According to this post from John k's blog, a DVD of Bob Clampett is in the works. I can assume its a documentary film of clampett.
http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2011/03/ ... arner.html
Edit: Move this to the right location please, I putted it in the wrong spot.
Bob Clampett DVD in the works
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Going by how many Beany & Cecil cartoons and other rare Clampett material there is out there, I'd put my money on a third Beany & Cecil collection.
Review of Volume One:
http://animatedviews.com/2003/bob-clamp ... l-edition/
Volume Two at Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Bob-Clampetts-Bea ... edviews-20
The discs basically pull together Clampett's own cartoons, as well as earlier TV shows and rare footage. I would imagine the interviews being recorded right now would be used in some footage placing some of this material in context.
Nevertheless...I'm certainly up for a third volume, or whatever this turns out to be.
Review of Volume One:
http://animatedviews.com/2003/bob-clamp ... l-edition/
Volume Two at Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Bob-Clampetts-Bea ... edviews-20
The discs basically pull together Clampett's own cartoons, as well as earlier TV shows and rare footage. I would imagine the interviews being recorded right now would be used in some footage placing some of this material in context.
Nevertheless...I'm certainly up for a third volume, or whatever this turns out to be.
I've only seen (and own) volume one of Beany and Cecil.
The 1960s series on its own is NOT worth the price of admission. The extras are what make this disc outstanding... Too bad it's out-of-print.
I don't know what else you can put on a Bob Clampett disc besides more Beany & Cecil or the earlier puppet series which I thought was the best thing on the disc I have.
Too bad WB isn't in a mood to do anything approaching The Golden Age of Looney Tunes or some respectful bow to the only directors who seemed to know how to use those characters...
There is some good news there, though. Looney Tunes is airing early enough that the usual watchdogs aren't keeping some of the better Looney Tunes from airing.
Too bad that it looks like the only Looney Tunes cartoons the producers of "The Looney Tunes Show" watched were the Robert McKimson shorts!
My old film teacher was right... he said McKimson was the only guy who knew how to direct a consistently unfunny Bugs Bunny short. Might want to add the guys from the New Show to that list!
The 1960s series on its own is NOT worth the price of admission. The extras are what make this disc outstanding... Too bad it's out-of-print.
I don't know what else you can put on a Bob Clampett disc besides more Beany & Cecil or the earlier puppet series which I thought was the best thing on the disc I have.
Too bad WB isn't in a mood to do anything approaching The Golden Age of Looney Tunes or some respectful bow to the only directors who seemed to know how to use those characters...
There is some good news there, though. Looney Tunes is airing early enough that the usual watchdogs aren't keeping some of the better Looney Tunes from airing.
Too bad that it looks like the only Looney Tunes cartoons the producers of "The Looney Tunes Show" watched were the Robert McKimson shorts!
My old film teacher was right... he said McKimson was the only guy who knew how to direct a consistently unfunny Bugs Bunny short. Might want to add the guys from the New Show to that list!
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The Beany cartoons were....droll, for the 50's Alvin/Bullwinkle era, when a lot of ex-theatrical animators needed the TV work--
They were more miss than hit, but IMO what was funnier for some reason was Clampett's trademark of drive-by name-mangling puns--They're just there for no explained reason, and the randomness just cracks me up in hysterics.
Or "What's Up, Doc?"
Or "Hillbilly Hare".
Or "Hot Cross Bunny".
Or "Rebel Rabbit".
(I don't have quite the Cult of Clampett that Tim Bur...er, John K. does, but as for McKimson, I'll stand behind the Foghorn Leghorn director in that he had his own distinct style that was more than just "the Guy Who Filled In for Clampett".
Every director envisioned Bugs a different way--And where Friz's Bugs was an insincere song-and-dance man, and Chuck's Bugs was an innocently-wronged avenger, McKimson's Bugs was the true Bronxlyn wiseguy he always should've been. )
They were more miss than hit, but IMO what was funnier for some reason was Clampett's trademark of drive-by name-mangling puns--They're just there for no explained reason, and the randomness just cracks me up in hysterics.
You might want to show him "Easter Yeggs", for his edification.My old film teacher was right... he said McKimson was the only guy who knew how to direct a consistently unfunny Bugs Bunny short.
Or "What's Up, Doc?"
Or "Hillbilly Hare".
Or "Hot Cross Bunny".
Or "Rebel Rabbit".
(I don't have quite the Cult of Clampett that Tim Bur...er, John K. does, but as for McKimson, I'll stand behind the Foghorn Leghorn director in that he had his own distinct style that was more than just "the Guy Who Filled In for Clampett".
Every director envisioned Bugs a different way--And where Friz's Bugs was an insincere song-and-dance man, and Chuck's Bugs was an innocently-wronged avenger, McKimson's Bugs was the true Bronxlyn wiseguy he always should've been.
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