The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills is hosting a 70th anniversary salute to the television animation pioneers. William Hanna and Joseph Barbera met at MGM in the 1930s. Los Angeles Times Susan King August 21, 2009| As a youngster in the 1970s, Mike Henry, the executive producer and co-creator of "The Cleveland Show," Fox's upcoming animated spinoff of its hit "Family Guy," would … [Read more...]
The Superhero As House Guest
THE NEW YORK TIMES By Frank DeCaro Published: October 30, 2003 CHICAGO — FORGET the hearse parked in the driveway and the fog machines belching smoke around the gargoyles crouching on the front porch. The twin Batman logos projected onto the garage last weekend let revelers know what kind of fun was in store. As if they didn't know. Halloween arrived early this year in a quiet … [Read more...]
Two Rivals And Acme Are Back In Business
THE NEW YORK TIMES By William Grimes Published: December 15, 1994 For 30 years, two of America's most ferocious rivals have, like the figures on Keats's Grecian urn, remained frozen in time, the one in hot pursuit, the other a blithe step ahead. Now for the first time since the cartoon "War and Pieces," which was made in 1964, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner resume the chase in … [Read more...]
THE LIVES THEY LIVED; His Inner Critter
THE NEW YORK TIMES By Eric P. Nash Published: December 29, 2002 Most Bugs Bunny fans are too young to remember that the classic cartoons were originally made for the big screen. Like Norma Desmond in ''Sunset Boulevard,'' Bugs could easily have declared: ''I am big. It's the pictures that got small.'' Chuck Jones, who helped hone Bugs's character, was a pioneer of a quintessentially … [Read more...]
Pipe Down, We’re Trying to Watch a Cartoon
THE NEW YORK TIMES By CHARLES SOLOMON Published: March 19, 2006 CALL them cellphone films: in "Chicken Little," "Madagascar," "Hoodwinked" and other recent American animated features, the characters chatter incessantly, as if they're trying to use up their last 500 minutes from Verizon. The audience isn't subjected to this barrage of words and jokes because the characters have something to … [Read more...]