The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons, Third Edition (Jeff Lenburg)

As in the comics, the city of Metropolis was the newspaper beat for mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent of the Daily Planet. Beneath his meek exterior was a Herculean superhero able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, more powerful than a locomotive and faster than a speeding bullet. The supporting cast of characters was also intact: pretty newspaper gal Lois Lane, cub reporter Jimmy Olsen and blustering editor-in-chief Perry White. Both Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios produced the series. “The Japoteurs” was the first Famous cartoon. The original Fleischer cartoons used Rotoscoping to give animation a semirealistic look and attention to detail never to be matched in later television versions of the series. Action and special effects were key elements of the series, which was backed by a tremendous promotional campaign when it was introduced. Director Dave Fleischer contracted two actors from the radio version, Bud Collyer and Joan Alexander, to voice Clark Kent/ Superman and Lois Lane. Directors were Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel, Isadore Sparber and Dan Gordon. Technicolor. A Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios Production released through Paramount Pictures Corporation. Voices Clark Kent/Superman: Clayton “Bud” Collyer; Lois Lane: Joan Alexander Fleischer Studios releases 1941: “Superman” (Fleischer/Sept. 26/working title: “The Mad Scientist”/A.A. nominee); and “The Mechanical Monsters” (Kneitel/Nov. 21). 1942: “Billion Dollar Limited” (Fleischer/Jan. 9); “The Arctic Giant” (Fleischer/Feb. 27); “The Bulleteers” (Fleischer/Mar. 26); “The Magnetic Telescope” (Fleischer/Apr. 24); “Electric Earthquake” (Fleischer/May 15); “Volcano” (Fleischer/July 10); and “Terror on the Midway” (Fleischer/Aug. 28). Famous Studios releases 1942: “Japoteurs” (Kneitel/Sept. 18); “Showdown” (Sparber/ Oct. 16); “Eleventh Hour” (Gordon/Nov. 20); and “Destruction, Inc.” (Sparber/Dec. 25). 1943: “The Mummy Strikes” (Sparber/Feb. 19); “Jungle Drums” (Gordon/Mar. 26); “Underground World” (Kneitel/June 18); and “Secret Agent” (Kneitel/July 30). fi SWIFTY AND SHORTY A fast-talking con man, Swifty, and his pudgy friend, Shorty, appeared in this series of misadventures patterned after comedy greats Abbott and Costello. Formerly “Jeepers and Creepers,” the characters under their new identities were recast in several cartoon shorts—Noveltoon and Modern Madcap releases—before being given their own star-billed series in 1964. (In the three cartoons released in 1962, they were known as Ralph and Percy.) Comedian Eddie Lawrence supplied the voices for this series. Directed by Seymour Kneitel and Howard Post. Technicolor. A Famous Studios Production released through Paramount Pictures Corporation. Voices Swifty/Shorty: Eddie Lawrence 1962: “Without Time or Reason” (Kneitel/Jan./Noveltoon); “Hi-Fi Jinx” (Kneitel/Mar./Modern Madcap); and “T.V. or No T.V.” (Kneitel/Mar./Noveltoon). 1964: “Panhandling on Madison Avenue” (Kneitel/Apr.); “Fizzicle Fizzle” (Kneitel/Apr.); “Sailing Zero” (Kneitel/Apr.); “Fix That Clock” (Kneitel/May); “A Friend in Tweed” (Kneitel/May); “The Once-Over” (Kneitel/June); “Service with a Smile” (Kneitel/June); “Call Me a Taxi” (Kneitel/July); “Highway Slobbery” (Kneitel/July); “Hip Hip Ole” (Kneitel/Sept.); “Accidents Will Happen” (Kneitel/ Sept.); and “The Bus Way to Travel” (Kneitel/Oct.). 1965: “Inferior Decorator” (Post/June); “Ocean Bruise” (Post/ Sept.); “Getting Ahead” (Post/Dec.); and “Les Boys” (Post/Dec.). fi SWING SYMPHONIES Popular jazz tunes of the 1940s were the basis of this series produced and created by Walter Lantz. Episodes featured no running characters, and early versions concentrated on boogie-woogie type music evidenced by such series titles as “Yankee Doodle Swing Shift” and “Cow-Cow Boogie.” Lantz paid a hefty price to produce these ambitious musical oddities, from $9,500 to $12,000 per one-reeler. As he told biographer Joe Adamson: “I loved to make musicals, but you can’t cheat on musicals. You’ve got to animate to the beat.” By 1944 the series had run its course. Two years later Lantz replaced it with another musical series entitled Musical Miniatures. Directed by Walter Lantz, Alex Lovy, Ben Hardaway, Emery Hawkins, James “Shamus” Culhane and Dick Lundy. Black-and-white. Technicolor. A Walter Lantz Production released through Universal Pictures. 1941: “$21 a Day Once a Month” (with Woody Woodpecker, Andy Panda, Snuffy Skunk Lantz/Dec. 1). 1942: “The Hams That Couldn’t Be Cured” (Lantz/Mar. 4); “Juke Box Jamboree” (Lovy/July 27); “Yankee Doodle Swing Shift” (Lovy/Sept. 21); and “Boogie Woogie Sioux” (Lovy/Nov. 30). 1943: “Cow-Cow Boogie” (Lovy/Jan. 5); “The Egg Cracker Suite” (with Oswald the Rabbit/Hardaway, Hawkins/Mar. 22/first appearance of Oswald the Rabbit); “Swing Your Partner” (with Homer Pigeon/Lovy); “Pass the Biscuits Mirandy!” (Culhane/Aug. 23); and “Boogie Woogie Man” (Will Get You If You Don’t Watch Out) (Culhane/Sept. 27). 1944: “The Greatest Man in Siam” (Culhane/Mar. 27); “Jungle Jive” (Culhane/May 15); and “Abou Ben Boogie” (Culhane/ Sept. 18). 1945: “The Pied Piper of Basin Street” (Culhane/Jan. 15); and “The Sliphorn King of Polaroo” (Lundy/Mar. 19/narrated by Hans Conried). fi SYLVESTER Sylvester enjoyed an accomplished solo career before teaming up with the slippery yellow canary Tweety. The lisping cat, whose voice was similar to Daffy Duck’s, was first used in Friz Freleng’s 1945 “Life with Feathers,” ironically appearing with a lovelorn lovebird. In this film debut he uttered his now-famous line of “Sufferin’ succotash.” Sylvester next appeared in Freleng’s “Peck Up Your Troubles” (1945), this time opposite a woodpecker, and as a ringleader of a quartet of cats in Bob Clampett’s “Kitty Kornered” (1946), before Freleng paired the exasperated cat with Tweety the bird in 1947’s “Tweety Pie.” (Clampett did the preliminary story for the film, but Freleng assumed the property after Clampett left the studio that same year.) While the cartoon became the first starring role for Sylvester (in the film, he is referred to as Thomas, not Sylvester), it also became the first Warner cartoon to win an Oscar for best short 136 SWIFTY AND SHORTY xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 136 9/11/08 5:14:38 PM

subject of the year. It was Sylvester’s second of three Oscar-nominated cartoons. His first was 1945’s “Life with Feathers”; his third and final nominated cartoon was 1961’s “The Pied Piper of Guadalupe” starring Speedy Gonzales. Sylvester was given a series of his own in 1953, appearing in 11 cartoons opposite his ever-energetic son, Sylvester Jr. (simply known as “Junior”), and seven with Hippety Hopper, the hopping kangaroo, whom Sylvester constantly mistakes for an oversize mouse. The sly pussycat made intermittent appearances with Elmer J. Fudd and Porky Pig and was paired with Speedy Gonzales in other cartoon misadventures. In the 1990s Sylvester resurfaced in minor film roles, first in the new Bugs Bunny cartoon “Carrotblanca” (1995), followed by an appearance in the hit feature Space Jam (1996), starring Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes characters. In 1997 Sylvester starred in an all-new cartoon short—his first in 35 years— “Father of the Bird,” which opened in theaters with the live-action comedy The Man Who Knew Too Little, starring Bill Murray. Produced by legendary animator Chuck Jones (who four years earlier had formed a new animation unit at Warner Bros. to produce new theatrical cartoon shorts for the studio) and directed by Jones’s protégé Steve Fossati, the cartoon introduced a new nemesis: Cornbread, a fiesty little bird, voiced by veteran voice artist June Foray. Joe Alaskey provided the voice of Sylvester. (See Tweety and Sylvester for Tweety and Sylvester cartoons.) Directed by Friz Freleng, Charles M. Jones, Bob Clampett, Robert McKimson, Hawley Pratt, Gerry Chiniquy, Douglas McCarthy and Steve Fossati. Technicolor. A Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc./Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc./Vitagraph/DePatie-Freleng Enterprises/Warner Bros. Animation/Warner Bros./Chuck Jones Film Production released by Warner Bros. and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment. Voices Sylvester: Mel Blanc, Joe Alaskey; Sylvester Jr./Tweety: Mel Blanc; Cornbread: June Foray Merrie Melodies Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. releases 1945: “Life with Feathers” (Freleng/Mar. 24/A.A. nominee); and “Peck Up Your Troubles” (Freleng/Oct. 20). 1947: “Dog Gone Cats” (Davis/Oct. 25). 1948: “Back Alley Oproar” (with Elmer Fudd/Freleng/Mar. 27); and “Scaredy Cat” (with Porky Pig/Jones/Dec. 18). 1949: “Mouse Mazurka” (Freleng/June 11); and “Hippety Hopper” (with Hippety Hopper/McKimson/Nov. 19). 1952: “Little Red Rodent Hood” (with Granny/Freleng/May 3); and “Tree for Two” (with Spike, Chester/Freleng/Oct. 4). 1953: “A Mouse Divided” (with Mrs. Sylvester/Freleng/Jan. 31); “A Peck o’ Trouble” (McKimson/Mar. 28); and “Cats A-Weigh!” (with Sylvester Jr., Hippety Hopper/McKimson/Nov. 28). 1954: “Bell Hoppy” (with Hippety Hopper/McKimson/Apr. 17); and “Claws for Alarm” (with Porky Pig/Jones/May 22). 1955: “Lighthouse Mouse” (with Hippety Hopper/McKimson/ Mar. 12); “Jumpin’ Jupiter” (with Porky Pig/Jones/Aug. 6); “A Kiddie’s Kitty” (Freleng/Aug. 20); “Speedy Gonzales” (with Speedy Gonzales/Freleng/Sept. 17/A.A. winner); and “Pappy’s Puppy” (with Butch J. Bulldog/Freleng/Dec. 17). 1956: “The Unexpected Guest” (McKimson/June 2); “The SlapHoppy Mouse” (with Hippety Hopper, Sylvester Jr./McKimson/Sept. 1); and “Yankee Dood It” (with Elmer Fudd/Freleng/Oct. 13). 1957: “Tabasco Road” (with Speedy Gonzales/McKimson/July 20/A.A. nominee); “Mouse-Taken Identity” (with Hippety Hopper, Sylvester Jr./McKimson/Nov. 10); and “Gonzales’ Tamales” (with Speedy Gonzales/Freleng/Nov. 30). 1960: “West of Pesos” (with Speedy Gonzales/McKimson/Jan. 23). Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc./Vitagraph releases 1961: “D’Fightin’ Ones” (Freleng/Apr. 22). 1963: “Chili Weather” (with Speedy Gonzales/Freleng/Aug. 17); and “Claws in the Lease” (with Junior/McKimson/Nov. 9). DePatie-Freleng Enterprises Releases 1964: “Road to Andalay” (with Speedy Gonzales/Freleng, Pratt/ Dec. 26). 1965: “Cats and Bruises” (with Speedy/Freleng, Pratt/Jan. 30). Looney Tunes Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. releases 1946: “Kitty Kornered” (with Porky Pig/Clampett/June 8). 1948: “Hop Look and Listen” (with Hippety Hopper/McKimson/ Apr. 17); and “Kit for Cat” (with Elmer/Freleng/Nov. 6). 1949: “Swallow the Leader” (McKimson/Oct. 14). 1950: “The Scarlet Pumpernickel” (with Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd and Momma Bear/Jones/Mar. 4); and “Pop ’Im Pop!” (with Hippety, Sylvester Jr./McKimson/Nov. 6). 1951: “Canned Feud” (Freleng/Feb. 3). 1952: “Who’s Kitten Who” (with Hippety Hopper, Sylvester Jr./McKimson/Jan. 5); and “Hoppy-Go-Lucky” (with Hippety Hopper/McKimson/Aug. 9). 1954: “Dr. Jerkyl’s Hide” (with Spike and Chester/Freleng/May 8); and “By Word of Mouse” (Freleng/Oct. 2). 1955: “Heir-Conditioned” (with Elmer Fudd/Freleng/Nov. 26). 1956: “Too Hop to Handle” (with Hippety Hopper, Sylvester Jr./McKimson/Jan. 28). 1959: “Cat’s Paw” (with Sylvester Jr./McKimson/Aug. 15); and “Here Today, Gone Tamale” (with Speedy Gonzales/Freleng/Aug. 29). 1960: “Goldimouse and the Three Cats” (with Junior/Freleng/ Mar. 19); and “Mouse Garden” (with Junior, Sam/Freleng/July 16/A.A. nominee). Warner Bros. Pictures/Vitagraph releases 1961: “Cannery Woe” (with Speedy Gonzales/McKimson/Jan. 7); “Hoppy Daze” (with Hippety Hopper/McKimson/Feb. 11); “Birds of a Father” (with Junior/McKimson/Apr. 1); and “The Pied Piper of Guadalupe” (with Speedy Gonzales, Slowpoke Rodriguez/ Freleng, Pratt/Aug. 19/A.A. nominee). 1962: “Fish and Slips” (with Junior/McKimson/Mar. 10); and “Mexican Boarders” (with Speedy Gonzales, Slowpoke Rodriguez/ Freleng, Pratt/May 12). 1964: “A Message to Gracias” (with Speedy Gonzales/ McKimson/Feb. 8); “Freudy Cat” (with Hippety Hopper, Sylvester Jr./McKimson/Mar. 14); and “Nuts and Volts” (with Speedy Gonzales/Freleng/Apr. 25). SYLVESTER 137 xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 137 9/11/08 5:14:38 PM

DePatie-Freleng Enterprises releases 1965: “It’s Nice to Have Mouse Around the House” (with Speedy Gonzales, Daffy Duck/Freleng, Pratt/Jan. 16). Warner Bros. Animation releases 1995: “Carrotblanca” (with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Tweety, Pepe Le Pew, Foghorn Leghorn, Penelope/McCarthy/ Aug. 25). Warner Bros./Chuck Jones Film Productions releases 1997: “Father of the Bird” (with Cornbread/Fossati/Nov. 14). fi SYLVESTER JR. Small-fry version of his cartoon father (whom he affectionately referred to as “Dear Old Father”), right down to his dad’s famous lisp, costarred in a series of Warner Bros. cartoons often cast in comical situations where he was ashamed of his dad’s antics, all directed, except for two of them, by longtime Warner Bros. animator Robert McKimson. Simply referred to as Junior, the pint-sized clone was first paired with his famous father in the 1950 Looney Tunes, “Pop ’Im Pop!,” opposite the high-hopping kangaroo, Hippety Hopper, with whom they starred in six more Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies releases until 1964’s “Freudy Cat.” The latter, coincidentally, marked Hippety and Sylvester Jr.’s final screen appearance. Sylvester Jr. likewise starred in a similar role in a single Tweety and Sylvester cartoon, 1959’s “Tweet Dreams,” directed by Friz Freleng, and other cartoons of his own, including “Goldimouse and the Three Cats” (1960), also directed by Freleng. Unlike most cartoons in the series, this one featured the flip side of his character as a spoiled brat besides introducing a Mrs. Sylvester to the world. Directed by Robert McKimson and Friz Freleng. Technicolor. A Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., Vitaphone Production released by Warner Bros. Voices Sylvester Jr: Mel Blanc Looney Tunes Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc., releases 1950: “Pop ’Im Pop!” (with Sylvester, Hippety Hopper/ McKimson/Oct. 28/first appearance of Sylvester Jr.). 1952: “Who’s Kitten Who?” (with Sylvester, Hippety Hopper/ McKimson/Jan. 5). 1956: “Too Hop Too Handle” (with Sylvester, Hippety Hopper/ McKimson/Jan. 28). 1959: “Cat’s Paw” (with Sylvester/McKimson/Aug. 15) and “Tweet Dreams” (with Tweety, Granny/Freleng/Dec. 5). 1960: “Goldimouse and the Three Cats” (with Sylvester/Freleng/ Mar. 19). Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc./Vitaphone releases 1961: “Birds of a Father” (with Sylvester/McKimson/Apr. 1). 1962: “Fish and Slips” (with Sylvester/McKimson/Mar. 10). 1964: “Freudy Cat” (with Sylvester, Hippety Hopper/McKimson/ Mar. 14/last appearance of Sylvester Jr. and Hippety Hopper). Merrie Melodies Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. releases 1953: “Cat’s-a-Weigh!”(with Sylvester, Hippety Hopper/ McKimson/Nov. 28). 1956: “The Slap-Hoppy Mouse” (with Sylvester, Hippety Hopper/McKimson/Sept. 1). 1957: “Mouse-Taken Identity” (with Sylvester, Hippety Hopper/ McKimson/Nov. 10). Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc./Vitaphone release 1963: “Claws in the Lease” (with Sylvester/McKimson/Nov. 9). fi TALKARTOONS Billed as “actual talking pictures” in theater ads, this series represented the Fleischer Studios’ initial entrance into the sound cartoon arena. Films starred a host of subsequently famous characters, including Betty Boop, Bimbo and Koko the Clown. Early entries featured postsynched dialogue and music added after the productions were complete with dialogue being kept to a minimum and peppy musical scores carrying the films. In the beginning, having no accomplished musical director to create songs, the Fleischers purchased the rights of popular songs to use as soundtracks. The series’ first star was Bimbo, resurrected by the Fleischers from the Out of the Inkwell series. While the series celebrated Bimbo’s return to the screen, the series’ sixth cartoon release of 1930, “Dizzy Dishes,” introduced another character in her formative stages—Betty Boop, invented and drawn by animator Grim Natwick. In 1931 Koko the Clown was brought back as a supporting player in the series, after a brief retirement from the screen. Directed by Dave Fleischer. Black-andwhite. A Fleischer Studios Production released through Paramount Picture Corporation. (Copyright dates are marked by a ©.) 1929: “Noah’s Lark” (© Oct. 25); and “Accordion Joe” (© with Bimbo/Dec. 12). 1930: “Marriage Wows” (© Jan. 8); “Radio Riot” (Feb. 13); “Hot Dog” (with Bimbo/Mar. 29); “Fire Bugs” (May 9); “Wise Flies” (July 18); “Dizzy Dishes” (with Betty Boop, Bimbo/Aug. 9); “Barnacle Bill” (with Betty Boop, Bimbo/Aug. 31); “Swing, You Sinner!” (with Bimbo/Sept. 24); “The Grand Uproar” (with Bimbo/Oct. 3); “Sky Scraping” (with Bimbo/Nov. 1); “Up to Mars” (Nov. 20); and “Mysterious Mose” (with Betty Boop, Bimbo/Dec. 26). 1931: “The Ace of Spades” (with Bimbo, Koko the Clown/Jan. 16); “Tree Saps” (with Bimbo/Feb. 3); “Teacher’s Pest” (with Bimbo, Koko the Clown); “The Cow’s Husband” (with Bimbo, Koko the Clown); “The Bum Bandit” (with Betty Boop, Bimbo/ Apr. 3); “The Male Man” (with Bimbo, Koko the Clown/Apr. 24); “Twenty Legs Under the Sea” (with Bimbo/May 5); “Silly Scandals” (with Betty Boop, Bimbo/May 23); “The Herring Murder Case” (with Bimbo, Koko the Clown/June 26); “Bimbo’s Initiation” (with Betty Boop, Bimbo/July 24); “Minding the Baby” (with Betty Boop, Bimbo/Sept. 26); “In the Shade of the Old Apple Sauce” (with Bimbo, Koko the Clown/Oct. 16); “Mask-aRaid” (with Betty Boop, Bimbo/Nov. 7); “Jack and the Beanstalk” (with Betty Boop, Bimbo/Nov. 21); and “Dizzy Red Riding-Hood” (with Betty Boop, Bimbo/Dec. 12). 1932: “Any Rags” (with Betty Boop, Bimbo, Koko the Clown/ Jan. 2); “Boop-Oop-A-Doop” (with Betty Boop, Bimbo, Koko the Clown/Jan. 16); “The Robot” (with Betty Boop, Bimbo, Koko the Clown/Feb. 5); “Minnie the Moocher” (with Betty Boop, Bimbo, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra/Feb. 26); “Swim or Sink” (with Betty Boop, Bimbo, Koko the Clown/Mar. 11); “Crazy Town” (with Betty Boop, Bimbo, Koko the Clown/Mar. 25); “The Dancing Fool” (with Betty Boop, Bimbo, Koko the 138 SYLVESTER JR. xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 138 9/11/08 5:14:39 PM

Clown/Apr. 8); “A Hunting We Will Go” (with Betty Boop, Bimbo, Koko the Clown/Apr. 29); “Chess-Nuts” (with Betty Boop, Bimbo, Koko the Clown/May 13); “Hide and Seek” (with Betty Boop, Bimbo, Koko the Clown/May 26); “Admission Free” (with Betty Boop, Bimbo, Koko the Clown/June 10); and “Betty Boop Limited” (with Betty Boop, Bimbo, Koko the Clown/July 1). fi TASMANIAN DEVIL One Warner Bros. star who was very popular on screen in a handful of cartoon misadventures was that whirling dervish, the Tasmanian Devil, who buzzsawed his way through everything in his path. Robert McKimson originated the character and Mel Blanc supplied the voice. Blanc, who described his characterization as “growl slobbering, indecipherable gibberish,” supposedly told McKimson while voicing the first cartoon, “I defy you or anybody else to tell me he doesn’t sound like a Tasmanian Devil.” In all, the Tasmanian Devil appeared in five cartoons, most of them opposite Bugs Bunny. The character resurfaced again, in a different form, in 1990 on the hit Warner Bros. TV series, Tiny Toon Adventures. Known as Dizzy Devil, he made occasional appearances on the show. In 1991 Warner Bros. renamed him “Taz” and awarded him his own series, Taz-Mania, which premiered on the Fox Network in 1991. The character later appeared in a supporting role in the critically acclaimed feature Space Jam (1996), starring basketball superstar Michael Jordan. Directed by Robert McKimson. Technicolor. A Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. and Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. Production released by Warner Bros. Voices Tasmanian Devil: Mel Blanc Looney Tunes Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. release 1954: “Devil May Hare” (with Bugs Bunny/McKimson/June 19). Merrie Melodies Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. releases 1957: “Bedevilled Rabbit” (with Bugs Bunny/McKimson/Apr. 13); and “Ducking the Devil” (with Daffy Duck/McKimson/Aug. 17). 1962: “Bill of Hare” (with Bugs Bunny/McKimson/June 9). 1964: “Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare” (with Bugs Bunny/McKimson/ Mar. 28). fi TERRY BEARS Originally Terry-Toons’ mascots, these rascally twin bears starred in their own cartoon series for the studio. Directors were Connie Rasinski, Ed Donnelly and Mannie Davis. Technicolor. A Terry-Toon Cartoons and Terrytoons/CBS Films, Inc., Production released through 20th Century Fox. Voices Terry Bears: Roy Halee, Phillip A. Scheib, Doug Moye 1951: “Tall Timber Tale” (Rasinski/July); and “Little Problems” (Donnelly/Sept.). 1952: “Thrifty Cubs” (Davis/Jan.); “Snappy Snap Shots” (Donnelly/Mar.); “Papa’s Little Helpers” (Davis/Jan.); “Papa’s Day of Rest” (Davis/Mar.); “Little Anglers” (Rasinski/July); “Nice Doggy” (Donnelly/Oct.); and “Picnic with Papa” (Davis/ Dec.). 1953: “Plumber’s Helpers” (Rasinski/May); “Open House” (Donnelly/Aug.); “The Reluctant Pup” (Davis/ Oct.); and “Growing Pains” (Donnelly/Dec.). 1954: “Pet Problems” (Donnelly/Apr.); and “Howling Success” (Rasinski/July). 1955: “Duck Fever” (Rasinski/Feb.). 1956: “Baffling Business” (Rasinski/Apr.). fi TERRY-TOONS Featuring assembly-line animation and repetitive story formulas, Terry-Toons was, surprisingly, one of the longest-running continuous series in cartoon history. The series never achieved the critical success or cult status of Disney, Warner and MGM cartoons, yet it endured despite the fact most films starred incidental characters. Paul Terry created the series after forming his own studio in 1929, with partner Frank Moser. Audio-Cinema Studios agreed to finance the cartoons and provided working space for the animators at the old Edison studio in the Bronx. Under the agreement, Terry and Moser worked without pay until Audio Cinema recouped its costs for these animated adventures. Educational Pictures distributed the first cartoons, released with a synchronized soundtrack based on popular music of the day. In 1934 Terry broke ground and built his Terry-Toons studio in New Rochelle, New York, where the vast majority of these films were produced until the studio closed down in 1968. Despite the addition of sound, Terry relied mostly on ragtime musical soundtracks and loads of action, featuring little dialogue between characters in these episodes. Except for some films produced in the 1950s, most cartoons had no main character. Terry was one of the last to change over to color, filming the series in black-and-white. In 1938 he finally gave in to industry pressures and produced his first color Terry-Toons, “String Bean Jack.” However, Terry remained unconvinced about producing more color cartoons because of the great expense; black-and-white animation was considerably less costly. He therefore used color sparingly until 1943, when he completely converted over to the process since black-and-white had faded in popularity altogether. The late 1950s and 1960s marked a new period of Terry-Toons under the guidance of veteran animator Gene Deitch, who was named creative director in 1956, and later Ralph Bakshi, who was elevated to supervising director 10 years later. In these later films, the hyphen was dropped from the Terrytoons name and a new more modern contemporary logo was spelled out in lowercase script in the opening credits of some films, including John Doormat’s “Topsy TV.” (For additional Terrytoons entries, see Aesop’s Fables, Astronut, Clint Clobber, Deputy Dawg, Dinky Duck, Dimwit, Dingbat, Duckwood, Fanny Zilch, Farmer Al Falfa, Foofle, Gandy Goose, Gaston Le Crayon, Good Deal Daily, Half Pint, Hashimoto, Heckle and Jeckle, Hector Heathcote, James Hound, John Doormat, Kiko the Kangaroo, Little Roquefort, Luno, Martian Moochers, Mighty Mouse, Oil Can Harry, Phoney Baloney, Possible Possum, Puddy the Pup, Sad Cat, Sidney the Elephant, the Terry Bears and Willie the Walrus.) Directors were Paul Terry, Frank Moser, Mannie Davis, George Gordon, Jack Zander, Dan Gordon, John Foster, Connie Rasinski, Volney White, Ed Donnelly, Bob Kuwahara, Dave Tendlar, Al Kouzel and Martin B. Taras. Black-and-white. Technicolor. CinemaScope. A Terry-Toon Cartoons and Terrytoons/CBS Films, Inc., Production released through Educational Pictures and 20th Century Fox. Educational Pictures releases 1930: “Caviar” (Terry, Moser/Feb. 23); “Pretzels” (Terry, Moser/ Mar. 9); “Spanish Onions” (Terry, Moser/Mar. 23); “Indian TERRY-TOONS 139 xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 139 9/11/08 5:14:39 PM

Pudding” (Terry, Moser/Apr. 6); “Roman Punch” (Terry, Moser/Apr. 20); “Hot Turkey” (Terry, Moser/May 4); “Hawaiian Pineapple” (Terry, Moser/May 4); “Swiss Cheese” (Terry, Moser/May 18); “Codfish Balls” (Terry, Moser/June 1); “Hungarian Goulash” (Terry, Moser/June 15); “Bully Beef” (Terry, Moser/July 13); “Kangaroo Steak” (Terry, Moser/July 27); “Monkey Meat” (Terry, Moser/Aug. 10); “Chop Suey” (Terry, Moser/Aug. 24); “French Fried” (Terry, Moser/Sept. 7); “Dutch Treat” (Terry, Moser/Sept. 21); “Irish Stew” (Terry, Moser/Oct. 5); “Fried Chicken” (Terry, Moser/Oct. 19); “Jumping Beans” (Terry, Moser/Nov. 2); “Scotch Highball” (Terry, Moser/Nov. 16); “Salt Water Taffy” (Terry, Moser/Nov. 30); “Golf Nuts” (Terry, Moser/Dec. 14); and “Pigskin Capers” (Terry, Moser/Dec. 28). 1931: “Popcorn” (Terry, Moser/Jan. 11); “Go West, Big Boy” (Terry, Moser/Feb. 22); “Quack Quack” (Terry, Moser/Mar. 8); “Clowning” (Terry, Moser/Apr. 5); “Sing Sing Prison” (Terry, Moser/Apr. 19); “The Fireman’s Bride” (Terry, Moser/May 3); “A Day to Live” (Terry, Moser/May 31); “2000 B.C.” (Terry, Moser/ June 14); “Blues” (Terry, Moser/June 28); “By the Sea” (Terry, Moser/July 12); “Her First Egg” (Terry, Moser/July 26); “Jazz Mad” (Terry, Moser/Aug. 9); “Jesse and James” (Terry, Moser/Sept. 6); “Around the World” (Terry, Moser/Oct. 4); “Jingle Bells” (Terry, Moser/Oct. 18); “The Black Spider” (Terry, Moser/Nov. 1); “China” (Terry, Moser/Nov. 15); “The Lorelei” (Terry, Moser/Nov. 29); “Summertime” (Terry, Moser/Dec. 13); and “Aladdin’s Lamp” (Terry, Moser/Dec. 27). 1932: “The Villain’s Curse” (Terry, Moser/Jan. 10); “The Spider Talks” (Terry, Moser/Feb. 7); “Peg Leg Pete” (Terry, Moser/Feb. 21); “Play Ball” (Terry, Moser/Mar. 6); “Bull-Ero” (Terry, Moser/ Apr. 3); “Radio Girl” (Terry, Moser/Apr. 17); “Romance” (Terry, Moser/May 15); “Bluebeard’s Brother” (Terry, Moser/May 29); “The Mad King” (Terry, Moser/June 26); “Cocky Cockroach” (Terry, Moser/July 10); “Sherman Was Right” (Terry, Moser/Aug. 21); “Burlesque” (Terry, Moser/Sept. 4); “Southern Rhythm” (Terry, Moser/Sept. 18); “College Spirit” (Terry, Moser/Oct. 16); “Hook and Ladder Number One” (Terry, Moser/Oct. 30); “The Forty Thieves” (Terry, Moser/Nov. 13); “Toyland” (Terry, Moser/ Nov. 27); “Hollywood Diet” (Terry, Moser/Dec. 11); and “Ireland or Bust” (Terry, Moser/Dec. 25) 1933: “Jealous Lover” (Terry, Moser/Jan. 8); “Robin Hood” (Terry, Moser/Jan. 22); “Hansel and Gretel” (Terry, Moser/Feb. 5); “Tale of a Shirt” (Terry, Moser/Feb. 19); “Down on the Levee” (Terry, Moser/Mar. 5); “Who Killed Cock Robin?” (Terry, Moser/Mar. 19); “Oh Susanna” (Terry, Moser/Apr. 2); “Romeo and Juliet” (Terry, Moser/Apr. 16); “Pirate Ship” (Terry, Moser/Apr. 30); “Cinderella” (Terry, Moser/May 28); “King Zilch” (Terry, Moser/June 11); “Grand Uproar” (Terry, Moser/Aug. 25); “A Gypsy Fiddler” (Terry, Moser/Oct. 6); “Beanstalk Jack” (Terry, Moser/Oct. 20); “Little Boy Blue” (Terry, Moser/Nov. 30); “In Venice” (Terry, Moser/Dec. 15); and “The Sunny South” (Terry, Moser/Dec. 29). 1934: “Holland Days” (Terry, Moser/Jan. 12); “The Three Bears” (Davis/Jan. 26); “Rip Van Winkle” (Terry, Moser/Feb. 9); “The Last Straw” (Terry, Moser/Feb. 23); “A Mad House” (Terry, Moser/Mar. 23); “Joe’s Lunch Wagon” (Terry, Moser/Apr. 6); “Just a Clown” (Terry, Moser/Apr. 20); “The King’s Daughter” (Terry, Moser/May 4); “The Lion’s Friend” (Terry, Moser/May 18); “Pandora” (Terry, Moser/June 1); “Slow But Sure” (Terry, Moser/ June 15); “See the World” (Terry, Moser/June 29); “My Lady’s Garden” (Terry, Moser/July 13); “Irish Sweepstakes” (Terry, Moser/ July 27); “Busted Blossoms” (Terry, Moser/Aug. 10); “Mice in Council” (Terry, Moser/Aug. 24); “Jail Birds” (Terry, Moser/Sept. 21); “The Black Sheep” (Terry, Moser/Oct. 5); “The Magic Fish” (Terry, Moser/Oct. 17); “Hot Sands” (Terry, Moser/Nov. 2); “Tom, Tom the Piper’s Son” (Terry, Moser/Nov. 16); “Jack’s Snack” (Terry, Moser/Nov. 30); “South Pole or Bust” (Terry, Moser/Dec. 14); and “The Dog Show” (Terry, Moser/Dec. 28). 1935: “The First Show” (Terry, Moser/Jan. 11); “Fireman Save My Child” (Terry, Moser/Feb. 22); “The Moth and the Spider” (Terry, Moser/Mar. 8); “Peg Leg Pete, The Pirate” (Terry, Moser/ Apr. 19); “A Modern Red Riding Hood” (Terry, Moser/May 3); “Five Puplets” (Terry, Moser/May 17); “Opera” (Terry, Moser/ May 31); “King Looney XIV” (Terry, Moser/June 14); “Amateur Night” (Terry, Moser/July 12); “The Foxy-Fox” (Terry, Moser/ July 26); “Chain Letters” (Terry, Moser/Aug. 9); “Birdland” (Terry, Moser/Aug. 23); “Circus Days” (Terry, Moser/Sept. 6); “Hey Diddle Diddle” (Terry, Moser/Sept. 20); “Football” (Terry, Moser/Oct. 18); “Aladdin’s Lamp” (Terry, Moser/Nov. 15); “Southern Horse-Pitality” (Terry, Moser/Nov. 29); “Ye Olde Toy Shop” (Terry, Moser/Dec. 13); and “The Mayflower” (Terry, Moser/Dec. 27). 1936: “The Feud” (Terry, Moser/Jan. 10); “Off to China” (Terry, Moser/Mar. 20); “A Wolf in Cheap Clothing” (Terry, Moser/Apr. 17); “The Busy Bee” (May 29); “The Sailor’s Home” (June 12); “A Tough Egg” (Terry, Moser/June 26); “A Bully Frog” (Terry, Davis, Gordon/Sept. 18); and “Robin Hood in an Arrow Escape” (Davis, Gordon/Nov. 13). 1937: “Salty McGuire” (Davis, Gordon/Jan. 8); “Bug Carnival” (Davis, Gordon/Apr. 16); “Schoolbirds” (Davis, Gordon/Apr. 30); “The Paper Hangers” (Davis/July 30); “The Timid Rabbit” (Davis/ Nov. 26); “The Billy Goat Whiskers” (Foster/Dec. 10); and “The Barnyard Boss” (Rasinski/Dec. 24). 1938: “The Lion Hunt” (Davis/Jan. 7); “Bugs Beetle and His Orchestra” (Foster/Jan. 21); “Just Ask Jupiter” (Davis/Feb. 18); “A Mountain Romance” (Davis/Apr. 1); “Robinson Crusoe’s Broadcast” (Foster/Apr. 15); “Maid in China” (Rasinski/Apr. 29); “Devil of the Deep” (Foster/May 27); “Here’s to Good Old Jail” (Donnelly/June 10); “The Last Indian” (Rasinski/June 24); “Milk for Baby” (Davis/ July 8); “Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow” (Donnelly/July 22); and “Eliza Runs Again” (Rasinski/July 29/last Educational Pictures release). 20th Century Fox releases 1938: “Chris Columbo” (Donnelly/Aug. 12); “String Bean Jack” (Foster/Aug. 26/first in Technicolor); “The Wolf’s Side of the Story” (Rasinski/Sept. 23); “The Glass Slipper” (Davis/Oct. 7); “The Newcomer” (with Panda Bear/Davis/Oct. 21); “The Stranger Ride Again” (Davis/Nov. 4); “Housewife Herman” (Donnelly/ Nov. 18); and “Village Blacksmith” (Davis/Dec. 2). 1939: “The Owl and the Pussycat” (Donnelly/Jan. 13/ Technicolor); “One Gun Gary in the Nick of Time” (with One Gun Gary/Donnelly/Jan. 27); “The Three Bears” (Davis/ Feb. 10/Technicolor); “Frozen Feet” (Rasinski/Feb. 24); “The Nutty Network” (Davis/Mar. 24/Technicolor); “The Cuckoo Bird” (Davis/Apr. 7); “Their Last Bean” (Donnelly/Apr. 21); “Barnyard Eggcitement” (Davis/May 5); “Nick’s Coffee Pot” (Rasinski/May 19); “The Prize Guest” (Davis/June 2); “Africa Squawks” (Rasinski/June 30); “Old Fire Horse” (Donnelly/July 28); “Two Headed Giant” (Rasinski/Aug. 11); “The Golden West” (Davis/Aug. 25); “Sheep in the Meadow” (Davis/Sept. 22); “The Watchdog” (Donnelly/Oct. 20); “One Mouse in a Million” (Rasinski/Nov. 3); “A Wicky Wacky Romance” (Davis/Nov. 17); “The Ice Pond” (Davis/Dec. 15); and “The First Robin” (Rasinski/ Dec. 29/Technicolor). 140 TERRY-TOONS xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 140 9/11/08 5:14:39 PM

1940: “A Dog in a Mansion” (Donnelly/Jan. 12); “Edgar Runs Again” (Davis/Jan. 26); “Harvest Time” (Rasinski/Feb. 9/Technicolor); “The Hare and the Hounds” (Donnelly/Feb. 23); “All’s Well That Ends Well” (Davis/Mar. 8); “Just a Little Bull” (Donnelly/Apr. 19/Technicolor); “Wot’s All th’ Shootin’ Fer” (White/May 3); “Swiss Ski Yodelers” (Donnelly/May 17); “Catnip Capers” (Davis/May 31); “Professor Offkeyski” (Rasinski/ June 14); “Rover’s Rescue” (White/June 28); “Rupert the Runt” (Davis/July 12); “Love in a Cottage” (White/July 28); “Billy Mouse’s Akwakade” (Donnelly/Aug. 9/Technicolor); “Club Life in Stone Age” (Davis/Aug. 23); “Touchdown Demons” (White/Sept. 20); “How Wet Was My Ocean” (Donnelly/Oct. 4/Technicolor); “Happy Haunting Grounds” (Davis/Oct. 18); “Landing of the Pilgrims” (Rasinski/Nov. 1/Technicolor); “Plane Goofy” (Donnelly/Nov. 29); “Snowman” (Davis/Dec. 13); and “Temperamental Lion” (Rasinski/Dec. 27/Technicolor). 1941: “What a Little Sneeze Will Do” (Donnelly/Jan. 10); “Hairless Hector” (White/Jan. 24); “Mississippi Swing” (Rasinski/ Feb. 7/Technicolor); “When Knights Were Bold” (White/Mar. 21); “The Baby Seal” (Rasinski/Apr. 10); “Uncle Joey” (Davis/ Apr. 18/Technicolor); “A Dog’s Dream” (Donnelly/May 2); “The Magic Shell” (Davis/May 16); “What Happens at Night” (Rasinski/May 30); “Horse Fly Opera” (Donnelly/June 13); “Good Old Irish Tunes” (Rasinski/June 27); “Twelve O’Clock and All Ain’t Well” (Donnelly/July 25); “The Old Oaken Bucket” (Rasinski/Aug. 8); “The Ice Carnival” (Donnelly/Aug. 22); “Uncle Joey Comes to Town” (Davis/Sept. 19); “The Frozen North” (Rasinski/Oct. 17); “Back to the Soil” (Donnelly/Nov. 14); “The Bird Tower” (Davis/Nov. 28/Technicolor); and “A Yarn About Yarn” (Rasinski/Dec. 12). 1942: “The Torrid Toreador” (Donnelly/Jan. 9/Technicolor); “Happy Circus Days” (Rasinski/Jan. 23/Technicolor); “Funny Bunny Business” (Donnelly/Feb. 6); “Cat Meets Mouse” (Davis/ Feb. 20/Technicolor); “Eat Me Kitty, Eight to a Bar” (Davis/Mar. 6); “Oh Gentle Spring” (Rasinski/Apr. 3); “Neck and Neck” (Davis/May 15/Technicolor); “The Stork’s Mistake” (Donnelly/ May 29); “All About Dogs” (Rasinski/June 12/Technicolor); “Wilful Willie” (Rasinski/June 26); “All Out for ‘V’” (Davis/Aug. 7/Technicolor/A.A. nominee); “School Daze” (with Nancy/Sept. 18/Technicolor); “Doing Their Bit” (with Nancy/Oct. 30/a.k.a. “Nancy’s Little Theatre”); “Barnyard WAAC” (Donnelly/Dec. 11); and “Somewhere in the Pacific” (Davis/Dec. 25/Technicolor). (All cartooons below in Technicolor.) 1943: “Shipyard Symphony” (Donnelly/Mar. 19); “Patriotic Pooches” (Rasinski/Apr. 9); “Mopping Up” (Donnelly/June 25); “Keep ‘Em Growing” (Davis/July 28); “Yokel Duck Makes Good” (Donnelly/Nov. 26); and “The Hopeful Donkey” (Davis/Dec. 17). 1944: “The Butcher of Seville” (Donnelly/Jan. 7); “The Helicopter” (Donnelly/Jan. 21); “A Day in June” (Donnelly/Mar. 3); “My Boy Johnny” (May 12/A.A. nominee); “Carmen Veranda” (Davis/July 28); “The Cat Came Back” (Rasinski/Aug. 18); “A Wolf’s Tale” (Rasinski/Oct. 27); and “Dear Old Switzerland” (Donnelly/Dec. 22). 1945: “Ants in Your Pantry” (Davis/Feb. 16); “Smoky Joe” (Rasinski/May 25); “The Fox and the Duck” (Davis/Aug. 24); “Swooning the Swooners” (Rasinski/Sept. 14); and “The Watch Dog” (Donnelly/Sept. 28). 1946: “The Tortoise Wins Again” (Rasinski/Aug. 9); “The Snow Man” (Rasinski/Oct. 11); “The Housing Problem” (Davis/Oct. 25); and “Beanstalk Jack” (Donnelly/Dec. 20). 1947: “One Note Tony” (Rasinski/© Oct. 22); and “The Wolf’s Pardon” (Donnelly/Dec. 5). 1948: “Felix the Fox” (Davis/Jan.); “Hounding the Hares” (Donnelly/June); “Mystery in the Moonlight” (Donnelly/July); “Seeing Ghosts” (Davis/Aug.); and “The Hard Boiled Egg” (Rasinski/Sept.). 1949: “The Wooden Indian” (Rasinski/Jan.); “The Lyin’ Lion” (Rasinski/May); “The Kitten Sitter” (Donnelly/Aug. 12); “Mrs. Jones Rest Farm” (Donnelly/Oct. 12); “A Truckload of Trouble” (Rasinski/Oct. 25); “Flying Cops and Saucers” (Rasinski/Nov.); and “Paint Pot Symphony” (Rasinski/Dec.). 1950: “Better Late Than Never” (with Victor the Volunteer/ Donnelly/Mar. 1); “The Red Headed Monkey” (Davis/July 1); “The Dog Show” (Donnelly/Aug.); and “If Cats Could Sing” (Donnelly/Oct.). 1951: “Squirrel Crazy” (with Nutsy/Davis/Jan.); “Woodman Spare That Tree” (Donnelly/Feb.); “Aesop’s Fable: Golden Egg Goosie” (Donnelly/Aug.); “The Helpful Genie” (Rasinski/Oct.); and “Beaver Trouble” (Rasinski/Dec.). 1952: “Mechanical Bird” (Donnelly/Feb.); “Time Gallops On” (Davis/Apr.); “The Happy Cobblers” (Davis/May); “Flipper Frolics” (Rasinski/July); and “The Mysterious Cowboy” (Davis/Sept.). 1954: “Nonsense Newsreel” (Davis/Mar.); and “Pride of the Yard” (with Percival Sleuthound/Donnelly/Aug.). 1955: “A Yokohama Yankee” (Rasinski/Jan.); “Bird Symphony” (Rasinski/Apr./CinemaScope); “Phoney News Flashes” (Rasinski/ May); “Foxed by a Fox” (Rasinski/May); “Last Mouse of Hamlin” (Rasinski/June); and “Little Red Hen” (Rasinski/July/ CinemaScope). 1956: “Clockmakers Dog” (Rasinski); and “Park Avenue Pussycat” (Rasinski/CinemaScope). 20th Century Fox Terrytoons/CBS Films, Inc., Productions releases 1956: “Uranium Blues” (Rasinski/Mar./CinemaScope); “Hep Mother Hubbard” (Rasinski/Mar.); “Oceans of Love” (Rasinski/ May/CinemaScope); “Lucky Dog” (Rasinski/June/CinemaScope); “Police Dogged” (with Clancy the Bull/Rasinski/July/ CinemaScope); and “The Brave Little Brave” (Davis/July). 1957: “Gag Buster” (with Spoofy/Rasinski/Feb./CinemaScope); “A Hare Breadth Finish” (Rasinski/Feb.); “A Bum Steer” (with Beefy/Davis/Mar./CinemaScope); “The Bone Ranger” (with Sniffer/Rasinski/Apr./CinemaScope); “Love Is Blind” (Davis/ May); and “Flebus” (Pintoff/Aug./CinemaScope). (All cartoons in CinemaScope.) 1958: “The Juggler of Our Lady” (Kouzel/Apr.). 1959: “A Tale of a Dog” (Tendlar/Feb.); “The Fabulous Firework Family” (Kouzel/Aug.); and “The Leaky Faucet” (Taras/Dec.). 1960: “The Misunderstood Giant” (Rasinski/Feb.); “Hearts and Glowers” (Taras/June); and “Tin Pan Alley Cat” (Tendlar/Oct.). 1964: “Search for Misery” (with Pitiful Penelope/Kuwahara). fi TEX AVERY CARTOONS Tex Avery, the former Warner Bros. director who joined MGM in 1942, supervised various spoofs and comedy-musical cartoons with the basic Avery humor of hyperbole and character gyrations TEX AVERY CARTOONS 141 xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 141 9/11/08 5:14:39 PM

intact. His cartoons featured fast-paced, violent, zany moments, punctuated with outrageous takes by his cartoon stars. When a character does a take in an Avery cartoon, his eyes literally pop out, his jaw drops to the floor like porch steps and his tongue gyrates vigorously as he screams. Avery’s cartoons were based on the survival-of-the-fittest theme, obviously to some extremes. Avery produced practically every other major non-Hanna and Barbera MGM cartoon from 1942 to 1955, starting with “Blitz Wolf,” which won an Academy Award for best short subject. Like his other MGM series—Droopy, George and Junior, and Screwy Squirrel—these cartoon specialties delved into the unusual only as Tex Avery could, from lampooning detective mysteries in “Who Killed Who?” (1943) to discovering the formula to create a giantsize canary in “King-Size Canary” (1947). Avery also took a subject that was taboo—sex—to another level of lunacy, directing his own “updated” versions of nursery tales: “Red Hot Riding Hood” (1943); “Swing Shift Cinderella” (1945) and “Uncle Tom’s Cabana” (1947), all starring a lustful Wolf who at the sight of a curvacious female costar turns into a human pretzel of delirious sexual desire. In 1954 Avery left MGM to join Walter Lantz Studios, where he directed the Chilly Willy series. See Droopy, George and Junior, Screwy Squirrel and Spike for additional entries. Directed by Tex Avery. Technicolor. A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon Production released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Voices June Foray 1942: “The Blitz Wolf” (Aug. 22/A.A. winner); and “The Early Bird Dood It” (Aug. 29). 1943: “Red Hot Riding Hood” (May 8); “Who Killed Who?” (June 5); “One Ham’s Family” (Aug. 14); and “What’s Buzzin’ Buzzard” (Nov. 27). 1944: “Batty Baseball” (Apr. 22). 1945: “Jerky Turkey” (Apr. 7); and “Swing Shift Cinderella” (Aug. 25/working titles: “Wolf,” “Swingshift Cindy,” “Red Hot Cinderella,” and “The Glass Slipper”). 1946: “The Hick Chick” (June 15). 1947: “Uncle Tom’s Cabana” (July 19); “Slap Happy Lion” (Sept. 20/re: May 28, 1955); and “King-Size Canary” (Dec. 6/re: Oct. 21, 1955). 1948: “What Price Fleadom” (Mar. 20/re: Dec. 2, 1955); “Little Tinker” (May 15/re: May 14, 1955); and “The Cat That Hated People” (Nov. 12/re: Jan. 20, 1956). 1949: “Bad Luck Blackie” (Jan. 22/re: Nov. 9, 1956/working title: “Two Black Cats”); “House of Tomorrow” (June 11/re: Mar. 16, 1956); “Doggone Tired” (July 30/re: Apr. 6, 1956); and “Little Rural Red Riding Hood” (Sept. 17/re: Dec. 28, 1956). 1950: “The Cuckoo Clock” (June 10/re: Jan. 19, 1957); and “The Peachy Cobbler” (Dec. 9/re: May 24, 1957). 1951: “Symphony in Slang” (June 6/re: June 13, 1958); and “Car of Tomorrow” (Sept. 22). 1952: “Magical Maestro” (Feb. 9); “One Cab’s Family” (May 15); and “Rock-a-Bye Bear” (July 12). 1953: “Little Johnny Jet” (Apr. 18/A.A. nominee); and “T.V. of Tomorrow” (June 6). 1954: “Billy Boy” (May 8); “Farm of Tomorrow” (Sept. 18); and “The Flea Circus” (Nov. 6). 1955: “Field and Scream” (Apr. 30); “The First Bad Man” (Sept. 30); and “Cellbound” (Nov. 25). 1957: “The Cat’s Meow” (Jan. 25/remake of “Ventriloquist Cat”). fi THE THREE BEARS Warner animator Chuck Jones originated this series depicting domestic life of an American family, with bears playing the roles of Papa, Mamma and Junyer. The trio first appeared in 1944, in “Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears,” reenacting the Goldilocks fable with a comical twist. Jones brought the characters back to the screen in four more cartoon adventures, each one offering a humorous view of the trials and tribulations of this abnormal family. Directed by Chuck Jones. Technicolor. A Leon Schlesinger Studios/ Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. Production released by Warner Bros. Voices Papa Bear: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher; Mamma Bear: Bea Benadaret; Junyer Bear: Stan Freberg Merrie Melodies 1944: “Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears” (with Bugs Bunny/ Feb. 26). 1949: “The Bee-Deviled Bruin” (May 14). 1951: “A Bear for Punishment” (Oct. 20). Looney Tunes 1948: “What’s Brewin’, Bruin?” (Feb. 28). 1949: “ Bear Feat” (Dec. 10). fi TIJUANA TOADS This late-1960s series followed the humorous exploits of a bossy Spanish-accented toad, Poncho, who demonstrates for his inexperienced, skinny apprentice, Toro, how to catch flies and cope with basic necessities of life as a toad in inventively funny situations. The toads were later renamed “The Texas Toads” (the characters also changed their names to Fatso and Banjo) when segmented on TV’s The Pink Panther Laff and a Half Hour and a Half Show. Directors were Hawley Pratt, Gerry Chiniquy, Art Davis and Grant Simmons. Technicolor. A DePatie-Freleng Enterprises/Mirisch Films Production released through United Artists. 1969: “Tijuana Toads” (Pratt/Aug. 6); “A Pair of Greenbacks” (Davis/Dec. 16); and “Go for Croak” (Pratt/Dec. 25). 1970: “The Froggy Froggy Duo” (Pratt/Mar. 15); “Hop and Chop” (Simmons/June 17); “Never on Thirsty” (Pratt/Aug. 5); and “A Dopey Hacienda” (Pratt/Dec. 6). 1971: “Snake in the Gracias” (Pratt/Jan. 24); “Two Jumps and a Chump” (Chiniquy/Mar. 28); “Mud Squad” (Davis/Apr. 28); “The Egg of Ay-Yi-Yi!” (Chiniquy/June 6); “The Fastest Tongue in the West” (Chiniquy/June 20); “A Leap in the Deep” (Chiniquy/ June 20); “Croakus Pocus” (Davis/Dec. 26); and “Serape Happy” (Chiniquy/Dec. 26). 1972: “Frog Jog” (Chiniquy/Apr. 23); and “Flight to the Finish” (Davis/Apr. 30). fi TIMON AND PUMBAA Timon, the wisecracking meerkat, and Pumbaa, his warthog sidekick, from the Disney animated classic The Lion King returned to the silver screen in 1995, this time as stars of their first theatrical cartoon short, “Stand by Me.” The cartoon, based on the popular song of the same 142 THE THREE BEARS xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 142 9/11/08 5:14:40 PM

name, opened in theaters nationwide with the live-action featurelength adventure Tom and Huck, starring Jonathan Taylor (of TV’s Home Improvement). Three months before the release of the threeminute cartoon short, the characters starred in their own television series, The Lion King’s Timon and Pumbaa, which premiered in syndication and on CBS that fall. Nathan Lane, who provided the voice of Timon in The Lion King, did not return to reprise the character. The character, in the short and on the television series, was voiced by Kevin Schoen. Directed by Steve Moore. A Walt Disney Studios Production released by Buena Vista Pictures. Voices Timon: Kevin Schoen; Pumbaa: Ernie Sabella 1995: “Stand by Me” (Dec. 22). fi TITO The adventures of a small, portly Mexican boy named Tito and his burro companion, Burrito, comprised this short-lived series for Columbia Pictures. The characters, who were created by Dave Fleischer, later found new life in Real Screen and Fox and the Crow comics. Directed by Bob Wickersham and Howard Swift. Produced by Dave Fleischer and later Ray Katz. Technicolor. A Columbia Pictures Corporation Production released by Columbia Pictures. 1942: “Tito’s Guitar” (Wickersham/Oct. 30/Color Rhapsody). 1945: “Fiesta Time” (Wickersham/Apr. 4/Color Rhapsody). 1947: “Loco Lobo” (Swift/Jan. 9/Color Rhapsody). fi TOBY THE PUP Columbia producer Charles Mintz, who produced several major cartoon series for the studio, hired two of Max Fleischer’s best animators, Dick Huemer and Sid Marcus, to head a new animation unit in California to expand his cartoon operations and sell a separate series to RKO Radio Pictures. It was Marcus who devised the character for that series, Toby the Pup, a malicious, frisky pup who headlined in only 11 films. Directed by Dick Huemer and Sid Marcus. Black-and-white. A Van Beuren Studios Production released by RKO Radio Pictures. 1930: “Toby the Fiddler” (Sept. 1); “Toby the Miner” (Oct. 1); “Toby the Showman” (Nov. 22); and “The Bug House” (Dec. 7). 1931: “Circus Time” (Jan. 25); “Toby the Milkman” (Feb. 25); “Brown Derby” (Mar. 22); “Down South” (Apr. 15); “Halloween” (May 1); “Toby the Bull Thrower” (June 7); and “Aces Up.” fi TOM AND JERRY (VAN BEUREN) This was not MGM’s famous cat-and-mouse team but rather an earlier duo of rawboned leader Tom and his dumpy cohort Jerry in primitively animated stories combining action and ragtime music with little onscreen dialogue. The series, produced by Van Beuren, was developed by John Foster and studio newcomers George Stallings and George Rufle, both veteran animators of the New York animation circuit. Following the series’ first entry, “Wot a Night” (1931), the studio produced 26 cartoons over the next three years before the characters were retired. Directors were John Foster, George Stallings, Frank Tashlin, George Rufle, Frank Sherman and Harry Bailey. Black-and-white. A Van Beuren Studios Production released by RKO Radio Pictures. 1931: “Wot a Night” (Foster, Stallings/Aug. 1); “Polar Pals” (Foster, Rufle/Sept. 5); “Trouble” (Foster, Stallings/Oct. 10); “Jungle Jam” (Foster, Rufle/Nov. 14); and “A Swiss Trick” (Foster, Stallings/Dec. 19). 1932: “Rocketeers” (Foster, Rufle/Jan. 30); “Rabid Hunters” (Foster, Stallings/Feb. 27); “In the Bag” (Foster, Rufle/Mar. 26); “Joint Wipers” (Foster, Stallings/Apr. 23); “Pet and Pans” (Foster, Rufle/May 14); “The Tuba Tooter” (Foster, Stallings/ June 4); “Plane Dumb” (Foster, Rufle/June 25); “Redskin Blues” (Foster, Stallings/July 23); “Jolly Fish” (Foster, Stallings/Aug. 19); “Barnyard Bunk” (Foster, Rufle/Sept. 6); “A Spanish Twist” (Foster, Stallings/Oct. 7); “Piano Tooners” (Foster, Rufle/Nov. 11); and “Pencil Mania” (Foster, Stallings/Dec. 9). 1933: “Tight Rope Tricks” (Foster, Rufle/Jan. 6); “The Magic Mummy” (Foster, Stallings/Feb. 7); “Panicky Pup” (Foster, Bailey/ Feb. 24/Aesop’s Fable); “Puzzled Pals” (Stallings, Sherman/© Mar. 31); “Happy Hoboes” (Stallings, Rufle/Mar. 31); “Hook and Ladder Hokum” (Stallings, Tashlin/Apr. 28); “In the Park” (Sherman, Rufle/©May 26); “Doughnuts” (Sherman, Rufle/July 10); and “The Phantom Rocket” (Sherman, Rufle/July 31). fi TOM AND JERRY (MGM) MGM’s madcap adventures of the feuding alley cat, Tom, and his mischief-making nemesis, Jerry the mouse, won seven Academy Awards during their heyday. The idea for this pairing came from veteran animators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, who later created the likes of Yogi Bear, Ruffy and Reddy and countless other characters after opening their own studio in the late 1950s. “We asked ourselves what would be a normal conflict between characters provoking comedy while retaining a basic situation from which we could continue to generate plots and stories,” Hanna once recalled. “We almost decided on a dog and a fox before we hit on the idea of using a cat and a mouse.” Hanna and Barbera named the characters based on hundreds of suggestions submitted by studio employees in a contest staged at the MGM lot. (In their screen debut Tom was actually called “Jasper” and Jerry “Jinks.”) The first Tom and Jerry cartoon, “Puss Gets the Boot,” was produced and released in 1940, despite producer Fred Quimby’s reservations about the characters. (“What can you do with a cat and a mouse that would be different?”) The first cartoon quickly established the entire tone of the series: Tom, the mischievous house cat, trying to outfox the equally clever mouse, Jerry. The formula remained the same throughout the history of the series, though the characters underwent gradual changes in their appearance. TOM AND JERRY 143 Tom and Jerry in their first screen appearance, “Puss Gets the Boot” (1940). The characters were created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. © Turner Entertainment xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 143 9/11/08 5:14:40 PM

In addition to earning a second Academy Award for their fourth cartoon, “The Night before Christmas” (1941), Hanna and Barbera’s Tom and Jerry series dominated the annual Oscar derby, earning 13 nominations and winning seven times, more than any other theatrical cartoon series starring the same characters. Besides being nominated for “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse” (1947), “Hatch Up Your Troubles” (1949), “Jerry’s Cousin” (1951) and “Touché, Pussy Cat!” (1954), they won the coveted gold statuette for such classic cartoons as “The Yankee Doodle Mouse” (1943), “Mouse Trouble” (1944), “Quiet Please” (1945), “The Cat Concerto” (1946), “The Little Orphan” (1948), “The Two Mouseketeers” (1952) and “Johann Mouse” (1953). Besides starring in cartoon shorts, Tom and Jerry also appeared as animated characters in live-action sequences of two classic MGM musicals: Gene Kelly’s Anchors Aweigh (1944) (Jerry only) and Esther Williams’s Dangerous When Wet (1953), featuring both characters swimming with Williams in complete synchronization. The Tom and Jerry series produced a stable of popular supporting characters. One recurring cult favorite who appeared as Tom’s owner in 18 cartoons in the 1940s and the 1950s, was MammyTwo-Shoes (but never referred to by name). Known usually to moviegoers only by the lower half of her portly body and by the broom she used to wallop Tom when he misbehaved, she was the stereotyped black maid attired in a simple house dress and white apron. Actress Lillian Randolph, best known as Birdie the maid on The Great Gildersleeve radio program in the 1940s and for her roles in Walt Disney cartoons, originally voiced the character. In a few cases, moviegoers got a better glimpse of Mammy, including her chin in “Part Time Pal” (1947); a shadow of her entire body as she walks down the street in “Mouse Cleaning” (1948); and her whole body and face in “Saturday Evening Puss” (1950). In 1952, this popular series fixture made her final screen appearance in the Tom and Jerry cartoon, “Push-Button Kitty.” Another popular fixture and supporting cast member in 13 films, created as comical counterpart for Tom, was the street-smart alley cat, Butch. Nameless in his first three cartoons, beginning with the 1943 cartoon short, “Baby Puss,” in which he appeared as one of three alley cat pals of Tom who become a thorn in Jerry’s side, he officially became Butch in the 1947 one-reeler, “A Mouse in the House.” In subsequent films, Butch often spoiled Tom’s romantic overtures with attractive felines that were in town, such as Tom’s luscious love interest, Toodles, in 1951’s “Casanova Cat,” before making his final appearance in the 1957 CinemaScope cartoon, “Mucho Mouse.” Toodles, the attractive white feline costar, first appeared sunbathing while reading the latest issue of Har-Puss Bazaar in 1946’s “Springtime for Thomas.” Jerry frequently shared center stage with another costar, a curious, perpetually hungry, little gray mouse and ward named Nibbles, who frequently became a source of exasperation for not only him but also his mouse-chasing cat costar, Tom. Debuting in the 1946 one-reeler, “The Milky Waif,” this sweet, innocent mouse, who by 1954 had become known as Tuffy, starred in 13 films, including three Academy Award–winning shorts: “The Little Orphan” (1949), “The Two Mouseketeers” (1952), winners of an Oscar for best short subject, and the Oscar-nominated “Touché, Pussy Cat!” (1954), the last Tom and Jerry cartoon nominated for an Academy Award. In the latter, Tuffy not only said, “C’est la guerre!” but also sang “Frère Jacques.” He spoke again in his last screen appearance—and his final Tom and Jerry cartoon—the hilarious Robin Hood–inspired spoof, “Robin Hoodwinked” (1958). When Nibbles wasn’t giving Tom fits (to the delight of Jerry), it was an adorable, innocent-looking yellow duck, Little Quacker, who later evolved into a mischievous troublemaker, that wreaked havoc in eight cartoons. The cute duckling debuted in the selftitled 1950 comedy cartoon short, “Little Quacker,” in which Tom steals an egg for dinner from a mother duck and out pops Little Quacker; Tom comes up short when the duckling and mother are reunited. After the character was redesigned and retooled, the duckling was cast in a second cartoon, 1952’s “The Duck Doctor,” becoming a comical sidekick for Jerry, a pattern that was repeated in 1953’s “Just Ducky,” in which Jerry tries to teach Little Quacker how to swim, with Tom envisioning him as his latest meal. The character starred in four more cartoons with the dueling cat-andmouse tandem, including “Downhearted Duckling” (1954); “Southbound Duckling” (1955), the first in wide screen CinemaScope; “That’s My Mommy” (1955), the first Tom and Jerry cartoon produced by directors William Hanna and Joseph Barbera; the Easter-themed “Happy Go Lucky Duck” (1958); and, finally, “The Vanishing Duck” (1958). Quimby produced the series until his retirement in 1955; from then through 1958 Hanna and Barbera performed dual roles as the series’ producers and directors. The popular screen tandem lost some of their comedy flair after Hanna and Barbera left MGM to launch their own production company, Hanna-Barbera Productions. From 1961 to 1962 Gene Deitch, a former artistic director of Terry-Toons and a Czechoslovakian cartoon director (whose claim to fame was creating TV’s critically acclaimed Tom Terrific), tried animating new Tom and Jerry adventures that were unmemorable at best. In 1963 former Warner Bros. animator/director Chuck Jones and producer Les Golden, who formed Sib-Tower 12 Productions (later renamed MGM Animation/Visual Arts), convinced MGM to allow them to produce a third series of films. But even under the watchful eye of Jones the films failed to generate much excitement. As one anonymous MGM executive remarked after a board of directors screening: “Those are god awful!” Even Jones has admitted making the cartoons was a mistake: “They were not my characters and I didn’t really understand them as well as, let’s say, the Road Runner and Coyote. The Tom and Jerrys I did look like the Road Runner and Coyote in cat and mouse drag!” Other series directors included Maurice Noble, Ben Washam, Abe Levitow, Tom Ray and Jim Pabian. Veteran voice artist June Foray provided occasional supporting character voices in a number of cartoons for the series. Technicolor. CinemaScope. A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon/Rembrandt Films/Sib-Tower 12 Production released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer releases 1940: “Puss Gets the Boot” (as Jasper and Jinks with MammyTwo-Shoes/Hanna, Barbera/Feb. 10). 1941: “The Midnight Snack” (with Mammy-Two-Shoes/Hanna, Barbera/July 19/re: Feb. 27, 1948); and “The Night Before Christmas” (Hanna, Barbera/Dec. 6/A.A. nominee). 1942: “Fraidy Cat” (with Mammy-Two-Shoes/Hanna, Barbera/ Jan. 17); “Dog Trouble” (with Spike and Mammy/Hanna, Barbera/ Apr. 18); “Puss ’n’ Toots” (with Mammy-Two-Shoes/Hanna, Barbera/May 30); “The Bowling Alley-Cat” (Hanna, Barbera/July 18); and “Fine Feathered Friend” (Hanna, Barbera/Oct. 10/re: Jan. 1, 1949). 1943: “Sufferin’ Cats” (with Meathead/Hanna, Barbera/Jan. 16/ re: June 4, 1949); “Lonesome Mouse” (with Mammy-Two-Shoes/ Hanna, Barbera/May 22/re: Nov. 26, 1949); “The Yankee Doodle Mouse” (Hanna, Barbera/June 26/A.A. winner); and “Baby Puss” (with Meathead/Hanna, Barbera/Dec. 25). 144 TOM AND JERRY xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 144 9/11/08 5:14:40 PM

1944: “Zoot Cat” (Hanna, Barbera/Feb. 26); “The Million Dollar Cat” (Hanna, Barbera/May 6/re: May 6, 1954); “The Bodyguard” (with Spike/Hanna, Barbera/July 22); “Puttin’ on the Dog” (with Spike/Hanna, Barbera/Oct. 28/re: Oct. 20, 1951); and “Mouse Trouble” (Hanna, Barbera/Nov. 23/re: Dec. 12, 1951/A.A. winner/working titles: “Cat Nipped” and “Kitty Foiled”). 1945: “The Mouse That Comes to Dinner” (with Toots, MammyTwo-Shoes/Hanna, Barbera/May 5/re: Jan. 19, 1952/working title: “Mouse to Dinner”); “Mouse in Manhattan” (Hanna, Barbera/July 7/working title: “Manhattan Serenade”); “Tee for Two” (Hanna, Barbera/July 21); “Flirty Birdy” (Hanna, Barbera/Sept. 22/re: July 4, 1953/working title: “Love Boids”); and “Quiet Please” (with Spike/Hanna, Barbera/Dec. 22/A.A. winner). 1946: “Springtime for Thomas” (with Toots/Hanna, Barbera/ Mar. 30); “The Milky Waif” (with Nibbles/Hanna, Barbera/May 18); “Trap Happy” (with Meathead/Hanna, Barbera/June 29/re: Mar. 6, 1954); and “Solid Serenade” (with Spike, Meathead/ Hanna, Barbera/Aug. 31). 1947: “Cat Fishin’” (with Spike/Hanna, Barbera/Feb. 22/re: Oct. 30, 1954); “Part Time Pal” (with Mammy-Two-Shoes/Hanna, Barbera/Mar. 15/working title: “Fair Weathered Friend”); “The Cat Concerto” (Hanna, Barbera/Apr. 26/A.A. winner); “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse” (Hanna, Barbera/June 14/A.A. nominee); “Salt Water Tabby” (July 12); “A Mouse in the House” (with MammyTwo-Shoes/Spike/Hanna, Barbera/Aug. 30); and “The Invisible Mouse” (with Spike/Hanna, Barbera/Sept. 27). 1948: “Kitty Foiled” (Hanna, Barbera/June 1); “The Truce Hurts” (with Butch (Spike)/Hanna, Barbera/July 17); “Old Rockin’ Chair Tom” (with Mammy-Two-Shoes, Lightnin’/Hanna, Barbera/Sept. 18); “Professor Tom” (Hanna, Barbera/Oct. 30); and “Mouse Cleaning” (with Mammy-Two-Shoes/Hanna, Barbera/Dec. 11/ A.A. winner). 1949: “Polka-Dot Puss” (with Mammy-Two-Shoes/Hanna, Barbera/Feb. 26/re: Sept. 28, 1956); “The Little Orphan” (with Mammy-Two-Shoes/Nibbles/Hanna, Barbera/Apr. 30/A.A. winner); “Hatch Up Your Troubles” (Hanna, Barbera/May 14/A.A. nominee/remade as “The Egg and Jerry”); “Heavenly Puss” (with Butch/Hanna, Barbera/July 9/re: Oct. 26, 1956); “The Cat and Mermouse” (Hanna, Barbera/Sept. 13); “Love That Pup” (with Butch (Spike), Pup (Tyke)/Hanna, Barbera/Oct. 1); “Jerry’s Diary” (Hanna, Barbera/Oct. 22); and “Tennis Chumps” (Hanna, Barbera/Dec. 10). 1950: “Little Quacker” (Hanna, Barbera/Jan. 7); “Saturday Evening Puss” (with Mammy-Two-Shoes/Hanna, Barbera/Jan. 19/working title: “Party Cat”); “Texas Tom” (Hanna, Barbera/ Mar. 11); “Jerry and the Lion” (Hanna, Barbera/Apr. 8/working title: “Hold That Lion”); “Safety Second” (with Nibbles/Hanna, Barbera/July 1/working title: “F’r Safety Sake”); “Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl” (Hanna, Barbera/Sept. 16); “The Framed Cat” (with Mammy-Two-Shoes, Butch (Spike), Hanna, Barbera/ Oct. 21); and “Cueball Cat” (Hanna, Barbera/Nov. 25). 1951: “Casanova Cat” (with Toodles/Hanna, Barbera/Jan. 6); “Jerry and the Goldfish” (Hanna, Barbera/Mar. 3); “Jerry’s Cousin” (Hanna, Barbera/Apr. 7/working title: “City Cousin” and “Muscles Mouse”/A.A. nominee); “Sleepy-Time Tom” (with Mammy-Two-Shoes/Hanna, Barbera/May 26); “His Mouse Friday” (Hanna, Barbera/July 7); “Slicked Up Pup” (with Butch (Spike)/ Pup (Tyke)/Hanna, Barbera/Sept. 8); “Nit-Witty Kitty” (with Mammy-Two-Shoes/Hanna, Barbera/Oct. 6); and “Cat Napping” (with Butch (Spike)/Hanna, Barbera/Dec. 8). 1952: “The Flying Cat” (Hanna, Barbera/Jan. 12); “The Duck Doctor” (with Little Quacker/Hanna, Barbera/Feb. 16); “Two Mouseketeers” (with Nibbles Hanna, Barbera/Mar. 15/A.A. winner with Mammy-Two-Shoes); “Smitten Kitten” (Hanna, Barbera/ Apr. 12); “Triplet Trouble” (with Mammy-Two-Shoes/Hanna, Barbera/Apr. 19); “Little Runaway” (Hanna, Barbera/June 14); “Fit to Be Tied” (with Butch (Spike)/Hanna, Barbera/July 26); “Push-Button Kitty” (Hanna, Barbera/Sept. 6); “Cruise Cat” (Hanna, Barbera/Oct. 18); and “The Dog House” (with Spike/ Hanna, Barbera/Nov. 29). 1953: “The Missing Mouse” (Hanna, Barbera/Jan. 10); “Jerry and Jumbo” (Hanna, Barbera/Feb. 21); “Johann Mouse” (Hanna, Barbera/Mar. 21/A.A. winner/narration by Hans Conried); “That’s My Pup” (with Spike and Tyke/Hanna, Barbera/May 28); “Just Ducky” (with Little Quacker/Hanna, Barbera/Sept. 5); “Two Little Indians” (Hanna, Barbera/Oct. 17); and “Life with Tom” (with Spike, Tyke, Nibbles/Hanna, Barbera/Nov. 21). 1954: “Puppy Tale” (Hanna, Barbera/Jan. 23); “Posse Cat” (Hanna, Barbera/Jan. 30); “Hic-Cup Pup” (with Spike and Tyke/Hanna, Barbera/Apr. 17/working title: “Tyke Takes a Nap”); “Little School Mouse” (with Tuffy/Hanna, Barbera/May 29); “Baby Butch” (Hanna, Barbera/Aug. 14); “Mice Follies” (with Tuffy/ Hanna, Barbera/Sept. 4); “Neopolitan Mouse” (Hanna, Barbera/ Oct. 21); “Downhearted Duckling” (Hanna, Barbera/Nov. 13); “Pet Peeve” (with Spike/Hanna, Barbera/Nov. 20/CinemaScope); and “Touché Pussy Cat” (with Tuffy/Hanna, Barbera/Dec. 18/re: May 21, 1955/CinemaScope). 1955: “Southbound Duckling” (Hanna, Barbera/Mar. 12/re: June 25, 1955/CinemaScope); “Pup on a Picnic” (with Spike and Tyke/ Hanna, Barbera/Apr. 30/CinemaScope); “Mouse for Sale” (Hanna, Barbera/May 21/CinemaScope); “Designs on Jerry” (Hanna, Barbera/ Sept. 2/CinemaScope); “Tom and Cherie” (with Tuffy/Hanna, Barbera/Sept. 9/CinemaScope); “Smarty Cat” (Hanna, Barbera/Oct. 14/CinemaScope); “Pecos Pest” (Hanna, Barbera/Nov. 11); and “That’s My Mommy” (Hanna, Barbera/Nov. 19/CinemaScope). (The following were all in CinemaScope.) 1956: “The Flying Sorceress” (Hanna, Barbera/Jan. 27); “The Egg and Jerry” (Hanna, Barbera/Mar. 23/remake of “Hatch Up Your Troubles”); “Busy Buddies” (Hanna, Barbera/May 4); “Muscle Beach Tom” (with Butch/Hanna, Barbera/Sept. 7); “Down Beat Bear” (Hanna, Barbera/Oct. 21); “Blue Cat Blues” (with Butch/ Hanna, Barbera/Nov. 6); and “Barbecue Brawl” (with Spike and Tyke/Hanna, Barbera/Dec. 14). 1957: “Tops with Pops” (Hanna, Barbera/Feb. 22/remake of “Love That Pup”); “Timid Tabby” (Hanna, Barbera/Apr. 19); “Feedin’ the Kiddie” (with Tuffy/Hanna, Barbera/June 7/remake of “The Little Orphan”); “Mucho Mouse” (with Butch/Hanna, Barbera/Sept. 6); and “Tom’s Photo Finish” (with Spike/Hanna, Barbera/Nov. 1). 1958: “Happy Go Ducky” (with Little Quacker/Hanna, Barbera/ Jan. 3/working title: “One Quack Mind”); “Royal Cat Nap” (Hanna, Barbera/Mar. 7); “The Vanishing Duck” (with Little Quacker/Hanna, Barbera/May 2); “Robin Hoodwinked” (with Tuffy/Hanna, Barbera/June 6); and “Tot Watchers” (with Spike/ Hanna, Barbera/Aug. 1). Rembrandt Films releases 1961: “Switchin’ Kitten” (Deitch/Sept. 7); “Down and Outing” (Deitch/Oct. 26); and “It’s Greek to Me-Ow” (Deitch/Dec. 7). TOM AND JERRY 145 xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 145 9/11/08 5:14:40 PM

1962: “High Steaks” (Deitch/Jan.); “Mouse Into Space” (Deitch/ Feb. 1); “Landing Stripling” (Deitch/Apr. 1); “Calypso Cat” (Deitch/June 1); “Dicky Moe” (Deitch/July 1); “The Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit” (Deitch/Aug. 1); “Tall in the Trap” (Deitch/ Sept. 1); “Sorry Safari” (Deitch/Oct. 1); “Buddies Thicker Than Water” (Deitch/Nov. 1); and “Carmen Get It!” (Deitch/Dec. 1). Sib-Tower 12 Productions releases 1963: “Pent House Mouse” (Jones). 1964: “Much Ado about Nothing” (Jones, Noble); “Somebody Loves Me” (Jones, Noble); “The Cat Above and The Mouse Below” (Jones); “Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?” (Jones, Noble); and “The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse” (Jones, Noble). 1965: “Tom-ic Energy” (Jones, Noble); “Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life” (Jones, Noble); “Haunted Mouse” (Jones, Noble); “I’m Just Wild about Jerry” (Jones, Noble); “Of Feline Bondage” (Jones, Noble); “The Year of the Mouse” (Noble, Jones); “Jerry-GoRound” (Levitow); “Bad Day at Cat Rock” (Jones, Noble); “JerryGo-Round” (Levitow); “The Cat’s Me-Ouch” (Jones, Noble); and “The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off” (Pabian, Jones). 1966: “Guide Mouse-Ille” (Levitow); “O-Solar-Meow” (Levitow); “Puss ’n’ Boats” (Levitow); “Love Me, Love My Mouse” (with Toots/Jones); “Cat and Dupli-Cat” (Jones, Noble); “Catty-Cornered” (Levitow); “Filet Meow” (Levitow); “Duel Personality” (Jones, Noble); “The A-Tominable Snowman” (Levitow); “Matinee Mouse” (with Spike/Ray); and “Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary” (Jones). 1967: “Rock ’n’ Rodent” (Levitow); “Cannery Rodent” (Jones, Noble); “Advance and Be Mechanized” (Washam); “Surf-Bored Cat” (Levitow); “The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R.” (Levitow); “Shutter Bugged Cat” (Ray, Hanna, Barbera/with scenes from Hanna and Barbera’s “The Yankee Doodle Mouse” [1943]); “Heavenly Puss” (1949); “Designs on Jerry” (1955); and “PurrChance to Dream” (Washam). fi TOMMY TORTOISE AND MOE HARE Loosely based on the concept of the timeless children’s fable “Tortoise and the Hare,” this series concerned the humorous exploits of a smart rabbit, Moe, and a dumb tortoise, Tommy, who somehow manages to outsmart the superintelligent hare in outlandish situations. The films were produced for Paramount’s Noveltoons series. Directed by Isadore Sparber and Dave Tendlar. Technicolor. A Famous Studios Production released through Paramount Picture Corporation. 1953: “Winner by a Hare” (Sparber/Apr. 17). 1955: “Rabbit Punch” (Tendlar/Sept. 30). 1956: “Sleuth But Sure” (Tendlar/Mar. 23). 1957: “Mr. Money Gags” (Sparber/June 7). 1960: “Turning The Fables” (Kneitel/Aug.). 1961: “Turtle Scoop” (Kneitel/Oct.). fi TOODLES In the early 1940s, Tom and Jerry cocreators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera developed this attractive white feline costar and love interest for Tom, instantly becoming known to filmgoers for her appearance in 1946’s “Springtime for Thomas,” sunbathing while perusing the most recent issue of Har-Puss Bazaar. In 1951, she reprised her role, instead playing a rich kitten who inherits a million dollars that Tom tries to impress in “Casanova Cat.” Directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Technicolor. A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon Production released by Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer. 1946: “Springtime for Thomas” (with Tom and Jerry/Mar. 30). 1951: “Casanova Cat” (with Tom and Jerry, Butch/Jan. 6). fi TOONERVILLE TROLLEY Fontaine Fox’s popular comic strip inspired this abbreviated threestrip Technicolor sound cartoon series, featuring the Skipper, the Powerful Katrinka and the Terrible-tempered Mr. Bang, which was released under the RKO Radio Pictures-Van Beuren Rainbow Parade series. Director Burt Gillett purchased the rights to make the films in hopes of insuring greater box-office success for the fledgling Van Beuren cartoon studio. Directed by Burt Gillett and Tom Palmer. Black-and-white. A Van Beuren Studios Production released by RKO Radio Pictures. 1936: “Toonerville Trolley” (Gillett, Palmer/Jan. 17); “Trolley Ahoy” (Gillett/July 3); and “Toonerville Picnic” (Gillett/Oct. 2). fi TWEETY AND SYLVESTER The bird-hungry cat Sylvester plotted fruitlessly against the clever canary Tweety, whose immortal battle cry for 15 years upon Sylvester’s entrance was “I tawt I taw a puddy tat. I did, I did see a puddy tat!” Both characters made separate film debuts before becoming a team. They shared top billing in 39 cartoons between 1947 and 1964, garnering two Academy Awards—for “Tweetie Pie” (1947) and “Birds Anonymous” (1957)—and three Oscar nominations. The films alternately featured another series regular, sweet, bespectacled Granny, Tweety’s owner, who was far from sweet when Sylvester was around, pounding on him whenever he attempted to lay his lands on her baby-faced, baby-voiced pet bird. Mel Blanc voiced both characters. His voice for Sylvester was similar to Daffy Duck’s, featuring the same sputtering delivery and slurred voice. The only difference was his recorded dialogue was sped 146 TOMMY TORTOISE AND MOE HARE Tweety unknowingly walks into the mouth of a cat who plans on making him his next meal in Bob Clampett’s 1944 cartoon “Birdy and the Beast.” It was the second Tweety cartoon. © Warner Brothers (COURTESY: BOB CLAMPETT ANIMATION ART) xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 146 9/11/08 5:14:40 PM

up in the sound studio. As for the voice of Tweety, Bob Clampett developed the idea of what the small bird should sound like. Top layout artist Michael Sasanoff and animator/director Robert McKimson both recalled that Clampett used to talk in the “baby-talk voice” later used for Tweety while just kidding around at the studio. Clampett created Tweety, basing the baby bird’s wide-eyed stare on a childhood picture of himself. Tweety’s famous catch phrase, “I tawt I taw a putty tat,” was actually derived from a phrase Clampett had used years earlier in letters to a friend next to a drawing of a little bird. (The catch phrase became so popular that in 1950 Warner Bros. story man Warren Foster composed a song using the phrase as its title. The record sold more than 2 million copies and became a novelty in England.) Clampett directed the first three cartoons in the series, beginning with 1942’s “A Tale of Two Kitties,” which costarred Babbit and Catstello, a pair of cats resembling famed comedians Abbot and Costello. Friz Freleng took over the series after Clampett left the studio in 1946. Freleng directed the bulk of the series, with additional titles produced under the direction of Hawley Pratt and Gerry Chiniquy. (See Sylvester entry for other Sylvester cartoon appearances.) Tweety and Sylvester returned to the screen in supporting roles in the 1995 Bugs Bunny cartoon short “Carrotblanca,” lampooning the Humphrey Bogart-Lauren Bacall classic Casablanca and in the 1996 live-action/animated feature Space Jam starring Michael Jordan. Tweety was voiced by Bob Bergen; Sylvester by Joe Alaskey. In 2003, the rollicking pair starred in a brand-new Looney Tunes cartoon short, “Museum Scream,” directed by Rich Moore, Peter Shin and Bill Kopp. Technicolor. Directed by Bob Ciampetti, Friz Freleng, Gerry Chiniquy, Greg Ford, Terry Lennon, Douglas McCarthy, Rich Moore, Dan Povenmire, Peter Shin and Bill Kopp. A Leon Schlesinger Studios/Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc./Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc./Vitagraph/Warner Bros. Animation/Warner Bros. Production released by Warner Bros. Voices Tweety: Mel Blanc, Bob Bergen; Sylvester the Cat: Mel Blanc, Joe Alaskey; Granny: Bea Benaderet, June Foray Merrie Melodies Leon Schlesinger Studios releases 1942: “A Tale of Two Kitties” (with Babbit and Catstello/ Clampett/Nov. 21/first Tweety cartoon). 1944: “Birdy and the Beast” (Clampett/Aug. 19). Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. releases 1945: “A Grusome Twosome” (Clampett/June 9). 1947: “Tweetie Pie” (Freleng/May 3/A.A. winner). 1948: “I Taw a Putty Tat” (Freleng/Apr. 2). 1949: “Bad Ol’ Putty Tat” (Freleng/July 23). 1950: “Home Tweet Home” (Freleng/Jan. 14). 1951: “Room and Bird” (Freleng/June 2); and “Tweety’s S.O.S.” (with Granny/Freleng/Sept. 22). 1953: “Fowl Weather” (Freleng/Apr. 4); “Tom Tom Tomcat” (Freleng/June 27); and “Catty Cornered” (Freleng/Oct. 31). 1954: “Muzzle Tough” (Freleng/June 26). 1955: “Tweety’s Circus” (Freleng/June 4). 1956: “Tree Cornered Tweety” (Freleng/May 19); and “Tugboat Granny” (with Granny/Freleng/June 23). 1957: “Tweet Zoo” (Freleng/Jan. 12); “Tweety and the Beanstalk” (Freleng/May 16); and “Birds Anonymous” (Freleng/Aug. 10/A.A. winner). 1958: “A Bird in a Bonnet” (Freleng/Sept. 27). 1959: “Trick or Tweet” (Freleng/Mar. 21); and “Tweet and Lovely” (Freleng/July 18). Warner Bros. releases 1960: “Hyde and Tweet” (Freleng/May 14); and “Trip for Tat” (Freleng/Oct. 29). Warner Bros. Pictures. Inc./Vitagraph releases 1961: “The Last Hungry Cat” (Freleng, Pratt/Dec. 2). 1964: “Hawaiian Aye Aye” (Chinquy/June 27). Looney Tunes Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. releases 1950: “All A-Bir-r-r-d” (Freleng/June 24); and “Canary Row” (Freleng/Oct. 7). 1951: “Puddy Tat Trouble” (Freleng/Feb. 24); and “Tweet Tweet Tweety” (Freleng/Dec. 15). 1952: “Gift Wrapped” (Freleng/Feb. 16); “Ain’t She Tweet” (Freleng/June 21); and “Bird in a Guilty Cage” (Freleng/Aug. 30). 1953: “Snow Business” (Freleng/Jan. 17); and “A Streetcar Named Sylvester” (Freleng/Sept. 5). 1954: “Dog Pounded” (Freleng/Jan. 2). 1955: “Sandy Claws” (Freleng/Apr. 2/A.A. nominee); and “Red Riding Hoodwinked” (Freleng/Oct. 29). 1956: “Tweet and Sour” (Freleng/Mar. 24). 1957: “Greedy for Tweety” (Freleng/Sept. 28). 1958: “A Pizza Tweety Pie” (Freleng/Feb. 22). Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc./Vitagraph releases 1959: “Tweet Dreams” (Freleng/Dec. 5). 1961: “The Rebel Without Claws” (Freleng/July 15). 1962: “The Jet Cage” (Freleng/Sept. 22). Warner Bros. releases 1991: “Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers” (with Bugs Bunny/ Ford, Lennon). Warner Bros. Animation releases 1995: “Carrotblanca” (with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Pepe Le Pew, Foghorn Leghorn, Penelope/McCarthy/Aug. 25). Warner Bros. releases 2003: “Museum Scream” (Moore, Povenmire, Shin, Kopp/Nov. 14). fi TWO CURIOUS PUPPIES This nontalking, comical pair—a large brown boxer and a spotted puppy—were introduced by Chuck Jones to moviegoers in 1939, usually cast in everyday situations in which things ran afoul. The entertaining duo starred in two Merrie Melodies that first year, “Dog Gone Modern,” marking their screen debut, followed by “Curious Puppy.” It would be two years before moviegoers were TWO CURIOUS PUPPIES 147 xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 147 9/11/08 5:14:41 PM

again treated to their unusual antics with the debut of “Snowtime for Comedy,” their third and final appearance on the big screen. The series was directed by Chuck Jones. Technicolor. A Warner Bros. release. Merrie Melodies 1939: “Dog Gone Modern” (Jan. 14); and “Curious Puppy” (Dec. 30). 1941: “Snowtime for Comedy” (Aug. 30). fi UPA CARTOON SPECIALS This series featured previous characters such as Gerald McBoing Boing and other cartoon stars in cartoon specials produced by United Productions of America (UPA), which later produced television strips based on Dick Tracy and Mr. Magoo. One cartoon in the series, “The Tell-Tale Heart” (1953), was adapted from a story by Edgar Allen Poe. Only one film was nominated for an Academy Award, the series’ last entry, “The Jaywalker” (1956). Directors were Bill Hurtz, Art Babbitt, Theodore Tee Hee, Ted Parmelee, Bob Cannon, Abe Liss, Paul Julian and Osmond Evans. Technicolor. A UPA Production released through Columbia Pictures. 1953: “A Unicorn in the Garden” (Hurtz/Sept. 24); and “The Tell-Tale Heart” (Parmelee/Dec. 27/narrated by actor James Mason). 1954: “Bringing Up Father” (Hurtz/Jan. 14); “Ballet-Oop” (Cannon/Feb. 11); “The Man on the Flying Trapeze” (Parmelee/ Apr. 8); “Fudget’s Budget” (Cannon/June 17); “Kangaroo Courting” (Burness/July 22); and “How Now Boing Boing” (with Gerald McBoing Boing/Cannon/Sept. 9). 1955: “Spare the Child” (Liss/Jan. 27); “Four Wheels’ No Brake” (with Pete Hothead/Parmelee/Mar. 24); “Baby Boogie” (Julian/ May 19); “Christopher Crumpet’s Playmate” (Cannon/Sept. 8); and “Rise of Duton Lang” (Evans/Dec. 1). 1956: “The Jaywalker” (Cannon/May 31/A.A. nominee). fi WALLY WALRUS Making his screen debut in the 1944 cartoon, “Beach Nut,” this slow-witted walrus with a Swedish accent—originally voiced by actor Hans Conried—costarred as comic relief for nine years in numerous Woody Woodpecker cartoons, plus two cartoons from Lantz’s two-time Academy Award Musical Miniature series, “The Overture to William Tell” (1947) and “Kiddie Koncert” (1948). Likewise, he starred as a dogcatcher in the Andy Panda cartoon, “Dog Tax Dodgers” (1948). Following a seven-year hiatus after his last cartoon, 1953’s “Operation Sawdust,” Wally took his final bows in 1961 in two Chilly Willy cartoons, “Clash and Carry” and “Tricky Trout.” The character was tremendously popular in comic books, storybooks, records, and other merchandise licensed by the studio. In 1999, Wally was re-introduced to a new generation of viewers in brandnew episodes on FOX Network’s Saturday-morning series The All New Woody Woodpecker Show. Directed by James “Shamus” Culhane, Dick Lundy, Walter Lantz, Don Patterson, and Jack Hannah. Technicolor. A Walter Lantz Production released by Universal Pictures. Voices: Wally Walrus: Hans Conried (1944–48), Paul Frees (1961). 1944: “The Beach Nut” (with Woody Woodpecker/Culhane/ Oct. 16); and “Ski for Two” (with Woody Woodpecker/Culhane/ Nov. 13). 1945: “Chew-Chew Baby” (with Woody Woodpecker/Culhane/ Feb. 5); and “The Dippy Diplomat” (with Woody Woodpecker/ Culhane/Aug. 27). 1946: “Bathing Buddies” (with Woody Woodpecker/Lundy/ Aug. 1); and “The Reckless Driver” (with Woody Woodpecker/ Culhane/Aug. 26). 1947: “Smoked Hams” (with Woody Woodpecker/Lundy/Apr. 28); “The Overture to William Tell” (Lundy/June 16/Musical Miniature); and “Well Oiled” (with Woody Woodpecker/Lundy/ June 30). 1948: “The Mad Hatter” (with Woody Woodpecker/Lundy/Feb. 16); “Banquet Busters” (with Woody Woodpecker/Lundy/Mar. 3); “Kiddie Koncert” (Lundy/Apr. 21/Musical Miniature); “Wacky-Bye Baby” (with Woody Woodpecker/Lundy/May 2); and “Dog Tax Dodgers” (with Andy Panda/Lundy/Nov. 26). 1951: “Sleep Happy” (with Woody Woodpecker/Lantz/Mar. 26); “Slingshot 6 7/8” (with Woody Woodpecker/Lantz/July 23); and “The Woody Woodpecker Polka” (with Woody Woodpecker/ Lantz/Oct. 29). 1952: “Stage Hoax” (with Woody Woodpecker/Lantz/Apr. 21). 1953: “What’s Sweepin’” (with Woody Woodpecker/Patterson/ Jan. 5/working title: “The Big Clean-Up”); “Buccaneer Woodpecker” (with Woody Woodpecker/Patterson/Apr. 20); and “Operation Sawdust” (with Woody Woodpecker/Patterson/June 15). 1961: “Clash and Carry” (with Chilly Willy/Hannah/May); and “Tricky Trout” (Hannah/Sept.). fi WALT DISNEY SPECIALS When Silly Symphonies faded into screen history, Walt Disney produced new cartoon specials to replace the old animated favorites. This long-running series proved equally successful for the studio, reaping eight Academy Award nominations and three Oscar statuettes for best short subject of the year. Over the years several well-known Disney characters appeared in the series, including Scrooge McDuck, Winnie the Pooh and Roger Rabbit. Directors were Dick Rickard, Norm Ferguson, Eric Larson, Bob Cormack, Gerry Geronimi, Bill Roberts, Hamilton Luske, Jack Kinney, Charles Nichols, Jack Hannah, Wilfred Jackson, Ward Kimball, Bill Justice, Woolie Reitherman, Les Clark, John Lounsbery, Don Bluth, Tim Burton, Darrell Van Citters, Rick Reinert, Michael Cedeno, Rob Minkoff, Frank Marshall, David Block, Steve Moore, Barry Cook, Mark Henn, Dominique Monfery, John Hench and Mike Gabriel. Technicolor. A Walt Disney Studios/Walt Disney Pictures Production released through RKO Radio Pictures and later Buena Vista Pictures. RKO Radio Pictures releases 1938: “Ferdinand the Bull” (Rickard/Nov. 25/A.A. winner). 1939: “The Practical Pig” (Rickard/Feb. 24). 1943: “Education for Death” (Geronimi/Jan. 15); “Reason and Emotion” (Roberts/Aug. 27/A.A. nominee); and “Chicken Little” (Geronimi/Dec. 17). 1944: “The Pelican and the Snipe” (Luske/Jan. 7). 1950: “The Brave Engineer” (Kinney/Mar. 3); and “Morris the Midget Moose” (Hannah/Nov. 24). 1952: “Lambert the Sheepish Lion” (Hannah/Feb. 8/A.A. nominee); “Susie the Little Blue Coupe” (Geronimi/June 6); and “The Little House” (Jackson/Aug. 8). 148 UPA CARTOON SPECIALS xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 148 9/11/08 5:14:41 PM

1953: “Melody” (Nichols, Kimball/May 28/a.k.a.: “Adventures in Music”/Disney’s first 3-D cartoon); “Football Now and Then” (Kinney/Oct. 2); “Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom” (Nichols, Kimball/Nov. 10/A.A. winner/Disney’s first CinemaScope cartoon/a Buena Vista release); and “Ben and Me” (Luske/Nov. 10/A.A. nominee/a Buena Vista release). 1954: “Two for the Record” (Kinney/Apr. 23/from “Make Mine Music”); “Pigs Is Pigs” (Kinney/May 21/A.A. nominee); “Johnny Fedora and Alice Bluebonnet” (Kinney/May 21/from Make Mine Music); “Casey Bats Again” (Kinney/June 18); “The Martins and the Coys” (Kinney/June 18/from Make Mine Music); “Casey at the Bat” (Geronimi/July 16/from Make Mine Music); “Little Toot” (Geronimi/Aug. 13/from Melody Time); “Willie the Operatic Whale” (Geronimi, Luske, Cormack/Aug. 17/from Make Mine Music/a Buena Vista release); “Once Upon a Wintertime” (Luske/Sept. 17/from Melody Time); and “Social Lion” (Kinney/Oct. 15). 1955: “Man and the Moon” (Kimball/Jan. 28/originally broadcast on ABC’s Disneyland television show); “Contrasts in Rhythm” (Kinney, Luske/Mar. 11/from Melody Time); “Pedro” (Luske/May 13/from Saludos Amigos); “Aquarela Do Brasil” (Jackson/June 24/from Saludos Amigos); “The Flying Gauchito” (Ferguson, Larson/July 15/from The Three Caballeros); “Peter and the Wolf” (Geronimi/Sept. 14/from Make Mine Music/a Buena Vista release); and “Johnny Appleseed” (Jackson/Dec. 25/from Melody Time/a Buena Vista release). Buena Vista releases 1956: “Hooked Bear” (Hannah/Apr. 27/CinemaScope); “Jack and Old Mac” (Justice/July 18); “Man in Space” (Kimball/July 18/originally broadcast on ABC’s Disneyland television show/A.A. nominee, “Best Documentary”); “In the Bag” (Hannah/July 27/ CinemaScope); and “A Cowboy Needs a Horse” (Justice/Nov. 6). 1957: “The Story of Anyburg U.S.A.” (Geronimi/June 19); “The Truth About Mother Goose” (Reitherman, Justice/Aug. 28/A.A. nominee); and “Mars and Beyond” (Kimball/Dec. 26/originally broadcast on ABC’s Disneyland television show). 1958: “Paul Bunyan” (Clark/Aug. 1); “Our Friend the Atom” (Luske/Aug.); and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” (Kinney, Geronimi/Nov. 26/from “The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad”). 1959: “Noah’s Ark” (Justice/Nov. 10/A.A. nominee). 1960: “Goliath II” (Reitherman/Jan. 21/A.A. nominee). 1961: “The Saga of Windwagon Smith” (Nichols/Mar. 16). 1962: “A Symposium on Popular Songs” (Justice/Dec. 19/A.A. nominee). 1966: “Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree” (Reitherman/ Feb. 4). 1967: “Scrooge McDuck and Money” (Luske/Mar. 23). 1968: “Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day” (Reitherman/ Dec. 20/A.A. winner). 1969: “It’s Tough to Be a Bird” (Kimball/Dec. 10/A.A. winner). 1970: “Dad, Can I Borrow the Car” (Kimball/Sept. 30). 1971: “Bongo” (Kinney/Jan. 20/from Fun and Fancy Free). 1974: “Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too” (Lounsbery/Dec. 20/ A.A. nominee). 1975: “The Madcap Adventures of Mr. Toad” (Kinney/Dec. 25/from The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad). 1978: “The Small One” (Bluth/Dec. 16). 1980: “Mickey Mouse Disco” (June 25/compilation cartoon). 1981: “Once Upon a Mouse” (July 10/compilation cartoon). 1982: “Vincent” (Burton/Oct. 1); and “Fun with Mr. Future” (Van Citters/Oct. 27). 1983: “Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore” (Reinert/Mar. 11). 1987: “Oilspot and Lipstick” (Cedeno/July 28). 1989: “Tummy Trouble” (with Roger Rabbit, Jessica Rabbit, Baby Herman, Droopy/animation directed by Rob Minkoff; live action by Frank Marshall/July 23). 1990: “Rollercoaster Rabbit” (with Roger Rabbit, Jessica Rabbit, Baby Herman/Minkoff, Marshall/June 15). 1992: “Petal to the Metal” (with Bonkers D. Bobcat/Block/Aug. 7). 1993: “Trail Mix-Up” (with Roger Rabbit, Jessica Rabbit, Baby Herman, Droopy/Cook/Mar. 12). 1995: “Stand by Me” (with Timon, Pumbaa/Moore/Dec. 22). 2000: “John Henry” (Henn/Oct. 30). 2003: “Destino” (Monféry, Hench (uncredited)/June 2/A.A. nominee). 2004: “Lorenzo” (Gabriel/Mar/A.A. nominee). fi WALTER LANTZ CARTUNE CLASSICS Walter Lantz, creator of Woody Woodpecker, Andy Panda and others, lived out his love for music by initiating this series of musical cartoon novelties in 1934, produced in the same form as Disney’s Silly Symphonies and Warner’s early Merrie Melodies. No main characters were prominent in these animated efforts, which were based on hit songs of the day. Early titles were filmed in two-strip Cinecolor and then later three-strip Technicolor. In 1938, cartoons began to be released under the banner of “A New Universal Cartoon,” with subsequent cartoons, beginning with “The Rabbit Hunt,” directed by Lester Kline, called a “Cartune Comedy” and later “Cartune.” Directors were Walter Lantz, Lester Kline, Alex Lovy, Burt Gillett, Ben Hardaway, Emery Hawkins, James “Shamus” Culhane, Dick Lundy, Elmer Perkins, Paul J. Smith, Tex Avery, Pat Lenihan, Grant Simmons, Don Patterson and Jack Hannah. Cinecolor. Technicolor. A Walter Lantz Production released through Universal Pictures. Universal Pictures releases 1934: “Jolly Little Elves” (Lantz/Oct. 1/A.A. nominee); and “Toyland Premiere” (Lantz/Dec. 10). 1935: “Candyland” (Lantz/Apr. 22); “Springtime Serenade” (May 27); “Three Lazy Mice” (Lantz/July 15); and “Fox and the Rabbit” (Lantz/Sept. 30). 1938: “Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl or Honest Hearts and Willing Hands” (Lovy/Apr. 11); “Tail End” (Kline/Apr. 25/Lester Kline’s directorial debut); “Problem Child” (Zamora/ May 16/working title: “Wildcat Willie”/Rudy Zamora’s directorial debut); “Movie Phoney News” (Lovy/May 30); “Nellie, the Indian Chief’s Daughter” (Lovy/ June 6); “Happy Scouts” (with Oswald Rabbit/Kopietz/June 20/Fred Kopietz’s directorial debut); “Cheese-Nappers” (with Baby-Face Mouse/Lovy/July 4); “Voodoo WALTER LANTZ CARTUNE CLASSICS 149 xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 149 9/11/08 5:14:41 PM

in Harlem” (Zamora/July 18/working title: “Black Magic”); “Silly Seals” (Kline/July 25); “Barnyard Romeo” (Lovy/Aug. 1/working title: “Fine Feathers”); “Queen’s Kittens” (Kline/Aug. 8); “Pixie Land” (Perkins/Aug. 12/working title: “The Busy Body”/Elmer Perkins directorial debut); “The Big Cat and the Little Mousie” (with Baby-Face Mouse/Lovy/Aug. 15); “Ghost Town Frolics” (with Jock and Jill, the Simple Simeons/Kline/Sept. 3/working title: “Ghost Town”); “The Cat and the Bell” (with Baby-Face Mouse/Lovy/Oct. 3); “The Rabbit Hunt” (Kline/Oct. 10); “Sailor Mouse” (with BabyFace Mouse/Lovy/Nov. 7); “The Disobedient Mouse” (with Baby-Face Mouse/Kline/Nov. 28); “Baby Kittens” (Lovy/Dec. 19); and “Little Blue Blackbird” (Lenihan/Dec. 26). 1939: “Soup to Mutts” (Kline/Jan. 9); “I’m Just a Jitterbug” (Lovy/Jan. 23); “The Birth of a Toothpick” (Gillett/Feb. 27); “Little Tough Mice” (with Baby-Face Mouse/Lovy/Mar. 13); “The One-Armed Bandit” (Lovy/Mar. 27); “Crackpot Cruise” (Lovy/Apr. 10); “Charlie Cuckoo” (Perkins/Apr. 24); “Nellie of the Circus” (Lovy/May 8); “Bolo-Mola Land” (Lovy/May 28); “The Bird on Nellie’s Hat” (Lovy/June 19); “The Arabs with Dirty Fezzes” (Lovy/July 31); “Snuffy Party” (with Snuffy Skunk/Perkins/ Aug. 7); “Slaphappy Valley” (Lovy/Aug. 31/Crackpot Cruise cartoon); and “A Haunting We Will Go” (with Lil’s Eightball Gillett/Sept. 4/first cartoon in three-strip Technicolor; previous cartoons filmed in two-strip Cinecolor). 1940: “Kittens’ Mittens” (Lovy/Feb. 12); “Adventures of Tom Thumb Jr.” (Gillett/Mar. 4); “Recruiting Daze” (Lantz/Oct. 28/ working title: “Be Prepared”); and “Syncopated Sioux” (Lantz/ Dec. 30). 1941: “Fair Today” (Lantz/Feb. 24); “Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat” (Lantz/Mar. 28); “Hysterical Highspots in American History” (Lantz/Mar. 31); “Salt Water Daffy” (Lantz/June 9); “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company ‘B’ ” (Lantz/Sept. 1/A.A. nominee); and “Man’s Best Friend” (Lantz/Oct. 20). 1942: “Mother Goose on the Loose” (Lantz/Apr. 13). 1943: “Canine Commandos” (Lovy/June 28). Universal Pictures releases 1953: “The Dog That Cried Wolf” (Smith/Mar. 23). 1954: “Dig That Dog” (Simmons, Patterson/Apr. 12); and “Broadway Bow Wow’s” (Patterson/Aug. 2). 1955: “Crazy Mixed-Up Pup” (Avery/Feb. 14/A.A. nominee); and “Flea for Two” (Patterson/July 20). 1957: “Plumber of Seville” (with Hercules/Lovy/Mar. 11); “The Goofy Gardener” (Lovy/Aug. 26); and “The Bongo Punch” (with Pepito Chickeeto/Lovy/Dec. 30). 1960: “Hunger Strife” (with Fatso the Bear/Hannah/Oct. 5). 1961: “Eggnapper” (Hannah/Feb.); “Papoose on the Loose” (Smith/Apr. 11); “Bears and the Bees” (Hannah/May); and “Tin Can Concert” (with Hickory, Dickory, Doc/Hannah/Oct. 31). fi WARNER BROS. CARTOON SPECIALS In 1968, a year after studio head Jack Warner reorganized Warner Bros.’ animation department and put William L. Hendricks in place as the studio’s newest cartoon producer, Hendricks produced the studio’s first and only “Cartoon Special,” a non-Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon, entitled “Norman Normal.” A contemporary satire on business methods and social behavior as experienced by a young man with a conscience (Norman), the cartoon features the vocal and singing talents of singer/songwriter Noel (Paul) Stookey (Paul of Peter, Paul and Mary fame), who provides all of the character voices but Norman’s, and Dave Dixon, the voice of Norman (who is incorrectly identified as Paul Dixon in the opening credits). Stockey and Dixon wrote the story on which the cartoon was based. The theme song, “Norman Normal,” sung in the cartoon, was released on Peter, Paul and Mary’s 1967 Warner Bros. album Album. Directed by Alex Lovy. Technicolor. A Warner Bros.–Seven Arts Production released by Warner Bros. 1968: “Norman Normal” (Feb. 3). fi WILLIE THE WALRUS As an experiment, Terry-Toons cast a walrus in Arctic misadventures in an effort to develop new cartoon star material. This series, like several other attempts, was short-lived. Directed by Mannie Davis and Connie Rasinski. Technicolor. A Terry-Toon Cartoons Production released through 20th Century Fox. 1954: “Arctic Rivals” (Davis/June). 1955: “An Igloo for Two” (Rasinski/Mar.). fi WILLIE WHOPPER When animator Ub Iwerks ceased production of his Flip the Frog series, he created this screen replacement, an imaginative liar named Willie Whopper whose tall tales were the foundation for unusual stories and situations. Adventures opened with Willie standing in front of a Looney Tunes-type oval, bragging to viewers “Say, did I ever tell you this one?” The roly-poly, freckle-faced boy never matched the popularity of Iwerks’s Flip the Frog, however, and was soon abandoned. The character was first featured in a pilot film, “The Air Race,” which was never released but later shown on local television kids’ shows in the 1950s. Actress Jane Withers, best known as Josephine the Plumber in TV’s Comet Cleanser commercials, supplied the voice of Willie when she was seven years old. It was one of her first paying jobs. Produced and directed by Ub Iwerks. Black-and-white. Cinecolor. A Celebrity Pictures Production released through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Voice Willie Whopper: Jane Withers 1933: “Play Ball” (Sept. 6); “Spite Flight” (Oct. 14); “Stratos Fear” (Nov. 11); and “Davy Jones” (Dec. 9/Cinecolor). 1934: “Hell’s Fire” (Jan. 6/Cinecolor); “Robin Hood, Jr.” (Feb. 3); “Insultin’ the Sultan” (Apr. 14); “Reducing Creme” (May 19); “Rasslin’ Round” (© June 1); “The Cave Man” (July 6); “Jungle Jitters” (July 24); “Good Scout” (© Sept. 1); and “Viva Willie” (© Sept. 20). fi WILLOUGHBY WREN This abbreviated Columbia Pictures cartoon series starred a canarylike bird who acquires tremendous strength each time he dons a magical cap containing particles of hair from Samson, the legendary strongman. Without the hat, he loses his power and becomes meek and helpless. The cartoons were released under the Phantasy and Color Rhapsody cartoon banners. Directors were Bob Wickersham and Howard Swift. Technicolor. Voices credits unknown. A Columbia Pictures Corporation Production released by Columbia Pictures. 1943: “Willoughby’s Magic Hat” (Wickersham/Apr. 30/Phantasy cartoon). 1944: “Magic Strength” (Wickersham/Feb. 4/Phantasy cartoon). 150 WARNER BROS. CARTOON SPECIALS xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 150 9/11/08 5:14:41 PM

1945: “Carnival Courage” (Swift/Sept. 6/Color Rhapsody). fi WINDY Featured in various misadventures, this dumbfounded country bear starred briefly in his own series for creator Walter Lantz. Costarring in these comical cartoon adventures was the diminutive Breezy, whose character later became known as Inspector Willoughy and starred in his own cartoon series for Lantz studios. Veteran voice artist Daws Butler provided vocal characterization for both characters. Directed by Paul J. Smith. Technicolor. A Walter Lantz Production released through Universal Pictures. Voice Windy: Daws Butler 1958: “Salmon Yeggs” (with Breezy/Smith/Mar. 24/first appearance of character later known as Inspector Willoughby); and “Three Ring Fling” (Lovy/Oct. 6). 1959: “Truant Student” (with Breezy/Smith/Jan. 5); “Bee Bopped” (with Breezy/Smith/June 15). fi WINNIE THE POOH Honey-loving Winnie the Pooh, created by children’s author A.A. Milne, was adapted for the screen in a series of delightfully animated cartoon shorts produced by Walt Disney under the studio’s Walt Disney Specials banner. Joined by Eeyore, Piglet, Rabbit, Tigger and Christopher Robin, Pooh first appeared on movie screens in 1966’s “Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree,” directed by Woolie Reitherman. The series received two Academy Award nominations, winning an Oscar for 1968’s “Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day.” All short subjects in the series were later rebroadcast as prime-time network specials. In 1977 Pooh starred in his first full-length feature. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. He also appeared in his own animated series for ABC, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, premiering in the fall of 1988. Directed by Woolie Reitherman, John Lounsbery and Rick Reinert. Technicolor. A Walt Disney Production released through Buena Vista Pictures. Voices Winnie the Pooh: Sterling Holloway, Hal Smith; Eeyore: Ralph Wright; Owl: Hal Smith; Piglet: John Fiedler; Christopher Robin: Bruce Reitherman, John Walmsley, Kim Christianson; Kanga: Barbara Luddy, Julie McWhirter Dees; Roo: Clint Howard, Dori Whitaker, Dick Billingsley; Rabbit: Junius Matthews, Will Ryan; Tigger: Paul Winchell; Gopher: Howard Morris 1966: “Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree” (Reitherman/ Feb. 4). 1968: “Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day” (Reitherman/ Dec. 20/A.A. winner). 1974: “Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too” (Lounsbery/Dec. 20/ A.A. nominee). 1981: “Winnie the Pooh Discover the Seasons” (Sept.). 1983: “Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore” (Reinert/Mar. 11). fi WOLFIE WOLF Director James “Shamus” Culhane unveiled this latest nemesis for Walter Lantz’s Woody Woodpecker series in the 1946 cartoon, “Who’s Cookin’ Who.” The character was so well received he returned in a second cartoon later that year, “Fair Weathered Fiends,” becoming the last cartoon on which Culhane received screen credit. Eleven years lapsed before the wily wolf costarred again, this time in the 1957 Woody Woodpecker cartoon, “Red Riding Hoodlum,” directed by veteran Lantz director Paul J. Smith. Directed by James Culhane and Paul J. Smith. Technicolor. A Walter Lantz Production released by Universal Pictures. 1946: “Who’s Cookin’ Who? (with Woody Woodpecker/ Culhane/June 24) and “Fair Weathered Fiends” (with Woody Woodpecker/Culhane/Nov. 18). 1957: “Red Riding Hoodlum” (with Woody Woodpecker/Smith/ Feb. 11). fi WOODY WOODPECKER This hammering woodpecker with the “Ha-hah-ha-hah” laugh was Walter Lantz’s prized creation. Screwball by nature, the redheaded menace was first introduced as the perfect foil in Andy Panda’s 1940 cartoon, “Knock Knock,” bearing a strong resemblance to the nutty characterizations of Warner’s early Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny. Legend long had it that Lantz invented Woody after honeymooning with his wife, former Broadway/screen actress Grace Stafford. A pesky woodpecker that pounded the roof of their honeymoon cottage provided inspiration. Unfortunately, the story was a Hollywood press agent’s fabrication since Lantz’s honeymoon actually occurred one year after Woody’s first cartoon appearance. “My wife suggested that since I had animated animals like mice, rabbits and so forth that maybe I should invent some kind of woodpecker character. I thought it was a good idea so I created Woody,” Lantz later recalled. WOODY WOODPECKER 151 Walter Lantz’s Woody Woodpecker experienced many physical changes during his years as a screen star. © Walter Lantz Productions xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 151 9/11/08 5:14:42 PM

In 1941 Lantz officially launched Woody in his own series, casting the malicious woodpecker in an eponymous cartoon. Veteran actor Mel Blanc supplied the voice of Woody in the first four or five cartoons. Ben “Bugs” Hardaway, who left Warner to become a story man for Lantz, lent his vocal talents to the character after Blanc’s departure and continued to develop new stories for the series. Hardaway did not handle the dual responsibility for long. In 1948 Lantz decided a change was needed and auditioned 50 actors for the “new” voice of Woody. Lantz was not present at the auditions, but he was responsible for making the final choice. Of those who auditioned on tape, he picked the talent who sounded the best. His selection: Grace, his wife, who had “tried out” without informing her husband. Stafford was first employed in the 1948 Woody Woodpecker release “Banquet Busters” and remained the voice of Woody until the series ended 24 years later in 1972. By her request, she did not receive voice credit until 1952; she was afraid children would be “disillusioned if they knew a woman” had voiced the famed woodpecker. Adding to the series fresh comical adventures and longevity were a cast of supporting characters featured during the series’ long and successful run. Among them were the slow-witted walrus with a Swedish accent, Wally Walrus, who made his screen debut in the 1944 Woody Woodpecker cartoon, “Beach Nut.” Originally voiced by actor Hans Conreid and later by Paul Frees, this comicrelief character costarred for nine years in 23 films, including two from Lantz’s two-time Academy Award Musical Miniature series, “The Overture to William Tell” (1947) and “Kiddie Koncert” (1948). Likewise, he starred as a dogcatcher in the Andy Panda cartoon, “Dog Tax Dodgers” (1948). Following a seven-year hiatus after 1953’s “Operation Sawdust,” Wally took his final bows in 1961 in two Chilly Willy cartoons, “Clash and Carry” and “Tricky Trout.” The character was tremendously popular in comic books, storybooks, records, and other merchandise licensed by the studio. In 1999, the Wally was introduced to a new generation of viewers in brand-new episodes on Fox Network’s Saturday-morning series, The All New Woody Woodpecker Show. In 1948, Lantz added the popular mainstay and comical nemesis, the con-man Buzz Buzzard (featured in 23 films), who was first featured opposite the wacky woodpecker in “Wet Blanket Policy” directed by Dick Lundy. The film not only introduced Woody’s newest costar but also was the first cartoon to include the sensational hit song “The Woody Woodpecker Song,” sung by Gloria Wood and Harry Babbitt. (Coincidentally, the cartoon earned the distinction of becoming the only animated cartoon short to ever be nominated for an Academy Award for best song.) Buzz went on to star in two more cartoons through 1949, including “Drooler’s Delight,” which was the final cartoon Lundy directed for the studio and also the last cartoon short released by United Artists. Likewise, the cartoon marked the final time Ben Hardaway provided the voice of Woody (Lantz’s real-life wife, Grace Stafford, assumed the role thereafter). Lantz’s former distribution partner, Universal Pictures, released subsequent films featuring the shyster buzzard and Lantz’s famous woodpecker through 1972, the same year Lantz closed his studio, including the studio’s only cartoon to be released in 3-D, “Hypnotic Hick” (1953). Another mainstay and comical costar of Woody’s was the talkative gator, Gabby Gator, who starred in 10 animated onereelers, first as the prototype character called Ali Gator in two cartoons produced in the late 1950s, “Everglade Raid” (1958) and “Romp in the Swamp” (1959). The talkative gator then made his first “official” appearance in the 1960 Woody Woodpecker cartoon, “Southern Fried Hospitality.” As in the previous cartoons, Daws Butler provided the character’s voice until his last screen appearance, 1963’s “Greedy Gabby Gator,” also starring Woody Woodpecker. Woody had his share of other comical foils over the years, both foxes, Wolfie Wolf and later Finx Fox. Wolfie Wolf was introduced in the 1946 short, “Who’s Cookin’ Who,” directed by James “Shamus” Culhane.” He reprised the character in a second cartoon that same year, “Fair Weathered Fiends,” the last studio cartoon on which Culhane received screen credit. Eleven years after he was shelved, the wolf returned to the screen to costar in the 1957 Woody Woodpecker cartoon, “Red Riding Hoodlum.” The fasttalking Finx Fox, outfitted in a crushed top hat, white collar and pale green dress tie, with the unenviable task of trying to catch Woody, first appeared, unbilled, in the 1964 cartoon short, “Dumb Like a Fox.” A year later, he was officially introduced in a second Technicolor one-reeler, “Sioux Me,” in which he was billed in the opening credits (“Introducing Finx Fox”). Like Walt Disney’s Donald Duck before him, Woody also romped on the screen with a rambunctious niece and nephew and chips off the ol’ block, Splinter and Knothead. The characters were featured in three cartoons produced by Lantz and directed by longtime helmsman, Paul J. Smith, beginning with 1956’s “Get Lost,” followed by “The Unbearable Salesman” (1957) and “Careless Caretaker” (1962). June Foray provided the voices of both characters. Lantz later packaged the early Woody cartoons in a half-hour television series, The Woody Woodpecker Show, which was first broadcast in 1957 on ABC and was sponsored by Kellogg for nine consecutive seasons. The films are still syndicated today throughout most U.S. television markets and abroad. Directors were Walter Lantz, Don Patterson, Paul J. Smith, Alex Lovy, Jack Hannah, Sid Marcus, Emery Hawkins, Milt Schaffer, James “Shamus” Culhane, Dick Lundy, Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton. Technicolor. A Walter Lantz Production released through Universal Pictures and United Artists. Voices Woody Woodpecker: Mel Blanc, Ben Hardaway, Grace Stafford; Buzz Buzzard; Dallas McKennon; Gabby Gator: Daws Butler; Wally Walrus; Hans Conreid (1944–48), Paul Frees (1961); Splinter/Knothead, June Foray Universal Pictures releases 1940: “Knock Knock” (with Andy Panda/Lantz/Nov. 25). 1941: “Woody Woodpecker” (Lantz/July 7/working title: “The Cracked Nut”); “The Screwdriver” (Lantz/Aug. 11); and “Pantry Panic” (Lantz/Nov. 24/working title: “What’s Cookin’?”). 1942: “The Hollywood Matador” (Lantz/Feb. 9); “Ace in the Hole” (Lovy/June 22); and “The Loan Stranger” (Lovy/Oct. 19). 1943: “The Screwball” (Lovy/Feb. 15); “The Dizzy Acrobat” (Lovy/May 31/A.A. nominee); and “Ration Bored” (Hawkins, Schaffer/June 22). 1944: “The Barber of Seville” (Culhane/Apr. 10); “The Beach Nut” (Culhane/Oct. 16); and “Ski for Two” (Culhane/Nov. 13). 1945: “Chew-Chew Baby” (Culhane/Feb. 5); “Woody Dines Out” (Culhane/May 14); “The Dippy Diplomat” (Culhane/Aug. 27); and “The Loose Nut” (Culhane/Dec. 17). 1946: “Who’s Cookin’ Who?” (Culhane/June 24); “Bathing Buddies” (Lundy/July 1); “The Reckless Driver” (Culhane/Aug. 26); and “Fair Weather Friends” (Culhane/Nov. 18). 152 WOODY WOODPECKER xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 152 9/11/08 5:14:43 PM

United Artists releases 1947: “Musical Moments from Chopin” (with Andy Panda/ Lundy/Feb. 24/A.A. nominee/Musical Miniature); “Smoked Hams” (Lundy/Apr. 28); “The Coo Coo Bird” (Lundy/June 9); “Well Oiled” (Lundy/June 30); “Solid Ivory” (Lundy/Aug. 25); and “Woody the Giant Killer” (Lundy/Dec. 15). 1948: “The Mad Hatter” (Lundy/Feb. 16); “Banquet Busters” (with Andy Panda/Lundy/Mar. 3); “Wacky-Bye Baby” (Lundy/ May 2); “Wet Blanket Policy” (Lundy/Aug. 27/first appearance of Buzz Buzzard); and “Wild and Woody!” (Lundy/Dec. 31). 1949: “Drooler’s Delight” (Lundy/Mar. 25). Universal Pictures releases 1951: “Puny Express” (Lantz/Jan. 22); “Sleep Happy” (Lantz/ Mar. 26); “Wicket Wacky” (Lantz/ May 28); “Slingshot 6 7/8” (Lantz/July 23); “The Redwood Sap” (Lantz/Oct. 1); “The Woody Woodpecker Polka” (Lantz/Oct. 29); and “Destination Meatball” (Lantz/Dec. 24). 1952: “Born to Peck” (Lantz/Feb. 25); “Stage Hoax” (Lantz/ Apr. 21); “Woodpecker in the Rough” (Lantz/June 16); “Scalp Treatment” (Lantz/Sept. 18); “The Great Who-Dood-It” (Lantz/ Oct. 20); and “Termites from Mars” (Patterson/Dec. 8). 1953: “What’s Sweepin’ ” (Patterson/Jan. 5); “Bucaneer Woodpecker” (Patterson/Apr. 20); “Operation Sawdust” (Patterson/June 15); “Wrestling Wrecks” (Patterson/July 20); “Hypnotic Hick” (Patterson/Sept. 26/the only Lantz cartoon made in 3-D); “Belle Boys” (Patterson/Sept. 14); and “Hot Noon” cor/2’O’Clock For Sure) (Smith/Oct. 12). 1954: “Socko in Morocco” (Patterson/Jan. 18); “Alley to Bali” (Patterson/Mar. 15); “Under the Counter Spy” (Patterson/May 10); “Hot Rod Huckster” (Patterson/July 5); “Real Gone Woody” (Smith/Sept. 20); “A Fine Feathered Frenzy” (Patterson/Oct. 25); and “Convict Concerto” (Patterson/Nov. 20). 1955: “Helter Shelter” (Smith/Jan. 17); “Witch Crafty” (Smith/Mar. 14); “Private Eye Pooch” (Smith/May 9); “Bedtime Bedlam” (Smith/July 4); “Square Shootin’ Square’ (Smith/Sept. 1); “Bunco Busters” (Smith/Nov. 21); and “The Tree Medic” (Lovy/Dec. 9). 1956: “After the Ball” (Smith/Feb. 13); “Get Lost” (Smith/Mar. 12); “Chief Charlie Horse” (Smith/May 7); “Woodpecker from Mars” (Smith/July 2); “Calling All Cuckoos” (Smith/Sept. 24); “Niagra Fools” (Smith/Oct. 22); “Arts and Flowers” (Smith/ Nov.19); and “Woody Meets Davy Crewcut” (Lovy/Dec. 17). 1957: “Red Riding Hoodlum” (Smith/Feb. 11); “Box Car Bandit” (Smith/Apr. 8); “The Unbearable Salesman” (Smith/June 3); “International Woodpecker” (Smith/July 1); “To Catch a Woodpecker” (Lovy/July 29); “Round Trip to Mars” (Smith/Sept. 23); “Fodder and Son” (Smith/Nov. 4); and “Dopey Dick and the Pink Whale” (Smith/Nov. 15). 1958: “Misguided Missile” (Smith/Jan. 27); “Watch the Birdie” (Lovy/Feb. 24); “Half Empty Saddles” (Smith/Apr. 21); “His Better Elf” (Smith/July 14); “Everglade Raid” (Smith/Aug. 11); “Tree’s a Crowd” (Smith/Sept. 8); and “Jittery Jester” (Smith/ Nov. 3). 1959: “Tom Cat Combat” (Smith/Mar. 2); “Log Jammed” (Smith/ Apr. 20); “Panhandle Scandal” (Lovy/May 18); “Woodpecker in the Moon” (Lovy/July 1); “The Tee Bird” (Smith/July 13); “Romp in a Swamp” (Smith/Aug. 7); and “Kiddie League” (Smith/Nov. 3). 1960: “Billion Dollar Boner” (Lovy/Jan. 5); “Pistol-Packin’ Woodpecker” (Smith/Mar. 2); “Heap Big Hepcat” (Smith/Mar. 30); “Ballyhooey” (Lovy/Apr. 20); “How to Stuff a Woodpecker” (Smith/May 18); “Bats in the Belfry” (Smith/June 16); “Ozark Lark” (Smith/July 13); “Southern Fried Hospitality” (with Gabby Gator/ Hannah/Nov. 28); and “Fowled Up Falcon” (Smith/Dec. 20). 1961: “Poop Deck Pirate” (Hannah/Jan. 10); “The Bird Who Came to Dinner” (Smith/Mar. 7); “Gabby’s Diner” (with Gabby Gator/Hannah/Apr.); “Sufferin’ Cats” (Smith/June); “Frankenstymied” (Hannah/July 4); “Busman’s Holiday” (Smith/Aug.); “Phantom of the Horse Opera” (Smith/Oct.); and “Woody’s KookOut” (Hannah/Nov.). 1962: “Rock-a-Bye Gator” (with Gabby Gator/Hannah/Jan. 9); “Home Sweet Homewrecker” (Smith/Jan. 30); “Room and Bored” (Smith/Mar. 6); “Rocket Racket” (with Gabby Gator/Hannah/ Apr. 24); “Careless Caretaker” (Smith/May 29); “Tragic Magic” (Smith/July 3); “Voo-Doo Boo-Hoo” (Hannah/Aug. 14); “Growin’ Pains” (Smith/Sept.); and “Little Woody Riding Hood” (with Gabby Gator/Smith/Oct.). 1963: “Greedy Gabby Gator” (with Gabby Gator/Marcus/Jan.); “Robin Hood Woody” (Smith/Mar.); “Stowaway Woody” (Marcus/ May); “Shutter Bug” (Smith/June); “Coy Decoy” (Marcus/July 9); “The Tenant’s Racket” (Marcus/Aug. 30); “Short in the Saddle” (Smith/Sept. 30); “Teepee for Two” (Marcus/Oct. 29); “Science Friction” (Marcus/Nov.); and “Calling Dr. Woodpecker” (Smith/ Dec. 24). 1964: “The Case of the Maltese Chicken” (Smith); “Dumb Like a Fox” (with Finx Fox/Marcus/Jan. 7); “Saddle-Sore Woody” (Smith/Apr. 7); “Woody’s Clip Joint” (Marcus/May); “Skinfolks” (Marcus/July 7); “Get Lost! Little Doggy” (Marcus/Sept.); “Freeway Fracus” (Smith/Sept.); and “Roamin’ Roman” (Smith/Dec.). 1965: “Three Little Woodpeckers” (Marcus/Jan. 1); “Woodpecker Wanted” (Smith/Feb. 1); “Birds of a Feather” (Marcus/Mar. 1); “Canned Dog Feud” (Smith/Apr. 1); “Janie Get Your Gun” (with Finx Fox/Smith/May 1); “Sioux Me” (Marcus/June); and “What’s Peckin’ ” (Smith/July 1). 1966: “Rough Riding Hood” (Marcus/Jan. 1); “Lonesome Ranger” (Smith/Feb. 1); “Woody and the Beanstalk” (Smith/Mar. 1); “Hassle in a Castle” (Smith/Apr.); “The Big Bite” (Smith/Apr. 1); “Astronut Woody” (Smith/May); “Monster of Ceremonies” (Smith/May); and “Practical Yolk” (Smith/May 1). 1967: “Sissy Sheriff” (Smith/Jan. 1); “Have Gun’ Can’t Travel” (Smith/Feb. 1); “The Nautical Nut” (Smith/Mar. 1); “Hot Diggity Dog” (Smith/Mar. 1); “Horse Play” (Smith/Apr. 1); and “Secret Agent Woody Woodpecker” (Smith/May 1). 1968: “Lotsa Luck” (Smith); “Fat in the Saddle” (Smith/June 1); “Feudin’ Fightin-n-Fussin’” (Smith/June 1); “A Peck of Trouble” (Smith/July 1); “A Lad in Bagdad” (Smith/Aug. 1); “One Horse Town” (Smith/Oct. 1); and “Woody the Freeloader” (Smith). 1969: “Hook Line and Stinker” (Smith); “Little Skeeter” (Smith); “Woody’s Knight Mare” (Smith/May 1); “Tumble Weed Greed” (Smith/June 1); “Ship Ahoy, Woody” (Smith/Aug. 1); “Prehistoric Super Salesman” (Smith/Sept. 1); and “Phoney Pony” (Smith/Nov. 1). 1970: “Film Flam Fountain” (Smith/Jan. 5); “Seal on the Loose” (Smith/May 1); “Wild Bill Hiccup” (Smith/June 1); “Coo Coo Nuts” (Smith/July 1); “Hi-Rise Wise Guys” (Smith/Aug. 1); “Buster’s Last Stand” (Smith/Oct. 1); and “All Hams on Deck” (Smith/Nov. 9). 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1971: “Sleepy Time Chimes” (Smith/Feb. 1); “The Reluctant Recruit” (Smith); “How to Trap a Woodpecker” (Smith); “Woody’s Magic Touch” (Smith); “Kitty from the City” (Smith); “The Snoozin’ Bruin Woody” (Smith); and “Shanghai Woody” (Smith). 1972: “Indian Corn” (Smith); “Gold Diggin’ Woodpecker” (Smith); “Pecking Holes in Poles” (Smith); “Chili Con Corny” (Smith); “Show Biz Eagle” (Smith); “For the Love of Pizza” (Smith); “The Genie with the Light Touch” (Smith); and “Bye, Bye Blackboard” (Smith). fi YOSEMITE SAM A primary cartoon foil for Bugs Bunny, this pint-size, short-tempered cowboy who called himself “the roughest, toughest hombre” in the West came out guns ablazing in his screen debut opposite the carrot-eating rabbit in 1945’s “Hare Trigger.” Friz Freleng, who directed the film, was responsible for creating Yosemite. “I was looking for a character strong enough to work against Bugs Bunny. . . . So I thought to use the smallest guy I could think of along with the biggest voice I could get,” Freleng told Warner Bros. historian Steven Schneider. In his 1944 “Stage Door Cartoon,” Freleng used a similar character who looked and sounded like Yosemite and had only a walkon part. According to writer Michael Maltese, Freleng drew from several personas—himself included—in developing the loudmouthed Yosemite. His primary influences were Red Skelton’s Sheriff Deadeye, a boneheaded cowboy short on smarts, Bob Clampett’s gunslinger character based on Deadeye and comic-strip star Red Ryder in his 1944 “Buckaroo Bugs.” Yosemite’s appearances were limited to supporting roles throughout his career; he never starred in his own series. Today the character is still seen daily in television reruns of the studio’s Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes package and in frequent primetime animated specials. In 1995 Yosemite returned to movie screens as costar in a brandnew Bugs Bunny cartoon, “Carrotblanca,” a spoof of the Humphrey Bogart-Lauren Bacall classic, Casablanca, directed by Douglas McCarthy. Voice impressario Maurice LaMarche took over as the voice of Yosemite Sam. Two years later, after returning to Warner Bros. to produce and direct new cartoon shorts, legendary animator Chuck Jones directed Yosemite in a second cartoon opposite Bugs Bunny, “From Hare to Eternity,” (1997) intended as Jones’s tribute to fellow animator, the late Friz Freleng. Comedian/impressionist Frank Gorshin, best known as the Riddler on the Batman TV series, lent his voice as Yosemite. In 2003, Yosemite joined his fellow Warner Bros. cartoon stars, including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and others, to costar in the live-action animated feature—and second full-length film since 1993’s Space Jam—Looney Tunes: Back in Action. A year later, the studio cast him in a brand-new Looney Tunes cartoon that was planned and storyboarded but cancelled and never released, entitled “Deep Sea Bugs” with Bugs Bunny. Directors were Friz Freleng, Ken Harris, Hawley Pratt, Gerry Chiniquy, Douglas McCarthy. Rich Moore, Dan Povenmire, Peter Shin and Bill Kopp. Technicolor. A Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc./Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc./Vitagraph/Warner Bros. Animation/Chuck Jones Film Production released by Warner Bros. and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment. Voices Yosemite Sam: Mel Blanc, Maurice LaMarche, Frank Gorshin Additional Voices June Foray, Billy Booth Looney Tunes Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. releases 1948: “Bucaneer Bunny” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng/May 8). 1950: “Mutiny on the Bunny” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng/Feb. 11); and “Big House Bunny” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng/Apr. 22). 1951: “Rabbit Every Monday” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng/Feb. 10); and “The Fair Haired Hare” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng/Apr. 14). 1952: “14 Carrot Rabbit” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng/Feb. 16); and “Hare Lift” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng/Dec. 20). 1955: “Sahara Hare” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng/Mar. 26); and “Roman Legion-Hare” (with Bugs Bunny, Nero/Freleng/Nov. 12). 1956: “Rabbitson Crusoe” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng/Apr. 28). 1957: “Piker’s Peak” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng/May 25). 1958: “Knighty Knight Bugs” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng/Aug. 23/A.A. winner). 1959: “Wind and Woolly Hare” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng/ Aug. 1). 1960: “Horse Hare” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng/Feb. 13). Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc./Vitagraph releases 1961: “Prince Violent” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng, Pratt/Sept. 2). 1962: “Shishkabugs” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng/Dec. 8). Warner Bros. Animation releases 1995: “Carrotblanca” (with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Tweety and Sylvester, Foghorn Leghorn, Pepe Le Pew, Penelope/McCarthy). Warner Bros./Chuck Jones Film Productions releases 1997: “From Hare to Eternity” (with Bugs Bunny/Jones) Merrie Melodies Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc. releases 1945: “Hare Trigger” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng/May 5) 1948: “Bugs Bunny Rides Again” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng/ June 12). 1950: “Bunker Hill Bunny” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng/Sept. 23). 1951: “Ballot Box Bunny” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng/Oct. 6). 1953: “Southern Fried Rabbit” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng/May 2); and “Hare Trimmed” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng/June 20). 1954: “Captain Hareblower” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng/Feb. 16). 1959: “Hare-abian Nights” (with Bugs Bunny/Harris/Feb. 28). 1960: “From Hare/d’Heir” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng/ Sept. 3); and “Lighter than Hare” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng/Dec. 17). Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc./Vitagraph releases 1962: “Honey’s Money” (Freleng/Sept. 1). 1963: “Devil’s Feud Cake” (with Bugs Bunny/Freleng/Feb. 9). 1964: “Dumb Patrol” (with Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig/Chiniquy/ Jan. 18). Warner Bros. releases 1991: “(blooper) Bunny!” (with Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd/Moore, Povenmire, Shin, Kopp). 154 yosemite sam xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 154 9/11/08 5:14:43 PM

155 T he following section is a complete listing of full-length animated features that received limited and wide theatrical distribution in the United States only. This section excludes feature-length cartoon documentaries, outright compilations, direct-to-video features (unless they were also released theatrically) and mostly live-action films that combine animation. Films that have minor animated sequences that are not mentioned in this section include: King of Jazz (1930), which features a four-minute animated opening by Walter Lantz (the first animation to be done in two-color Technicolor); Hollywood Party (MGM, 1934), in which an animated Mickey Mouse appears; She Married a Cop (1939), featuring Paddy the Pig in a cartoon segment, also seen in the film’s remake Sioux City Sue (1947), starring Gene Autry; Anchors Aweigh (MGM, 1944), featuring Gene Kelly and Jerry Mouse in a popular dance sequence; So Dear to My Heart (Disney, 1945); My Dream Is Yours (Warner, 1949), the Doris Day-Jack Carson film highlighted by animated appearances of Bugs Bunny and Tweety bird (Bugs appeared one year earlier in another Jack Carson film, Two Guys from Texas); Destination Moon (1950), featuring Woody Woodpecker in a brief bit of animated business; Dangerous When Wet (MGM, 1953), which teams Tom and Jerry with Esther Williams in an underwater sequence; Mary Poppins (1965), in which Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke dance in perfect synchronization with several animated penguins; and Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971). Additional, essentially live-action films featuring animated or computer-generated characters, such as Casper (1995), Stuart Little (1999), Stuart Little 2 (2002), Scooby Doo (2002) and Scooby Doo 2: Monster Unleashed (2004), Garfield: The Movie (2004) and others, are not covered. When animated characters play a major part in the story structure of live action/animated films (e.g. The Incredible Mr. Limpet, Pete’s Dragon and Who Framed Roger Rabbit), those productions have been included. Technical credits appear with each listing, limited to the production staff (producer, director, writer, musical director and supervising animators) and voice artists. Production sidelights and other tidbits of interest have been entered under notes about the production (abbreviated as “PN”) whenever appropriate. The following key can be used to translate abbreviations for technical staff listed under each film: 3-D anim supervisor: three-dimensional animation supervisor anim dir: animation director anim leads: animation leads anim prod: animation producer anim prod dir: animation production director anim superv: animation supervisor anim tech dir: animation technical director anim: animator assoc prod: associate producer asst anim dir: assistant animation director asst anim superv: assistant animation supervisor asst dir: assistant director CG superv: computer generation supervisor CGI lead anim: computer generated imagery lead animator char anim: character animator char anim superv: character animation supervisor char design: character design char dev superv: character development supervisor char superv: character supervisor chief anim: chief animator chief key aim superv: chief key animation supervisor co-exec prod: co-executive producer cpd: coproducer dir anim: directing animator dir of anim: director of animation dir: director exec prod: executive producer f/x anim superv: effects animation supervisor f/x anim: effects animator head anim: head animator head char anim: head character animator host seq dir: host sequence director key anim: key animator FULL-LENGTH ANIMATED FEATURES fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi fi xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 155 9/11/08 5:14:43 PM

key anim superv: key animation supervisor key seq anim: key sequence animator l/a dir: live-action director l: lyrics lead anim superv: lead animation supervisor lead anim: lead animator m/a: music associate m/l: music and lyrics m/s: music and songs m: music md: musical direction ms: musical supervision orig p: original play orig s: original story p: producer prod dir: production director prod superv: production supervisor s: songs by scr: screenplay scr/st: screenplay and story scr st: screen story senior anim: senior animator senior superv anim: senior supervising animator seq dir: sequence director seq superv: sequence supervisor st: story st dev: story development superv anim: supervising animators superv anim dir: supervising animation director superv d: supervising directors superv seq dir: supervising sequence director superv tech dir: supervising technical director U.S. dub dir: United States dub director unit anim dir: unit animation director w: writer fi AARON’S MAGIC VILLAGE (1997) An Avalanche Releasing and Columbia Tri-Star Home Video Production released by Avalanche Releasing. p: Dora Benousilio, Jacqueline Galia Benousilio, Albert Hanan Kaminski, Peter Völkle; d: Albert Hanan Kaminski, Jacqueline Galia Benousilio; Buzz Potamkin; scr: Albert Hanan Kaminski, Jacqueline Galia Benousilio (based on Stories for Children by Isaac Bashevis Singer); m: Michel Legrand. Running time: 80 minutes. Released: September 19, 1997. Voices Aaron: Tommy J. Michaels; Uncle Shlemiel: Ronn Carroll; Aunt Sarah/Zlateh the Goat/Matchmaker: Tovah Feldshuh; The Sorcerer: Steve Newman; The Lantuch: Ivy Austin; Gronam Ox: Harry Goz; Narrator: Fyvush Finkel Additional Voices Lewis J. Stadlen, Lee Wilkof, Chip Zien An orphan boy (Aaron) who lives in the small village of Chelm with his aunt and uncle foils an evil sorcerer who stole the Book of Marvels and intends to use it to destroy the town in this adaptation of four fables from Isaac Bashevis Singer’s book Stories for Children. fi THE ADVENTURES OF ICHABOD AND MR. TOAD (1949) A Walt Disney Production released by RKO Radio Pictures. p: Walt Disney; prod superv: Ben Sharpsteen; d: Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi, James Algar; dir anim: Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, Wolfgang Reitherman, Milt Kahl, John Lounsbery, Ward Kimball; st: Erdman Penner, Winston Hibler, Joe Rinaldi, Ted Sears, Homer Brightman, Harry Reeves; md: Oliver Wallace. Songs: “Ichabod,” “Katrina,” “The Headless Horseman” and “Merrily on Our Way.” Running time: 68 minutes. Released: October 5, 1949. Voices Mr. Toad: Eric Blore; Cyril: J. Pat O’Malley; Rat: Claude Allister; John Ployard: John McLeish; Mole: Colin Campbell; Angus MacBadger: Campbell Grant; Winky: Alec Harford. “Ichabod” narrated by Bing Crosby. “Willows” narrated by Basil Rathbone. This somewhat forgotten Disney feature combines two halfhour adaptations: Washington Irving’s Legend of Sleepy Hollow, the story of schoolmaster Ichabod Crane’s encounter with the famed horseman and his Jack-o’-lantern head, and Kenneth Grahame’s Wind in the Willows, featuring the misadventures of Mr. Toad Hall, a whimsical toad who is wrongly accused of car thievery and tries proving his innocence. Bing Crosby (“Ichabod”) and Basil Rathbone (“Willows”) provided narration for the films. PN: The film’s original title was Two Fabulous Characters but was changed prior to its release. fi THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN (1986) A Will Vinton Associates/Harbour Tower Production released by Atlantic Releasing. p & d: Will Vinton; exec prod: Frank Moynihan; scr: Susan Shandburne; m: Billy Scream; char anim: Barry Bruce, William L. Fiesterman, Tom Gasek, Mark Gustafson, Craig Burdett, Bruce McKean; anim: Don Merkt, Will Vinton, Mat Wuerker. Running time: 90 minutes. Released: January 17, 1986. Voices Mark Twain: James Whitmore; Becky Thatcher: Michelle Mariana; Huck Finn: Gary Krug; Tom Sawyer: Chris Ritchie; Eve: Carol Edelman; Adam: John Morrison Aboard his interplanetary balloon, Mark Twain recalls for his stowaways (Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher) his many tall-tale adventures on a trip to Halley’s Comet to achieve his “destiny” in this feature-length Claymation fantasy. PN: Claymation creator Will Vinton of California Raisins fame produced and directed this animated feature of the Twain legend. fi THE ADVENTURES OF MR. WONDERBIRD (1957) A Les Gemeaux/Clarge Distributors Production released by Fine Arts Films Production. p: André Sarrut; d: Paul Grimault, Pierre Grimault; scr: Paul Grimault, Jacques Prévert (based on Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Sheperdess and the Chimney Sweep”); m/l: Joseph Losmma; anim: Pierre Watrin, Jacques Vausseur; U.S. dub dir: Pierre Rouvre. Running time: 63 minutes. Released: February 1, 1957. Voices (English version): Mr. Wonderbird: Peter Ustinov; The Shepherdess: Claire Bloom; The Chimney Sweep: Denholm Elliott; The King: Max Adrian; The Blind Man: Alex Clunes; The Statue: Cecil Trouncer; Chief of Police: Phillip Stainton; The Old Beggar: Harcourt Williams; The Killer: Joan Heal; Commentator: Frank Muir A magical mockingbird helps a lowly chimney sweep and his beloved shepherdess escape from the kingdom of Upandownia, but not before obliterating the palace of a ruthless king who tries to come between them, in this French animated feature based on 156 AARON’S MAGIC VILLAGE xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 156 9/11/08 5:14:43 PM

Han Christian Andersen’s The Shepherdess and the ChimneySweep. PN: Producer Andre Sarraut and writer/director Paul Grimault, who catapulted to fame producing animated shorts and commercials in France through their studio, Les Gemeaux, started production of this feature-length project in 1946. After years of toiling on the film and after receiving pressure from their distributor, they released the film in France in 1953. Four years later, in 1957, the film was dubbed in English and made a limited run in theaters across the United States. Also known as Wonderbird, Mr. Wonderbird, The Curious Mr. Wonderbird and The King and Mr. Bird, the film’s French title is La Bergere et Le Ramoneur. fi The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) A UFA Production. d: Lotte Reiniger; scr: Lotte Reiniger (based on stories from The Arabian Nights); m: Wolfgang Zeller; anim: Walter Ruttmann, Berthold Bartosch, Walter Turck, Alexander Kardan, Lotte Reiniger. Running time: 65 minutes. Released: September 23, 1926. A heroic prince, who is tricked by a wicked sorcerer into riding a wild magical flying horse that he learns to control, embarks on a series of adventures that include defeating an army of demons and winning the love of a beautiful princess. PN: Based on stories from The Arabian Nights, female writer/ director Lotte Reiniger of Germany, who produced experimental films for a studio she joined in 1918, launched production of this animated feature in 1923, 14 years before Walt Disney’s first fulllength feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). The stop-motion animated film employed an early version of multiplane animation, giving the black-and-white production a threedimensional look by using movable cardboard and mental cutouts positioned in front of illuminated sheets of glass, also creating a silhouette effect. After completing the film three years later, Reiniger was initially unable to find a German distributor interested in distributing a film advanced for that time. That year, the film’s musical composer, Wolfgang Zeller, after receiving permission from Reiniger, premiered the film at a concert hall to rave reviews. It subsequently played at a theater in Paris for a full year and was distributed around the world, including the United States, where the film premiered in 1931 at Town Hall in New York. fi The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000) A Capella International/KC Medien AG/Tribeca Productions Production released by Universal Pictures. p: Jane Rosenthal, Robert DeNiro; d: Des McAnuff; scr: Kenneth Lonergan (based on characters by Jay Ward); anim prod: Leslie Arvio, Allison P. Brown; exec prod: Tiffany Ward, David Nikkay; m: Mark Mothersbaugh; anim superv: David Andrews; anim leads: Jean Emberly, Julie Lenrie, Julie Nelson, Steve Nichols, Steve Rawlins, Scott Wirtz. Songs: “Be Ya Self,” “Cryptik Souls Crew,” “Side by Side,” “Secret Agent Man,” “America,” “Blue Danube,” “America the Beautiful,” “Hooray for Hollywood,” “Dreamer,” “Bad Boys,” “Rocky Show Theme,” “Duelin’ Banjoes,” “Rocky the Flying Squirrel,” “Hail, Hail, Pottsylvania” and “Through the Eyes of a Child.” Running time: 88 minutes. Released: June 30, 2000. Live-Action Cast Nastasha Fatale: Rene Russo; Boris Badenov: Jason Alexander; Fearless Leader: Robert De Niro; FBI Director Cappy von Trapment: Randy Quaid; FBI Agent Karen Sympathy: Piper Perabo; Others: Janeane Garofalo, John Goodman, Kenan Thompson, Kel Mitchell, David Alan Grier, Carl Reiner, Jonathan Winters, Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal. Voices Rocket J. “Rocky” Squirrel/Narrator’s Mother/Animated Natasha Fatale: June Foray; Bullwinkle J. Moose/Narrator/Animated Boris Badenov/Animated Fearless Leader/Pottsylvanian TV Announcer: Keith Scott; Weasel: Susan Berman Television cartoon stars Rocky and Bullwinkle are lured out of retirement to help the FBI stop their notorious arch-rivals Boris and Natasha who have crossed over from the cartoon world to the real world, and their boss, Fearless Leader, who now heads a major media empire of his own, from successfully taking over the United States in this live-action/computer-animated feature, based on animate Jay Ward’s famed characters. fi The Adventures of the American Rabbit (1986) A Toei Animation Production released by Clubhouse Pictures. p: Masaharu Etoh, Masahisa Saeki, John G. Marshall; d: Fred Wolf, Nobutaka Nishizawa; w: Norm Lenzer (based on the characters created by Stewart Moskowitz); m/l: Mark Volman, Howard Kayland, John Hoier. Running time: 85 minutes. Released: February 14, 1986. Voices Theo: Bob Arbogast; Tini Meeny: Pat Fraley; Rob/American Rabbit: Barry Gordon; Rodney: Bob Holt; Dip/Various Characters: Lew Horn; Bruno: Norm Lenzer; Vultor/Buzzard: Ken Mars; Toos Loose: John Mayer; Lady Pig: Maitzi Morgan; Ping Pong: Lorenzo Music; Bunny O’Hare: Laurie O’Brien; Mentor: Hal Smith; Mother: Russi Taylor; Fred Red: Fred Wolf Loosely based on Superman, mild-mannered, bespectacled Rob Rabbit obtains supernatural powers following a bizarre encounter with a mystical rabbit wizard, enabling him to restore peace and order as a superrabbit. fi Akira (1988) An Akira Committee Production released by Streamline Pictures. p: Akira Committee; d: Mamoru Oshii, Katsuhiro Otomo; scr: Isao Hashimoto (based on the comic created by Katsuhiro Otomo); m: Shoji Yamashiro. Songs: “Kaneda,” “Battle Against Clown,” “Winds over the Neo-Tokyo,” “Tetsuo,” “Dolls’ Polyphony,” “Shohmyoh,” “Mutation,” “Exodus from the Underground Fortress,” “Illusion” and “Requiem.” Running time: 124 minutes. Released: December 25, 1989. Voices Kaneda: Mitsuo Iwata; Tetsuo: Nozomu Sasaki; Kei: Mami Koyama; Kai: Takeshi Kusao; The Colonel: Tara Ishida Additional Voices Jimmy Flanders, Barbara Larsen, Lewis Lemay, Drew Thomas A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychopath with telekinetic powers that only a group of teenagers (from the motorcycle gang from which he came) can stop, in this apocalyptic story based on the popular Japanese comic book novel. fi Aladdin (1992) A Walt Disney Picture released by Buena Vista. p & d: John Musker, Ron Clements; scr: Ron Clements, John Musker, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio; m: Alan Menken (with songs by Howard Ashman, Alan Menken, Tim Rice); superv anim: Randy Cartwright, Andreas Deja, Will Finn, Eric Goldberg, Mark Henn, Glen Keane, Aladdin 157

Duncan Marjoribanks. Songs: “Arabian Nights,” “Legend of the Lamp,” “One Jump Ahead,” “Street Urchins,” “Friend Like Me,” “To Be Free,” “Prince Ali,” “A Whole New World,” “Jafar’s Hour,” “The Ends of the Earth,” “The Kiss,” “On a Dark Night,” “Jasmine Runs Away,” “Marketplace,” “Cave of Wonders,” “Aladdin’s Word,” “The Battle” and “Happy End in Agrabah.” Running time: 90 minutes. Released: November 11, 1992. Voices Aladdin: Scott Weinger; Genie: Robin Williams; Jasmine: Linda Larkin; Jafar: Jonathan Freeman; Abu: Frank Welker; Iago: Gilbert Gottfried; Sultan: Douglas Seale; Rajah: Aaron Blaise; Merchant (singing): Bruce Adler; Aladdin (singing): Brad Kane; Jasmine (singing): Lea Salonga; Gazem/Achmed: T. Daniel Hofstedt; Guard: Chris Wahl; Beggar/Snake Jafar: Kathy Zielinski Additional Voices Jack Angel, Corey Burton, Philip L. Clarke, Jim Cummings, Jennifer Darling, Debi Derryberry, Bruce Gooch, Jerry Houser, Vera Lockwood, Sherry Lyn, Mickie McGowan, Patrick Pinney, Philip Proctor Accompanied by his faithful monkey friend Abu, street-urchin Aladdin, with the aid of a mysterious magic lamp with a powerful Genie inside (played for laughs by Robin Williams) who will grant him three wishes, goes up against the evil Jafar, who plots to rule the city of Agrabah. Aladdin falls in love with Princess Jasmine in the process and saves the city from Jafar’s ruthless attempt to rule. PN: Aladdin marked a departure from tradition for Disney animated features. Unlike past efforts, this film was an irreverent, high-stakes gamble featuring outrageous one-liners, sight gags and pop references. Comedian Robin Williams, known for his freeform shtick, improvised freely during the recording of dialogue for the film. This was a challenge for the directors: The first scene he recorded for the film he did 25 times, in 25 different ways, to the point that scenes originally meant to last 30 seconds suddenly ended up 10 minutes long.) Williams reportedly mimicked 55 different personalities for the film, with many more ending up on the cutting room floor, including imitations of President Bush and well-known sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer. The work paid off as the film earned a record $217 million in revenue, at one time making it the highest-grossing animated feature film ever. The film was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning the award for best original score and best song (for the song: “A Whole New World”). Robin Williams was honored with a special Golden Globe award for his vocal work on the film. Two made-for-video sequels were produced following the success of the animated feature: The Return of Jafar (1993) and Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996). Robin Williams reprised his role of the Genie only for the latter. fi ALADDIN AND HIS MAGIC LAMP (1975) A Les Films Jean Image Production released by Paramount Pictures. p: Les Films Jean Image; d: Jean Image; scr: Jean Image; anim: Denis Boutin, Guy Lehideux, Marcel Breuil, Ch. El J. Clairfeuille, J.P. Nantis, Alberto Ruiz, J.F. Sornin, Sante Vilani, Jose Xavier; m: Fred Freed; songs: Christian Sarrel. Running time: 70 minutes. Released: July 1, 1975. Voices (French version) George Atlas, Lucie Dolene, Richard Francoeur, Michel Gudin, Paul Guez, Claire Guibert, Rene Hieronimus, Jean-Pierre Leroux, Lita Recio A dastardly magician successfully steals a magic lamp from a young boy (Aladdin) who has used its wish-making powers to help his mother and to woo a beautiful princess, whom the magician also kidnaps, but not before he is outsmarted and banished for good by the lamp’s original owner. PN: Produced over a grueling seven months beginning in April 1969 by French animator Jean Image, this animated feature was released in France in 1970 and five years later by Paramount Pictures as a Saturday matinee feature film attraction in theaters in the United States. fi ALAKAZAM THE GREAT (1961) A Toei Animation Production released by American International Pictures. p: Lou Rusoff (U.S.), Hiroshi Okawa (Japan); d: Lee Kresel (U.S.), Teiji Yabushita, Osamu Tezuka, Daisaku Shirakawa (Japan); scr: Lou Rusoff, Lee Kresel (U.S.), Keinosuke Uekusa (Japan); m: Les Baxter. Songs: “Ali the Great,” “Bluebird in the Cherry Tree,” “Under the Waterfall” and “Aliki-Aliko-Alakazam.” Running time: 84 minutes. Released: July 26, 1961. Voices Alakazam: Frankie Avalon; De De: Dodie Stevens; Sir Quigley Broken Bottom: Jonathan Winters; Lulipop: Arnold Stang; Narrator: Sterling Holloway Alakazam, a shy and modest monkey, is chosen by his peers to be the monarch of all animals on earth. When the power goes to his head, King Amo, ruler of Majutsoland, the celestial island where all retired magicians reside, imprisons Alakazam in a cave to teach him a lesson. He is later released from confinement with the stipulation that he go about the countryside performing good deeds. PN: Released in Japan in 1960 in ToeiScope as Saiyu-ki, the film was reedited and retitled for American release, running four minutes shorter than the original production. Also known as The Enchanted Monkey. fi ALIBABA (2002) A Pentamedia Graphics/Ivory Pictures release. p: NS Riyaz Babu, M. Alagarsamy, M. Venkata Krishnan; d: Usha Ganesarajan; m: Pravin Mani. Running time: 85 minutes. Released: November 22, 2002. Voices Robert Andrew, Ravi Khajuria, Sadie LeBlanc, Chris Nolan, Manny Rush After uncovering a cave of stolen gold with the Forty Thieves, Ali Baba constructs a castle while distributing the newfound wealth to others and warding off a team of ruthless thieves who plot to steal the gold. PN: Also known as Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, India’s Pentamedia Graphics, the company behind Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists, the world’s first 100 percent motion-capture CGI feature film, and Pentamedia Graphics, which also worked on Warner Bros.’ animated version of The King and I, produced this fulllength feature using computer-generated imagery. The film premiered in Los Angeles for Academy Award consideration in 2002. fi ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1951) A Walt Disney Production released by RKO Radio Pictures. p: Walt Disney; prod superv: Ben Sharpsteen; d: Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson; anim dir: Milt Kahl, Ward Kimball, Frank Thomas, Eric Larson, John Lounsbery, Ollie Johnston, Wolfgang Reitherman, Marc Davis, Les Clark, Norman Ferguson; st: Winston Hibler, Bill Peet, Joe Rinaldi, Bill Cottrell, Joe Grant, Del Connell, Ted Sears, Erdman Penner, Milt Banta, Dick Kelsey, Dick Huemer, Tom Oreb, John Walbridge; m/sc: Oliver 158 ALADDIN AND HIS MAGIC LAMP xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 158 9/11/08 5:14:44 PM

Wallace. Songs: “Very Good Advice,” “In a World of My Own,” “All in a Golden Afternoon,” “Alice in Wonderland,” “The Walrus and the Carpenter,” “The Caucus Race,” “I’m Late,” “Painting the Roses Red,” “March of the Cards,” “Twas Brillig,” “The Unbirthday Song,” “We’ll Smoke the Blighter Out,” “Old Father William” and “A E I O U.” Running time: 75 minutes. Released: July 28, 1951. Voices Alice: Kathryn Beaumont; Mad Hatter: Ed Wynn; Caterpillar: Richard Haydn; Cheshire Cat: Sterling Holloway; March Hare: Jerry Colonna; Queen of Hearts: Verna Felton; Walrus/Carpenter/Tweedledee and Tweedledum: J. Pat O’Malley; White Rabbit/Dodo: Bill Thompson; Alice’s Sister: Heather Angel; Door Knob: Joseph Kearns; Bill Card Painter: Larry Grey; Nesting Mother Bird: Queenie Leonard; King of Hearts: Dink Trout; The Rose: Doris Lloyd; Dormouse: James Macdonald; Card Painters: The Mello Men; Flamingoes: Pinto Colvig; Card Painter: Ken Beaumont Based on Lewis Carroll’s two books, Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, this classic Disney feature traces young Alice’s dream of falling through space and time into a magical land of make-believe where she meets everything from the disappearing Cheshire Cat to the White Rabbit (“I’m late, I’m late for a very important date!”). fi ALICE OF WONDERLAND IN PARIS (1966) A Rembrandt Films Production released by Childhood Productions. p: William L. Snyder; d: Gene Deitch; m/l: Victor Little, Paul Alter. Running time: 52 minutes. Released: February 5, 1966. Voices Alice: Norma McMillan; Francios/The King: Allen Swift; Anatole: Carl Reiner; Frowning Prince: Howard Morris; Minstrel/ Royal Mathematician: Lionel Wilson; Princess Lenore: Trinka Snyder; Queen: Luce Ennis After eating some magic cheese to reduce her to the size of a mouse, young Alice gets her wish to go to Paris and bicycles there with François the mouse and takes a journey through Storybook-land, reliving many classic children’s tales—“Anatole,” “The Frowning Prince,” “Many Moons” and “Madeline and the Bad Hat”—in this full-length animated adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass and other well-known children’s stories. PN: Producer William Snyder and three-time Academy Award-nominated director/animator Gene Deitch (who produced a slate of cartoons in the 1960s, including Paramount’s “Nudnik,” later MGM Tom and Jerry theatrical cartoon shorts, and King Features’ Krazy Kat and Popeye cartoons for television, for their company Rembrandt Films in Prague, Czechoslovakia) produced and directed this full-length feature, also known as Alice in a New Wonderland. fi ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN (1989) A Sullivan Bluth Studios Ireland, Ltd. Production in association with Goldcrest Films released by United Artists. p: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, John Pomeroy; d: Don Bluth; scr: Davis Weiss; st: Don Bluth, Ken Cromar, Gary Goldman, Larry Leker, Linda Miller, Monica Parker, John Pomeroy, Guy Schulman, David Steinberg, David N. Weiss; m: Ralph Burns; anim dir: John Pomeroy, Linda Miller, Ralph Zondag, Dick Zondag, Lorna PomeroyCook, Jeff Etter, Ken Duncan. Songs: “You Can’t Keep a Good Dog Down,” “Let Me Be Surprised,” “What’s Mine Is Yours,” “Let’s Make Music Together,” “Soon You’ll Come Home” and “Hallelujah.” Running time: 85 minutes. Released: November 17, 1989. Voices Charlie B. Barkin: Burt Reynolds; Itchy: Dom DeLuise; Dog Caster: Daryl Gilley; Vera: Candy Devine; Killer: Charles Nelson Reilly; Carface: Vic Tayback; Whippet Angel: Melba Moore; Anne-Marie: Judith Barsi; Harold: Rob Fuller; Kate: Earleen Carey; Stella Dallas: Anna Manahan; Sir Reginald: Nigel Pegram; Flo: Loni Anderson; King Gator: Ken Page; Terrier: Godfrey Quigley; Mastiff: Jay Stevens; Puppy: Cyndi Cozzo; Gambler Dog: Thomas Durkin; Puppy: Kelly Briley; Fat Pup: Dana Rifkin; The Don Bluth Players: John Carr, John Eddings, Jeff Etter, Dan Hofstedt, Dan Kuenster, Dan Molina, Mark Swan, Taylor Swanson, David Weiss, Dick Zondag. Set in the canine world of New Orleans, c. 1939, this funfilled, heartwarming story traces the exploit of Charlie B. Barkin, a German shepherd with a con man’s charm, who gets a reprieve (he is sent back from heaven to perform some acts of goodness before he will be allowed in) and befriends a little orphan girl, Anne-Marie, kidnapped by his scurvy old gang. PN: More than 1.5 million individual drawings were needed to produce this animated adventure. The film features a musical score by Academy Award-winning composer Ralph Burns (Cabaret, All That Jazz) and original songs by Charles Strouse (Annie). The film marked the first production for the Sullivan Bluth Studios, relocated from Hollywood to Dublin, Ireland. fi ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN 2 (1996) A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists. p: Jonathan Dern, Paul Sabella; d: Larry Leker, Paul Sabella; scr: Arnie Olsen, Kelly Ward; m: Mark Watters. Songs: “It’s Too Heavenly Here,” “Count Me Out,” “My Afghan Hairless,” “It Feels So Good to Be Bad,” “On Easy Street” and “I Will Always Be with You.” Running time: 82 minutes. Released: March 29, 1996. Voices Charlie B. Barkin: Charlie Sheen; Sasha: Sheena Easton; Carface: Ernest Borgnine; Itchy: Dom DeLuise; Red: George Hearn; Anabelle: Bebe Neuwirth; David: Adam Wylie; Labrador: Wallace Shawn Charlie (voiced by Burt Reynolds) leads an all-canine conga line in All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989), a tale of rascals, puppies and true love. © Goldcrest & Sullivan Bluth, Ltd. ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN 2 159 xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 159 9/11/08 5:14:44 PM

Mischievous mutt Charlie B. Barkin is asked to retrieve Gabriel’s horn when it is stolen from heaven and returns to earth, joined by sidekick Itchy, only to get sidetracked into trouble in this sequel to 1989’s All Dogs Go to Heaven. PN: Don Bluth, who produced and directed the original, was not involved in producing the sequel, which fared poorly at the box office, grossing $8.62 million in ticket sales. Actor Charlie Sheen took over the role of Charlie B. Barkin, which was played by Burt Reynolds in the original movie. fi ALLEGRO NON TROPPO (1977) A Bruno Bozetto Film Production released by Specialty Films. p & d: Bruno Bozetto; scr: Guido Manuli, Maurizo Nichetti, Bruno Bozetto; m: Debussy, Dvorak, Ravel, Sibelius, Vivaldi, Stravinsky. Running time: 75 minutes. Released: July 27, 1977. Cast (live action) Maurizo Nichetti, Nestor Garay, Maurizio Micheli, Maria Luisa Giovannini A parody of Walt Disney’s famed Fantasia featuring six different animated stories fitted to classical music conducted by such noted artists as Herbert von Karajan, Hans Stadlmair and Lorin Maazel. The film intersperses live action between each of the symphonic pieces, which feature English subtitles and animation. Musical selections are: “Prelude of a Faun” by Debussy, “Slavonic Dance No. 7” by Dvorak, “Bolero” by Ravel, “Valse Triste” by Sibelius, “Concerto in C Minor” by Vivaldi and “The Firebird” by Stravinsky. fi AMERICAN POP (1981) A Ralph Bakshi Film released by Columbia Pictures. p: Martin Ransohoff; d: Ralph Bakshi; scr: Ronnie Kern; m: Lee Holdridge. Songs: “A Hard Rain’s a Gonna Fall” (by Bob Dylan), “American Pop Overture” (arranged by Lee Holdridge), “Anything Goes,” “As Time Goes By,” “Bill,” “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Body & Soul,” “California Dreamin’,” “Cantaloupe Island,” “Charleston,” “Crazy on You,” “Devil with the Blue Dress On,” “Don’t Think Twice It’s Allright,” “Free Bird” (performed by Lynrd Skynrd), “Give My Regards to Broadway,” “Hell Is for Children,” “I Don’t Care,” “I Got Rhythm,” “I’m Waiting for the Man,” “Look for the Silver Lining,” “Maple Leaf Rag,” “Moanin’” (performed by Al Blakey), “Mona Lisa,” “Nancy (with the Laughing Face),” “Night Moves,” “Onward Christian Soldiers,” “Over There,” “Palm Leaf Rag,” “People Are Strange,” “Pretty Vacant,” “Purple Haze,” “Say Si Si,” “Sing, Sing, Sing,” “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue,” “Smiles,” “Somebody Loves Me,” “Somebody to Love,” “Summertime,” “Sweet Georgia Brown,” “Take Give” (performed by Dave Brubeck Quartet), “This Train,” “Turn Me Loose” (performed by Fabian), “Up, Up and Away,” “When the Saints Go Marching In” and “You Send Me.” Running time: 97 minutes. Released: February 13, 1981. Voices Izzy: Gene Borkan; Prostitute: Beatrice Colen; Crisco: Frank DeKova; Nicky Palumbo: Ben Frommer; Louie: Jerry Holland; Eva Tanguay: Roz Kelly; Nancy: Amy Levitt; Zalmie: Jeffrey Lippu; Poet: Richard Moll; Bella: Lisa Jane Perksy; Hannele: Elsa Raven; Theatre Owner: Vincent Schiarelli; Benny: Richard Singer; Frankie: Marya Small; Leo: Leonard Stone; Little Pete: Eric Taslitz; Tony: Ron Thompson; The Blonde: Lynda Wiesmeier; Other: Hilary Beane Beginning in 19th-century Russia, this animated musical odyssey follows the adventures of a troubled but talented family and chronicles popular American music from the turn of the century—from the pre-jazz age through soul, ’50s rock, drug-laden psychadelia, punk and finally new wave of the early 1980s. fi AN AMERICAN TAIL (1986) An Amblin Entertainment Production released by Universal Pictures. p: Don Bluth, John Pomeroy, Gary Goldman; d: Don Bluth; w: Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss (based on the story by David Kirschner, Judy Freudberg, Tony Geiss); m: James Horner; anim dir: John Pomeroy, Dan Kuenster, Linda Miller. Songs: “There Are No Cats in America,” “Never Say Never,” “Somewhere Out There,” “A Duo” and “Stars and Stripes Forever.” Running time: 74 minutes. Released: November 21, 1986. Voices Mama Mousekewitz: Eric Yohn; Papa Mousekewitz: Nehemiah Persoff; Tanya Mousekewitz: Amy Green; Fievel Mousekewitz: Phillip Glasser; Henri: Christopher Plummer; Warren T. Rat: John Finnegan; Digit: Will Ryan; Moe: Hal Smith; Tony Toponi: Pat Musick; Bridget: Cathianne Blore; Honest John: Neil Ross; Gussie Mausheimer: Madeline Kahn; Tiger: Dom DeLuise When a clan of Jewish mice are forced to emigrate, little Fievel Mousekewitz is separated from his family, who is en route to New York. The cherubic mouse makes it to the New Land via a glass bottle and encounters many adventures—including his share of cats—until he is successfully reunited with his family. PN: This was Steven Spielberg’s first animated motion picture. It grossed $47 million and earned the honor of being the highestgrossing animated feature of that time. The song “Somewhere Out There” received a 1986 Oscar nomination for best song. A year later the home video edition was released and sold a whopping 1.3 million units. fi AN AMERICAN TAIL: FIEVEL GOES WEST (1991) A Steven Spielberg and Amblin Entertainment Production released by Universal Pictures. d: Phil Nebblink, Simon Wells; p: Steven Spielberg, Robert Watts; exec prod: Franik Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, David Kirschner; st: Charles Swenson; scr: Flint Dille; m: James Horner, Will Jennings; superv anim: Nancy Beiman, Bibo Begeron, Ulrich W. Meyer, Christoph Serrand, Robert Stevenhagen. Songs: “Dreams to Dream,” “American Tail Overture,” “Cat Rumble,” “Headin’ Out West,” “Way Out West,” “Green River/Trek Through the Desert,” “Building a New Town,” “Sacred Mountain,” “Reminiscing,” “Girl You Left Behind,” “In Training,” “Shoot-Out” and “New Land.” Running time: 75 minutes. Released: November 22, 1991. Voices Fievel Mousekewitz: Phillip Glasser; Mama: Erica Yohn, Papa: Nehemiah Persoff; Tanya: Cath Cavadini; Cat R. Waul: John Cleese; Tiger, Fievel’s vegetarian cat friend: Dom DeLuise; Wylie Burp, over-the-hill marshall: James Stewart; Miss Kitty: Amy Irving; T.R. Chula: Jon Lovitz Two years after arriving in New York City from Russia, Fievel and his family discover the streets in America are “not paved with cheese” and decide to head West to seek a new promised land in this sequel to the 1986 original. PN: A follow-up to the 1986 smash hit An American Tail, the Universal/Steven Spielberg animated movie premiered on Thanksgiving weekend opposite Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Don Bluth, who directed the highly successful An American Tail, was replaced by Phil Nibbelink and Simon Wells to direct the sequel, and animation was done by a new group of artists. The song “Dreams to Dream” received a Golden Globe nomination for best original song. 160 ALLEGRO NON TROPPO xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 160 9/11/08 5:14:45 PM

fi ANASTASIA (1997) A Fox Family/20th Century Fox/Fox Animation Studios Production released by 20th Century Fox. p & d: Don Bluth, Gary Goldman; exec prod: Maureen Donley; scr: Susan Gauthier, Bruce Graham, Bob Tzudiker, Noni White; m: David Newman (with songs by Stephen Flaherty); dir anim: Sandro Cleuzo, John Hill, Fernando Moro, Paul Newberry, Troy Saliba, Len Simon. Songs: “Once Upon a December,” “A Rumor in St. Petersburg,” “Journey to the Past,” “In the Dark of the Night,” “Learn to Do It,” “Paris Holds the Key (to Your Heart)” and “At the Beginning.” Running time: 94 minutes. Released: November 21, 1997. Voices Anastasia: Meg Ryan; Dimitri: John Cusack; Vladimir: Kelsey Grammer; Rasputin: Christopher Lloyd; Bartok: Hank Azaria; Sophie: Bernadette Peters; Young Anastasia: Kirsten Dunst; Dowager Empress Marie: Angela Lansbury; Anastasia (singing): Liz Calloway; Young Anastasia (singing): Lacey Chabert; Rasputin (singing): Jim Cummings; Dimitri (singing): Jonathan Dokuchitz; Czar Nicholas/Servant/Revolutionary Soldier/Ticket Agent: Rick Jones; Phlegmenkoff/Old Woman: Andrea Martin; Young Dimitri: Glenn Walker Harris Jr.; Actress: Debra Mooney; Travelling Man/Major Domo: Arthur Malet; Anastasia Impostor: Charity James An orphaned peasant girl who was a Russian princess finds true love in this modern-day romantic fairy tale. This classically animated musical explores what might have happened to the little girl long rumored to have survived the massacre of Russia’s royal Romanovs. PN: The first full-length animated feature ever produced by 20th Century Fox—and first by the studio’s Fox Animation Studios, based in Phoenix, Arizona—Anastasia was produced and directed by legendary animator Don Bluth and partner Gary Goldman. (Bluth is Fox Animation’s studio head.) Costing an estimated $53 million to produce, the animated musical opened on 2,478 movie screens nationwide, grossing $14.242 million its first weekend and more than $48.36 million (through December 1997). fi ANIMAL FARM (1955) A Halas and Batchelor Films Production released by DCA (Distributors Corporation of America). p & d: John Halas and Joy Batchelor; scr: John Halas, Joy Batchelor, Joseph Bryan III, Borden mace, Philip Stapp, Lothar Wolff (based on the novel, Animal Farm, by George Orwell”); m: Matyas Seiber; anim dir: John F. Reed; anim: Ralph Ayres, Arthur Humberstone, Frank Moysey, Edric Radage, Harold Whitaker. Running time: 75 minutes. Released: January 5, 1955. Voices Napoleon Snowball/Old Major/Squealer/Sheep/Jones/All Animal Sounds: Maurice Denham; Narrator: Gordon Heath When the animals of Farmer Jones’s Manor Farm are treated unfairly, they launch a revolutionary coup to take over the farm but find things are far worse after the pigs establish a dictatorship in this animated political satire of George Orwell’s classic novel. PN: Produced, directed and written by Britain’s award-winning husband-and-wife team John Halas and Joy Batchelor, this Disney-esque film became Britain’s first commercially produced full-length animated feature. fi THE ANT BULLY (2006) A Playtone Productions/DNA Productions Production released by Warner Bros. p: Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, John A. Davis; exec prod: Keith Alcorn, William Fay, Scott Mednick, Thomas Tull; d: John A. Davis; scr: John A. Davis (based on a book by John Nickle, The Ant Bully); m: John Debney; anim superv: Rena Archer. Songs: “The Ants Go Marching,” “Sugar Sugar,” “I Got Ants in My Pants, Part 1, “ “I Got Stung,” “Take a Giant Step,” “Wooly Bully,” “Antmusic,” “Cruel to Be Kind,” “Go Where You Wanna Go,” “Mr. Big Stuff,” “Let’s Work Together” and “Grazing in the Grass.” Running time: 82 minutes. Released: July 28, 2006. Voices Hova: Julia Roberts; Zoc: Nicolas Cage; Queen Ant: Meryl Streep; Stan Beals: Paul Giamatti; Lucas Nickle: Zach Tyler; Kreela: Regina King; Fugax: Bruce Campbell; Mommo: Lily Tomlin; Fred Nickle: Larry Miller; Doreen Nickle: Cheri Oteri; Tiffany Nickle: Allison Mack; Blue Teammate: Austin Majors; Head of Council: Ricardo Mountalban; Steve: Myles Jeffrey; Nicky: Jake T. Austin; Beetle: Rob Paulsen; Glow Worm/Wasp Survivor: S. Scott Bullock; Fly: Mark DeCarlo; Spindle/Frog/ Caterpillar: Frank Welker; Sleeping Ant #1/Head Lice #1/Brett: Paul Greenberg; Sleeper Ant: David Kaye; Slacker Ant: Alfred Jackson; Albert: Denzel Whitaker; Shigeko: Casey Masamitsu; Fernando: Bryan Fernando Fabian; Mullet Boy: Creagen Dow; Ant #18/Pupa/Soldier Ant #3: Keith Alcorn; Ant #19: John A. Davis; Drone Ant/Ant #2/Ant #5: Tom Kenny; Mother Ant: Sarah Mensinga; Ant #1/Ant #7: Nika Futterman; Ant #3: Scott Holst; Ant #4: Susan Silo; Ant #5: Paul Rugg; Ant #8: Larry Cedar; Ant #9: Nicole Sullivan; Nurse Ant #3: Candi Milo; Billo: Nissa Alcorn; Ant Council #1: Pat Fraley; Blue Teammate #1: Tyler James Williams; Blue Teammate #4: Jaishon Fisher; Blue Teammate #5: Aaron Michael Drozin; Blue Teammate #6: Max Burkholder; Red Teammate #3: Sam Green; Red Teammate #4: Colin Ford; Red Teammate #5: Kendall Saunders; Red Teammate #6: Shane Baumel; Wasp #1/#5: Neil Ross; Wasp #2: Bob Joles; Wasp #3: Wally Wingert; Wasp #4: Leon Morenzie; Wasp #6: Jonathan Teague Cook; Guard Ant: Ken Mitchroney; Soldier Ant #1: Sean Donnellan; Old Council Ant: Tress MacNeille; Wasp Leader: Richard Green; Soldier Ant: Don Frye; Hova’s Wasp: Clive Robertson; Head Nurse: Vernee Watson-Johnson; Kid: Benjamin Bryan; Ant: Jordan Orr; Football Kid: Paul Price; Blonde Boy: Zack Shada; Additional Voices: Jessie Flower After moving to a new town, and without friends, a 10-year-old boy (Lucas), who is repeatedly tormented by a neighborhood bully, takes out his frustration on a nearby anthill by flooding an ant colony with his water gun. The ants retaliate, using a magic potion that shrinks the boy down to their size and sentence him to live like them in their underground world, where he learns many valuable lessons about friendship while discovering the courage to stand up for himself. PN: Featuring an all-star voice cast of Nicolas Cage, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep and Lily Tomlin, Academy Award–winning actor Tom Hanks coproduced this CGI-animated feature through his company, Playtone Productions, with John Davis’s (creator of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius) DNA Productions. Costing around $50 million to produce, the film opened in traditional movie houses throughout the United States, besides playing in 3-D in IMAX theaters in 50 cities in the United States and Canada. Despite its all-star cast, stylized visuals and surreal setting, the film made more than $28 million in revenue in the United States and $26 million abroad. fi ANTZ (1998) A DreamWorks SKG and Pacific Data Images (PDI) Production released by DreamWorks SKG. p: Brad Lewis, Aron Warner, Patty ANTZ 161 xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 161 9/11/08 5:14:45 PM

Wooton; d: Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson; dir anim: Sean Curran; scr: Todd Alcott, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz; m: Harry Gregson-Williams, John Powell, Gavin Greenaway, Steve Jablonsky, Geoff Zanelli; superv anim: Rex Gridnon, Raman Huii; dir anim: Denis Couchon, Sean Curran, Donnachada Daly. Songs: “I Can See Clearly Now,” “High Hopes,” “Almost Being in Love,” “Give Peace a Chance” and “Guantanamera.” Running time: 83 minutes. Released: October 2, 1998. Voices Z: Woody Allen; Chip: Dan Aykroyd; Queen: Anne Bancroft; Muffy: Jane Curtin; Barbatus: Danny Glover; General Mandible: Gene Hackman; Azteca: Jennifer Lopez; Grebs/Drunk Scout/ Other Voices: John Mahoney; Psychologist: Paul Mazursky; Foreman: Grant Shaud; Weaver: Sylvester Stallone; Princess Bala: Sharon Stone; Colonel Cutter: Christopher Walken; Bartender/Other Voices: Jerry Sroka Additional Voices Jim Cummings, April Winchell A neurotic, lowly worker-ant, Z (voiced by Woody Allen), becomes a hero after he discovers his individuality and saves the colony from the totalitarian actions of the evil General Mandible, who plans to destroy the colony’s entire worker population, while falling in love with the ant, Princess Bala (voiced by Sharon Stone), in the process. PN: This first animated feature from DreamWorks SKG in association with Pacific Data Images, featuring the voice of comedian Woody Allen as Z, grossed more than $91 million in the United States after its theatrical release in 1998. It remains Allen’s most successful film to date. fi APPLESEED (2005) A Digital Frontier/Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc./Mainichi Broadcasting/Micott & Basara/TBS/Toho/TYO/Yamato Production released by Geneon Entertainment Inc. p: Hidenori Ueki, Naoko Watanabe, SORI; d: Shinji Aramaki; scr: Haruka Hana, Tsutomu Kamishiro (based on the comic by Shirow Masamune); m: Paul Oakenfold, T. Raumschmiere, Ryuichi Sakamoto. Running time: 103 minutes. Released: January 14, 2005. Voices (English version) Jack Aubree; William Bassett; Michael Forest; William Knight; Steve Kramer; Michael McConnohie; Mary Elizabeth McGlynn; Liam O’Brien; Kristy Pape; Bob Papenbrook; Jamieson Price; Mike Reynolds; Cindy Robinson; Lee Rush; Deborah Sale Butler; Michael Sorich; Doug Stone; Kim Strauss; Amanda Winn Lee; Dave Wittenberg. The future of humanity rests on the shoulders of a female survivor (Deunan Knute) of a global war who lives in what appears to be the perfect city of Utopia, where artificial humans called Bioroids war to overtake mankind and her past holds the key to resolving the war. fi ARABIAN KNIGHT (1995) An Allied Filmmakers/Majestic Film Production released by Miramax Films. p: Imogene Sutton, Richard Williams; d: Richard Williams; st: Margaret French; scr: Richard Williams, Margaret French; m/sc: Robert Folk. Songs: “Am I Feeling Love?” “Tack and Thief,” “Polo Game,” “She Is More,” “The Courtroom,” “The Brigands,” “Pole Vault,” “Club Sahara,” “So Incredible,” “Bom, Bom, Bom Beem, Bom,” “Thief Gets the Ball,” “One Eyes Advance,” “Witch Riddle” and “Thief After the Balls.” Running time: 72 minutes. Released: August 25, 1995. Voices Tack, the Cobbler: Matthew Broderick; Princess Yum Yum: Jennifer Beals; The Thief: Jonathan Winters; King Nod: Clive Revill; Zigzag: Vincent Price; Phido: Eric Bogosian; Nurse/Good Witch: Toni Collette; One-Eye: Kevin Dorsey; Princess Yum Yum (singing): Bobbi Page Additional Voices Donald Pleasance A timid shoemaker (Tack) recovers the three enchanted Golden Balls that protect the ancient city of Baghdad after they were stolen by a wicked wizard, saving the beloved city from destruction. PN: Originally titled The Thief and the Cobbler. Oscar-winning animator Richard Williams, of Who Framed Roger Rabbit fame, ran into financial trouble trying to get this film finished and released. In May of 1992 the film was over budget, prompting a Los Angeles completion bond firm to take control of the project. That company fired Williams and his London-based crew and hired TV producer Fred Calvert to finish the production. Because of his firing, Williams ceased operation of his London-based Richard Williams Animation and laid off about 30 animators plus other personnel. Warner Bros. originally intended to release the movie at Christmas. (The finished film was released instead by Miramax.) Williams had begun production in 1965. When he lost control of the project, only 70 minutes of the full-length feature had been completed, with 17 minutes of footage left to be animated. Some of the finest American animators came out of retirement to work on the film, including Grim Natwick, the creator of Betty Boop; Art Babbit, who animated the dancing mushroom and thistles in Fantasia, and two of the top animators of Warner Bros. cartoons: Ken Harris (who animated many of the Road Runner cartoons) and Emery Hawkins. It was the last animation done by all four, each of whom died before the film was completed. The finished film included animation, dialogue and music added after Williams departed the project. In 1995 Miramax Films released Williams’s long-awaited masterpiece to mixed reviews and an even less enthusiastic moviegoing public. Final ticket sales totaled $500,000. The home video release was issued under the film’s original title. fi THE ARISTOCATS (1970) A Walt Disney Production released by Buena Vista Pictures. p: Wolfgang Reitherman, Winston Hibler; d: Wolfgang Reitherman; st: Larry Clemmons, Vance Gerry, Frank Thomas, Julius Svendsen, Ken Anderson, Eric Cleworth, Ralph Wright (based on a story by Tom McGowan and Tom Rowe); m: George Bruns; s: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman; dir anim: Milt Kahl, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, John Lounsbery. Songs: “The Aristocats,” “Scales and Arpeggios,” “She Never Felt Alone” and “Thomas O’Malley Cat.” Running time: 78 minutes. Released: December 24, 1970. Voices Thomas O’Malley: Phil Harris; Duchess: Eva Gabor; Roquefort: Sterling Holloway; Scat Cat: Scatman Crothers; Chinese Cat: Paul Winchell; English Cat: Lord Tim Hudson; Italian Cat: Vito Scotti; Russian Cat: Thurl Ravenscroft; Berlioz: Dean Clark; Marie: Liz English; Toulouse: Gary Dubin; Frou-Frou: Nancy Kulp; Georges Hautecourt: Charles Lane; Madame Adelaide Bonafamille: Hermione Baddeley; Edgar: Roddy Maude-Roxby; Uncle Waldo: Bill Thompson; Lafayette: George Lindsey; Napoleon: Pat Buttram; Abigail Gabble: Monica Evans; Amelia Gabble: Carole Shelley; French Milkman: Pete Renoudet 162 APPLESEED xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 162 9/11/08 5:14:45 PM

Duchess, a cat, and her three well-bred kittens, Berlioz, Toulouse and Marie, try to find their way back to Paris after a jealous butler (Edgar) angrily abandons them in the countryside. fi ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE (2001) A Walt Disney Pictures Production released by Buena Vista Pictures. p: Don Hahn; d: Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale; st: Kirk Wise, Gary Trousdale, Tab Murphy, Bryce Zabel, Jackie Zaebl (based on Atlantis Story by Plato); scr: Tab Murphy; m: James Newton Howard; superv anim: John Pomeroy, Mike Surrey, Randy Haycock, Russ Emonds, Ron Husband, Yoshimichi Tamura, Anne Marie Bardwell, Dave Pruiksma, Shawn Keller, Anthony DeRosa, Michael Cedeno, Mike “Moe” Merrell. Songs: “Where the Dream Takes You” and “Atlantis 2002.” Running time: 95 minutes. Released: June 3, 2001. Voices Milo James Thatch: Michael J. Fox; Gaetan “The Mole” Molierre: Corey Burton; Helga Katrina Sinclair: Claudia Christian; Captain Lyle Tiberius Rourke: James Garner; Preston B. Whitmore: John Mahoney; Dr. Joshua Strongbear Sweet: Phil Morris; King Kashekim Nedakh: Leonard Nimoy; Vincenzo “Vinny” Santorini: Don Novello; Audrey Rocio Ramirez: Jacqueline Obradors; Wilhelmina Bertha Packard: Florence Stanley; Fenton Q. Harcourt: David Ogden Stiers; Princess Kida Kidagakash: Cree Summer; Young Kida: Natalie Storm; Jebediah Allardyce “Cookie” Farnsworth: Jim Varney Additional Voices Jim Cummings, Patrick Pinney, Steve Barr Milo Thatch, the grandson of the great adventurer Thaddeus Thatch, embarks on an intrepid and privately financed undersea journey with a team of five explorers to uncover the mysterious lost city of Atlantis, encountering danger and corruption along the way. PN: Billed as Walt Disney Pictures’ first animated science fiction adventure and produced at a cost of nearly $100 million, this high-budget production, codirected by Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast fame, turned out to be a boxoffice bust for the studio, grossing only $84 million domestically. fi BABAR: THE MOVIE (1989) A Nelvana Production released by New Line Cinema. p: Patrick Loubert, Michael Hirsh, Clive A. Smith; d: Alan Bunce; scr: Peter Sauder, J.D. Smith, John De Klein, Raymond Jaffelice, Alan Bunce (adapted from a story by Sauder, Loubert and Hirsh based on characters created by Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff); m/s: Milan Kymlicka; anim dir: John Laurence Collins. Songs: “Elephantland March,” “The Best We Both Can Be,” “Monkey Business,” “Committee Song” and “Rataxes Song.” Running time: 70 minutes. Released: July 28, 1989. Voices King Babar/the Elder: Gordon Pinsent; Queen Celeste/Old Lady: Elizabeth Hanna; Isabelle: Lisa Yamanaka; Flora: Marsha Moreau; Pom: Bobby Becken; Alexander: Amos Crawley: Boy Babar: Gavin Magrath; Young Celeste: Sarah Polley; Pompadour: Stephen Ouimette; Cornelius: Chris Wiggins; Zephir; John Stocker; Rataxes: Charles Kerr; Old Tusk: Stuart Stone; Celeste’s Mom: Angela Fusco In the form of a bedtime story, King Babar recalls for his children his first day as boy-king of Elephantland and his ensuing battle to save the nearby village—the home of his sweetheart, Celeste—from decimation by a tyrannical cult of elephantenslavening rhinos. fi BALTO (1995) A Universal Pictures/Amblin Entertainment Production released by Universal Pictures. p: Steve Hickner; d: Simon Wells; exec prod: Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Bonnie Radford; st: Clif Ruby, Elana Lesser (based on a true story); scr: Cliff Ruby, Elana Lesser, David Steven Cohen, Roger S.H. Schulman; m: James Horner (with song “Reach for the Light” written by Barry Mann and James Horner); superv anim: David Bowers, Shahin Ersoz, Rodolphe Guenoden, Nicolas Marlet, Patrick Mate, William Salazar, Christoph Serrand, Robert Stevenhagen, Jeffrey James Varab, Dick Zondag. Songs: “Reach for the Light.” Running time: 74 minutes. Released: December 22, 1995. Cast (live action) Grandma: Miriam Margolyes; Granddaughter: Lola BatesCampbell Voices Balto: Kevin Bacon; Boris: Bob Hoskins; Jenna: Bridget Fonda; Steele: Jim Cummings; Muk/Luk: Phil Collins; Nikki: Jack Angel; Kaltag: Danny Mann; Star: Robbie Rist; Rosy: Juliette Brewer; Sylvie/Dixie/Rosy’s Mother: Sandra Searles Dickinson; Doc: Donald Sinden; Rosy’s Father: William Roberts; Telegraph Operator: Garrick Hagon; Butcher: Bill Bailey; Town Dog: Big Al; Grandma Rosy: Miriam Margolyes; Granddaughter: Lola Bates-Campbell Additional Voices Michael McShane, Austin Tichenor, Reed Martin, Adam Long, Jennifer Blanc, Jim Carter, Christine Cavanaugh, Brendan Fraser, Michael Shannon In 1925 a courageous dog named Balto, who is half wolf, half husky, leads a team of sled dogs on a 600-mile trip across the Alaskan wilderness, braving blizzard conditions for five days, to deliver antitoxin to the diphtheria-stricken residents of Nome, Alaska. Based on a true story. PN: This Steven Spielberg film, with its largely British production team, was headed by Simon Wells and Steve Hickner, who previously supervised animation for Disney’s milestone animated feature Who Framed Roger Rabbit. The film grossed a disappointing $11.268 million in the United States. fi BAMBI (1942) A Walt Disney Production released by RKO Radio Pictures. p: Walt Disney; superv dir: David D. Hand; st (adaptation): Larry Morey; st dev: George Stallings, Melvin Shaw, Carl Fallberg, Chuck Couch, Ralph Wright (based on the book by Felix Salten); m: Frank Churchill, Edward H. Plumb; seq dir: James Algar, Bill Roberts, Norman Wright, Sam Armstrong, Paul Satterfield, Graham Heid; superv anim: Franklin Thomas, Milt Kahl, Eric Larson, Oliver M. Johnston Jr. Songs: “Love Is a Song,” “Let’s sing a Gay Little Spring Song,” “Little April Shower” and “Looking for Romance (I Bring You a Song).” Running time: 69 minutes. Released: August 13, 1942. Voices Bambi: Bobby Stewart; Bambi: Donnie Dunagan; Bambi: Hardy Albright; Bambi: John Sutherland; Bambi’s mother: Paula Winslowe; Faline: Cammie King, Ann Gillis; Aunt Ena/ Mrs. Possum: Mary Lansing; Prince of the Forest: Fred Shields; Friend Owl: Bill Wright; Flower: Stanley Alexander; Flower: Sterling Holloway; Thumper: Peter Behn; Thumper/Flower: Tim Davis; Mrs. Quail: Thelma Boardman; Mrs. Rabbit: Marjorie Lee BAMBI 163 xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 163 9/11/08 5:14:46 PM

Additional Voices Bobette Audrey, Janet Chapman, Jeanne Christy, Dolyn Bramston Cook, Marion Darlington, Otis Harlan, Jack Horner, Thelma Hubbard, Babs Nelson, Sandra Lee Richards, Francesca Santoro, Elouise Woodward A newborn prince of the forest (Bambi) learns about love, friendship and survival—with the help of fellow forest dwellers including Flower the skunk and Thumper the rabbit—as he conquers both man and nature to take his rightful place as king of the forest. fi BAREFOOT GEN (1992) A Gen Productions released by Tara Releasing. p: Masao Murayama, Carl Macek; d: Mori Masaki; scr: Kenji Nakazawa; char design/anim dir: Kazuo Tomizawa; m: Kentaro Haneda; assist anim dir: Nobuko Yuasa. Running time: 85 minutes. Released: July 3, 1992. Voices Gen Nakaoka: Catherine Battistone; Kimie Nakaoka: Barbara Goodson; Shinji Nakaoka/Eiko Nakaoka: Wendee Lee A six-year-old boy witnesses the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in this animated feature based on the autobiographical comics by Kenji Nakazawa. fi BARNYARD: THE ORIGINAL PARTY ANIMALS (2006) An Omation Studios/Nickelodeon Movies Production released by Paramount Pictures. p: Steve Oedekerk, Paul Marshal; exec prod: Julia Pistor, Albie Hecht; d & w: Steve Oedekerk; m: John Debney; lead anim superv: David Andrews; anim superv: Steve Baker. Songs: “Mud,” “Hittin’ the Hay,” “Down on the Farm (They All Ask for You),” “Won’t Back Down,” “2StepN,” “Hillbilly Holla,” “Kick It,” “Father, Son,” “Freedom Is a Voice,” “Popsickle,” “Wild and Free” and “Boombastic.” Running time: 83 minutes. Released: July 28, 2006. Voices Otis the Cow: Kevin James; Daisy the Cow: Courteney Cox Arquette; Miles the Mule: Danny Glover; Ben the Cow: Sam Elliott; Bessy the Cow: Wanda Sykes; Mrs. Beady: Etta the Hen: Andie MacDowell; Hanna the Hen: Megan Cavanagh; Dag the Coyote: David Koechner; Pip the Mouse: Jeffrey Garcia; Freddy the Ferret: Cam Clarke; Peck the Rooster/Skunk: Rob Paulsen; Pig the Pig: Tino Insana; Duke the Dog: Dom Irrera; Eddy the Jersey Cow: S. Scott Bullock; Budd the Jersey Cow/Officer O’Hanlon: John DiMaggio; Igg the Jersey Cow: Maurice LaMarche; Maddy the Chick: Madeline Lovejoy; Root the Rooster: Earthquake; Mr. Beady/Snotty Boy/Snotty Boy’s Father: Steve Oedekerk; Snotty Boy’s Mother: Jilly Talley; Mrs. Beady: Maria Bamford; Farmer: Fred Tatasciore; Snotty’s Boy Friend #1: Laraine Newman; Snotty Boy’s Friend #2: Katie Leigh; Little Girl: Zoe Raye; Chick: Paul Butcher A carefree cow (Otis) (voiced by TV’s King of Queens star Kevin James) and his misfit animal pals have fun playing tricks on humans, along with singing, dancing and partying, until someone takes charge and the responsibility then falls on Otis, who finds the courage and confidence to lead. PN: Budgeted at $51 million, this CGI-animated Omation Studios and Nickleodeon Movies coproduction, originally entitled Barnyard in preproduction, grossed more than $101 million, with 71.5 percent of its revenue from theaters throughout the United States and the rest from foreign markets. fi BATMAN: MASK OF THE PHANTASM (1993) A Warner Bros. Production released by Warner Bros. p: Benjamin Melniker, Michael Uslan; cpd: Alan Burnett, Erich Radomski, Bruce W. Timm; exec prod: Tom Ruegger; d: Eric Radomski, Bruce W. Timm; scr: Alan Burnett, Paul Dini, Martin Pasko, Michael Reaves (based on the DC Comics character created by Bob Kane); m: Shirley Walker; anim dir: Se-Won Kim, YoungHwan Sang, Chung Ho Kim, Sun Hee Lee, Yukio Suzuki, Yutaka Oka, Noburo Takahashi; superv anim: Ric Machin. Songs: “I Never Even Told You” (performed by Tia Carrere). Running time: 76 minutes. Released: December 25, 1993. Voices Batman/Bruce Wayne: Kevin Conroy; Andrea Beaumont: Dana Delany; Councilman Arthur Reeves: Hart Bochner; Phantasm/ Carl Beaumont: Stacy Keach Jr.; Salvatore Valestra: Abe Vigoda; Chuckie Sol: Dick Miller; Buzz Bronski: John P. Ryan; Alfred the Butler: Efrem Zimbalist Jr.; Commissioner Gordon: Bob Hastings; Detective Bullock: Robert Coztanzo; The Joker: Mark Hamill Additional Voices Jeff Bennett, Jane Downs, Ed Gilbert, Mark Hamill, Marilu Henner, Charles Howarton, Vernee Watson-Johnson, Pat Musick, Thom Pinto, Peter Renaday, Neil Ross Batman tries to save face after being accused of a series of murders he did not commit and attempts to uncover the real killer, known as The Phantasm, in this absorbing, first-ever full-length animated feature based on the popular DC Comics character. A sequel, Batman: Sub-Zero, was released direct-to-video in 1998. Batman faces two adversaries, the Phantasm (left), and his old enemy, the Joker (right), in Warner Bros.’ big-screen animated adventure Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. © Warner Brothers/DC Comics. All rights reserved. 164 BAREFOOT GEN xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 164 9/11/08 5:14:46 PM

PN: Warner Bros. originally planned to produce this animated feature spun off from the popular animated TV series directly to video but, after the project was substantially completed, deemed it strong enough for theatrical release. The feature tallied $5.6 million in ticket sales and was a big hit on home video as well. The film’s original working title was Batman: The Animated Movie. fi BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (1991) A Walt Disney Picture released by Buena Vista Pictures. p: Don Hahn; d: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise; exec prod: Don Hahn; scr: Linda Woolverton; m: Alan Menken; superv anim: Ruben A. Aquino, James Barter, Andreas Deja, Will Winn, Mark Henn, David Pruiksma, Nik Ranieri, Chris Wahl. Songs: “Beauty and the Beast,” “Be Our Guest,” “Belle,” “How Long Must This Go On,” “If I Can’t Love Her,” “Something There,” “The Mob Song” and “Maison des Lumes.” Running time: 85 minutes. Released: November 15, 1991. Voices Belle: Paige O’Hara; Beast: Robby Benson; Gaston: Richard White; Lumiere: Jerry Orbach; Cogsworth/Narrator: David Ogden Stiers; Mrs. Potts: Angele Lansbury; Chip: Bradley Michael Pierce; Maurice: Rex Everhart; LeFou: Jesse Corti; Philippe: Hal Smith; Wardrobe: Jo Anne Worley; Bimbette: Mary Kay Bergman; Stove: Brian Cummings; Bookseller: Alvin Epstein; Monsieur D’Arque: Tony Jay; Baker: Alec Murphy; Featherduster: Kimmy Robertson; Footstool: Frank Welker; Mimbette: Kath Soucie A cruel prince who is turned into a hideous beast must win the love of a beautiful young enchantress to break the spell cast upon him in this animated musical version of the classic children’s fairy tale. PN: In the first eight weeks, Beauty and the Beast earned $82.5 million in box-office revenue and broke the previous record set by The Little Mermaid (which had earned $84.3 million during its release), becoming the first animated feature to surpass the $100- million mark (final gross: $144.8 million). Originally a dark, straightforward, nonmusical retelling of this classic fairy tale was planned, but it was scuttled after Disney executives saw the first reel. Nominated for six Academy Awards (including an unprecedented three nominations for the film’s musical score and songs), it became the first animated feature ever nominated for best picture. Joe Grant, who developed the characters and stories for Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Dumbo, Fantasia, among others and had left the studio in 1949, returned for a second stint to work on this film, after a 40-year absence from the film business. He also worked on subsequent Disney animated features, including Aladdin, The Lion King and Pocahontas (the latter at 86 years of age). fi BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD DO AMERICA (1996) A Geffen Pictures/MTV/Paramount Production released by Paramount Pictures. p: Abby Terkuhle; d: Mike Judge, Yvette Kaplan; cpd: John Andrews; exec prod: David Gale, Van Toffler; scr: Mike Judge, Joe Stillman (based on the television series, Beavis and ButtHead); m: John C. Frizzell. Songs: “Two Cool Guys,” “Love Rollercoaster,” “Ain’t Nobody,” “Ratfinks, Suicide Tanks and Cannibal Girls,” “I Wanna Riot,” “Walk on Water,” “Snakes,” “Pimp’n Aint Ez,” “Lord Is a Monkey,” “White Trash,” “Gone Shootin’” and “Lesbian Seagull.” Running time: 80 minutes. Released: December 20, 1996. Voices Beavis/Butt-Head/Tom Anderson/Mr. Van: Mike Judge; FBI Agent Flemming: Robert Stack; Martha: Cloris Leachman; Agent Hurly: Jacqueline Barba; Flight Attendant/White House Tour Guide: Pamela Blair; Ranger: Eric Bogosian; Man on Plane/Second Man in Confession Booth/Old Guy/Jim: Kristofor Brown; Motley Crue Roadie #2/Tourist Man: Tony Darling; Airplane Captain/White House Representative: John Donman; Petrified Forest Recording: Jim Flaherty; Hoover Guide/ATF Agent: Tim Guinee; Motley Crue Roadie #1: David Letterman; TV Chief #2/Concierge/Bellboy/Male TV Reporter: Toby Huss; Limo Driver/TV Chief #1/Man in Confession Booth #1/Petrified Forest Ranger: Sam Johnson; Tour Bus Driver: Richard Linklater; Flight Attendant #2: Rosemary McNamara; Indian Dignitary: Harsh Nayyar; Announcer in Capitol: Karen Phillips; President Clinton: Dale Reeves; Hoover Technician/General at Strategic Air Command: Michael Ruschak; Flight Attendant #3/Female TV Reporter: Gail Thomas; FBI Agent Bork: Greg Kinnear; Dallas Grimes: Demi Moore; Muddy Grimes: Bruce Willis Additional Voices David Spade MTV junkies Beavis and Butt-Head wake up to find their television stolen. They embark on an epic journey across America to recover it, only to become wanted by the FBI (they’re mistaken for two of America’s most dangerous men alive) in their first fulllength animated feature, based on the popular television series. PN: Produced at a cost of $12 million, this crudely animated feature opened on 2,190 movie screens and grossed a stunning $20.114 million the weekend it opened. The film’s total domestic gross was $63.071 million. fi BEBE’S KIDS (1992) A Hudlin Bros./Hyperion Studio Production released by Paramount Pictures. p: William Carroll, Thomas L. Wilhite, David Robert Cobb; d: Bruce Smith; exec prod: Reginald Hudlin, Warrington Hudlin; scr: Reginald Hudlin (based on the album Bebe’s Kids by Robin Harris); m: John Barnes; superv anim: Lennie K. Graves. Songs: “On Our Worst Behavior,” “Standing on the Rock of Love,” “Can’t Say Goodbye,” “I Got the 411,” “Your Love Keep Working on Me,” “All My Love,” “Straight Jackin’,” “Freedom Song” and “Oh No.” Running time: 73 minutes. Released: July 31, 1992. Voices Robin Harris: Faizon Love; Jamika: Vanessa Bell Calloway; Leon: Wayne Collins Jr.; LaShawn: Jonell Green; Kahill: Marques Houston; Pee Wee: Tone Loc; Dorothea: Myra J.; Vivian: Nell Carter; Card Player #1: John Witherspoon; Card Player #2: Chino “Fats” Williams; Card Player #3: Rodney Winfield; Card Player #4: George D. Wallace; Bartender: Brad Sanders; Lush: Reynaldo Rey; Barfly: Bebe Drake-Massey; Richie: Jack Lynch; Opie: Phillip Glasser; Security Guard #1: Louie Anderson; Security Guard #2: Tom Everett; Security Guard #2/Fun World Patrolman: Kerrigan Mahan; Ticket/Lady/Saleswoman/Nuclear Mother/Rodney Rodent: Susan Silo; Announcer/President Lincoln/Impericon/Tommy Toad: Pete Renaday; President Nixon: Rich Little; Titanic Captain: David Robert Cobb; Nuclear Father/Motorcycle Cop: Barry Diamond Additional Voices Stanley B. Clay, Michelle Davison, Judi M. Durand, Greg Finley, Maui France, Jaquita Green, Jamie Gunderson, J.D. Hall, Doris Hess, Barbara Iley, Daamen J. Krall, John Lafayette, Tina Lifford, BEBE’S KIDS 165 xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 165 9/11/08 5:14:46 PM

Josh Lindsay, Arvie Lowe Jr., DeVaughn Nixon, David Randolph, Noreen Reardon, Gary Schwartz, Cheryl Tyre Smith In this amusing animated musical comedy, based on characters created by the late comedian Robin Harris, Robin’s first date with a beautiful woman is foiled when she insists that her well-mannered son and her friend Bebe’s three irrepressible kids accompany them, turning their trip to an amusement park into a nightmare. PN: The first animated featured produced by Hyperion Studios as part of a multifilm deal with Paramount Pictures, Bebe’s Kids was also the first animated theatrical feature to star all–African American characters. The film was promoted as “Animation with an attitude.” fi THE BLACK CAULDRON (1985) A Walt Disney Production in association with Silver Screen Partners II released through Buena Vista Pictures. p: Joe Hale; d: Ted Berman, Richard Rich; st: David Jonas, Vance Gerry, Al Wilson, Roy Morita, Ted Berman, Peter Young, Richard Rich, Art Stevens, Joe Hale (based on Lloyd Alexander’s five Chronicles of Prydain books); m: Elmer Bernstein. Running time: 80 minutes. Released: July 24, 1985. Voices Taran: Grant Bardsley; Eilonwy: Susan Sheridan; Dallben: Freddie Jones; Fflewddur Fflam: Nigel Hawthorne; King Eidilleg: Arthur Malet; Gurgi/Doli: John Byner; Orddu: Eda Reiss Merin; Orwen: Adele Malia-Morey; Orgoch: Billie Hayes; The Horned King: John Hurt; Creeper/Henchman: Phil Fondacaro; Narrator: John Huston; Fairfolk: Lindsday Ric, Brandon Call, Gregory Levinson; Henchmen: Peter Renaday, James Almanzar, Wayne Allwine, Steve Hale, Phil Nibbelink, Jack Laing Taran, a young man who dreams of becoming a warrior, is put to the test as he battles the evil Horned King, who is determined to gain possession of the “black cauldron,” a source of supernatural power, to use to further his misdeeds. Taran is joined by a cast of characters in his quest, including Princess Eilonwy, Hen Wen, a psychic pig and Gurgi, a sycophantic creature. PN: More than 2.5 million drawings were used to create this $25-million feature, which took 10 years to complete. The film was shot in 70 millimeter, only the second to ever be done in that widescreen format. (The first was Sleeping Beauty in 1959.) The movie was also the first Disney cartoon feature to merit a PG rating. fi BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE (2001) A I.G. Studio production released by Manga Entertainment/Palm Pictures. p: Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, Yukio Nagasaki, Mamorou Oshii; d: Hiroyuki Kitakubo; scr: Kenji Kamiyama, Katsuya Terad; exec prod: Akira Sato, Ryuzo Shirakawa; anim dir: Kazuchika Kise, Hiroyuki Kitabuko. Running time: 48 minutes. Released: August 17, 2001. Voices Saya: Youki Kudoh; Nurse Mahiko Caroline Amano: Saemi Nakamura; Dave: Joe Romersa; Louis: Stuart Robinson; Sharon: Rebecca Forstadt; Teacher: Tom Charles; S.P. #1: Fitz Houston; S.P. #2: Steven Blum; School Headmaster: Paul Carr Around Halloween in 1966, three agents in Japan, including a young girl (Saya) with vampire-like tendencies, are sent undercover by the U.S. military to track down and destroy supernatural vampires who act like humans and have attacked the Yokota Air Base in Fussa-shi, Tokyo, in this Japanese-made horror-action adventure. fi BON VOYAGE, CHARLIE BROWN (AND DON’T COME BACK!) (1980) A Lee Mendelson–Bill Melendez Production released through Paramount Pictures. p & d: Lee Mendelson, Bill Melendez; w: Charles M. Schulz (based on the Peanuts characters); m: Ed Bogas, Judy Munsen. Running time: 75 minutes. Released: May 30, 1980. Voices Charlie Brown: Arrin Skelley; Peppermint Patty: Laura Planting; Marcie: Casey Carlson; Linus: Daniel Anderson; Sally Brown: Annalisa Bartolin; Snoopy: Bill Melendez; Waiter/Baron/Driver/ Tennis Announcer/English Voice/American Male: Scott Beach As exchange students, Charlie Brown and the gang visit both England, where Snoopy competes at Wimbeldon, and France, where they find themselves the guests of a mysterious benefactor in a historic chateau. fi A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN (1969) A Lee Mendelson Films and Cinema Center 100 Production released by New General Pictures. p: Lee Mendelson, Bill Melendez; d: Bill Melendez; w: Charles M. Schulz; m: Vince Guaraldi; m/s: Rod McKuen. Songs: “Piano Sonata Opus 13 (Pathetique),” “Failure Face,” “Champion Charlie Brown,” “Cloud Dreams,” “Charlie Brown and His All Stars,” “We Lost Again,” “Blue Charlie Brown,” “Time to Go to School,” “I Only Dread One Day at a Time,” “By Golly I’ll Show ‘Em,” “Class Champion,” “School Spelling Bee,” “Start Boning Up on Your Spelling, Charlie Brown,” “You’ll Either Be a Hero . . . or a Goat,” “Bus Station,” “Do Piano Players Make a Lot of Money?” “I’ve Got to Get My Blanket Back,” “Big City,” “Found Blanket,” “National Spelling Bee,” “B-E-A-G-L-E,” “Homecoming,” “I’m Never Going to School Again,” “Welcome Home, Charlie Brown” and “I Before E.” Running time: 85 minutes. Released: December 4, 1969. Voices Charlie Brown: Peter Robbins; Lucy: Pamelyn Ferdin; Linus: Glenn Gilger; Sally: Erin Sullivan; Patty: Sally Dryer Barker; Violet: Ann Altieri, Pigpen: Christopher Defaria; Schroeder: Andy Pforsich; Frieda: Linda Mendelson; Singers: Betty Allan; Loulie Norman, Gloria Wood; Boys: David Carey, Guy Pforsich; Snoopy: Bill Melendez Robin Harris (in cartoon form) has his own troubles in this scene from the animated musical based on the late comedian’s life, Bebe’s Kids. © Paramount Pictures 166 THE BLACK CAULDRON xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 166 9/11/08 5:14:47 PM

Charlie Brown, who never seems able to do anything right, surprises himself and his friends by being chosen for the national spelling bee in New York. True to form, he loses, on national television no less, but is nevertheless given a hero’s welcome when he returns home. fi THE BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER (1987) A Kushner-Locke/Hyperion Pictures Production released by Walt Disney Pictures. p: Donald Kushner, Thomas L. Wilhite; d: Jerry Rees; coprod: Cleve Reinhard; exec prod: Willard Carroll, Peter Locke; st: Joe Ranft, Jerry Reese, Brian McEntee (based on the novella by Thomas M. Disch); scr: Joe Ranft, Jerry Rees; m: David Newman (with songs by Van Dyke Parks); anim dir: Randy Cartwright, Joe Ranft, Rebecca Rees. Songs: “City of Light,” “It’s a B-Movie,” “Cutting Edge,” “Worthless,” “Hidden Meadow,” “Tutti Frutti,” “My Mammy” and “April Showers.” Running time: 80 minutes. Released: July 10, 1987. Voices Radio: Jon Lovitz; Lampy/Zeke: Tim Stack; Blanky/Young Master/Kirby: Thurl Ravenscroft; Toaster: Deanna Oliver; Air Conditioner/Hanging Lamp: Phil Hartman; Elmo St. Peters: Joe Ranft; Mish-Mash/Two-Face Sewing Machine: Judy Toll; Rob: Wayne Katz; Chris: Colette Savage; Mother/Two-Face Sewing Machine: Mindy Stern; Plugsy: Jim Jackman; Entertainment Center: Randy Cook; Computer: Randy Bennett; Black and White TV: Jonathan Benair; Spanish Announcer: Louis Conti Based on Thomas M. Disch’s charming 1986 novella, five household appliances—Toaster (also known as “Slots” to his pals), Blankey, the electric blanket, Kirby, the grumpy vacuum cleaner, Lampy, the desk lamp, and Radio, the wise-guy chatterbox—abandoned in a rustic family cabin, set out to find their 13-year-old Master, who gave their secret lives meaning. PN: Following completion of this $1.8-million animated feature, the producers had trouble securing a distributor for the film. In 1988 the film was broadcast on the Disney Channel; in 1989 and 1990 it played in theaters in selected cities. fi BRAVESTARR: THE LEGEND (1988) A Filmation Production released by Taurus Entertainment. p: Lou Scheimer; d: Tom Tataranowicz; scr: Bob Forward, Steve Hayes; m: Frank W. Becker; superv anim: Brett Hisey. Running time: 91 minutes. Released: September 17, 1988. Voices Charlie Adler, Susan Blu, Pat Fraley, Ed Gilbert, Alan Oppenheimer, Eric Gunden, Erika Scheimer Bravestarr, who comes from a place steeped in Indian culture to futuristic New Texas, meets his nemesis, Tex-Hex, for the first time. PN: In movie theater ads, this film was billed as Bravestarr, The Movie, even though initially prints of the film reflected the original title, Bravestarr, The Legend. fi BROTHER BEAR (2003) A Walt Disney Pictures Production release by Buena Vista Pictures. p: Chuck Williams; d: Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker; scr: Steve Bencich, Lorne Cameron, Ron J. Friedman, David Hoselton, Tab Murphy; m/sc: Phil Collins, Mark Mancina; l: Howard Ashman; superv anim: Ruben A. Aquinio, Byron Howard, James V. Jackson, Broose Johnson, Alex Kuperschmidt, Anthony Wayne Michaels, Tony Stanley. Songs: “Great Spirits,” “Transformation,” “Welcome,” “On My Way,” “No Way Out” (theme from Brother Bear) and “Look Through My Eyes.” Running time: 85 minutes. Released: November 7, 2003. Voices Kenai: Joaquin Phoenix; Koda: Jeremy Suarez; Denahi: Jason Raiz; Old Denahi: Harold Gould; Sitka: D.B. Sweeney; Rurt: Rick Moranis; Tewk: Dave Thomas; Tanana: Joan Copeland; Tug: Michael Clarke Duncan; Ram #1: Paul Christie; Ram #2: Daniel Mastrogiorgio; Old Lady Bear: Estelle Harris; Boy Lover Bear: Greg Proops; Girl Lover Bear: Pauley Perette; Croatian Bear: Darko Cesar; Chipmunks: Bumper Robinson A young Inuit hunter (Kenai) vengefully kills a bear involved in the accidental death of his older brother, disturbing the Great Spirits, who teach him a valuable lesson by transforming him into a cub bear while his other brother, Denahi, pursues him, unaware of his sudden transformation. PN: Produced by Walt Disney Productions, this beautifully rendered film—dubbed by some as Beauty and Bear—grossed $85.2 million in the United States and was nominated for an Academy Award for best animated feature in 2003. Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter Phil Collins wrote the film’s “transformation song,” and the script reportedly went through 12 drafts before completion. fi BUGS BUNNY, SUPERSTAR (1975) A Hair Raising Films Inc. release through Warner Bros. p & d: Larry Jackson; anim dir: Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett, Tex Avery, Friz Freleng, Robert McKimson. Running time: 91 minutes. Released: January 11, 1975. Voices Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd/Daffy Duck/Porky Pig/Sylvester/ Tweety/Henery Hawk/Foghorn Leghorn/Barnyard Dog/ Rudolph (Gossamer)/Mad Scientist: Mel Blanc; Narrator: Orson Welles Famed Warner Warner Bros. animators Friz Freleng, Tex Avery and Bob Clampett appear in this documentary film on Warner Bros. cartoons of the 1940s. Interspersed between interview segments are complete cartoon versions of “A Wild Hare” (1940), “My Favorite Duck” (1942), “A Corny Concerto” (1943), “What’s Cookin’ Doc?” (1944), “The Old Grey Hare” (1944), “Rhapsody Rabbit” (1946), “Walky Talky Hawky” (1946), “Hair-Raising Hare” (1946) and “I Taw a Putty Tat” (1948). fi THE BUGS BUNNY/ROAD RUNNER MOVIE (1979) A Warner Bros. release. p & d: Chuck Jones; w: Michael Maltese, Chuck Jones; m: Carl Stalling, Milt Franklyn. Running time: 92 minutes. Released: September 30, 1979. Voices Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck: Mel Blanc Bugs Bunny looks back on his past triumphs in this entertaining compilation that ties in 20 minutes of new animation with old Warner cartoons, in full or part. (New footage has Bugs giving audiences a tour of his Beverly Hills estate as he fondly recalls the highlights of his 40-year career.) The five complete cartoons featured are “Hareway to Stars,” “What’s Opera, Doc?” “Duck Amuck,” “Bully for Bugs” and “Rabbit Fire,” plus excerpts from eight others, along with an 11-minute Road Runner tribute consisting of 31 gags culled from 16 cartoons. PN: Warner Bros. had a difficult time deciding what to call this feature. The original titles that were bantered about included The Great Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Chase and The Great American Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Chase. THE BUGS BUNNY/ROAD RUNNER MOVIE 167 xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 167 9/11/08 5:14:47 PM

fi BUGS BUNNY’S THIRD MOVIE: 1001 RABBIT TALES (1982) A Warner Bros. release. p: Friz Freleng; seq dir: Dave Detiege, Friz Freleng; m: Rob Walsh, Bill Lava, Milt Franklyn, Carl Stalling. Running time: 76 minutes. Released: November 19, 1982. Voices Bugs Bunny/Daffy Duck/Sultan Yosemite Sam: Mel Blanc; Prince Abadaba: Lennie Weinrib; Old Servant: Shep Menken As rival book salesmen for “Rambling House Publishers,” Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck travel the world to find new areas to market their wares, including the Arabian desert. Other characters featured include Yosemite Sam, Tweety and Sylvester. New animated wraparounds introduce several complete cartoons, previously released to theaters: “Ali Baba Bunny,” (1957),” “Apes of Wrath” (1959), “Bewitched Bunny” (1954), “Cracked Quack” (1952), “Goldimouse and the Three Cats” (1960), “Mexican Boarders” (1962), “One Froggy Evening” (1955), “The Pied Piper of Guadalupe” (1961) and others. PN: The sequel to this third Bugs Bunny compilation is 1983’s Daffy Duck’s Movie: Fantastic Island. fi A BUG’S LIFE (1998) A Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Studios Production released by Buena Vista Pictures. p: Darla K. Anderson, Kevin Reher; d: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton; st: John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft; scr: Andrew Stanton, Donald McEnery, Bob Shaw; m: Randy Newman; superv anim: Glenn McQueen, Rich Quade. Song: “The Time of Your Life.” Running time: 96 minutes. Released: November 20, 1998. Voices Flik: Dave Foley; Hopper: Kevin Spacey; Atta: Julia Louis-Dreyfus; Dot: Hayden Panettiere; Queen: Phyllis Diller; Molt: Richard Kind; Slim: David Hyde Pierce; Heimlich: Joe Ranft; Francis: Denis Leary; Manny: Jonathan Harris; Gypsy: Madeline Kahn; Rosie: Bonnie Hunt; P.T. Flea: John Ratzenberger; Dim: Brad Garrett; Mr. Soil: Roddy McDowell A misfit ant, Flik, and a group of flea circus performers he mistakenly recruits set out to find “bigger bugs” to save the colony from evil encroaching grasshoppers who are endangering the colony’s existence. fi THE CARE BEARS ADVENTURE IN WONDERLAND (1987) A Nelvana Production released by Cineplex Odeon Films. p: Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, Clive A. Smith; d: Raymond Jafelice; w: Susan Snooks, John De Klein (based on a story by Peter Sauder); m: Trish Cullen; m/l: John Sebastian, Maribeth Solomon; superv anim: John Laurence Collins. Running time: 75 minutes. Released: August 7, 1987. Voices Grumpy Bear: Bob Dermer; Swift Heart Rabbit: Eva Almos; Brave Heart Lion/Dum: Dan Hennessey; Tenderheart Bear: Jim Henshaw; Good Luck Bear: Marla Lukofsky; Lots-a-Heart Elephant: Louba Goy; White Rabbit: Keith Knight; Alice: Tracey Moore; Wizard: Colin Fox; Dim/Cheshire Cat: John Stocker; Caterpillar: Don McManus; Queen of Wonderland: Elizabeth Hanna; Flamingo: Alan Fawcett; Mad Hatter/Jabberwocky: Keith Hampshire; Princess: Alyson Court Combining the flavor of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland and Frank Baum’s Wizard of Oz, this third Care Bears feature casts the cuddly characters in Wonderland where they search for Alice, who has been abducted by an evil-doing wizard who has designs on ruling the great land. Along the way they meet up with all sorts of interesting characters—The Mad Hatter, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Cheshire Cat and others—who appeared in the Disney classic Alice in Wonderland. PN: Nelvana produced this third and final Care Bears feature, which earned a disappointing $3 million. The first movie in the series made almost three times as much at the box office. fi THE CARE BEARS MOVIE (1985) A Nelvana Production released by Samuel Goldwyn. p: Michael Hirsch, Patrick Loubert, Clive Smith; d: Arna Selznick; w: Peter Sauder; m: John Sebastian, Walt Woodward, Trish Cullen; m/l: John Sebastian, title song. Running time: 75 minutes. Released: March 29, 1985. Voices Mr. Cherrywood: Mickey Rooney; Love-a-Lot Bear: Georgia Engel; Brave Heart Lion: Harry Dean Stanton In the land of Care-A-Lot two orphaned siblings, Kim and Jason, develop friendships with the Care Bears and experience the warm, good feelings of these cuddly creatures. Such feelings are temporarily dashed by the Evil Spirit, who casts a third child, Nicholas, under his power. Nicholas is to help the Evil Spirit by creating spells that remove all the care and feeling from the world. fi CARE BEARS MOVIE II: A NEW GENERATION (1986) A Nelvana Production released by Columbia Pictures. p: Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert, Clive A. Smith; d: Dale Schott; scr: Peter Sauder; m: Patricia Cullen; anim dir: Charles Bonifacio. Songs: “Our Beginning,” “Flying My Colors,” “I Care for You,” “Growing Up,” “Care Bears Cheer Song” and “Forever Young.” Running time: 77 minutes. Released: March 21, 1986. Voices True Heart Bear: Maxine Miller; Noble Heart Horse: Pam Hyatt; Dark Heart/The Boy: Hadley Kay; Christy: Cree Summer Francks; Dawn: Alyson Court; John: Michael Fantini Noble Heart Horse (left) and True Heart Bear (second from left), the cofounders of the Care Bears Family, and Care Bears Cubs, Secret Cub (second from right) and Tenderheart (right) look on as Care Bears Cousin Bright Heart Racoon slides down a rainbow in Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation (1986). 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True Heart Bear and Noble Heart Horse venture from their home base at the Great Wishing Star on a mission to a summer camp to teach a couple of self-centered youngsters the virtues of sharing and caring. PN: This Nelvana theatrical cartoon feature release grabbed $8 million in ticket sales. fi CARS (2006) A Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studios Production released by Buena Vista Pictures. p: Darla K. Anderson; d: John Lasseter; scr: Dan Fogelman, Dan Gerson; st: Jorgen Klubien, John Lasseter, Philip Loren, Kiel Murray, Joe Ranft; m: Randy Newman; superv anim: Scott Clark, Doug Sweetland. Songs: “Life Is a Highway,” “The Star Spangled Banner,” “Reveille,” “Westbound Sign,” “Real Gone,” “Our Town,” “Behind the Clouds” and “Find Yourself.” Running time: 96 minutes. Released: June 9, 2006. Voices Lightning McQueen: Owen Wilson; Doc Hudson: Paul Newman; Sally Carrera: Bonnie Hunt; Mater: Larry the Cable Guy; Ramone: Cheech Marin; Luigi: Tony Shalhoub; Guido: Guido Quaroni; Flo: Jennifer Lewis; Sarge: Paul Dooley; Sheriff: Michael Wallis; Fillmore: George Carlin; Lizzie: Katherine Helmond; Mack/Hamm Truck/Abominable Snow Plow/P.T. Flea Car: John Ratzenberger; Red/Peterbuilt: Joe Ranft; Chick Hicks: Michael Keaton; “The King” Strip Weathers: Richard Petty; Harv: Jeremy Piven; Bob Cutlass: Bob Costas; Darrell Cartrip: Darrell Waltrip; Van: Richard Kind; Minny: Edie McClurg; Tex: H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler; Rusty Rust-eze: Tom Magliozzi; Dusty Rust-eze: Ray Magliozzi; Mrs. The King: Lynda Petty; Fred: Andrew Stanton; Junior: Dale Earnhardt Jr.; Michael Schumacher Ferrari: Michael Schumacher; Jay Lino: Jay Leno; Mario Andretti: Mario Andretti; Kori Turbowitz: Sarah Clark; Not Chuck: Mike Nelson; Boost: Jonas Rivera; Snotrod: Lou Romano; Wingo: Adrian Ochoa; DJ: E.J. Holowicki; Tia: Elissa Knight; Mia: Lindsey Collins; Motorhome Race Fan #1: Larry Benton; Motorhome Race Fan #3: Douglas Keever; Woody Car: Tom Hanks; Buzz Lightyear Car: Tim Allen; Mike Car: Billy Crystal; Sullivan Truck: John Goodman; Flik Car: Dave Foley; Various Others: Sherry Lynn En route cross-country to complete in the big Piston Cup Championship in California, hot-shot, rookie stock-car racer Lightning McQueen (voiced by Owen Wilson) takes an unexpected detour off Route 66 to the sleepy town of Radiator Springs, where he bonds with its offbeat cast of characters—Sally, a snazzy 2002 Porsche; Doc Hudson, a 1951 Hudson Hornet; and Mater, a rusty tow truck—who help him discover there are more important things than racing, such as family and friendship. PN: This 2006 Disney-Pixar offering from John Lasseter, director of Toy Story, A Bug’s Life and Toy Story 2, featured the voices of Owen Wilson as upstart Lightning McQueen, Paul Newman as Doc Hudson (who laid down his voice at a New York sound studio and donated his salary to his Newman’s Hole in the Wall Camp for kids), Larry the Cable Guy as Mater, as well as famed NASCAR champions Richard Petty as The King, a 1970 Plymouth Superbird, and Darrell Waltrip as Darrell Cartrip and Lowe’s Motor Speedway owner H.A. “Humpy” Wheeler as Tex, a 1975 Cadillac Coupe de Ville. On May 26, 2006, the racing-theme film fittingly premiered at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina, in front of 30,000 race car fans, with proceeds benefiting Speedway Children’s Charities. Billed as “the first multiple-screen digital cinema premiere ever,” the fully computer-animated movie was shown on four 50-foot-high by 115-foot-wide outdoor screens. Two weeks later, on June 9, 2006, the high-octane adventure comedy debuted number-one at the box office, opening on close to 7,000 screens at 3,985 theaters nationwide and hauling in $62.8 million, about $8 million short of some analysts’ predictions. Becoming Pixar Animation Studios’ seventh straight number-one grossing film, the $120-million computer-animated feature marked the third highest-grossing opening for a June release and sixth best among animated features overall, besides becoming 2006’s topgrossing film of the year with more than $461 million in revenue worldwide. fi THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO (1991) A Tokyo Movie Sinsha (TMS) Co. Ltd. Production released by Streamline Pictures. p: Yutaka Fujoka; d: Hayao Miyazaki; scr: Hayao Miyazaki, Haruya Yamazaki; st: Monkey Punch; anim: Yasunao Aoki, Nobumasa Arakawa, Hideo Kawauchi, Joji Manabe, Shoji Maruyama, Masami Ozaki, Yoko Sakurai, Junko Shimozaki, Masako Shinohara, Atsuko Tanaka, Tsukasa Tannai, Nobuo Tomizawa, Kazahide Tomonaga, Mikako Osato. Running time: 100 minutes. Released: April 3, 1991. Voices (English version) Arsene Lupino III: Bob Bergen; Cagliostro: Michael McConnohie A good thief, Arsene Lupin III, and his gang attempt to free Princess Clarisse from her marriage to the evil Count Cagliostro and uncover the secret of a hidden treasure to which she possesses the key. fi CATS DON’T DANCE (1997) A Turner Pictures/Turner Feature Animation/David Kirschner Production released by Warner Bros. p: Bill Bloom, Paul Gertz, David Kirschner; d: Mark Dindal; cpd: Jim Katz, Barry Weiss; exec prod: David Steinberg, Charles L. Richardson, Sandy Russell Gartin; st: Mark Dindal, Robert Lence, Brian McEntee, Rick Schneider, David Womersley, Kelvin Yasuda; “scr: Robert Gannaway, Cliff Ruby, Elana Lesser, Theresa Pettengell; m: Steve Goldstein (with songs by Randy Newman); dir anim: Jill Culton, Lennie K. Graves, Jay Jackson, Kevin Johnson, Bob Scott, Frans Vischer; superv anim: Chad Stewart, Steven Wahl. Songs: “Our Time Has Come,” “I Do Believe,” “Danny’s Arrival Song,” “Little Boat on the Sea,” “Animal Jam,” “Big and Loud,” “Tell Me Lies,” “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now,” “Once Upon a Time . . .” and “Tea Time for Danny.” Running time: 77 minutes. Released: March 26, 1997. Voices Danny: Scott Bakula; Sawyer (speaking): Jasmine Guy; Sawyer (singing): Natalie Cole; Darla Dimple (speaking): Ashley Peldon; Darla Dimple (singing): Lindsay Rideway; Tillie Hippo: Kathy Najimy; Woolie Mammoth: John Rhys-Davies; L.B. Mammoth: George Kennedy; Flanigan: Rene Auberjonois; Francis: Betty Lou Gerson; Cranston: Hal Holbrook; T.W. Turtle: Don Knotts; Pudge the Penguin: Matthew Harried, Francis Betty: Lou Gerson; Farley Wink: Frank Welker; Bus Driver: David Johansen; Max: Mark Dindal A young, optimistic cat named Danny heads to Hollywood, with a song in his heart and dance moves in his feet, to become a film star, only to learn that Hollywood is a cruel and unforgiving town. PN: Songs for Cats Don’t Dance were written by Randy Newman, of “I Love L.A.” fame, who also penned the Oscar-nominated songs for Disney’s Toy Story. The songs were sung by Natalie CATS DON’T DANCE 169 xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 169 9/11/08 5:14:48 PM

Cole. The movie’s song-and-dance numbers were choreographed by famed MGM song-and-dance man Gene Kelly, who died that year. A high-speed digital ink and paint system, created by USAnimation, was used to create the film’s digitally composited 2-D cel animation look, replacing traditional painting and camera methods. Even though the film was beautifully animated, Cats Don’t Dance lasted only one week in movie theaters, grossing a mere $3.562 million at the box office. fi CHARLOTTE’S WEB (1973) A Hanna-Barbera Production released by Paramount Pictures. p: William Hanna, Joseph Barbera; d: Charles A. Nichols, Iwao Takamoto; w: Earl Hamner Jr. (based on the book by E.B. White); m: Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman. Songs: “Charlotte’s Web,” “A Veritable Smorgasbord,” “There Must Be Something More,” “I Can Talk,” “Mother Earth and Father Time,” “We’ve Got Lots in Common,” “Deep in the Dark” and “Zukerman’s Famous Pig.” Running time: 94 minutes. Released: March 1, 1973. Voices Charlotte: Debbie Reynolds; Templeton: Paul Lynde; Wilbur: Henry Gibson; Narrator: Rex Allen; Mrs. Arable: Martha Scott; Old Sheep: Dave Madden; Avery: Danny Bonaduce; Geoffrey: Don Messick; Lurvy: Herb Vigran; The Goose: Agnes Moorehead; Fern Arable: Pam Ferdin; Mrs. Zuckerman/Mrs. Fussy: Joan Gerber; Homer Zuckerman: Robert Holt; Arable: John Stephenson; Henry Fussy: William B. White Wilbur, a runt pig who has been a pet of a New England farmer, is sold to a neighbor where he is told by a sheep that he is ticketed for the slaughterhouse. His life changes upon meeting a spider named Charlotte, who devotes all her energies to saving Wilbur from a pig’s fate. fi CHICKEN LITTLE (2005) A Walt Disney Studios Production released by Buena Vista Pictures. p: Randy Fullmer; d: Mark Dindal; scr: Steve Bencich, Ron J. Friedman, Ron Anderson; st: Mark Dindal, Mark Kennedy; m: John Debney. Songs: “Stir It Up,” “One Little Slip,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart,” “It’s the End of the World as We Know It,” “We Are Champions,” “All I Know,” “Shake a Tail Feather,” “Nants’ Ingonyama,” “Raiders of the Lost Ark Theme,” “Gonna Make You Sweat,” “I Will Survive,” “Stayin’ Alive,” “Wannabe,” “It’s Too Late” and “Lollipop.” Running time: 81 minutes. Released: November 4, 2005. Voices Chicken Little: Zach Braff; Buck Cluck: Garry Marshall; Abby Mallard: Joan Cusack; Runt of the Litter: Steve Zahn; Foxy Loxy: Amy Sedaris; Mayor Turkey Lurkey: Don Knotts; Dog Announcer: Harry Shearer; Mr. Woolensworth: Patrick Stewart; Principal Fetchit: Wallace Shawn: Melvin, Alien Dad: Fred Willard; Tina, Alien Mom: Catherine O’Hara; Ace, Hollywood Chicken Little: Adam West; Alien Cop: Patrick Warburton; Morkubine Porcupine/Coach: Mark Didal; Fish out of Water: Dan Molina; Rodriguez/Acorn Mascot/Umpire: Joe Whyte; Kirby, Alien Kid: Sean Elmore, Evan Dunn, Matthew Michael Josten; Mama Runt: Kelly Hoover; Hollywood Fish: Will Finn; Hollywood Abby: Dara McGarry; Hollywood Runt: Mark Kennedy Additional Voices Brad Abrell, Tom Amundsen, Steve Bencich, Greg Berg, Julianne Buescher, David Cowgill, Terri Douglas, Chris Edgerly, Amanda Fein, Caitlin Fein, Patrick Fraley, Eddie Frierson, Jackie Gonneau, Archie Hahn, Jason Harris, Brittney Lee Harvey, Brian Hershkowitz, Amanda Kaplan, Nathan Kress, Anne Lockhart, Connor Matheus, Mona Marshall, Scott Menville, Rene Mujica, Jonathan Nichols, Paul Pape, Aaron Spann, Pepper Sweeney In this offbeat retelling of the classic children’s story, a young chicken causes chaos when he mistakes a falling acorn for part of the sky falling, ruining his reputation forever, until he saves his fellow citizens from an alien invasion of their town. PN: Joining Pixar and DreamWorks as a producer of computeranimated features, this was Disney’s first in-house all-CG animated feature. Opening in theatres nationwide on November 4, 2005, and at a few venues in 3-D, the 76-minute comedy claimed the number-one spot for two straight weeks, grossing more than $80.8 million in that time and more than $133 million overall in the United States. To create the title character of Chicken Little, animators computer animated more than 76,000 individual feathers—55,000 alone on his head and roughly 9,000 on each arm—to cover his body. fi CHICKEN RUN (2000) An Aardman Animations Production released by DreamWorks Pictures SKG in association with Pathé. p: Peter Lord, David Sproxton, Nick Park; exec prod: Jake Eberts, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Michael Rose; d: Peter Lord, Nick Park; st: Peter Lord, Nick Park; scr: Karey Kirkpatrick; superv anim: Loyd Price; key anim: Merline Crossingham, Sergio Delfino, Suzy Fagan, Guionne Leroy, Dave Osmand, Darren Robbie, Jason Spencer-Galsworthy. Songs: “Ave Maria,” “Barwick Green,” “Flip Flop and Fly,” “Over the Waves” and “The Wanderer.” Running time: 85 minutes. Released: June 21, 2000. Voices Rocky: Mel Gibson; Ginger: Julia Sawalha; Mrs. Tweety: Miranda Richardson; Fowler: Benjamin Whirrow; Mr. Tweedy: Tony Haygarth; Fetcher: Phil Daniels; Mac: Lynn Ferguson; Babs: Jane Horrocks; Nick: Timothy Spall; Bunty: Imelda Staunton; Circus Man: John Sharian Held captive at Tweedy’s Egg Farm where they ultimately face extinction, heroic “flying hen” Rocky the rooster (voiced by Mel Rocky the rooster (voiced by Mel Gibson, front center) is the center of attention in the henhouse with (front, left to right) Bunty, Babs, and Ginger in Aardman Animations’ smash-hit clay animation comedy adventure Chicken Run. © Aardman Animations. All rights reserved. 170 CHARLOTTE’S WEB xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 170 9/11/08 5:14:48 PM

Gibson) leads his fellow “inmates” and love interest, Ginger, to freedom in 1950s England in this claymation comedy reminiscent of the 1963 live-action drama The Great Escape. PN: Chicken Run was Britain’s Aardman Animations’ first feature-length film following its success producing stop-motion clay-animated and cel-animated cartoon shorts and featurettes, including the Oscar-nominated Wallace & Gromit cartoons. Met by widespread critical raves and nominated for 22 awards, winning 19 times including a Golden Globe for best motion picture–comedy/musical, the film grossed an astounding $105.5 million in the United States. fi THE CHIPMUNK ADVENTURE (1987) A Bagdasarian Production released by Samuel Goldwyn. p: Ross Bagdasarian Jr.; d: Janice Karman; w: Janice Karman, Ross Bagdasarian Jr.; m: Randy Edelman. Songs: “Witch Doctor,” “Come on-a My House,” “Diamond Dolls,” “The Girls of Rock and Roll, “Wooly Bully,” “I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi/Cuanto Le Gusta,” “My Mother” and “Getting Lucky.” Running time: 90 minutes. Released: May 22, 1987. Voices Alvin/Simon/Dave Seville: Ross Bagdasarian Jr.; Theodore/Brittany/Jeanette/Eleanor: Janice Karman; Miss Miller: Dodie Goodman; Claudia Furschtien: Susan Tyrell; Klaus Furschtien: Anthony DeLongis; Sophie: Frank Welker Additional Voices Charles Adler, Nancy Cartwright, Phillip Clark, Pat Pinney, George Poulos, Ken Samson Dave Seville goes off to Europe, leaving the unhappy Chipmunks home with their babysitter, Miss Miller. Alvin dreams of world travel and convinces Simon and Theodore to enter a hotair balloon race around the world against the Chipettes, Brittany, Jeanette and Eleanor. During their globe-trotting the Chipmunks and Chipettes unwittingly assist a pair of international diamond smugglers, hiding illegal gems in toy dolls at shops in Greece, Africa, Egypt, Rio and several other faraway places. fi CINDERELLA (1950) A Walt Disney Production released by RKO Radio Pictures. p: Walt Disney; prod superv: Ben Sharpsteen; d: Wilfred Jackson, Hamilton Luske, Clyde Geronimi; dir anim: Eric Larson, Ward Kimball, Norman Ferguson, Marc Davis, John Lounsbery, Milt Kahl, Wolfgang Reitherman, Les Clark, Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas; st: Kenneth Anderson, Ted Sears, Homer Brightman, Joe Rinaldi, William Peet, Harry Reeves, Winston Hibler, Erdman Penner (based on the traditional story as told by Charles Perrault); md: Oliver Wallace, Paul J. Smith. Songs: “BibbidiBobbidi-Boo,” “So This Is Love,” “A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes,” “Cinderella,” “The Work Song” and “Oh Sing, Sweet Nightingale.” Running time: 74 minutes. Released: February 15, 1950. Voices Cinderella: Ilene Woods; Prince Charming: William Phipps; Stepmother: Eleanor Audley; Stepsisters: Rhoda Williams, Lucille Bliss; Fairy Godmother: Verna Felton; King/Grand Duke: Luis Van Rooten; Jaq/Gus/Bruno: James Macdonald Poor orphaned Cinderella is a slave to her stepmother and two stepsisters in an environment she can endure only through her friendship with animals. Her fairy godmother transforms her rags into a beautiful gown, and she is given only until midnight to attend the king’s ball where his son (Prince Charming) yearns to find the girl of his dreams. fi CLEOPATRA, QUEEN OF SEX (1972) A Mushi Pro Productions released by Xanadu. p: Yoneyama Abiko; d: Eiichi Yamamoto, Osamu Tezuka; scr: Shigemi Satoyoshi; m: Isao Tomita; anim: Kazuko Nakamura, Gisaburo Sugii. Running time: 100 minutes. Released: April 24, 1972. Voices Cleopatra: Nakayama Chinatsu; Ceasar: Hana Takamura; Antonius: Nabe Osami; Libya: Yoshimura Miko; Apollodrius: Hatsui Kotoe; Lupa: Yanagiya Tsubame; Ionius: Tsukamoto Nobuo; Carpania: Imai Kazuko; Cabagonis: Abe Susumu; Chief Tarabach: Kato Yoshio; Octavian: Nozawa Nachi Was Cleopatra a great lover? Three friends argue this point and time-travel to the past to Egypt to see if the legend is true in this erotic animated fantasy parody. Alvin, Theodore and Simon travel the world to several faraway places in their first full-length feature, The Chipmunk Adventure (1987). (COURTESY: BAGDASARIAN PRODUCTIONS) The glass slipper appears to be a perfect fit for poor orphaned Cinderella in a scene from Walt Disney’s full-length cartoon release, Cinderella (1950). © Walt Disney Productions (COURTESY: MUSEUM OF MODERN ART/FILM STILLS ARCHIVE) CLEOPATRA, QUEEN OF SEX 171 xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 171 9/11/08 5:14:48 PM

PN: Originally produced in 1970 by Japanese animator Osamu Tezuka (best known as the father of television’s Astro Boy), this X-rated film was redubbed in English and released in the United States on April 24, 1972, about two weeks after the release of Ralph Bakshi’s milestone feature Fritz the Cat (1972), the first Xrated animated feature in film history. fi CLIFFORD’S REALLY BIG MOVIE (2004) A Scholastic Entertainment Inc./Big Red Dog Production released by Warner Bros. Pictures. p: Deborah Forte; d: Robert Ramirez; scr: Robert C. Ramirez, Rhett Reese; m: Jody Gray; songs: Jody Gray, David Steven Cohen; anim dir: Murray Debus. Running time: 73 minutes. Released: February 20, 2004. Voices Clifford the Big Red Dog: John Ritter; Shackelford: Wayne Brady; Emily Elizabeth: Grey DeLisle; Dorothy: Jenna Elfman; George Wolfsbottom: John Goodman; Dirk: Jess Harnell; TBone: Kel Mitchell; Larry: Judge Reinhold; Jetta/Madison: Kath Soucie; Cleo: Cree Summer; Rodrigo: Wilmer Valderrama; Mr. Bleakman: Earl Boen; P.T.: Ernie Hudson Under the assumption that his owner can’t afford to feed him, Clifford runs away from home and embarks on the adventure of a lifetime where he joins a carnival and, in the process, wins a dog food talent contest with the prize of a lifetime supply of Tummy Yummies. PN: Based on the best-selling children’s book series by author/ illustrator Norman Bridwell, this feature-length project followed the successful PBS animated series, also based on the books, produced in 2000. Unfortunately, the film had limited distribution and did poorly at the box office, grossing $2.8 million from boxoffice ticket sales. (Conversely, the film was a big seller on DVD.) The late actor John Ritter voiced the character Clifford in the film and in the television series. fi COOL WORLD (1992) A Frank Mancuso Production released by Paramount Pictures. p: Frank Mancuso Jr.; d: Ralph Bakshi; scr: Michael Grais, Mark Victor, Larry Gross (uncredited); m: Mark Isham, John Dickson. Songs: “Play with Me,” “My Ideal,” “Under,” “N.W.O.,” “Ah-Ah,” “The Devil Does Drugs,” “The Witch,” “Holli’s Groove,” “Sex on Wheelz,” “Do That Thing,” “Papua New Guinea, “Next Is the E,” “Her Sassy Kiss,” “Industry and Seduction,” “Mindless,” “Sedusa,” “Let’s Make Love,” “Disappointed,” “Real Cool World” and “That Old Black Magic.” Running time: 102 minutes. Released: July 9, 1992. Cast/Voices Holli Would: Kim Basinger; Jack Deebs: Gabriel Byrne; Jennifer Malley: Michele Abrams; Isabelle Malley: Deidre O’Connell; Mom Harris: Janni Brenn-Lowen; Frank Harris: Brad Pitt; Cop: William Frankfather; Cop: Greg Collins; Sparks: Michael David Lally; Comic Bookstore Cashier: Michele Abrams; Comic Store Patron: Stephen Worth; Lonette (performance model): Jenine Jennings; Interrogator: Joey Camen; Mash: Maurice LaMarche; Bash: Gregory Snegoff; Bob: Candi Milo; Nails: Charles Adler; Bouncer: Patrick Pinney; Isabelle Malley: Deidre O’Connell; Himself: Frank Sinatra; Lucky’s Bouncer: Lamont Jackson; Valet: Paul Ben-Victor, Mash (performance model): Gary Friedkin, Lonette (performance model): Clare Hoak; Dock Whiskers (performance model): Antonio Hoyos; Nails (performance model): Leroy Thompson, Bob (performance model): Robert N. Bell None-too-stable cartoonist Jack Deebs (Gabriel Byrne), who has just finished a jail term for murdering his wife’s lover (a returning World War II soldier played by Brad Pitt), is willed into a cartoon world by a character of his own devising: sexy cartoon seductress Holli Would (voiced by Kim Basinger). Trying to return to the real world, Deebs encounters a universe of strange animated “doodles” (cartoon characters) through adventures in Las Vegas, in this live-action/animated fantasy directed by legendary animator Ralph Bakshi of Fritz the Cat, Heavy Traffic and Coonskin fame and often compared to Who Framed Roger Rabbit but taken to extremes. PN: Animator Ralph Bakshi toned down his trademark outrageousness for this film, which received a PG-13 rating. Screenwriter Larry Gross, of 48 Hours fame, wrote most of the other screenplay for the film but his work was uncredited. The film cost an estimated $28 million to produce. As with most Bakshi productions, the film was not without controversy; following its release, Jenine Jennings, a 21-year-old actress listed as the film’s choreographer and music consultant, went public, claiming that it was she who played the animated Holli Would in the film. Jennings reported that she did the dancing, acting and even the “very hot” love scene with Gabriel Byrne (in the movie Byrne and the animated Holli Would do more than kiss), and dressed in skimpier and skimpier outfits for the animators to get the idea of what the Basinger cartoon character should act like. Frank Sinatra Jr. appeared in the film as himself and also sang the duet, “Let’s Make Love,” with the film’s costar Kim Basinger, who had the dubious distinction of being nominated for a 1993 Razzie Award for Worst Actress for her performance. Rocker David Bowie also sang a song for the film, entitled “Real Cool World.” fi COONSKIN (1975) An Albert S. Ruddy Production released by Paramount and Bryanston Pictures. p: Albert S. Ruddy; d & w: Ralph Bakshi; m: Chico Hamilton; seq anim: Irven Spence, Charlie Downs, Ambrozi Palinoda, John E. Walker Sr. Running time: 82 minutes. Released: August 1, 1975. Voices Samson/Brother Bear: Barry White; Preacher/Brother Fox: Charles Gordone; Pappy/Old Man Bone: Scatman Crothers; Randy/Brother Rabbit: Phillip Thomas Three rural black men seek new direction in their lives to escape the ghetto life of crime and other vices. PN: Paramount Pictures was originally supposed to release this film, which combined live action and animation, but passed due its strong racial content. Upon its release, the film provoked objections to its depictions of blacks from the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). In 1975, after a brief run, the film was shelved. To calm racial tension, the film was later released on video under a new title: Streetfight. The film’s working titles were Bustin’ Out, Coon Skin and Coonskin No More. fi THE COSMIC EYE (1986) A Hubley Studios Production released by Upfront Releasing. p & d: Faith Hubley; w: John Hubley, Faith Hubley; anim: Fred Burns, William Littlejohn, Emily Hubley, Robert Cannon, Ed Smith, Georia Hubley, Tissa David, Phil Duncan, Katherine Woddell. Running time: 72 minutes. Released: June 6, 1986. Voices Father Time/Musician: Dizzy Gillespie; Musician: Sam Hubley; Musician: Linda Atkinson; Mother Earth: Maureen Stapleton; Rocko: Jack Warden Homeward bound to a distant planet that orbits Sirius, the Dog Star, a trio of space musicians who suffer from acute nostalgia, take 172 CLIFFORD’S REALLY BIG MOVIE xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 172 9/11/08 5:14:49 PM

a whirling out-of-the-body spin in a rose-tinted sky, only to return to their bodies and observe life on Earth through a series of animated shorts before joyously returning to their home planet. PN: Faith Hubley, the wife of animator/producer/director John Hubley, produced, designed and directed this innovative featurelength project, originally produced in 1985 and screened at film festivals around the world before being released theatrically in 1986 by Upfront Releasing. The film won numerous awards, including a Grand Jury Prize nomination at the 1986 Sundance Film Festival. fi COWBOY BEBOP: THE MOVIE (2003) A Sunrise Inc./Bandai Visual Production released by Sony Pictures and Destination Films/Samuel Goldwyn Films. p: Kazuhiko Ikeguchi, Haruyo Kanesaku, Yutaka Maseba, Masahiko Minami; d: Shinichiro Watanabe; scr: Marc Handler (English version), Akihiko Inari, Sadayuki Murai, Keiko Nobumoto, Dai Sato, Shinichiro Watanabe, Ryota Yamaguchi, Michiko Yokote; m: Yoko Kanno. Running time: 114 minutes. Released: April 4, 2003. Voices (English version) Jet Black: Beau Billingslea; Spike Spiegel: Steven Blum A team of space cowboys on Mars, headed by the bounty-hunting Bebop, tries to catch a cold-blooded terrorist who plans to unleash an army of microscopic robots to destroy all life on the planet. PN: Also known as Cowboy Bebop: The Movie: Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door, this film, redubbed in English, was shown in limited release and took in slightly more than $1 million in box-office receipts in the United States. The motion picture followed the successful, adult action, 26-episode cartoon series of the same name produced in 1998. fi CURIOUS GEORGE (2006) A Universal Pictures/Imagine Entertainment Production in association with David Kirschner/Jon Shapiro Productions released by Universal Pictures. p: Ron Howard, David Kirschner, Jon Shapiro; exec prod: Bonne Radford, Ken Tsumura, James Whitaker, David Bernardi; d: Matthew O’Callaghan; scr: Ken Kaufman; st: Ken Kaufman, Mike Werb (based on the books by Margret and H.A. Rey); m: Heitor Pereira; songs: Jack Johnson; lead anim: D. Brewster, Anthony DeRosa, Jeffrey P. Johnson, John Pomeroy, Stevan Wahl, Frans Vischer. Songs: “Broken,” “People Watching,” “Talk of the Town” and “Upside Down” (written and performed by Jack Johnson). Running time: 86 minutes. Released: February 10, 2006. Voices Ted, the Man with the Yellow Hat: Will Ferrell; Maggie: Drew Barrymore; Bloomsberry Jr.: David Cross; Clovis: Eugene Levy; Bloomsberry: Dick Van Dyke; George: Frank Welker A timid museum employee travels to the jungles of Africa to locate a rare artifact for an exhibit and encounters a wide-eyed, curious and playful monkey who follows him back to civilization. PN: Nearly 65 years after the first book by the late author/illustrator tandem of H.A. Rey and his wife, Margret, was published, Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment produced this fulllength, ink-and-paint animated adaptation. In producing this cartoon version of the Reys’ immortal troublemaking monkey from their popular 1940s children’s stories, producers made a few modern revisions to the story and characterizations. For starters, Curious George’s human pal, simply known as “the man in the yellow hat,” was given the name Ted (voiced by Will Ferrell) and a much bigger role in the movie than in the children’s books. In the books, the Man actually captures George and brings him back with him, whereas, in the movie George stows away on the Man’s ship bound for America. Licensing deals for Curious George reportedly topped $500 million, with Universal licensing consumer promotions for everything from postage stamps to cold medicines and other products, to more than 100 vendors worldwide. In the fall of 2006, PBS debuted a new 30-episode half-hour animated Curious George series aimed at preschoolers. fi DAFFY DUCK’S MOVIE: FANTASTIC ISLAND (1983) A Warner Bros. release. p & d: Friz Freleng; scr: John Dunn, David Detiege, Friz Freleng; seq dir: David Detiege, Friz Freleng, Phil Monroe, Running time: 78 minutes. Released: August 5, 1983. Voices Daffy Duck/Speedy Gonzales/Yosemite Sam/Bugs Bunny/Tasmanian Devil/Porky Pig/Foghorn Leghorn: Mel Blanc; Granny/ Miss Prissy: June Foray; Spirit of the Well: Les Tremayne In this spoof of TV’s Fantasy Island, Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales become shipwrecked on a desert island. After finding a treasure map belonging to Yosemite Sam, they begin digging for buried treasure and instead discover a wishing well that— after making a wish—magically changes the island into a fantasy paradise. This new footage introduces several complete cartoons: “Bucaneer Bunny” (1948), “Greedy for Tweety” (1957), “Tree for Two” (1952), “Curtain Razor” (1949), “A Mouse Divided (1953), “From Hare to Heir” (1960), “Stupor Duck” (1956), “Banty Raids” (1963) and “Louvre Come Back to Me” (1962). fi DAFFY DUCK’S QUACKBUSTERS (1989) A Warner Bros. Production released by Warner Bros. p: Steven S. Greene, Kathleen Helppie-Shipley; d & w: Greg Ford, Terry Lennon; m: Carl Stalling, Milt Franklyn, Bill Lava. Running time: 72 minutes. Released: September 24, 1989. Voices Daffy Duck/Bugs Bunny/Sylvester the Cat/Tweety/J.P. Cubish/ Monsters Mel Blanc; Singing Voice of Daffy Duck: Mel Torme; Daffy Duck calls a meeting with Tasmanian Devil, Speedy Gonzales and Yosemite Sam in Daffy Duck’s Movie: Fantastic Island, produced and directed by Friz Freleng. © Warner Brothers. All rights reserved. DAFFY DUCK’S QUACKBUSTERS 173 xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 173 9/11/08 5:14:49 PM

Zed Koppell/Lawyer: Roy Firestone; Thelma/Operator: B.J. Ward; Count Bloodcount: Ben Frommer; Emily/Agatha: Julie Bennett After inheriting $1 million, Daffy starts a ghost-busting business with Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig for the sole purpose of destroying the ghost of J.B. Cubish, his benefactor. Cartoons featured: “Daffy Dilly” (1948), “Water Water Every Hare” (1952), “Claws for Alarm” (1954), “The Abdominable Snow Rabbit” (1961), “Transylvania 6-5000” (1963), “Punch Trunk” (1953), “Jumpin’ Jupiter” (1955), “Hyde and Go Tweet” (1960) and “The Prize Pest” (1951). The film also contained the first new cartoon short produced by the studio in several decades: “The Duxorcist” (1987). PN: This compilation featured grossed a dismal $300,000 following its opening. fi THE DAYDREAMER (1966) A Joseph E. Levine/Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass/Videocraft International Production released by Embassy Pictures. p: Arthur Rankin Jr.; d: Jules Bass; exec prod: Joseph E. Levine, scr: Arthur Rankin Jr. (based on the stories and characters created by Hans Christian Andersen; with additional dialogue by Romeo Muller); m/l: Jules Bass, Maury Laws (with the theme “The Daydreamer” sung by Robert Goulet). Songs: “The Daydreamer,” “Wishes and Teardrops,” “Luck to Sell,” “Happy Guy,” “Who Can Tell,” “Simply Wonderful,” “Isn’t It Cozy Here,” “Tivoli Bells,” “Voyage of the Walnut Shell” and “Waltz for a Mermaid.” Filmed in Animagic. Running time: 98 minutes. Released: July 29, 1966. Cast/Voices The Sandman: Cyril Ritchard; Chris Andersen: Paul O’Keefe; Papa Andersen: Jack Gilford; The Pieman: Ray Bolger; Mrs. Klopplebobbler: Margaret Hamilton; The Little Mermaid: Hayley Mills; Father Neptune: Burl Ives; The Sea Witch: Tallulah Bankhead; The First Tailor: Terry-Thomas; The Second Tailor: Victor Borge; The Emperor: Ed Wynn; Thumbelina: Patty Duke; The Rat: Boris Karloff; The Mole: Sessue Hayakawa Additional Voices Robert Harter, Larry Mann, Billie Richards, James Daugherty, William Marine Famous storyteller Hans Christian Andersen, as a young boy, daydreams about his best-loved fairytale adventures—incorporating the tales of “The Little Mermaid,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “Thumbelina” and “The Garden of Paradise”—in this live-action/”Animagic,” full-length feature that includes an allstar cast. PN: Daydreamer was one of three films produced by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass in association with famed Hollywood producer Joseph E. Levine. The motion picture was the combined efforts of five countries, the United States, Canada, England, France and Japan. The movie’s title song, “The Daydreamer,” was sung by Robert Goulet. Other musical numbers were sung by the film’s costars, among them: “Wishes and Teardrops” (by Hayley Mills), “Happy Guy” (by Patty Duke), “Who Can Tell” (by Ray Bolger), “Simply Wonderful” (by Ed Wynn). fi DIGIMON: THE MOVIE (2000) A Toei Company Ltd./Saban Entertainment, Inc. Production released by 20th Century Fox. p: Seki Hiromi, Terri-Lei O’Malley; d: Takaaki Yamashita, Hisashi Nayayama, Masahiro Aizawa; scr: (English version) Jeff Nimoy, Bob Bucholz; m: Udi Harpaz, Amorz Plessner. Running time: 85 minutes. Released: October 6, 2000. Voices Kari: Jill Miller; Tai: Joshua Seth; Red Greymon: Bob Papenbrook; T.K: Doug Erholtz; Parrotman: David Lodge; Mrs. Kamiya: Dorothy Melendrez: Big Agumon/Gargomon/Miko: Michael Sorich; Botamon: Peggy O’Neal; Sora: Colleen O’Shaughnessey; Koromon: Brianne Siddall Additional Voices Mona Marshall, Michael Lindsay, Michael Reisz, Wendee Lee, Mike Reynolds, Kirk Thornton; Laura Summer: Edie Mirman; Dave Mallow, Robert Axelrod While attending summer camp, three youngsters cross over into the computer world where they encounter digital monsters (Digimon) who look like dinosaurs that help them battle bad Digimon infected by a computer virus that threatens mankind, in this compilation animated feature featuring three cartoon shorts from the Digimon television series. fi DINOSAUR (2000) A Walt Disney Studios Production released by Buena Vista Pictures. p: Pam Marsden; d: Ralph Zondag, Eric Leighton; scr: John Harrison, Robert Nelson Jacobs, Walon Green; st: Thom Erinquez, John Harrison, Robert Nelson Jacobs, Ralph Zondag; m: John Newton Howard; superv anim: Mark Anthony Austin, Trey Thomas, Tom Roth, Bill Fletcher, Larry White, Eamonn Butler, Joel Fletcher, Dick Zondag, Michael Belzer, Gregory William Griffith, Atsushi Sato. Running time: 82 minutes. Released: May 19, 2000. Voices Aladar: D.B. Sweeney; Plio: Alfre Woodard; Suri: Hayden Panettiere; Yar: Ossie Davis; Zini: Max Cassella; Neera: Julianna Margulies; Kron: Samuel E. Wright; Bruton: Peter Siragusa; Baylene: Joan Plowright Raised by a family of lemurs who adopt him as their own, an orphaned iguanodon (Aladar) takes a remarkable journey across desert terrain after a meteor shower annihilates the island on which they live to find a new sanctuary to call home in this partially live-action and CGI-animated fantasy adventure. PN: Grossing more than $136.5 million in the United States alone but never turning a profit due to the high costs of production, this prehistoric fantasy was Walt Disney Studios’ first computer-animated feature combining CGI-animated characters and live-action backgrounds. fi DIRTY DUCK (1977) A Murakami-Wolf Production released by New World Pictures. p: Jerry Good; d, w & anim: Charles Swenson; m: Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan-Flo and Eddie. Running time: 75 minutes. Released: July 13, 1977. Voices Willard: Mark Volman Additional Voices Robery Ridgeley, Walker Emiston, Cynthia Adler, Janet Lee, Lurene Tuttle, Jerry Good, Howard Kaylan Willard Eisenbaum, a shy, lonely, inept, sexually frustrated insurance company employee, is thrown by fate into the company of a large, sailor-suited duck who is convinced that some good sex will straighten Willard out. PN: Like Ralph Bakshi’s Fritz the Cat, this film was X-rated. fi DOOGAL (2006) A Weinstein Company Production in association with Pathé Image/U.K. Film Council/Pathé Renn Productions/France 2 Cin174 THE DAYDREAMER xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 174 9/11/08 5:14:49 PM

ema/Canal+/Films Action/SPZ Entertainment/Bolexbrothers Ltd. Productions released by the Weinstein Company. p: Laurent Rodon, Pascal Rodon, Claude Gorsky; exec prod: Francois Ivernel, Cameron McCracken, Jill Sinclair; d: Jean Duval, Frank Passingham, Dave Borthwick; scr: Paul Bassett, Serge Danot, Tad Safran, Raolf Sanoussi, Stephanie Sanoussi (based on characters created by Serge Danot and Martine Danot); m: Mark Thomas; anim: Benoit Gagne, David Hubert. Running time: 85 minutes. Released: February 24, 2006. Voices Doogal: Daniel Tay; Dylan: Jimmy Fallon; Zeebad: Jon Stewart; Ermintrude: Whoopi Goldberg; Brian: William H. Macy; Train: Chevy Chase; Narrator: Judi Dench; Florence: Kylie Minogue; Zebedee: Ian McKellen; Moose: Kevin Smith; Soldier Sam: Bill Hader; Coral: Heidi Brook Myers Additional Voices Cory Edwards, John Krasinski A group of animal friends embarks on a dangerous journey in an effort to imprison their oppressor, the evil wizard Zebedee. PN: Created by the late Serge Danot, the character Doogal actually began as a series of five-minute, black-and-white, stopmotion cartoons animated by English toonster Ivor Wood on French television in 1964 as Le Manège Enchanté. The BBC later bought it as a children’s television series that was broadcast in the United Kingdom with narration and all voices supplied by actor Eric Thompson, and it became a cult favorite with more than 500 episodes that was extremely popular with adults and children. Thompson later voiced a feature-length version of the show, entitled Dougal and the Blue Cat (1970). This newest computeranimated feature was a British/French coproduction that first opened at a charity event on January 30, 2005, with the French version being released in that country on February 2, 2005, as Pollux! Le Manège Enchanté (Pollux being dougal), featuring a heavyweight French-voice cast that included Vanessa Paradis, Michel Galabru, Gerard Jugnot, Valerie Lemercier and Eddy Mitchell. The British version then opened in the United Kingdom nine days later. Coproduced by Harvey Weinstein’s Weinstein Company, the American version of this $20-million feature was redubbed with the voices of popular American stars, including Jimmy Fallon, Whoopi Goldberg, William H. Macy and Chevy Chase. Hoping to replicate the success of Pixar and DreamWorks Animation, it opened in the United States a year later, on February 24, 2006, becoming a commercial and critical flop, grossing a dismal $3.6 million the weekend it opened and only $7,578,946 overall. fi DOUG’S 1ST MOVIE (1999) A Jumbo Pictures/Plus One Animation, Inc. Production released by Walt Disney Pictures. p: Jim Jinkins, David Campbell, Melanie Grisanti, Jack Spillum; d: Maurice Joyce; scr: Ken Scarborough (based on characters created by Jim Jinkins); m: Mark Watters; songs: Dan Sawyer, Fred Newman, Krysten Osborne, Linda Garvey, William Squier, Jeffrey Lodin; superv dir (Japan): Choon-Man Lee; anim dir (Japan): Hon-Gil Oh, Hyeon-Deok Ma, Soeng-Chean Shin, Joon-Bok Kim; anim (New York): Mike Foran, Ray daSilva. Songs: “Deep Deep Water,” “Someone Like Me,” “Mona Mo” and “Disney’s Doug: Original Theme.” Running time: 81 minutes. Released: March 26, 1999. Voices Doug Funnie/Lincoln: Thomas McHugh; Skeeter/Mr. Dink/ Porkchop/Ned/Vocal Effects: Fred Newman; Roger Klotz/ Boomer/Larry/Mr. Chiminy: Chris Phillips; Patti Mayonaisse: Constance Schulman; Herman Melville: Frank Welker; Mr. Funnie/Mr. Bluff/Willie/Chalky/Bluff Agent #1: Doug Preis; Guy Graham: Guy Hadley; Beebe Bluff/Elmo: Alice Playten; Al and Moo Sleech/Robocrusher: Eddie Korbich; Stentorian Announcer: David O’Brien Having heard tales about a mythological monster that supposedly lives in polluted Lucky Duck Lake, 12-year-old Doug Funnie and his best friend, Skeeter, decide to find out once and for all, if the endangered lake creature really exists. When they find that he does, they also discover a major cover-up by one of Bluffington’s leading residents. PN: Based on the writer/director/animator Jim Jinkins’s character Doug Funnie, star of the cartoon series Doug, originally broadcast on Nickelodeon and later on ABC (after Disney acquired Jinkins’s company, Jumbo Pictures), this film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed a modest $19.4 million at theaters in the United States. fi DUCKTALES THE MOVIE: THE TREASURE OF THE LOST LAMP (1990) A Walt Disney Animation (France) S.A. Production released by Buena Vista. p & d: Bob Hathcock; scr: Alan Burnett; m: David Newman; seq dir: Paul Brizzi, Gaetan Brizzi, Clive Pallant, Mattias Marcos Rodric, Vincent Woodcock; anim: Gary Andrews, James Baker, Javier Gutierrez Blas, Eric Bouillette, Moran Caouissin, Caron Creed, Caroline Cruikshank, Roberto Curilli, Sylvain DeBoissy, Joe Ekers, Mark Eoche-Duval, Pierre Fassal, Al Gaivoto, Manolo Galiana, Bruno Gaumetou, Dina Gellert-Nielsen, Arnold Gransac, Teddy Hall, Peter Hausner, Francisco Alaminos Hodar, Daniel Jeannette, Nicholas Marlet, Bob McKnight, Ramon Modiano, Sean Newton, Brent Odell, Catherine Poulain, JeanChristopher Roger, Pascal Ropars, Stephane Sainte-Foi, Alberto Conejo Sanz, Anna Saunders, Ventura R. Vallejo, Jan Van Buyten, Duncan Varley, Simon Ward-Horner and Johnny Zeuten. Songs: “Duck Tales Theme.” Running time: 73 minutes. Released: August 3, 1990. Voices Scrooge McDuck: Alan Young; Launchpad: Terence McGovern; Huey/Duey/Louie/Webby: Russi Taylor; Dijon: Richard Libertini; Merlock: Christopher Lloyd; Mrs. Featherby: June Foray; Duckworth: Chuck McCann; Mrs. Beakley: Joan Gerber; Genie: Rip Taylor Additional Voices Charlie Adler, Jack Angel, Steve Bulen, Sherry Lynn, Mickie T. McGowan, Patrick Pinney, Frank Welker Scrooge McDuck travels to the far ends of the earth in search of the elusive buried treasure of legendary thief Collie Baba. With his companions Huey, Dewey and Louie, Webby and Launchpad McQuack, Scrooge discovers not only the treasure but also that there’s a mysterious madman named Merlock who’s out to stop him. PN: The success of the DuckTales syndicated TV series inspired this feature-length release. Box-office receipts totaled $18 million. fi DUMBO (1941) A Walt Disney Production released by RKO Radio Pictures. p: Walt Disney; super dir: Ben Sharpsteen; scr st: Joe Grant, Dick Huemer (based on a story by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl); st dev: Bill Peet, Aurie Battaglia, Joe Rinaldi, George Stallings, Webb Smith; m: Oliver Wallace, Frank Churchill, Ned Washington; seq DUMBO 175 xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 175 9/11/08 5:14:49 PM

dir: Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson; Bill Roberts, Jack Kinney, Sam Armstrong; anim dir: Vladimir Tytla, Fred Moore, Ward Kimball, John Lounsbery, Arthur Babbitt, Wolfgang Reitherman. Songs: “Look Out for Mr. Stork,” “Baby Mine,” “Pink Elephants on Parade,” “Casey Junior,” “Song of the Roustabouts,” “When I See an Elephant Fly.” Running time: 64 minutes. Released: October 23, 1941. Voices Narrator: John McLeish; Timothy Mouse: Ed Brophy; Ringmaster: Herman Bing; Casey Jr.: Margaret Wright; Messenger Stork: Sterling Holloway; Elephant: Verna Felton; Elephant: Sarah Selby; Elephant: Dorothy Scott; Elephant: Noreen Gamill; Joe/ Clown: Billy Sheets; Clown: Billy Bletcher; Skinny: Malcolm Hutton; Crows: Cliff Edwards; Crows: Jim Carmichael; Crows: Hall Johnson Choir; Clown: Eddie Holden; Roustabouts: The King’s Men; Boy: Harold Manley; Boy: Tony Neil; Boy: Charles Stubbs Mrs. Jumbo, a circus elephant, patiently awaits the stork’s delivery of her own baby elephant. The young elephant is like no other—with ears as large as sails, he is affectionately dubbed “Dumbo.” Dumbo’s imperfection becomes an asset when he discovers he can use his ears to fly. He is billed as a top circus attraction, experiencing triumphs and failures of circus life. fi EDEN (2002) A Poland, Europa Ltd. Production released by Europa. p: Thomasz Filipczak; d & w: Andrzej Czeczot; m: Michał Urbaniak. Running time: 85 minutes. Released: December 13, 2002. Voices Urszula Dudziak, Eugene Lazarotti Produced in Poland Eden features a Czeczot “everyman,” Youzeck, as a flute-playing shepherd who travels through hell and heaven until finally ending up in New York aboard Noah’s Ark. He meets many well-known characters from the Bible, Greek mythology, pop culture and history, including Prometheus, Janosik, Salvador Dali, Elvis Presley, President Bill Clinton with Monica Lewinsky, plus an assortment of bizarre animals and monsters, a witch, angels, and, for good measure, God himself in this animated fable for adults. PN: Famed illustrator Andrzej Czeczot, who immigrated to the United States, wrote, directed and animated this feature-length odyssey that was entirely hand-painted on to celluloid film. Production lasted six years, commencing in 1996 and wrapping in 2002. In 2003, the film previewed in Los Angeles and earned an Academy Award nomination for best animated feature. fi EIGHT CRAZY NIGHTS (2002) A Happy Madison/Meatball Animation Production released by Columbia TriStar and Sony Pictures. p: Adam Sandler, Jack Giarrupto, Allen Covert; d: Seth Kearsley; scr: Brooks Arthur, Allen Covert, Brad Isaacs, Adam Sandler; m: Ray Ellis, Marc Ellis, Teddy Castelluci; char anim superv: Stephan Franck; superv anim: Steve Cunningham, Ralph Fernan, Holger Leige, Melina Sydney Padua. Songs: “Davey’s Song,” “Patch Song,” “Long Ago,” “Technical Foul,” “Mr. Roboto,” “Intervention Song,” “Bum Biddy,” “Grand Finale/It’s Your Moment, Whitey!” and “The Chanukah Song Part 3.” Running time: 86 minutes. Released: November 27, 2002. Voices Davey Stone/Whitey Duvall/Eleanore Duvall/Deer: Adam Sandler; Jennifer: Jackie Tinone; Benjamin: Austin Stout; Mayor Stewey Dewey: Kevin Nealon; Chinese Waiter/Narrator: Rob Schneider; Judge: Norm Crosby; Tom Baltezor: Jon Lovitz Additional Voices Tyra Banks, Blake Clark, Peter Dante, Ellen Albertini Dow, Kevin Farley, Lari Friedman, Tom Kenny, Cole Sprouse, Dylan Sprouse, Carl Weathers, Jamie Alcroft, Brooks Arthur, James Barbour, Allen Covert. J.D. Donaruma, Archie Hahn, Todd Holland, Lainie Kazan Determined to make sure nobody enjoys the holidays in the small town of Dukesberry where he lives, a holiday-loathing, former local basketball champ, Davey Stone (voiced by Adam Sandler), goes on a destructive rampage during Hanukah and is sentenced to 10 years in prison, only to have his sentence commuted when a kindly old basketball referee, Whitey, agrees to take full responsibility for him, after which Darey Stone redeems himself and changes his Scrooge-like behavior during the holidays. fi THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE (2000) A Walt Disney Pictures Production released by Buena Vista Pictures. p: Randy Fullmer; d: Mark Dindal; scr: David Reynolds; orig st: Roger Allers; st: Chris Williams, Mark Dindal; Matthew Jacobs; m/sc: John Debney; superv anim: Nik Ranieri, Bruce W. Smith, Dale Baer, Tony Bancroft; superv anim (Paris unit): Dominque Monferey. Songs: “Perfect World” and “My Funny Friend and Me.” Running time: 79 minutes. Released: December 15, 2000. Voices Kuzco: David Spade; Pacha: John Goodman; Yzma: Eartha Kitt; Kronk: Patrick Warburton; ChiCha: Wendie Malick; Chaca: Kellyann Kelso; Tipo: Eli Russell Linnerty; Bucky: Bob Bergen; Theme Song Guy: Tom Jones; Waitress: Patti Deutsch; Old Man: John Fiedler Aided by Pacha, a peasant llama herder, Kuzco, a miserable, egomanical Incan emperor-turned llama attempts to regain the power of his throne and return to his original form. PN: Film and television stars John Goodman, David Spade and Wendie Malick (the latter co-stars of the NBC comedy series, Just Shoot Me) lent their voices to this outrageous comical, whose title is derived from the popular Danish children’s story. The Emperor’s New Clothes, produced by Walt Disney Pictures Baby elephant Dumbo takes his first flight in a scene from the classic Walt Disney feature Dumbo (1941). © Walt Disney Productions (COURTESY: MUSEUM OF MODERN ART/FILM STILLS ARCHIVE) 176 EDEN xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 176 9/11/08 5:14:50 PM

and directed by Mark Dindal. Originally it was made as a musical drama—first called Kingdom in the Sun, then Kingdom of the Sun—and Inca version of Mark Twain’s story, The Prince and the Pauper. Built around six songs by Grammy Award-winning rock star Sting, the film was transformed into a comedy after the finished film test-screened badly. Afterward, the film was deconstructed and retooled and the film’s original codirector Roger Allers (credited with writing the film’s original story) was dropped, an expensive undertaking that cost $100 million. Receiving mostly good reviews, the film grossed $89,296,573 in the United States and $169,296,573 abroad. Sting and composer David Hartley wrote the film’s songs, including the Academy Award-nominated “My Funny Friend and Me.” Sting singlehandedly penned “Perfect World,” which was sung by Tom Jones. Six other songs were ditched when the film turned from a musical into a comedy feature. In September 2002, a feature-length documentary describing the making of this animated feature opened in theaters. fi THE EMPEROR’S NIGHTINGALE (1951) A Trick Brothers (Studio)/Rembrandt Films Production released by New Trends Associates. p: Jiri Trnka, William L. Snyder; d: Jiri Trnka; scr: Jiri Brdecka, Jiri Trnka; m: Vaclav Trojan. Running time: 75 minutes. Released: May 25, 1951. Voices Narrator: Boris Karloff; The Girl: Helena Patockova; The Boy: Jaromir Sobotoa When a young boy (seen in live-action) imagines in his dreams that his toys are real, his dream comes to life (as stop-motion animated puppets) with a Chinese emperor befriending a nightingale whose song he loves to hear. This live-action/puppet animated feature was based on the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, narrated by Boris Karloff. PN: Czechoslovakian animator Jiri Trnka, one of Europe’s premier stop-motion animators, first produced this film in 1948 at his Trick Brothers studio in Prague, which he and Jiri Brdecka adapted for the screen. Before distributing the film to the United States in 1951, Rembrandt Films, which acquired the Englishspeaking rights, hired legendary horror film star Boris Karloff to provide new narration for the film. It marked the actor’s first voice credit on an animated production. fi ESCAFLOWNE (2002) A Bandai Entertainment release. p: Masahiko Minami, Minoru Takanashi, Masuo Ueda, Toyoyuki Yokohama; (English adaptation) Charles McCarter; d: Kazuki Akane; scr: Kazuki Sekine, Ryota Yamaguchi; anim dir: Nobuteru Yuki; m: Yoko Kanno, Hajime Mizoguchi, Inon Zur. Running time: 96 minutes. Released: January 25, 2002. Voices Shesta: Trevor Devall; Nukushi: Brian Dobson; Dryden: Michael Dobson; Folken: Paul Dobson; Allen: Brian Drummond; Dilandau: Andrew Francis; Sora: Mayumi Iizuka; Yukari: Willow Johnson; Mole Man: Terry Klassen; Old Woman: Hisako Kyoda After overcoming her depression on Earth, a young Japanese high school female student named Hitomi, travels to the alternate world of Gaea, where she teams up with the enigmatic young king Van. Empowered by a mystical dragon armor they wear, they defeat the country’s enemies to save its future. PN: Dubbed in English, this feature-length project was based on the popular 26-episode cartoon series produced in Japan in 1996 and released four years later as a film entitled, Escaflowne: A Girl in Gaea before being released in the United States two years later. fi EVERYONE’S HERO (2006) An IDT Entertainment Production released by 20th Century Fox. p: Ron Tippe, Igor Khait; exec prod: Christopher Reeve, Dana Reeve, Janet Healy, Jerry Davis, Stephen R. Brown, Morris Berger; d: Christopher Reeve, Dan St. Pierre, Colin Brady; scr: Robert Kurtz, Jeff Hand (based on a story by Howard Jonas); m: John Debney; CG superv: Jeff Bell. Songs: “The Best,” “Keep on Swinging,” “Dream Like New York,” “Chicago (That Toddling Town),” “The Best Day of My Life,” “Keep Your Eye on the Ball,” “What You Do,” “Swing It,” “Take Me Out to the Ballgame,” “The Bug,” “The Tigers” and “At Bat.” Running time: 86 minutes. Release date: September 15, 2006. Voices Yankee Irving: Jake T. Austin; Babe Ruth: Brian Dennehy; Darlin: Whoopi Goldberg; Bully: Gideon Jacobs; Lefty Maginnis: William H. Macy; Stanley Irving: Mandy Pankin; Emily Irving: Dana Reeve; Marti: Raven; Screwie: Rob Reiner; Yankees’ Manager: Joe Torrre; Mr. Robinson: Robert Wagner; Lonnie Brewster: Forest Whitaker; Hobo Andy/Maitre: Richard Kind; Arnold: Conor J. White; Tommy: Tyler James Williams; Officer Bryant/ Other Voices: Ritchie Allen; Rosetta Brewster: Cherise Boothe; Sandlot Kid #2: Ralph Coppola; Announcer: Jason Harris; Hobo Louie: Ed Helms; Conductors/Umpire: Ray Iannicelli; Bully Kid Tubby: Gideon Jacobs; Bully Kid Arnold: Conor J. White; Willie: Marcus Maurice Additional Voices Rochelle Hogue; Sondra James; Matthew Laborteaux; Greta Martin; Christie Moreau; Sean Oliver; Charles Parnell; Dennis Pressey; Tyler James Williams; Cornell Womack A young boy who recovers Babe Ruth’s stolen bat takes a memorable thousand-mile journey with his dad to New York to return it to the famed homerun slugger and help the New York Yankees win the World Series in this heartwarming, G-rated Depression-era comedy-adventure. PN: Originally to be called Yankee Irving, the film’s originating director and executive producer, Christopher Reeve, inspired the project’s theme of perseverance against all odds. The basis of the film was born out of a bedtime yarn that writer Howard Jonas told his kids. After Christopher and Dana Reeve, who served as a coproducer and was the voice of Emily, died, cowriter Robert Kurtz said there were no plans to shelve the movie. “They would have never forgiven us,” Kurtz said. Released to theaters in September 2006 and despite mixed critical reviews, the movie took third place in the weekend box-office results, opening on 2,896 screens and grossing slightly more than $6 million. Overall, the computeranimated feature pulled in a paltry $15.2 million, worldwide. fi FANTASIA (1940) A Walt Disney Production released by RKO Radio Pictures. p: Walt Disney; prod superv: Ben Sharpsteen; “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” by Johann Sebastian Bach: d: Samuel Armstrong; st: Lee Blair, Elmer Plummer, Phil Dike; “The Nutcracker Suite” by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky: d: Samuel Armstrong; st: Sylvia MoberlyHolland, Norman Wright, Albert Heath, Bianca Majolie, Graham Heid; “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” by Paul Dukas: d: James Algar; st: Perce Pearce, Carl Fallberg; superv anim: Fred Moore, Vladimir Tytla; “The Rite of Spring” by Igor Stravinsky: d: Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield; st: William Martin, Leo Thiele, Robert Sterner, John Fraser McLeish; superv anim: Wolfgang Reitherman, Joshua FANTASIA 177 xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 177 9/11/08 5:14:50 PM

Meador; “Pastoral Symphony” by Ludwig van Beethoven: d: Hamilton Luske, Jim Handley, Ford Beebe; st: Otto Englander, Webb Smith, Erdman Penner, Joseph Sabo, Bill Peet, George Stallings: superv anim: Fred Moore, Ward Kimball, Eric Larson, Arthur Babbitt, Oliver M. Johnston Jr., Don Towsley; “Dance of the Hours” by Amilcare Ponchielli: d: T. Hee, Norman Ferguson; superv anim: Norman Ferguson; “Night on Bald Mountain” by Modest Mussorgsky and “Ave Maria” by Franz Schubert: d: Wilfred Jackson; st: Campbell Grant, Arthur Heinemann, Phil Dike; superv anim: Vladimir Tytla. Running time: 120 minutes. Released: November 13, 1940. Cast Himself: Deems Taylor; Themselves: Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra; Sorcerer’s Apprentice: Mickey Mouse Walt Disney set new standards for animation with this film, featuring eight different pieces of classical music—Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker Suite,” Bach’s “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” and others—visually interpreted by the Disney artists. The most memorable moment of the film is Mickey Mouse’s performance in “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” where he tries to cast his master’s spells. PN: Among Walt Disney’s plans for this animated, symphonyladen classic was to shoot the film in wide screen and stereophonic sound, film some scenes in 3-D and perfume theaters with floral scent during the “Nutcracker Suite” flower ballet. Although tight money stymied Disney’s plans, he did embellish the film with an innovative, fully directional sound system he called “Fantasound.” fi FANTASIA/2000 (1999) A Walt Disney Studios Production released by Buena Vista Pictures. p: Donald W. Ernst; exec prod: Roy Edward Disney; d: Pixote Hunt (“Symphony No. 5”); Hendel Butoy (“Pines of Rome,” “Piano Concerto No. 2, Allegro, Opus 102”); Eric Goldberg (“Rhapsody in Blue,” “Carnival of the Animals” [Le Carnival des Animaux] Finale); James Algar (“The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”); Francis Glebas (“Pomp and Circumstance”—Marches 1, 2, 3 and 4); Gaetan Brizzi and Paul Brizzi (“Firebird Suite—1919 Version”) superv anim dir: Hendel Butoy; host seq dir: Don Hahn; m: James Levine, with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Running time: 75 minutes. Released: December 31, 1999. Voices Mickey Mouse: Tony Anselmo; Daisy Duck: Russi Taylor; “Pomp and Circumstance” Soprano: Kathleen Battle; “Pomp and Circumstance” Choral: Chicago Symphony Chorus Live-action Cast Leopold Stokowski, Bette Midler, Steve Martin, Penn and Teller, Itzhak Perlman, Quincy Jones, James Earl Jones, Angela Lansbury Seven new animated sequences set to classical music— Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 5”; Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue”; Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite” and “Pomp and Circumstance,” featuring Donald Duck as Noah’s helper; “Pines of Rome”; Dmitri Shostakovich’s “Steadfast Tin Soldier” (Piano Concerto No. 2); and “Carnival of the Animals”—plus “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” with Mickey Mouse from the original film are featured in this animated musical sequel to Disney’s 1940 masterpiece Fantasia. PN: Produced 59 years after Walt Disney’s imaginative mixture of animation and music revered by critics the world over, this continuation—and the first film released to theaters in the United States with the millennium as part of its title—was originally presented in the big-screen IMAX format and was released exclusively to 75 IMAX theaters worldwide from January 1 through April 30, 2000. The release marked a significant breakthrough for IMAX, becoming the first feature film to be screened in the large-format IMAX process. Previously, IMAX presentations, due to film size and projector capacity, had been limited to films no more than 45 minutes long. On June 16, Disney released a digitally projected, 35 millimeter version to 1,300 screens nationwide. The 2-D animated film made a short of list of Academy Award–nominated films in 2000. fi FANTASTIC PLANET (1973) A Les Films Armorial/Service De Recherche Ortif Production released by New World Pictures. p: Simon Damiani, Andre ValioCavaglione; d: Rene Laloux; w: Rene Laloux, Roland Topor (based on the novel Ems en Serie by Stefen Wul); m: Alain Gorogeur. Running time: 71 minutes. Released: December 1, 1973. Voices Terr: Barry Bostwick; Chief of the Oms/Master Kon: Marvin Miller; Master Taj: Olan Soule; Master Sihn/Om Sorcrer: Hal Smith; Hollow Log/Chief/Traag Child: June Foray Additional Voices Cynthia Adler, Nora Heflin, Mark Gruner, Monika Ramirez This avant-garde-styled film is a tale of social injustice, relating the story of the Draggs, 39-foot-tall inhabitants of the planet Yagam, who keep the Oms—who have evolved from humans—as pets. Terr, one of the Oms, is accidentally educated by the Draggs and, after uniting with his people, helps them achieve equality with the Draggs once and for all. PN: This French Czech full-length animated fantasy was winner of a Grand Prix award at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. fi FERNGULLY . . . THE LAST RAINFOREST (1992) An FAI Films Production in association with Youngheart Productions released by 20th Century Fox. p: Peter Faiman, Wayne Young, Jim Cox, Brian Rosen, Richard Harper; d: Bill Kroyer; exec prod: Ted Field, Robert W. Cort, Jeff Dowd, William F. Willett; scr: Jim Cox (based on the stories of Ferngully by Diana Young); m: Alan Silvestri: m/sc: Tim Sexton, Becky Mancuso; anim dir: Tony Fucile. Songs: “Life Is a Magic Thing,” “Batty Rap,” “If I’m Gonna Eat (It Might as Well Be You),” “Toxic Love,” “Raining Mickey Mouse hypnotizes the brooms to do his chores in “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” segment of Walt Disney’s Fantasia (1940). © Walt Disney Productions (COURTESY: MUSEUM OF MODERN ART/FILM STILLS ARCHIVE) 178 FANTASIA/2000 xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 178 9/11/08 5:14:50 PM

Like Magic,” “Land of a Thousand Dances,” “A Dream Worth Keeping,” “Lithuanian Lullaby,” “Spis, Li Milke Le,” “Bamnqobile,” “Tri Jetrve,” “Some Other World.” Running time: 74 minutes. Released: April 10, 1992. Voices Hexxus: Tim Curry; Crysta, a fairy wise-woman-in-training: Samantha Mathis; Pips, Crysta’s boyfriend: Christian Slater; Zak, a young human logger: Jonathan Ward; Batty Koda: Robin Williams; Magi Lune, the wise forest mother: Grace Zabriski; Ralph: Geoffrey Blake; Tony: Robert Pastorelli; Stump: Cheech Marin; Root: Tommy Chong; The Goanna, a ravenous blue goanna lizard: Tone Loc; Knotty: Townsend Coleman; Ock: Brian Cummings; Elder #1: Kathleen Freeman; Fairy #1: Janet Gilmore: Elder #2: Naomi Lewis; Ash/Voice Dispatch: Danny Mann; Elder #3: Neil Ross; Fairy #2: Pamela Segall; Rock: Anderson Wong Additional Voices Lauri Hendler, Rosanna Huffman, Harvey Jason, Dave Mallow, Paige Nan Pollack, Holly Ryan, Gary Schwartz In this animated ecological fantasy, the lives of rain forest inhabitants nestled in a secret world known as FernGully, home to an unusual girl named Crysta and her friend Pips, the rowdy Beetle Boys, a singing lizard and a bat named Batty, are threatened by the forces of destruction. The only human who has ever been there fights to save them and their magical place. PN: Adapted from stories by Australian author Diana Young and written for the screen by Jim Cox, who penned Disney’s The Rescuers Down Under, the film marked the feature-film directorial debut of Bill Kroyer and was the first feature for Kroyer’s Kroyer Films. Released in the spring of 1992, the film grossed $25 million. Music for the film was performed by Sheena Easton, Elton John, Johnny Clegg, Tone Loc, and Raffi among others. fi FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN (2001) A Columbia Pictures/Square Pictures Production released by Sony Pictures Entertainment. p: Jun Aida, Chris Lee; d: Hinrobu Sakaguchi; scr: Al Reinert, Jeff Vinnar; anim dir: Andy Jones; seq superv: Eiji Fujii, Hiroyuki Hayashida, Kenichi Isaka, Takumi Kimura, Claudea Precourt, Steve Preeg, Teru “Yosh” Yoshida. Running time: 106 minutes. Released: July 11, 2001. Voices Dr. Aki Ross: Ming-Na; Captain Gray Edwards: Alec Baldwin; Ryan: Ving Rhames; Neil: Steve Buscemi; Jane: Peri Gilpin; Dr. Sid: Donald Sutherland; General Hein: James Woods; Council Member #1: Keith David; Council Member #2: Jean Simmons; Major Elliott: Matt McKenzie; BFW Soldier #1: John DiMaggio When a meteor crashes and unleashes millions of alien creatures with plans to extinguish all life on the planet, a group of surviving scientists, led by the beautiful and brilliant Dr. Aki Ross, tries to save the planet from extinction in this animated science fiction action-adventure. PN: Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within was the first major film release to feature an entire cast of human characters using computer-generated imagery and motion-capture technology. Based on the popular video game, first produced in 1987 and created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, the film topped $32 million in box-office revenue in the United States. fi FINDING NEMO (2003) A Pixar Animation Studios/Walt Disney Studios Production released by Buena Vista Pictures. p: Graham Walters; exec prod: John Lasseter; d: Andrew Stanton; co-dir: Lee Unkrich; scr: Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds; st: Andrew Stanton; m: Thomas Newman; superv tech dir: Oren Jacob; superv anim: Dylan Brown; CG superv: Brian Green, Lisa Forssell, Danielle Feinberg, David Eisenmann, Jesse Hollander, Steve May, Michael Fong, Anthony A. Apodaca, Michael Lorenzen. Songs: “The Girl from Ipanema,” “Fandango,” “Psycho (The Murder)” and “Beyond the Sea.” Running time: 100 minutes. Released: May 30, 2003. Voices Marlin: Albert Brooks; Dory: Ellen DeGeneres; Nemo: Alexander Gould; Gill: Willem Dafoe; Bloat: Brad Garrett; Peach: Allison Janney; Gurgle: Austin Pendleton; Bubbles: Stephen Root; Deb and Flo: Vicki Lewis; Jacques: Joe Ranft; Nigel: Geoffrey Rush; Crush: Andrew Stanton; Coral: Elizabeth Perkins; Bruce: Barry Humphries; Anchor: Eric Bana; Fish School: John Ratzenberger Nemo, a tiny clown fish, finds that danger lurks along the Great Barrier Reef when he swims off alone and becomes lost and his single-parent father, Marlin, searches for him. Thanks to a friendly but absentminded fish, Dory, he meets along the way, he eventually finds his way back home, but not before experiencing an undersea adventure of a lifetime in this computer-animated fantasy. PN: The fourth feature of a five-picture deal for Pixar Animation Studios with Walt Disney Studios, Finding Nemo was not only the summer sensation of 2003—grossing an amazing $339 million in the United States alone—but also won an Academy Award that year for Best Animated Feature. fi FIRE AND ICE (1983) A Ralph Bakshi/Frank Frazetta Production released by 20th Century Fox/Producers Sales Organization. p: Ralph Bakshi, Frank Frazetta; d: Ralph Bakshi; w: Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway (based on a story and characters by Ralph Bakshi); m: William Kraft. Running time: 81 minutes. Released: August 27, 1983. The magical winged girl Crysta meets the first human she has ever seen, Zak, in director Bill Kroyer’s 20th Century Fox animated musical fantasy, Ferngully . . . The Last Rainforest. © FAI Film Pty. Ltd. All rights reserved. FIRE AND ICE 179 xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 179 9/11/08 5:14:51 PM

Voices Larn: Randy Norton; Teegra: Cynthia Leake; Darkwolf: Steve Sandor; Nekron: Sean Hannon; Jarol: Leo Gordon; Taro: William Ostrander; Juliana: Eileen O’Neill; Roleil: Elizabeth Lloyd Shaw; Otwa: Micky Morton; Tutor: Tamara Park; Monga: Big Yank; Pako: Greg Elam; Subhuman Priestess: Holly Frazetta; Envoy: Alan Koss; Defender Captain: Hans Howes; Subhumans: James Bridges, Shane Callan, Archie Hamilton, Michael Kellogg, Dale Park, Douglas Payton Teegra, the beautiful young daughter of the evil Ice Lord, is taken hostage by the Subhumans, which were considered extinct after the glacial destruction of the city Fire Keep. The Subhumans prove to be no match for the Ice Lord and his powerful Dragonhawks, but a mysterious hero, Darkwolf, prevails in destroying the sorcerer once and for all. PN: Working title: Sword and the Sorcery. fi FIST OF THE NORTH STAR (1991) A Toei Animation Company Ltd. Production released by Streamline Pictures. p: Shoji Kishimoto; (English dub) Carl Macek; d: Toyoo Ashida; scr: Susumu Takahisa; m: Katsuhisa Hattori, Tsuyoshi Ujiki; anim dir: Msami Suda. Running time: 100 minutes. Released: September 27, 1991. Voices Ken: John Vickery; Ryuken: Jeff Corey; Alei: Barbara Goodson; Old Woman: Catherine Battistone; Shin: Michael McConnohie; Wise Man: Steve Bulen; Jackel: Michael Forest; Pillage Victim: Wendee Lee; Hart: Dave Mallow; Bat: Tony Oliver; Lynn: Holly Sidell; Ray/Uygle: Gregory Snegoff; Julia: Melodee Spevack; Torture Victim: Doug Stone; Head Banger: Kirk Thorton; Thugmeister: Tom Wyner Ken, a martial arts master and leader of the North Star once thought to be dead, rises from the ashes of a post-apocalyptic world to protect the weak while seeking revenge against a group of sadistic mutant giants who have abducted his fiancée in this featurelength adaptation of the popular Japanese cartoon series. PN: Produced by Toei Animation in 1986, Fist Of The North Star was based on the 1984 cartoon series, Hokuto no Ken, which was adapted from the Japanese graphic novels, translated and published stateside in 1989 by Viz Comics, which also spawned a popular Nintendo video game. fi FLUSHED AWAY (2006) An Aardman Animations Studio/DreamWorks Animation Production released by DreamWorks SKG. p: Cecil Kramer, David Sproxton; exec prod: Peter Lord; d: Sam Fell, Henry F Anderson III, David Bowers; scr: Dick Clement, Ian La Frenias; m: Harry Gregson-Williams; superv anim: Lionel Gallat, Jakob Hjort Jensen, Fabrice Joubert, Fabio Lignini, Simon Otto. Songs: “Dancing with Myself,” “Are You Gonna Be My Girl,” “She’s a Lady,” “Don’t Worry, Be Happy 2,” “Bohemian Like You,” “Proud Mary,” “What’s New Pussycat?” and “Wonderful Night.” Running time: 86 minutes. Release date: November 3, 2006. Voices Roderick “Roddy” St. James: Hugh Jackson; Rita: Kate Winslet; The Toad: Ian McKellen; Le Frog: Jean Reno; Whitey: Bill Nighy; Spike: Andy Serkis; Syd: Shane Richie; Rita’s Mum: Kathy Burke; Rita’s Dad: David Suchet; Rita’s Grandma: Miriam; Tabitha: Rachel Rawlinson; Mother: Susan Duerden; Father: Miles Richardson; Football Commentator: John Motson; Newspaper Seller: Douglas Weston; Policeman/Balloon Seller: Roger Blake; Thimblenose Ted/Cockroach Passerby: Christopher Fairbank; Pegleg: Paul Shardlow; Take Out: Conrad Vernon; Barnacle: Jonathan Kydd; Tex: Newell Alexander; Edna: Susan Fitzer; Fergus: Joshua Silk; Rita’s Little Sister: Meredith Wells; Rita’s Sister #2: Ashleigh-Louis Elliot; Rita’s Sister #3: Ashleigh Ludwig; Fat Barry/Market Trader: Christopher Knights; Fly-Lady/ Passerby #2: Emma Tate; Action Figure/Artist: Tom McGrath; Liam Prophet/Ladykiller/Fanseller: Sam Fell; Goldfish/Fly/ Shocky/Henchfrog #1/Tadpole: David Bowers; Slugs #2: Karey Kirkpatrick; Slugs #1: Nick Park A snooty, pampered, upscale-living pet rat, Roddy, who tries to get rid of a pesky sewer rat, must fend for himself when he flushes himself down the toilet of his luxurious penthouse apartment into the sewers of London, where he encounters a mobster toad and his henchman and discovers a whole new world and way of life. PN: This latest coproduction by British animation studio, Aardman Animations, producers of such stop-motion hit films as Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) and Chicken Run (2000), and DreamWorks employed the high-tech tools of computer animation rather than Aardman’s traditional clay animation to bring this comedy to life. The film did not look as polished and perfect as most CGI-animated films do and codirector Sam Fell told USA Today, “We scruffed up the film and added wonky imperfections,” and the characters were fully “Aardman-ized.” They have wide smiles, round edges, and spherical eyes close together.” Budgeted at $148 million, the computer-animated comedy opened in third place with $18.8 million from 4,800 screens at 3,707 theaters nationwide and right behind the Disney/Tim Allen holiday comedy Santa Claus 3. The film opened stronger than the previous Aardman Animations/DreamWorks picture, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, which debuted with $16 million and $56.1 million in total box-office revenue, with $57 million in 24 days of release and more than $64 million worldwide. fi THE FOX AND THE HOUND (1981) A Walt Disney Production released through Buena Vista Pictures. p: Wolfgang Reitherman, Art Stevens; d: Art Stevens, Ted Berman, Richard Rich; st: Larry Clemmons, Ted Berman, Peter Young, Steve Hulett, David Michener, Burny Mattinson, Earl Kress, Vance Gerry (based on the book by Daniel P. Mannix); superv anim: Randy Cartwright, Cliff Nordberg, Frank Thomas, Glen Keane, Ron Clements, Ollie Johnston. Running time: 83 minutes. Released: July 10, 1981. Voices Tod: Mickey Rooney; Cooper: Kurl Russell; Big Mama: Pearl Bailey; Amos Slade: Jack Albertson; Vixey: Sandy Duncan; Widow Tweed: Jeanette Nolan; Chief: Pat Buttram; Porcupine: John Fiedler; Badger: John McIntire; Dinky: Dick Bakalyan; Boomer: Paul Winchell; Young Tod: Keith Mitchell; Young Copper: Corey Feldman A young fox and a puppy become the best of friends one summer but are separated when the dog’s owner, a hunter, takes the dog away for the winter. Returning the following spring, the dog (now a fully trained hunting dog) and the fox learn what it is like to be enemies. PN: The first Disney feature to display the talents of a new crop of artists developed during a 10-year program at the studio under the supervision of veteran Disney animators Wolfgang Reitherman, Eric Larson and Art Stevens. Working title: The Fox and the Hounds. fi FREDDIE AS F.R.O.7 (1992) A Shapiro Glickenhaus/Hollywood Motion Pictures (of London) Ltd. Production released by Miramax Films. p: Norman Priggen, 180 FIST OF THE NORTH STAR xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 180 9/11/08 5:14:51 PM

Jon Acevski; d: Jon Acevski; scr: Jon Acevski, David Ashton; m: David Dundas, Rick Wentworth; anim dir: Ton Guy. Songs: “The Narrator,” “I’ll Keep Your Dreams Alive,” “Evilmainya,” “Shy Girl,” “Lay Down Your Arms,” “Fear Not the Sword My Son,” “F. R.O.7,” and “Suite from Freddie.” Running time: 90 minutes. Released: August 28, 1992. Voices Freddie: Ben Kingsley; El Supremo: Brian Blessed; Trilby: Jonathan Pryce; Nessie: Phyllis Logan: Brigadier G: Nigel Hawthorne; King: Michael Hordern; Queen/Various Voices: Prunella Scales; Daffers: Jenny Agutter; Messina: Billie Whitelaw; Scott/Various Voices: John Sessions An extraordinary young frog prince–turned–secret agent with superpowers and a leaping green fighting machine battles the forces of evil to stop the wicked Aunt Messina from conquering the earth in this animated fantasy adventure. PN: Of the non-Disney features released in 1992, this one fared the worst, grossing only $1 million in revenue. Songs featured in the production were sung by such well-known recording artists as George Benson, Grace Jones and Boy George. The film is also known as Freddie the Frog. fi FRITZ THE CAT (1972) A Steve Krantz Production released by Cinemation Industries. p: Steve Krantz; d & w: Ralph Bakshi (based on characters created by Robert Crumb); m: Ed Bogas, Ray Shanklin; superv anim: Virgil Ross, Manuel Perez, John Sparey. Running time: 78 minutes. Released: April 12, 1972. Voices Fritz: Skip Hinnant; Big Bertha: Rosetta LeNoire; Pig Cop #1 “Ralph”: Phil Seuling; Pig Cop #2: Ralph Bakshi Additional Voices John McCurry, Judy Engles Re-creating the pop culture and social agonies of the 1960s, this political, racial and sexual satire traces the sexual and political exploits of Fritz the Cat, a college-age cat who dabbles in drugs, radical politics and hedonism. By film’s end, following his many encounters, he rejects violence and cruelty but still embraces sex. PN: The first animated film ever to receive an X rating. The feature was to become the first of three projects planned by producer Steve Krantz. The others: Arrivederci, Rudy! based on the life of Valentino, and Dick Tracy, Frozen, Fried and Buried Alive, tracing the career of Chester Gould’s detective through the 1930s and 1940s. These two films were never produced. fi FRIZ FRELENG’S LOONEY LOONEY BUGS BUNNY MOVIE (1981) A Warner Bros. release. p & d: Friz Freleng; scr: John Dunn, David Detiege, Friz Freleng, Phil Monroe, Gerry Chinquy; m: Rob Walsh, Don McGinnis, Milt Franklyn, Bill Lava, Shorty Rogers, Carl Stalling. Running time: 80 minutes. Released: November 20, 1981. Voices Mel Blanc, June Foray, Frank Nelson, Frank Welker, Stan Freberg, Ralph James Veteran Warner Bros. director Friz Freleng was given a shot at producing and directing this compilation feature following the success of Chuck Jones’s The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie. Freleng combined new animation with previously presented cartoons, broken into three acts: Yosemite Sam, playing the devil (shaped around 1963’s “Devil’s Feud Cake”); Bugs outsmarting a dopey gangster duo, Rocky and Mugsy, who are holding Tweety hostage; and Bugs serving as master of ceremonies for a humorous spoof of Hollywood awards programs. Cartoons featured during the film are: “Knighty Knight Bugs,” “Sahara Hare,” “Roman Legion Hare,” “High Diving Hare,” “Hare Trimmed,” “Wild and Wooly Hare,” “Catty Cornered,” “Golden Yeggs,” “The Unmentionables,” “Three Little Bops” and “Show Biz Bugs,” the latter an Academy Award winner. fi FUN AND FANCY FREE (1947) A Walt Disney Production released by RKO Radio Pictures. p: Walt Disney; prod superv: Ben Sharpsteen; I/a dir: William Morgan; anim dir: Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, Hamilton Luske; st: Homer Brightman, Harry Reeves, Ted Sears, Lance Nolley, Eldon Dedini, Tom Oreb, with “Bongo” based on an original story by Sinclair Lewis; md: Charles Wolcott; m/sc: Paul J. Smith, Oliver Wallace, Eliot Daniel; anim dir: Ward Kimball, Les Clark, John Lounsbery, Fred Moore, Wolfgang Reitherman. Songs: “Fun and Fancy Free, “Lazy Countryside,” “Too Good to Be True,” “Say It with a Slap,” “Fee Fi Fo Fum,” “My Favorite Dream,” “I’m a Happy Go-Lucky Fellow,” “Beanero” and “My, What a Happy Day.” Running time: 73 minutes. Released: September 27, 1947. Cast Edgar Bergen, Luana Patten, Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd Voices Narrator/Bongo: Dinah Shore; The Singing Harp: Anita Gordon; Jiminy Cricket: Cliff Edwards; Willie the Giant: Billy Gilbert; Donald Duck: Clarence Nash; The King’s Men, The Dinning Sisters, and The Starlighters Radio stars Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy and cartoon star Jiminy Cricket appear in this Walt Disney feature composed of two animated stories threaded together by live action and animated wraparounds. Cartoon sequences include: “Bongo, the Wonder Bear,” about a circus bear who escapes from the circus and finds the companionship of Lulubelle, a cute female bear, and “Mickey and the Beanstalk,” a clever retelling of the famed “Jack and the Beanstalk” tale featuring Mickey, Donald, Goofy and, of course, the Giant (Willie). fi GALAXY EXPRESS (1981) A Toei Animation Company Ltd. Production released by New World Pictures. p: Roger Corman; d: Rintaro; scr: Kon Ichikawa, Shiro Ishimori, Leiji Matsumoto; m: Nozomu Aoki, Yukihide Takekawa; anim: Tomeko Horikawa, Yoshinobu Ineno, Yoshinori Kanada, Reiko Kuwahara, Joji Manabe, Shigeo Matoba, Hiroshi Oikawa, Rintaro, Kazuhide Tomonaga, Emiko Tsukima, Koichi Tsunoda. Running time: 91 minutes. Released: August 8, 1981. Voices Tetsuro Hoshino: Masako Nozawa; Queen Emeralda: Reiko Tajima; Captain Harlock: Makio Inoue; Narrator: Tatsuya Jo; Conductor: Kaneta Kimotsuki; Maettel: Masako Ikeda; Claire: Yoko Asagama; Tochiro’s Mother: Miyoko Aso; Shadow: Toshiko Fujita; Captain of the Guard: Banjo Ginga; Antares: Yasuo Hisamatsu; Queen Promethium: Kimiya; Tochiro Oyama: Kei Tomiyama A brave young orphan (Joey) travels to Andromedia on the Galaxy Express train to outer space to avenge the death of his mother and the Cyborgs who killed her in this animated scientific fiction adventure based on the Japanese cartoon series Galaxy Express 999. GALAXY EXPRESS 181 xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 181 9/11/08 5:14:51 PM

fi GAY PURR-EE (1962) A UPA (United Pictures of America) Production released by Warner Bros. p: Henry G. Saperstein; d: Abe Levitow; w: Dorothy and Chuck Jones, Ralph Wright. Songs: “Mewsette,” “Roses Red-Violets Blue,” “Take My Hand, Paree,” “The Money Cat,” “Little Drops of Rain,” “Rubbles,” “Paris Is a Lonely Town” and “The Horses Won’t Talk.” Running time: 86 minutes. Released: October 24, 1962. Voices Mewsette: Judy Garland, Jaune-Tom: Robert Goulet; Robespierre: Red Buttons; Mme. Rubens-Chatte: Hermione Gingold; Meowrice: Paul Frees Additional Voices Morey Amsterdam: Mel Blanc; Julie Bennett; and Joan Gardiner Mewsette, a naive country girl cat, becomes tired of peasanttype cats and leaves the farm on the next train to Paris to explore new adventures. She is followed on foot by her boyfriend, Jaune Tom, and his tiny companion, Robespierre, who set out to rescue her from Meowrice, a suave city cat who plans to marry her. fi GHOST IN THE SHELL (1996) A Production I.G./Bandai Visual Production released by Manga Entertainment and Palm Pictures. p: Shigeru Watanabe, Laurence Guinness, Yoshimasa Mizuo, Ken Iyadomi, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa; d: Mamoru Oshii; scr: Kazunori Ito; m: Brian Eno, Kenji Kawai; key anim superv: Kazuchika Kise, Hiroyuki Okiura; anim dir: Toshihiko Nishikubo. Running time: 81 minutes. Released: March 29, 1996. Voices Puppet Master: Abe Lasser; Aramaki: William Frederick; Nakamura: Simon Prescott; Bateau: Richard Epcair; Togusa: Christopher Joyce; Minister: Henry Douglas; Ishikawa: Michael Sorich; Dr. Willis: Phil Williams; Section 9 Staff Cyberneticist/Coroner: Steve Bulen In the year 2029, a sophisticated computer terrorist, the Puppet Master, seeks a physical life form to obtain the remarkable strengths and abilities of humans to penetrate any network on the planet Earth. fi GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE (2004) A Production I.G./Bandai Visual/Studio Ghibli Production released by Go Fish Pictures. p: Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, Toshio Suzuki; d: Mamouru Oshii; scr: Mamoru Oshii; m: Kenji Kawai; anim dir: Toshihiko Hishikubo; superv anim: Kazuchika Kise, Tetsuya Nishio. Running time: 99 minutes. Released: September 17, 2004. Voices Batô: Akio Otsuka; Motoko Kusanagi: Atsuko Tanaka; Togusa: Loichi Yamadera; Kim: Naoto Takenaka; Ararmaki: Tamio Oki; Ishikawa: Yutaki Nakano; Haraway: Yoshiko Sakaibara; Mysterious Young Girl: Sumi Mutoh In the year 2032 Batô, a cyborg detective, investigates the case of a woman sex robot killed by her owner in this sequel to 1996’s Ghost in the Shell. fi GOBOTS: BATTLE OF THE ROCKLORDS (1986) A Hanna-Barbera/Tonka Toys Production released by Clubhouse Pictures/Atlantic Releasing. p: Kay Wright; d: Ray Patterson; w: Jay Segal; md: Hoyt Curtin; anim dir: Paul Seballa; superv anim: Janine Dawson. Running time: 73 minutes. Released: March 21, 1986. Voices Solitaire: Margot Kidder; Nuggit: Roddy McDowall; Boulder: Michael Nouri; Magmar: Telly Savalas; Turbo/Cop-Tur/Talc: Arthur Burghardt; Nick: Ike Eisenmann; Cy-Kill: Bernard Erhard; Crasher: Marilyn Lightstone; Matt: Morgan Paull; Leader-1 Lou Richards; A.J.: Leslie Speights; Scooter/Zeemon/Rest-Q/Pulver Eye/Sticks/Narliphant: Frank Welker; Slime/Stone/Granite/Narligator: Michael Bell; Stone Heart/Fossil Lord: Foster Brooks; Vanguard: Ken Campbell; Herr Friend/Crack-Pot/Tork: Philip Lewis Clarke; Pincher/Tombstone/Stone: Peter Cullen; Brimstone/Klaws/Rock Narlie: Dick Gautier; Marbles/Hornet: Darryl Hickman; Small Foot: B.J. Ward; Fitor: Kelly Ward; Heat Seeker: Kirby Ward The evil Rock Lord Magmar is bent on seizing control of the entire planet of Quartex, which is peopled by various species of living rock. This spurs the noble Guardian Go-Bots into action, using a variety of devices to thwart the enemy Renegade GoBots to prevent the Rock Lords from taking control. fi THE GOLDEN LAWS (2003) A Toei Animation Company Ltd./Colorado FX Production released by the IRH Press Company. p: Seikyo Oda, Kujyou Ogawa, Naifumi Sato; exec prod: Ryuho Okawa; d: Takaaki Ishiyama; anim: Masami Suda, Keizo Shimizu, Yukiyoshi Hane, Marisuke Eguchi. Running time: 110 minutes. Released: December 5, 2004. Voice credits unkown. In the 25th Century New Atlantis, a 15-year-old boy and girl travel beyond time and space and over thousands of years in a time machine to ancient Egypt, Greece, India, China, and Israel, and encounter many famous spiritual leaders in history in this spiritual adventure. PN:This anime film by Japanese director Ryuho Okawa premiered in Los Angeles on December 5, 2003, at the Laemmle Fairfax theater, and was based on Okawa’s best-selling book of the same name. Many top Japanese animators worked on this innovative feature, including Takeaki Ishiyama (Sakura Taisen), Isamu Imakake (Lupin the Third: Dead or Alive), Masami Suda (GatchaMewsette, a naive country girl cat (voiced by Judy Garland), is the object of boyfriend Jaune-Tom’s love in Gay Purr-ee (1962). © Warner Brothers 182 GAY PURR-EE xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 182 9/11/08 5:14:52 PM

man, Hokuto No Ken [Fist of North Star]), Keizo Shimizu (Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu [Legend of the Galactic Heroes]), Yukiyoshi Hane (Kiki’s Delivery Service, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind) and Marisuke Eguchi (Street Fighter, Ginga Tetsudou no Yoru [Night on the Galactic Railroad]). fi A GOOFY MOVIE (1995) A Walt Disney Pictures Production released by Buena Vista Pictures. p: Dan Rounds; d: Kevin Lima; st: Jymm Magon; scr: Jymn Magon, Chris Matheson, Brian Pimenthal; m/sc: Carter Burwell (with songs by Tom Snow, Jack Feldman, Patrick DeRener and Roy Freeland); anim superv: Nancy Beiman, Matias Marcos, Dominique Monfery, Stephane Sainte-Foi. Songs: “After Today,” “Stand Out,” “Leslie’s Possum Pork,” “On the Open Road,” “121” and “Nobody Else But You.” Running time: 78 minutes. Released: April 7, 1995. Voices Goofy: Bill Farmer; Max: Jason Marsden; Pete: Jim Cummings; Roxanne: Kellie Martin, PJ: Rob Paulsen; Principal Mazur: Wallace Shawn; Stacey: Jenna von Oy; Bigfoot: Frank Welker; Lester: Kevin Lima; Waitress: Florence Stanley; Miss Maples: Jo Anne Worley; Photo Studio Girl: Brittany Alyse Smith; Lester’s Grinning Girl: Robyn Richards; Lisa: Julie Brown; Tourist Kid: Klee Bragger; Chad: Joey Lawrence; Possum Park Emcee: Pat Buttram (listed as Butrum in credits); Mickey Mouse: Wayne Allwine; Security Guard: Herschel Sparber; Powerline: Tevin Campbell; Max (singing): Aaron Lohr; Robert Zimmeruski (Bobby): Pauly Shore Additional Voices Dante Basco, Sheryl Bernstein, Corey Burton, Pat Carroll, Elizabeth Daily, Carol Holiday, Steve Moore, Brian Pimental, Jason Willinger Lovable canine klutz Goofy is a suburban dad who tries to bond and regain the closeness he once had with his teenage son, Max, during a cross-country trip. PN: A spinoff of the Disney animated series Goof Troop, Disney struck gold with this new animated feature (and the first fulllength animated feature to star the 63-year-old canine), grossing $35 million at the box office. Principal animation was produced overseas at studio facilities in France and Sydney, Australia, as well as at the Burbank studios. fi GREAT CONQUEST: THE ROMANCE OF THREE KINGDOMS (1994) A Toei Animation Company Ltd. Production released by Streamline Pictures. p: Yusuke Okada, Takamasa Yoshinari; d: Mashahara Okuwaki; scr: Kazuo Kasahara; st: Takamasa Yoshinari, Shoji Yazawa; m: Seiji Yokoyama; anim dir: Koichi Tsunoda. Running time: 118 minutes. Released: April 21, 1994. Voices Narrator: Pat Morita Epic tale of three rival kingdoms and leaders in ancient China—Sun Jian, the tiger of Jiang Dong and ruler of Wu, Lui Pei, ruler of Shu, and Cao, magnificent ruler of Wei—who fight to unite China under one dynasty in this animated adaptation of the popular Chinese literary classic The Romance of Three Kingdoms. fi THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE (1986) A Walt Disney/Silver Screen Partners II Production released by Buena Vista Pictures. p: Burny Mattinson; d: John Musker, Ron Clements, Dave Michener, Burny Mattinson; st dev: Pete Young, Vance Gerry, Steve Hulett, Ron Clements, John Musker, Bruce M. Morris, Matthew O’Callaghan, Burny Mattinson, Dave Michener, Melvin Shaw (based on the book Basil of Baker Street by Eve Titus); m: Henry Mancini; superv anim: Mark Henn, Glen Keane, Robert Minkoff, Hendel Butoy. Songs: “The World’s Greatest Criminal Mind,” “Goodbye, So Soon” and “Let Me Be Good to You.” Running time: 74 minutes. Released: July 2, 1986. Voices Professor Ratigan: Vincent Price; Basil/Bartholomew: Barrie Ingham; Dawson: Val Bettin; Olivia: Susanne Pollatschek; Fidget: Candy Candido; Mrs. Judson: Diana Chesney; The Mouse Queen: Eve Brenner; Flaversham: Alan Young; Sherlock Holmes: Basil Rathbone; Watson: Laurie Main; Lady Mouse: Shani Wallis; Bar Maid: Ellen Fitzhugh; Citizen/Thug Guard: Walker Edmiston; Thug Guards: Wayne Allwine, Val Bettin, Tony Anselmo Ratigan, an evil rat, wants to control the mouse world and kidnaps a brilliant mouse toymaker to build a mechanical rodent robot to begin his quest. His initial plans are to dethrone the mouse queen, but he never counted on two factors getting in his way: Basil and Dr. Dawson, two Holmesian mice hired by the toymaker’s daughter to track down her father. The pair not only find the toymaker but successfully thwart Ratigan’s plans. PN: This Disney mouse-tale/adventure grossed $25 million at the box office and used digital animation for the first time in an animated movie. fi GRENDEL, GRENDEL, GRENDEL (1982) An Al et al. Studios/Animation Australia Property Ltd. Production released by Satori Productions. p: Phillip Adams; d: Alexander Stitt; scr: Alexander Stitt; anim dir: Frank Hellard; anim: Frank Hellard, David Atkinson, Ralph Peverill, Gus McClaren, Anne Jolliffe, Alexander Stitt. Running time: 90 minutes. Released: April 1, 1982. Voices Grendel: Peter Ustinov; Beowulf: Keith Mitchell; King Hrothgar: Arthur Dignam; King’s Mistress: Julie McKenna Additional Voices Ed Rosser, Ric Stone, Bobby Bright, Ernie Bourne, Alison Bird, Barry Hill Peter Ustinov narrates this entertaining tale, told from his viewpoint as the towering monster Grendel, who challenges the hero, the legendary Beowulf, in order to survive in this animated feature produced in Australia. PN: Australian director Alexander Stiff produced this adaptation of John Gardner’s acclaimed novel 10 years after its publication. Made in 1981, the film cost between $560,000 and $680,000 to complete and was released in the United States the following spring. fi GULLIVER’S TRAVELS (1939) A Fleischer Studios Production released by Paramount Pictures. p: Max Fleischer; d: Dave Fleischer; w: Dan Gordon, Ted Pierce, Izzy Sparber, Edmond Seward (based on a story by Seward from the novel by Jonathan Swift); m: Victor Young; anim dir: Seymour Kneitel, Willard Bowsky, Tom Palmer, Grim Natwick, William Hanning, Rolland Crandall, Tom Johnson, Robert Leffingwell, Frank Kelling, Winfield Hoskins, Orestes Calpini: Songs: “It’s a Hap-Hap-Happy Day,” “Bluebirds in the Moonlight,” “All’s Well,” “We’re All Together Again,” “Foreover,” “Faithful” and “Faithful Foreover.” Running time: 74 minutes. Released: December 22, 1939. GULLIVER’S TRAVELS 183 xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 183 9/11/08 5:14:52 PM

Voices Singing voice of the Prince: Lanny Ross; Singing voice of the Princess: Jessica Dragonette. With the success of Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, animators Max and Dave Fleischer tried their own hand at a full-length animated feature shaped around the popular romance of Jonathan Swift. The film centers on the adventures of shipwrecked Lemuel Gulliver on an island inhabited by tiny people in the kingdom of Lilliput and his attempts to escape the island and return to his homeland. fi GULLIVER’S TRAVELS BEYOND THE MOON (1966) A Toei Animation Co. Ltd. Production released through Continental Distributing. p: Hiroshi Okawa; d: Yoshio Kuroda; w: Shinichi Sekizawa (based on the character in the novel by Jonathan Swift); m/s: Milton and Anne Delugg; anim dir: Hideo Furusawa. Songs: “The Earth Songs,” “I Wanna Be Like Gulliver,” “That’s the Way It Goes” and “Keep Your Hopes High.” Running time: 78 minutes. Released: July 23, 1966. Voices (English version) Professor Gulliver: Robert Harter; Pug: Herb Duncan; Princess: Darla Hood Hit by a car and knocked unconscious, a young boy dreams he is with Dr. Gulliver, a toy-soldier colonel, a crow and a dog on a trip to the planet Hope. There they discover a princess who tells them the planet is being run by robots who have gone out of control. The boy and Dr. Gulliver destroy the robots—who melt when hit by water—and free the planet. PN: Produced in Japan by Toei Animation Co. Ltd., Japan’s largest producer of animation, this full-length animated feature was retitled for American release. It was formerly titled Gulliver No Uchu Ryoko. fi GUMBY: THE MOVIE (1995) An Arrow/Premavision Production released by Arrow Releasing. p: Art Clokey, Gloria Clokey; d: Art Clokey; scr: Art Clokey, Gloria Clokey; m/sc: Jerry Gerber (with songs by David Ozzie Ahlers). Songs: “Take Me Away,” “Rockin’ Arc Park,” “This Way ’n That” and “He Was Once.” Running time: 88 minutes. Released: December 8, 1995. Voices Gumby/Claybery/Fatbuckle/Kapp: Charles Farrington; Pokey/ Prickle/Gumbo: Art Clokey; Goo: Gloria Clokey; Thinbuckle: Manny LaCarruba; Ginger: Alice Young; Gumba: Janet MacDuff; Lowbelly/Farm Lady: Bonnie Rudolph; Tara: Patti Morse; Radio Announcer: Ozzie Ahlers In this spinoff of the 1950’s “claymation” cartoon series, the spunky green clay hero and his orange sidekick Pokey experience thrills and spills as they travel to Camelot, Toyland and beyond in their first feature-length adventure. fi HAIR HIGH (2004) A Plymptoons Production released by E.D. Distribution. p, d, w & anim: Bill Plympton; co-prod: Martha Plimpton; m: Hank Bones, Maureen McElheron. Running time: 75 minutes. Released: February 14, 2005. Voices Rev. Sidney Cheddar: Ed Begley, Jr.; Sarge: Craig Beirko; Mr. Snerd: David Carradine; JoJo: Keith Carradine; Darlene:Beverly D’Angelo; Buttercup: Hayley Dumond; Spud: Eric Gilliland; Dill: Matt Groening; Hill: Don Hertzfeldt; Coach: Peter Jason; Dwayne: Justin Long; Rod: Dermot Mulroney; Principal: Tom Noonan; Zip: Zak Orth; Miss Crumbles: Martha Plimpton; Football Announcer: Jay O. Sanders; Wally: Michael Showalter; Cherri: Sarah Silverman Bizarre adult send-up of the late ’50s and early ’60s high school told by a soda jerk, JoJo (voiced by Keith Carradine), who chronicles the tragic love triangle of class nerd, Spud, head cheerleader, Cherri, and star quarterback, Ro, who retaliates when Spud takes his girl to the prom by murdering them—with their car-crashed corpses returning to the dance to avenge their deaths. PN: Independent filmmaker/animator Bill Plympton wrote, produced, directed and animated this limited-animated feature— and his first cartoon featuring a “name” voice cast—that was shown at film festivals during 2004 and 2005. It made its West Coast premiere on February 14, 2005, at the San Francisco Film Festival, and premiered on the East Coast on March 5, 2005, at the Florida Film Festival in Maitland, Florida, besides receiving limited distribution to theaters. fi HANSEL AND GRETEL (1954) An RKO Pictures Inc. Production released by RKO Radio Pictures Inc. p: Michael Myerberg; d: John Paul; orig p: Adelheid Wette; st (adaptation): Padraic Colum; m: Engelbert Humperdinck; anim: Joseph Horstmann, Inez Anderson, Daniel Diamond, Ralph Emory, Hobart Rosen, Don Sahlin, Teddy Shapard, Nathalie Schulz. Running time: 72 minutes. Released: October 10, 1954. Voices Hansel/Gretel: Constance Brigham; Rosina Rubylips the Witch: Anna Russell; Mother: Mildred Dunson; Father: Frank Rogier; Sandman: Delbert Anderson; Dew Fairy: Helen Boatright; Angels/Children and Chorus: Apollo Boys’ Choir Stop-motion puppet animated version of the classic Grimm fairy tale in which the evil witch lures two innocent children, Hansel and Gretel, into her fabled candy house with plans to eat them but they manage to escape. PN: Produced in 1954 by Broadway producer Michael Myerberg using hand-sculpted dolls and stop-motion technology, this film’s musical score of the 1893 Humperdinck opera was sung by none In an effort to rival Disney’s feature-length cartoons, Max Fleischer countered with his own full-length film, Gulliver’s Travels (1939). (COURTESY: REPUBLIC PICTURES) 184 GULLIVER’S TRAVELS BEYOND THE MOON xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 184 9/11/08 5:14:52 PM

other than pop music sensation Engelbert Humperdinck. That year, Humperdinck’s song was nominated for a Grammy Award. fi HAPPILY EVER AFTER (1993) A Filmation/First National Production released by Kel-Air Entertainment and later First National. p: Lou Scheimer; d: John Howley; scr: Robby London, Martha Moran; m: Frank W. Becker; seq dir: Gian Celestri, Ka Moon Song, Lawrence White. Running time: 74 minutes. Released: May 28, 1993. Voices Snow White: Irene Cara; Scowl: Edward Asner; Muddy: Carol Channing; Looking Glass: Dom DeLuise; Mother Nature: Phyllis Diller; Blossom: Zsa Zza Gabor; Critterina/Marina: Linda Gary; Sunflower: Jonathan Harris; “Prince: Michael Horton; Sunburn: Sally Kellerman; Lord Maliss: Malcolm McDowell; Moonbeam/ Thunderella: Tracey Ullman; Batso: Frank Welker The evil queen’s brother, Lord Maliss, seeks to avenge his sister’s death by evening the score with Snow White, who is rescued by the Prince. PN: This unauthorized sequel to the Walt Disney classic Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs began production in 1986 simultaneously with another unauthorized sequel to a Disney masterpiece, Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night, which was released in 1987. Originally the film was slated to be released in 1990 by First National Film Corporation, but a dispute between them and its producer, Filmation, ensued, delaying the film’s theatrical release until 1993. Unlike the Disney original, the film produced a small return, grossing only $3.2 million at the box office. fi HAPPILY N’EVER AFTER (2007) A BAF Berlin Animation Film/Greenlight Media/Vanguard Films/ BFC Berliner Film Companie/Odyssey Entertainment Production released by Lions Gate. p: John H. Williams; co-prod: Chad Hammes, Volker Bass, Silke Zakarneh, Wilhelm Auer, Peter Widmann; exec prod: Ralph Kamp, Louise Goodsill, Carl Woebcken; d: Paul J. Bolger, Yvette Kaplan; scr: Douglas Langdale, Robert Moreland; m: Paul Buckley. Running time: 75 minutes. Released: January 5, 2007. Voices Frieda: Sigourney Weaver; Ella: Sarah Michelle Gellar; Rick: Freddie Prinze Jr.; Mr. Prince Humperdink: Patrick Warburton; Mambo: Andy Dick; Munk: Wallace Shawn; Wizard: George Carlin; Rumpelstiltskin: Michael McShane; Dwarf 1/Dwarf 2/ Giant: John DiMaggio; Fairy Godmother: Lisa Kaplan Comical variation of the classic children’s tale of the beautiful Cinderella (voiced by Sarah Michelle Gellar) under the rule of the evil stepmother, who takes control of Fairy Tale Land, and what Cinderella’s life would be like if she did not end up with the handsome prince in this CGI-animated U.S.–German coproduction. fi HAPPY FEET (2006) A Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc./Village Roadshow Pictures Entertainment/Kennedy/Miller Productions Production released by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. p: Bill Miller, George Miller, Doug Mitchell; d: George Miller; scr: Warren Coleman, John Collee, George Miller, Judy Morris; m: John Powell; anim dir: Daniel Jeannette. Songs: “Song of the Heart,” “Hit Me Up,” “Tell Me Something Good,” “Somebody to Love,” “I Wish,” “Jump N’ Move,” “Do It Again,” “The Joker,” “My Way,” “Kiss,” “Boogie Wonderland,” “Golden Slumbers/The End” and “The Story of Mumble Happyfeet.” Running time: 98 minutes. Released: November 17, 2006. Voices Mumble: Elijah Wood; Noah/Ramone/Adelie/Lovelace: Robin Williams; Gloria: Brittany Murphy; Memphis: Hugh Jackman; Norma Jean: Nicole Kidman; Young Mumble: Elizabeth Daily; Baby Mumble: Khamani Griffin; Nestor: Carlos Alazraqui; Actress: Denise Blasor; Young Penguin: Kwesi Boakye; Squaw Bird: Michael Cornacchia; Female Penguin: Sonje Fortag; Lil Girl: Zoe Raye; Gloria Hatchling: Alyssa Shafer; Miss Viola: Magda Szubanski Additional Voices Mark Klastorin, Alyssa Smith In the land of emperor penguins in Antarctica, a young and enthusiastic penguin, Mumble, needs to sing a special song to win over a soul mate. Unfortunately, he can’t sing very well but he can sure tap dance. PN: George Miller, the man who made pigs talk in the delightfully entertaining Babe movies, coproduced, cowrote and directed this cartoon adventure. He conceived the idea for the combined computer- and stop-motion animated feature after seeing the BBC documentary Life in the Freezer. As he told an interviewer, “I had no idea what extraordinary creatures they [penguins] were. It was a chance to look at how individuals in a community can’t survive without depending on one another.” Opening in 3,804 regular theaters nationwide the weekend before Thanksgiving, the animated penguin romp grabbed first place with $42.3 million in box-office receipts, edging out the James Bond 007 feature, Casino Royale, which opened with $40.6 million. After its first 10 days of release, the feature remained the number-one grossing film in America, with $99,256,766 in ticket sales. Produced in stunning 2-D animation, the film was likewise released in eye-popping IMAX 3-D to theaters across the United States. fi HEATHCLIFF: THE MOVIE (1986) A DIC-Audiovisual-LBS Communications-McNaught Syndicate Production released by Atlantic Releasing and Clubhouse Pictures. p: Jean Chalopin; d: Bruno Bianchi; w: Alan Swayze (based on the comic strip Heathcliff by George Gately). Running time: 73 minutes. Released: January 17 1986. Voices Heathcliff: Mel Blanc Additional Voices Donna Christie, Peter Cullen, Jeannie Elias, Stan Jones, Marilyn Lightstone, Danny Mann, Derek McGrath, Marilyn Schreffler, Danny Wells, Ted Zeigler Featuring new introductory footage, the film incorporates numerous adventures from the television series with the famed comic-strip feline becoming involved in all kinds of escapades. fi HEAVY METAL (1981) An Ivan Reitman/Leonard Mogel Production released by Columbia Pictures. p: Ivan Reitman; d: Gerald Potterton; w: Dan Goldberg and Len Blum (based on work and stories by Richard Corben, Angus McKie, Dan O’Bannon, Thomas Warkentin, Berni Wrightson); m: Elmer Bernstein. Running time: 90 minutes. Released: August 7, 1981. Voices Grimaldi: Don Francks; Grimaldi’s Student: Caroline Semple; Harry Canyon: Richard Romanus; Girl/Satellite: Susan Roman; Rudnick: Al Waxman; Alien: Harvey Atkin; Dan/Den/Desk Sergeant/Robot: John Candy; Queen/Whore: Marilyn Lightstone; HEAVY METAL 185 xiv-416_AnimCartoons_1.indd 185 9/11/08 5:14:53 PM