tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post109386877893503730..comments2023-11-03T11:37:13.579-04:00Comments on Something Old, Nothing New: Bob McKimsonJaime J. Weinmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15128500411119962998noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-73230005007239281482008-11-30T15:35:00.000-05:002008-11-30T15:35:00.000-05:00You can't beat the one-offs of 'It's Hummer Time' ...You can't beat the one-offs of 'It's Hummer Time' and 'Early To Bet'. They were in my top ten when I was a kid and they still make me laugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-11523302671613078962008-09-27T19:51:00.000-04:002008-09-27T19:51:00.000-04:00And then there was "Rabbit Romeo" (1957) which was...And then there was "Rabbit Romeo" (1957) which was written by Michael Maltese, who was better known for his works with both Freleng and Jones. Thus, Maltese and Pierce each worked for all three "major" directors in this group (Jones, Freleng and McKimson). Warren Foster, to my knowledge, never wrote for Jones.wbhisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270661237413315760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-67935915697165617012008-09-20T02:21:00.000-04:002008-09-20T02:21:00.000-04:00Glad I found this; you've written a very nice summ...Glad I found this; you've written a very nice summary of McKimson's career. I agree that the poor guy's been unjustly ignored, although his later WB cartoons were mostly flat. I blame that squarely on Tedd Pierce; for some reason his writing seemed to encourage very literal, boring timing and animation, and the feeling I get in most of the Pierce/McKimson cartoons is like a guy telling you, very poorly, a series of jokes that he doesn't find particularly funny himself. There were some that hit the mark, but not many. Warren Foster, otoh, was a brilliant comedy writer imo, and brought out the best in McKimson.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01863326407644766592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-42419160786901295852008-05-31T14:30:00.000-04:002008-05-31T14:30:00.000-04:00When I was a kid and became cognizant of 'director...When I was a kid and became cognizant of 'directors', a friend and I were discussing WB cartoons, and he observed that Bob McKimson's Bugs Bunny had some specific physical movements animated, while Jones, Freling, etc. didn't. <BR/><BR/>His observation drew me to pay much more attention to the results of each director in the following years.<BR/><BR/>My preference (akin to an earlier poster) is Bob McKimson over Friz. That may sound as heresy to some, but WB director pecking orders (Jones, Freling, ...) seem dogmatic to me.<BR/><BR/>Give me a Bob McKimson Bugs Bunny any day. I still grin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-12841265601583749902007-05-24T00:25:00.000-04:002007-05-24T00:25:00.000-04:00That was a nice summary of McKimson's career.I per...That was a nice summary of McKimson's career.<BR/><BR/>I personally love his cartoons. They are uniquely his and very funny.JohnKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14033480276168015590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-51651749528505916462006-12-31T23:34:00.000-05:002006-12-31T23:34:00.000-05:00McKimson to me was Better than Freleng. Yeah I kno...McKimson to me was Better than Freleng. Yeah I know I'm in the minority here-but I'd take his Sylvesters, for example, over Friz's. Seems to me he just gets belittled and that's plain wrong-the man was a very fine director/animator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-36814412193445099682006-12-22T15:22:00.000-05:002006-12-22T15:22:00.000-05:00PS The above reply was posted on December 22,2006....PS The above reply was posted on December 22,2006.Pokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-27060405742830793052006-12-22T15:20:00.000-05:002006-12-22T15:20:00.000-05:00Couldn't agree more on the part about McKimson and...Couldn't agree more on the part about McKimson and his approach established series characters, and agreed also regarding the lack of formula. It was impressive that Foghorn L. didn't go through just that grumpy dog in every short and sometimes himself came out on top or other times was a later-model-ish jealous Daffy in 1959's "A Broken Leghorn".<br />Steve C.Pokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.com