Here are some frames from one of them, where Bugs walks off stage and into the adjacent animation studio to show us how cartoons are made. It’s really a lot of fun.
Bugs shows off a storyboard for Transylvania 6-5000.
He plays a disc of Mel Blanc’s voice and confidentially tells us that he supplies Mel’s voice.
Next comes the flipping of the animation drawings, rough and cleaned-up versions. Daffy Duck then barges in to demonstrate his clean-up skills. He draws himself over Tweety. His animation skills leave much to be desired.
Does anyone know who animated this? Bugs’ head is very round here. Not the later dome-headed Bugs that Jones tried to foist upon the masses.
Maurice Noble (layout) and Phil De Guard (background)?
Daffy is called to the producer’s office for a job. The last scene shows what it is.
So what happened to these great little cartoons? Jerry Beck talked about it in 2013. I don’t think the situation has changed since but I’ll be happy if I’m wrong.
I think Bob Bransford animated Bugs flipping the pages. There's a hint of Bob's mentor Ben Washam in Bugs' face. As for Daffy with Bugs at the drawing board ... and Daffy as janitor ... my guess is Tom Ray.
ReplyDeleteThe cartoon as a whole looks like a cross between Jones's and Freleng's animation styles.
ReplyDeleteSomeone on YouTube a couple of months ago posted color bridging segments of several episodes from "The Bugs Bunny Show", including the ones from Friz's full 30-minute storyline episode, "Satan's Watin'" from Season 2 ... but with German dialogue. Someone from WB apparently had them taken down, but there are more color elements out there from various sources than was originally thought -- it's a matter of caring enough to match the color segments to the original soundtracks.
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing these segments as part of the Saturday morning "Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show" on CBS in the early 80's. Then they were just randomly inserted and cut up to shreds.
ReplyDelete"Randomly inserted and cut up to shreds" also an apt description of the cartoons on that program.
DeleteThank you. I suppose I wanted to forget that ever happened but it did. I got video proof in my collection!
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