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Nov 4, 2021 · "Thanks, but what I really wanna do is animate!" #LooneyTunesCritic---The Looney Tunes Critic website, The LTC Blog:https://www.looneycritic.com---Help us m...
In 1937, Schlesinger offered me a direction spot, and I told him I didn't particularly want it, because I would rather learn a little more about making pictures, before I took over the direction spot.
Oct 13, 2016 · Bob McKimson joined us at the Harman-Ising Studio in time to help animate the third Merrie Melodie ever made, You Don’t Know What You’re Doin’. Robert McKimson. This was in the first part of 1931. You might want to correct the records including Bob’s recent obit which says “Starting his career in 1932 as an animator for Leon ...
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Jun 29, 2020 · Not to disparage Bob McKimson, as Mrs. McKimson passed in 1962 (I believe), and colleagues have told me he was never the same afterwards. But the later work should never undo the earlier work, when Bob McKimson was easily the best studio animator that wasn’t Disney’s (and a pretty fine director, too).
Nov 1, 2012 · While Robert McKimson, Jr.’s writing contains no substantial errors to my knowledge, keen insight into what made his father tick as an artist or director is alarmingly absent. Rather, it’s largely a potpourri of “fun facts” that almost every serious student of the Warner cartoons already knows from just watching the films.
Jan 29, 2015 · I’ve talked about animation legend Bob McKimson before on this site. McKimson was born in 1910 and passed away in 1977. He died from a massive heart attack while eating lunch with his friends Friz Freleng and David DePatie for whom he was working directing Pink Panther shorts, among other things. Ironically, just days before the attack, he ...
After Disney went to produce Mickey Mouse cartoons, Hugh Harman & Rudolph Ising went to Warner Brothers to direct and co-produce cartoon shorts, along with producer Leon Schlesinger. McKimson was one of the many artists who tagged along. During his career at Warner Brothers, Robert McKimson developed into one of the most gifted artists ever.
