Comments on: So what would you like me to do? http://frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/05/21/so-what-would-you-like-me-to-do/ Original Cartoons since 1998. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:49:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Frederator Studios Blogs | Fred Seibert's Blog | “The Coolest Job” http://frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/05/21/so-what-would-you-like-me-to-do/#comment-1111 Frederator Studios Blogs | Fred Seibert's Blog | “The Coolest Job” Wed, 14 May 2008 02:06:28 +0000 http://frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/05/21/so-what-would-you-like-me-to-do/#comment-1111 [...] Beck was the one who kindly asked me to write an introduction for his upcoming book on great art from Hanna-Barbera and how neat it [...] […] Beck was the one who kindly asked me to write an introduction for his upcoming book on great art from Hanna-Barbera and how neat it […]

]]> By: Dan http://frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/05/21/so-what-would-you-like-me-to-do/#comment-861 Dan Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/05/21/so-what-would-you-like-me-to-do/#comment-861 I would love to help out I still have all my HB stuff in boxes. It might help tell some great stories.<br /> I would love to help out I still have all my HB stuff in boxes. It might help tell some great stories.

]]> By: g. brian reynolds http://frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/05/21/so-what-would-you-like-me-to-do/#comment-857 g. brian reynolds Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/05/21/so-what-would-you-like-me-to-do/#comment-857 The thing that comes to mind, is what your first day on that lot was like. From the time you got up. What were you thinking when you were driving to the studio. Fears? Joys? Excitement? And who did you meet that day? Was Bobby on the gate? How'd you find your parking place? Was it next to Bill and Joe's? Who did you have lunch with? And I still want to know what was going through your mind. Were there paper clips in your desk that you could sit and play with and wonder how the heck you got yourself into this mess and what were you going to do, or were you like a kid in a candy store and couldn't wait to shake things up and get them moving again? And how did people treat you? Were there warm welcomes or raised eyebrows or both? And on the way home... what was going through your mind then? <br /><br />As Robert says above, I do hope this is a REAL book. I couldn't wait for that Hanna-Barbera Cartoons book to come out back in the '80's, and I was so disappointed with it when it finally did come out that I didn't even buy it. Nothing but a bunch of publicity art and some superficial history that we've all read before.<br /><br />I remember spending a lunch hour in Star Wirth's office. She was there - and Nelda Ridley (who had been at H-B since 1961) and Al Gmer and a couple of others, talking about the days when that place was really hopping as a production studio- not just reproduction. These are wonderful people with equally wonderful memories of a place that they seemed to hold dear. Their stories should be documented. <br /><br />I am long winded, as usual. The thing that comes to mind, is what your first day on that lot was like. From the time you got up. What were you thinking when you were driving to the studio. Fears? Joys? Excitement? And who did you meet that day? Was Bobby on the gate? How’d you find your parking place? Was it next to Bill and Joe’s? Who did you have lunch with? And I still want to know what was going through your mind. Were there paper clips in your desk that you could sit and play with and wonder how the heck you got yourself into this mess and what were you going to do, or were you like a kid in a candy store and couldn’t wait to shake things up and get them moving again? And how did people treat you? Were there warm welcomes or raised eyebrows or both? And on the way home… what was going through your mind then?

As Robert says above, I do hope this is a REAL book. I couldn’t wait for that Hanna-Barbera Cartoons book to come out back in the ’80’s, and I was so disappointed with it when it finally did come out that I didn’t even buy it. Nothing but a bunch of publicity art and some superficial history that we’ve all read before.

I remember spending a lunch hour in Star Wirth’s office. She was there - and Nelda Ridley (who had been at H-B since 1961) and Al Gmer and a couple of others, talking about the days when that place was really hopping as a production studio- not just reproduction. These are wonderful people with equally wonderful memories of a place that they seemed to hold dear. Their stories should be documented.

I am long winded, as usual.

]]> By: g. brian reynolds http://frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/05/21/so-what-would-you-like-me-to-do/#comment-858 g. brian reynolds Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/05/21/so-what-would-you-like-me-to-do/#comment-858 Fourth line from the bottom of my last post should have read "really hopping as a production studio - not just PRE-production.<br />Oops.<br />- Fourth line from the bottom of my last post should have read “really hopping as a production studio - not just PRE-production.
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]]> By: Fred Seibert http://frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/05/21/so-what-would-you-like-me-to-do/#comment-859 Fred Seibert Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/05/21/so-what-would-you-like-me-to-do/#comment-859 So Robert, I don't know the exact focus of the book, but could I convince you to start talking to people and collecting some of these stories? Let me know. So Robert, I don’t know the exact focus of the book, but could I convince you to start talking to people and collecting some of these stories? Let me know.

]]> By: Fred Seibert http://frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/05/21/so-what-would-you-like-me-to-do/#comment-860 Fred Seibert Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/05/21/so-what-would-you-like-me-to-do/#comment-860 So Brian, I don't know the exact focus of the book, but could I convince you to start talking to people and collecting some of these stories? Let me know. So Brian, I don’t know the exact focus of the book, but could I convince you to start talking to people and collecting some of these stories? Let me know.

]]> By: Andy Hunn http://frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/05/21/so-what-would-you-like-me-to-do/#comment-851 Andy Hunn Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/05/21/so-what-would-you-like-me-to-do/#comment-851 My kids, 7 & 5, watch Tom and Jerry everyday on Cartoon Network. Did Bill and Joe know from the very beginning that they were creating timeless classics? And if not, when did they realize the enormous gift they left us. Did censorship play any role in their work? What would they have said about today's cartoons? My kids, 7 & 5, watch Tom and Jerry everyday on Cartoon Network. Did Bill and Joe know from the very beginning that they were creating timeless classics? And if not, when did they realize the enormous gift they left us. Did censorship play any role in their work? What would they have said about today’s cartoons?

]]> By: gino mc http://frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/05/21/so-what-would-you-like-me-to-do/#comment-854 gino mc Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/05/21/so-what-would-you-like-me-to-do/#comment-854 i hope it's more than just a poofy historical overview with pictures.....that's about as deep as anyone seems to want to go with HB - there are still alot of people around who were there during the various HB eras, why not dig deeper and take a closer look?......it deserves an indepth study,it played an important part in shaping, not only the modern animation industry, but also impacted on the entertainment industry as a whole... i hope it’s more than just a poofy historical overview with pictures…..that’s about as deep as anyone seems to want to go with HB - there are still alot of people around who were there during the various HB eras, why not dig deeper and take a closer look?……it deserves an indepth study,it played an important part in shaping, not only the modern animation industry, but also impacted on the entertainment industry as a whole…

]]> By: robert alvarez http://frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/05/21/so-what-would-you-like-me-to-do/#comment-855 robert alvarez Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/05/21/so-what-would-you-like-me-to-do/#comment-855 I hope that that there will be some of the REAL stories about the studio and the people that worked there. We have all read the history of how the studio got started and list of shows that were produced. Lets see some of those great stories about Bill,Joe and the artist that were members of that great studio. It is too bad that a lot of the veterans now gone. I can remember spending time sitting in Ray Paterson's office and he would go on about the "good old days". I look foward to the book. I hope that that there will be some of the REAL stories about the studio and the people that worked there. We have all read the history of how the studio got started and list of shows that were produced. Lets see some of those great stories about Bill,Joe and the artist that were members of that great studio. It is too bad that a lot of the veterans now gone. I can remember spending time sitting in Ray Paterson’s office and he would go on about the “good old days”. I look foward to the book.

]]> By: Andrés from Chile http://frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/05/21/so-what-would-you-like-me-to-do/#comment-856 Andrés from Chile Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 +0000 http://frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/05/21/so-what-would-you-like-me-to-do/#comment-856 What thought Bill, Joe and/or their former staff about the Adult Swim retooling of their characthers? What thought Bill, Joe and/or their former staff about the Adult Swim retooling of their characthers?

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