tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post3820291295373206474..comments2024-03-28T11:45:24.378-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: Sidney's Golden MomentYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-4509926733608885302018-05-28T05:39:34.078-07:002018-05-28T05:39:34.078-07:00That sounds feasible to me, though there were some...That sounds feasible to me, though there were some human characters (Hector Heathcote) under Weiss.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-80056750820422475972018-05-26T22:36:16.910-07:002018-05-26T22:36:16.910-07:00To clarify: perhaps the only animal character crea...To clarify: perhaps the only animal character created during Gene's tenure, that is.rnigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370724366178429029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-59873758648389101722018-05-26T22:34:12.408-07:002018-05-26T22:34:12.408-07:00Perhaps Sidney outlasted Deitch's stay because...Perhaps Sidney outlasted Deitch's stay because he was the only animal character?<br />Bill Weiss and Hank Saperstein were basically salesmen, not creative types. Deitch harbors an understandable grudge against Weiss to this day.rnigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370724366178429029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-47343891997409910802018-05-26T15:16:07.052-07:002018-05-26T15:16:07.052-07:00Dayton Allen would end up doing Sidney's voice...Dayton Allen would end up doing Sidney's voice in the final handful of shorts Terrytoons did with the character. Allen's take was less neurotic than Wilson's original voice and more fast-talking crazy, which likely was due to Bill Weiss by 1961 pretty much demanding that all the theatrical shorts be geared towards either afternoon syndication or Saturday morning use for kids by parent company CBS. Unlike Deitch's other creations (and as Maltin noted) Sidney was the most readily accessible to children of the late 50s characters. J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com