The whole
point of a comic book is that the _pictures_ show the action, words should only
be for very general intros and for dialogue/side thoughts.  Ah, well, I guess
I'm spoiled by Japanese manga; Dark Water is the first American comic I've ever
read.)  Anyway, his name is Niddler, though Nibbler might be more appropriate...

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From: silvers3@husc8.harvard.edu (Jolyon Silversmith)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
Subject: Laugh-O-Lympics
Date: 11 Apr 92 01:45:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: husc3.1992Apr10.214513.10942
Organization: Harvard University Science Center

A friend and I were reminiscing, and discovered that we coun't remember what
characters hosted Hanna-Barbera's "Laugh-O-Lympics" show.  I think that's how
the name was spelled - its been a while, but we can remember almost every other
detail.  Help?

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From: amelman@orion.oac.uci.edu (Neko1)
Subject: Rock-A-Doodle GIF's anybody
Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
Organization: Dosu Productions
Date: 9 Apr 92 18:10:54 GMT


    Does anyone have (can get, can scan in) some GIF's from Rock-a-Doodle?
My "Bluth-a-holic" friends have asked me for some, and, frankly, I can't find
any.

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From: boyajian@ruby.enet.dec.com (The fox so cunning and free)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation,alt.fan.furry
Subject: Re: TMNT 'toon voices/episode list
Date: 9 Apr 92 07:59:51 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation

In article <1992Apr8.205909.21706@news.Hawaii.Edu>, anash@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Dana Uehara c/o Andrew Nash) writes...

} I'm pretty sure that Tress MacNeille is either April or Irma, but I don't
} know which. As far as the others, I have no idea...

I don't watch TMNT as a rule, but I happened to leave the station on the
other week after taping TINY TOONS, while I was doing something else, and
my attention was caught by what I believed to be Tress MacNeille's voice
(sounded very close to Babs Bunny), and it was Irma speaking.

On the other hand, when I mentioned this in alt.tv.tiny-toons, someone
disagreed that it was Irma. I remain convinced that it is, though. April
sounds a bit like Tress as well, so maybe she does both voices.

-- 

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From: pochron@cat28.cs.wisc.edu (David Pochron)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
Subject: More Animation News on "Entertainment Tonight"
Summary: Subj says it all
Keywords: RaD Ferngully Nemo Bakshi Tom Jerry ET
Date: 8 Apr 92 04:54:50 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Computer Sciences Dept.


   On "Entertainment Tonight," there was an interesting story on current and
upcoming animated features.  Named features include:

Rock-a-Doodle
Fergully, the Last Rain Forest
Cool World
Little Nemo
Tom & Jerry: The Movie
Bebe's Kids

They also talked with Mr. Hanna, from T&J:TM, and he credits BatB with all
the sudden interest in animation.  (I don't agree with this assessment, but
oh well.)

Some comments from me:

Cool World:  Interesting idea, but the mixed action sequences look too much
like Bakshi's previous works where he combined live-action backgrounds with
foreground animation.  In a "Roger Rabbit" age, the film may suffer because
of the less-than-Disney quality.  ET kept emphasizing that this was strictly
an "adult" picture.  

Little Nemo: They didn't show much, just him sliding down the banister of a
very long stairway.  The animation looked like it has some timing problems -
the scene didn't have any "mass" to it.

Tom & Jerry: I was skeptical of the characters being given voices at first,
but when I heard them speak, it wasn't so bad after all!  I forget what the
story involves exactly, something about having to help a boy (animated) find
something or someone.  The animation looked *REAL* good - and the characters
were from their 40's designs, not the 70's ones.  They also showed some
pencil sketches from this film.  No computers??  

Bebe's kids:  Only showed a quick clip.  I couldn't tell much, except that it
looks very non-Disneyesque.

RaD & Ferngully: Lots of stuff, talked with Glenn Campbell (Chanticleer) and
Robin Williams. (The bat)  Since these films are released or almost released,
I won't comment.  

One final note:  ET showed a scene with a family of rabbits at a dinner
table from some film that they didn't specifically name.  Looked interesting.
Any idea what film that might be?  HISMV?
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From: anash@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Dana Uehara c/o Andrew Nash)
Subject: DA vs. TTA (was Re: Adults watch cartoons too!!!)
Organization: Toonaholics Anonymous, Turtleholics Anonymous, DA-Holics Anonymous
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 20:02:24 GMT

In article <miXXiB1w164w@kretin.infoserv.com> agent99@kretin.infoserv.com (Wendy Lee) writes:
>synth@deepthought.unm.edu (Synth F. Oberheim) writes:
>
>> Are you kidding?  Warner Bros.' TINY TOON ADVENTURES uses this kind of
>> irreverency as its bread 'n butter!  Check it out -- you may never go back
>> to Disney Afternoons again ... :-)
>
>Sorry.  I've watched TTA and just can't get into them like I can Darkwing
>Duck and TaleSpin.  The Diz shows are better (IMHO, of course :-) ). 

Hafta agree with you here, Wendy.  TTA's got some good episodes out (among
my favorites are "Starting From Scratch" and "Animagic") but I'm also more
partial to the Disney Afternoon (mainly to Tale Spin as well as the *former*
Gummi Bears, and to a lesser degree Darkwing Duck) myself.  Then again, you're
comparing one cartoon with four, so the whole thing's skewed toward the DA.

I like the DA partly because of its animation quality, but also because the
DA shows are mainly action/adventure-oriented.  TTA may have action too, but
IMHO it seems geared more toward comedy/satire than action/adventure. 

Not all episodes are the same, though.  I know of a couple of DA shows that are
way below the caliber of TTA.  But given a choice I'd have to pick the DA.  

Good thing the same station shows both programs over here...


------Dana Uehara [c/o <anash@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu> (Andrew Nash)]-------
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From: neil@celia.UUCP (Neil Richmond)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
Subject: Re: STRIPS, MOVIES: Little Nemo In Slumberland animated film?
Keywords: animated film, Little Nemo
Date: 14 Apr 92 15:31:13 GMT
Reply-To: celia!neil@usc.edu (Neil Richmond)
Organization: Rhythm & Hues, Inc., Hollywood

In article <1992Apr14.140417.8531@athena.mit.edu> fuzzy@athena.mit.edu (Pinkdex - TNG) writes:

>availability.  It's better than at least 75% of American animation.

This is because it was directed by american directors. Surprise! I have some
xeroxes of the timing sheets and storyboards given to me by one of the 
" American " directors.

neil

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From: jordan@castor.cs.uga.edu (CHARLES JORDAN)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
Subject: Danger Mouse still going?
Date: 8 Apr 92 18:11:02 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens
Originator: jordan@gaia

How much of the Danger Mouse series has been (is being) made?  I would
think that it wasn't in production anymore, but I just saw an episode on
Nickelodeon that I've never seen before, and I watch the show pretty
religiously and had seen all the episodes at least twice.  I know the
same team did Count Duckula, which wasn't nearly as witty or funny as
DM.

"It's so dark I can't see my hand in front of my face."
"That's because you're holding it in front of my face, Penfold."

Chuck

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From: lwv26@cas.org (Larry W. Virden)
Subject: Re: Chip And Gadget To Have A Baby On RR
Followup-To: rec.arts.animation,alt.fan.furry
Reply-To: lwv26@cas.org (Larry W. Virden)
Organization: Nedriv Software and Shoe Shiners, Uninc.
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 11:23:15 GMT

In article <1992Apr06.061124.17146@NeoSoft.com> arielle@NeoSoft.com (Stephanie da Silva) writes:
:In article <1992Apr5.074103.12915@news.Hawaii.Edu> anash@uhunix.bitnet (Dana Uehara c/o Andrew Nash) writes:
:> In article <1992Apr5.035521.29133@cas.org> lwv26@cas.org (Larry W. Virden) writes:
:> >The last of the Disney Afternoon Darkwing episodes are in the can as well.  
:> 
:> No new episodes of Darkwing Duck are currently under production as far as I 
:> know, but there will be a few non-rerun episodes coming out sometime in May.
:
:Huh?
:As far as I know, they are currently working on this fall's Saturday morning
:line-up for Darkwing and after that 13 is completed, they'll do another 13
:Darkwing episodes for next year.
:
:THEN no more Darkwing episodes will be made.

As I said - no more of the Disney Afternoon episodes.  There are new
episodes being made for ABC - but I have yet to see any sign that these
episodes will ever make it to the afternoon stripings.
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From: neil@celia.UUCP (Neil Richmond)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
Subject: Re: Could Disney do a human-only animation?
Date: 12 Apr 92 01:26:32 GMT
Reply-To: celia!neil@usc.edu (Neil Richmond)
Organization: Rhythm & Hues, Inc., Hollywood

In article <1992Apr10.151037.17848@ccu.umanitoba.ca> umcho000@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Connie Cho) writes:
>In article <6210.29e2fb98@dcatla.uucp> pibeb@dcatla.uucp writes:
 
>You know, so many people hit on Robin Hood. What was wrong with it?
< stuff deleted >
>animals, well, that's a Disney trait. So can people tell me why
>they don't like RH?
>
>CKC

My main problem with Robin Hood was:

1) the voices. I mean, really, Pat Butram as the Sheriff of Nottingham. Phil
Harris as Little John. The problem I had with the voices is that I felt like
I was in an episode of Gunsmoke. They could have at least faked some kind of
an English accent. The other problem was that the voice talents totally 
dominated the characters.

2) A lot of the animation was recycled from older films

The parts I liked were Prince John and Sir Hiss. Peter Ustinov and Terry Thomas
each gave excellent performances in the film. If it wasn't for the interplay
of these two characters, I would have totally hated the film and at least they
both had English accents. 

neil



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From: v148rb5b@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (COLLIN MCCULLEY)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
Subject: Re: Japanese Animation
Date: 15 Apr 92 18:22:00 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


>Can someone tell me where I can get Japanese animation model kits or
>videos in the D.C. metro area?  Thanx.

	For that matter, would anyone know where to get videos in the
Western New York (Buffalo) area.  I'm looking (unsuccessfully) so far for
a video rental place that has anything resembling Japannese animation.  It's
very frustrating.


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From: fuzzy@athena.mit.edu (Pinkdex - TNG)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
Subject: Re: STRIPS, MOVIES: Little Nemo In Slumberland animated film?
Keywords: animated film, Little Nemo
Date: 14 Apr 92 14:04:17 GMT
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology


 moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (The Napoleon of Crime) writes:
>I just read that Hemdale, a new laserdisc release label, will be releasing
>the "Little Nemo" animated film.
>
>For those that have seen it, and are fans of the classic Little Nemo strip:
>how does it stand up?  And didn't Moebius have something to do with this
>film? 
>

	I saw LITTLE NEMO at Lunacon in the anime program. I was impressed
with the art on this: Winsor McCay would have been very pleased to see his
at come to life this way. This is a very superb visual film and it would be
absolutely killer on the big screen.

	The writing and storyline... well, both were more coherent than the
originals. Chris Columbus had somethign to do with the script, and Bradbury
was listed as a creative consultant. I don't remember seeing Mobius's name,
but I was distracted just as the credits were rolling and could have easily
missed it.

	The film was all in English with Japanese subtitles, btw.

	If you are a NEMO completist, I'd definitely order this film, also
if you are a major fan of animation. I find it thoroughly amazing that this
film hasn't had a major release in regular theatres or gone to video-tape
availability.  It's better than at least 75% of American animation.

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From: pochron@cat28.cs.wisc.edu (David Pochron)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
Subject: Re: Ferngully: my impression
Summary: CC probably did not copy....
Keywords: CC Ferngully Muggle
Date: 11 Apr 92 23:43:07 GMT
Article-I.D.: daffy.1992Apr11.234307.5107
Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison -- Computer Sciences Dept.

(various stuff from From: vgriscep@wam.umd.edu (VGR (Craig Pell))
deleted on "Capilot Critters" copying the bat from "Ferngully")

I doubt it....CC has been delayed for so long, I don't think it was conceived
within the last year.  Maybe last 3 years, yes, since you may recall CC, FP,
and Family Dog were all slated for Fall of '90 debuts.

(Actually, someone posted either here or on rec.arts.tv that Bochco had the
idea for CC as far back as 1985, but animation wasn't "in" back then.)

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From: anash@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Dana Uehara c/o Andrew Nash)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation,alt.fan.furry
Subject: Re: The Littles
Keywords: Littles
Date: 8 Apr 92 20:48:49 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.1992Apr8.204849.20166
Reply-To: anash@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Dana Uehara c/o Andrew Nash)
Distribution: rec
Organization: Toonaholics Anonymous, Turtleholics Anonymous, DA-Holics Anonymous

In article <alberti.702714312@ux.acs.umn.edu> avatar@pnet51.orb.mn.org writes:
>
>The Family Channel shows it weekday mornings at 7:30am CDT.
>

!@#$%^&*()!!
I can't get this station and I would really like to get some of the episodes
on tape.  Some of my favorite episodes from the first season:

- The Big Scare
- The Little Fairy Tale
- Lost City of the Littles (<- or something similar to that title)

I haven't seen any of the series out on tape and I for one would really like
copies of those episodes (anyone willing to oblige?  [hint, hint...] ;-)

I only saw a couple of episodes from the second season, partly because ABC
pre-empted the series for sports games on Saturdays during the season.


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From: amelman@orion.oac.uci.edu (Neko1)
Subject: Rock-A-Doodle PR Book (Anybody?)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.animation
Organization: Dosu Productions
Date: 7 Apr 92 00:01:18 GMT
Distribution: usa



    Does anyone know where I can get the PR booklet (If there is one) for
Don Bluth's Rock-A-Doodle?  I've called a local movie/poster shop here in Los 
Angeles, and they said that Samuel-Goldwyn doesn't put out the PR information
books...just stills.  Can anyone confirm/unconfirm that there was a PR book 
out, and, if so, where I can get one.  I'm writing an article on it for an 
animation club (It's more "Animation on this side of the globe", since the
animation club watches a great deal of Japanese animation), and I need the 
info supposedly in the PR book to finish writing it with.

                                    Thanks.

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From: cec35848@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Chuck Carroll)
Subject: Tennessee Tuxedo Question
Summary: Professor's name??
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 18:22:19 GMT

	In _Tennessee Tuxedo_, Tennessee was the penguin, and
his partner was Chumley the Walrus.  What was the professor's/doctor's/
whatever's name?  You know, the guy with the 3-d BB?

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