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Hello, and welcome to the first issue of
AI!I!iATO! ( w i t h t h a n k s t o ! ! i k e J i t l ov ). . . ;; e hope
you' ll like wnat we' re doing here. If this is
successful, we' ll be back with more larger issues
l at er .
AHI!.ATO! is the offici 1 newsletter of
CARTOORE (Cinematic Animation Round able Of New
E ngland ) a n d a s a l w a y s , we' re looking for members.
mem bership is 85.00 and it gives you a subscript-
ion to ANI!1ATO! as well as half price admissions
to our showings. (See later in this is ue for more
information along that line.) We would install a
coupon here, but we hate to see you cut up our
hard work. Instead, just send check or money order
to CARTOOHE, c/o liike Ventrella, 109 Tremont St„
Box 614, Brighton, I!A 02135. !lembers also get free
goodies like posters and buttons (when we get them,
t ha t i s . )
Well, thanks for your support. We need it.
Have fun and all that stui'f.
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E dit o r
My next film, "Sex, Violence and Racism,w
is going to be mace next week as soon as we
finish rotoscoping the whole thing. Should
take a day or two at least. Then I'm retiring.
Really. No kidding this time.
Ralph Bakshi
Scorch , C a li f o r n ia
E dit o r :
Help, I'm freezing!
W alt D i s n e y
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OK, OK, you got me. I admit it. I'm really
Auggie Doggie in disguise. Now will you leave
me al one?
E lroy J e t s on
Spacevi l l e
E ep Op Or p A h A n
E dit o r :
We' re having an argument here we hope you
can help us sort out. My buddy here says that
wBozo" was the worst animated series of all
time. I insist that it has to be "The Three
Stooges.w What do you think? Are we both
wrong? Ierhaps the Al Brodax Popeyes? One
other friend suggests "Beetle Bailey," but
I don't think that's as bad as the others.
After all, Beetle Bailey sometimes would
move his head a bit while his mouth moved,
and there did seem to be more than one
drawing per second. Hopefully some of your
readers would like to join in this debate.
T h mk y o u .
H anna Bar b a r i a n
Battle Creek, Michigan
E dit o r :
"Rock and Rule" bombed because I wanted
it to. It just didn't show me in the right light.
We can't have this sort of thing, now, can we?
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E dit o r :
Thank you vewy much for this oppowtunity
to speak out on my suppowt fow the National
Rifle Association. Without this valuable
gwoup, w e wo ul d c l e nwy b e h e adxng t o wawd a
socxety with a vast overpoulation of wascally
wabbits. I say wWell done!"
Elmer F u dd
Long Cweek • Owegon
Edi t o r :
We' re in a heap of trouble now. The crew
of "Dark Star" just flew into Disneyland and
insist that Pluto be destroyed because he' s
u nst a b l e .
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T he musi c , p r o v i d e d b y D eborah Har r y , L o u
Reed, lggy !op, Earth, wind and Fire, and cheap
Trick was excellent and was well integrated into
the story, unlike »Reavy !'l etal» where the music
seemed more of an afterthought. I impatiently
wait the release of a soundtrack album.
Unfortunately, much of the effect of this
great music was lost due to the poor sound
quality of this film. The musie never built as
it should; it was weakened by restrictions which
kept it too low key. During the summoning of the
demon, for example, the music never reaches the
crescendo needed to convey the power and import-
a nce o f t h e e v e n t .
So with all of these things going for it,
why did »Rock and Rule" bomb? Wna' happened?
Well, we here at CARTGORE have some theor-
ies.
First and foremost is the public's usual
reaction to animated films. Americans shun
animated films because they relate them to the
inept, underfinanced, untalented dreck they
grew up with on Saturday mornings.
A second reason concerns the film's adver-
tising strategy. Its catch phrase was "Sound
you can see in the movie you can feel!" By
promoting this film's musical aspects instead
of aiming for the science fiction audience,
a large potential group was lost.
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1. Change the advertising format. The title
"Rock and Rule" implies heavy metal music to
some, so any advertising would have to offset
this image. Aim towards the science fiction
a spect " .
2. Remix the sound, bringing the back-
round musi c f o r w ar d wh en ne e ded.
I sinceroly hope that Nelvana will re-
r e l e as e » h ock an d h u l e " so that others may
enjoy this higi quality animation.
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Warner Brotherg
Chosing the "best" in any field is a risky
job. Especially if one is a special affectionato
of the area being ludged.
But duty calls, and we must stand to decide
among the hundreds of films the great warner Bro-
thers studio provided us with which ones are the
BEST.
The reason for this decision is twofold:
One, we are putting on our first screening on
July 8th, and we want it to be a huge bass. (It
had better be or a certain CARTOONS President
is going to be out a lot of money. ) What better
way to turn people on to the 5oys of animation
than by screening some of the most popular
cartoons of all time? Two, we feel as though
these films deserve to be commended and ap-
preciated. That's it.
With this in mind, then, let's look at
our list of possible films that will be shown
(or is that films that possibly will be showno)
at our first screening. The list is longer than
our screening program will be because often it
is impossible to get the film desired. On we
go in no particular order!:
A TALE OF TWO KITTIES (Clampett): This
i s t he m a mar s e ir s t appearance of
Tweety Bird. Here our fine feathered friend
has to deal with two Abbot and Costello charact-
er cats. Tweety 1s a much more aggresive bird
than the later model that Friz Freling employed.
Tweety has a number of indespensible dynamite
sticks (what sell' respecting cartoon character
wouldn' t?) and recites lines like eAw, poor
puddy tat fall down and go BOON!" in the most
untweety voice imaginable.
HANATEUR NIGHT (Avery): One of Tex's
p g sa a t | t th 1 k f
talent is endless is cartoonland. Ierformers
fall through trap doors that appear endlessly,
tomatoes thrown at bad acts hover in midair
until a good shot is had, and a band drops its
instruments at the count of three to take up
batons ao the conducter plays the opening
score. Four Stars from Joe Adamson's "Tex
Avery: K i n g o f C a r t o ons. "
THE ISLE OF klNGO lONGO (Avery): Another
spotgag my u u o rtc es. A great satire
on the travelogues popular at the time. The sun
sinks slowly in the west everywhere but in an
Avery cartoon: Here a demented ganster machine
guns it down in an instant.
PORKY IN WACKYIAND (Clampett): This is the
origina ac an w e o ne, not the later color
version titled "Dough for the DoDo." In this zany
film, Porky flies to "Darkest Africa" iri search
of a reward for capturing a dodo bird. (Ignore
the fact that dodos have been extinct for years
and look nothing like the cartoon version of them.
Tazmanian Devils don't travel in tornadoes, either.)
Salvador Dali would be proud of this film ae its
the most dada film ever put out by the WB crew.
There are dissolves worthy of the best KoKo the
Clown cartoons• and enough strange goings on to
make Tex Avery Jealous. (He later copied this
film in "The Cat That Hated People" for NGN.)
DUCK! RABBIT! DUCK! ( J ones) : T h i s i s a
favorite no o r s e c nique or its innovative
style as much as for its script. What starts
off as a typical Bugs/Daffy encounter ends up as
a riotous battle between the two as they try to
convince a befuddled Elmer that it's Duck season
or Wabbit season or that Daffy is a wabbit or
Bugs is a duck or whatever.
PORKY PIG'S FEAT (Tashlin): Daffy and
I' hy ~ PP t I h th y t '
1 , Snow Whit e ( a t P 2 6 )
2, lady and the Tramp (at k64)
The Jungl e Hook ( at t 7 3 )
4. Cinderella (at 481)
5 . Hambi ( a t P 8 2 )
6. 1 0 1 D al mat i o n s ( a t t 9 1 )
I, unfortunately> do not have the time
nor the inclination to figure out a system
that would take into account inflation per
year and then to go to the library and pour
through old issues of Vari~et in order to
come up with something re~se~bling the above
'1 st
ROVEVRR, (wish I could type italics.
I have to underline or CAFITALIEE whenever I
want empha~s s )a v e taken the list in the
aforementioned trade sheet and have adjusted
it for inflation with no concern whatsoever
of individual yearly performance.
what I' ve done was this: I' ve taken a
film> say "Fantasia>v and using a government
formula used for calculating such stuff, I
have checked the film's year ( 1940) against
what a buck was worth then, and then ad)usted
it accordingly. This does not take into account
rereleases or anything, but it's still a heck
of a lot more informative than the Top Rental
Champions of All Time list we saw at the start
of this article.
Therefore, here is my list of the films
-vjusted sort of for inflation, starting with
number seven:
7 . Fant a s i a
8. Pi noccio
9. Song O' Th e South
10..Peter Pan
1 1. S l e e p i n g B e aut y
1 2. Th e A r i s t o c a t s
15. Robi n Hood
14. Alice in Wonderland
15. The Rescuers
16. The Fox and t h e Hound
1 7. Th e Swor d i n t h e S t o n e
18. The Lord of t h e Rings
19. A Boy Named Char l i e B r own
20. Heavy Hetal
21. Fritz the Cat
2 2. Wi z ar ds
23. Th e Se cre t o f N I ( dH
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Ub Iwerks from?
a H ol lywood
b Kansas City
c Nonolulu
d R ' l y ch
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m'g What is Donald Duck's license plate?
a Q u ack 2
b 3I3
c 0 07
d He doesn't have one
Who created Tom and Jerry?
a God
b Ten Avery
o Walter Lasts
d William Hannah and Joe Barbers
4 Where does Quasi like to spend his time?
a in the bathtub
b a t a n orgy
c a t t h e Quaekerdero
d There is no such being as "Quasi«
5o Who anisated King Kong?
a Queen Kong
b George Psl
c W ill is O'Brien
d Ray Nsrryhsusen
Zero Nostel'e last film proJect wae doing a
voice for a chsrcter in sn animated film.
What was the film snd which character did
Zero play?
a Jeremy the Crow in «NINE«
b R ukh i n " The Last Uni corn"
c Keehsr the sesgull in "Waterehip Down"
d L arry i n "Wizards"
Who did the voice of Barney Rubble?
a Nel Blanc
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b Ar t Carney
Larry Storch
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d Dews Butler
What famous cartoon wae Winsor McCay known for?
a Yellow Submarine
b Boso
c Gertic the Dinosaur
d Gushy and Pokey
How many holes are there in the sea of holes?
a Nobody knows
b T hree or f our
c A million
d E nough to fill the Albert Hall
IO What studio did John Hubley found?
a Hubley films
b Warner Brothers
c UFA
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