Thursday, June 30, 2011

"Animaniacs": The Goodfeathers

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The Goodfeathers:  Pesto, Bobby and Squit. The actors who provide the voices for Pesto, Bobby and Squit.   Chick Vennera (Pesto), John M...
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Monday, June 27, 2011

A Poem: "Look At Me"

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Look at me  I'm fat again Unlike  Amy Madigan.
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Saturday, June 25, 2011

R.I.P. Columbo

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        Peter Falk (1927-2011)
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

"Tiny Toon Adventures" at the Pasadena Rose Parade

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Back in the early 90's, Baskin-Robbins sponsored a "Tiny Toon Adventures" float for a couple of years at the annual Pasaden...
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Monday, June 20, 2011

Yakko on the Warner Bros. Studio Water Tower -- 1993

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To announce the premier of "Animaniacs" in September 1993, it was decided to place an inflated-balloon replica of Yakko Warner ato...
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Sunday, June 19, 2011

Happy Father's Day -- from Father Time and "Histeria"

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Saturday, June 18, 2011

The Warner Bros. Store -- 5th Avenue, New York City, 1995 -- Part 2

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A couple of additional photos of the flagship Warner Bros. Studio Store in NYC back in mid-1995, when they featured "Animaniacs,"...
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Sunday, June 5, 2011

Adventures in Advertising

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Before I landed a job in animation, I lived in the New York area and pursued a career in advertising...for about six months.   After that d...
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Saturday, May 28, 2011

Memorial Day 2011

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Thanks to all who served, and to all who sacrificed so much for our nation and for our freedoms.   We salute you all.  
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Saturday, May 14, 2011

The Cartoon Shows That Never Were #2 -- "Mixed Nutz" Part 21 -- "Toonotology"

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Another segment from "Mixed Nuts":   "TOONOTOLOGY" Bugs Bunny offers a rambling, incoherent and very-close-to-crazy d...
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

The Cartoon Shows That Never Were #2 -- "Mixed Nutz" -- Part 20 -- Bugs Bunny

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My alternate title for "Mixed Nuts" was "Toonotopia."  I played around with the original movie poster from Fritz Lang...
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

The Cartoon Shows That Never Were #2 -- "Mixed Nutz" Part 19 -- Jabberjaws Meets Elmer

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Below is another piece of concept art from "Mixed Nutz," the animated show I pitched to Warner Bros. back in 2008 that combines t...
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Monday, May 9, 2011

The Cartoon Shows That Never Were #2 -- "Mixed Nutz" -- Part 18 --Daffy, Yogi, Scooby and Gossamer

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Two more images from the "Mixed Nutz" pitch. Daffy and Yogi argue over their own respective studliness and the kind of musi...
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Sunday, May 8, 2011

The Cartoon Shows That Never Were: "Mixed Nutz" Part 17 -- Scoop Doggie Daddy and Petunia Pig

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In "Mixed Nutz" (2008),  Doggie Daddy and son have become world-famous hip-hop artists:  namely, Augie Doggy and Scoop Doggie Dad...
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Saturday, May 7, 2011

The Cartoon Shows That Never Were #2 -- "Mixed Nutz" -- Part 16 -- Dogs Playing Poker

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A recurring segment on "Mixed Nutz," based on the famous kitschy paintings by C.M. Coolidge:  the dogs of Hanna-Barbera play poke...
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Friday, May 6, 2011

"The Cartoon Shows That Never Were #2" -- "Mixed Nutz" -- Part 15 -- TV Parodies

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More segment concepts from "Mixed Nutz" (2008) -- in this case, TV show parodies.   In this parody of the "Ho...
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Thursday, May 5, 2011

The Cartoon Shows That Never Were #2 -- "Mixed Nutz" -- Part 14 -- Daffy Vs. Everyone

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A few more images from "Mixed Nutz," the animated TV series I pitched to Warner Bros back in 2008.  In "Mixed Nuts," th...
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011

The Cartoon Shows That Never Were #2 -- "Mixed Nutz" -- Part 13 -- Marvin the Martian vs. Hanna-Barbera's Universe

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In "Mixed Nutz," Marvin the Martian declares intergalactic war against the Hanna-Barbera cartoon universe, and tangles with the c...
Tuesday, May 3, 2011

The Cartoon Shows That Never Were #2 -- "Mixed Nutz" -- Part 12 -- Yakky Doodle as Villain

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I've always been a big fan of Yakky Doodle, the manipulative little duck (with the funny voice provided by Jimmy Wheldon) who starred i...
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Monday, May 2, 2011

The Cartoon Shows That Never Were #2 -- "Mixed Nutz" -- Part 11 -- Sam and Wilma

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By jumbling together the Looney Tunes characters and the stars of Hanna-Barbera cartoons, "Mixed Nutz" was bound to come up with ...
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Sunday, May 1, 2011

The Cartoon Shows That Never Were #2 -- "Mixed Nutz" -- Part 10 -- Movie Parodies

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I didn't always include characters from both the Looney Tunes and the Hanna-Barbera franchises in every piece of artwork for the "...
Saturday, April 30, 2011

The Cartoon Shows That Never Were #2 -- "Mixed Nuts" -- Part 9 -- Yogi with Daffy and Taz

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More images from "Mixed Nutz" (2008), the animated TV series I proposed to Warner Bros. that would have teamed up Looney Tunes ch...
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The Return of "The Huntsman!"

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Huntsman’s bac k; now will he run for president? By Thomas Burr The Salt Lake Tribune April 29, 2011 Updated Apr 29, 2011 11:59PM ...
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Friday, April 29, 2011

The Cartoon Shows That Never Were # 2 -- "Mixed Nutz" -- Part 8 -- Bugs Meets Scooby, Daffy Meets Dino

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More  proposed segments for "Mixed Nutz" (2008) -- the animated show I pitched to Warners Bros. that matched up characters from L...
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Thursday, April 28, 2011

The Cartoon Shows That Never Were # 2 -- "Mixed Nutz" (2008) -- Part 7 -- "Sam I Bam"

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Another image from "Mixed Nuts," the animated series I pitched to Warner Bros. that combined the worlds of Looney Tunes and Hanna...