tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post835027415568217671..comments2023-11-03T11:37:13.579-04:00Comments on Something Old, Nothing New: Paul Harrison's PrescienceJaime J. Weinmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15128500411119962998noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-51454875562977629382006-12-03T15:01:00.000-05:002006-12-03T15:01:00.000-05:00Jaime, these were very interesting. I notice Schle...Jaime, these were very interesting. I notice Schlesinger's reference to (I presume) Joe Dougherty, but I thought Mel Blanc had arrived by then. I didn't realise Jane Withers had provided voices. Which cartoons was she in?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-12866271194045978302006-11-27T10:44:00.000-05:002006-11-27T10:44:00.000-05:00I think "XEA Service, Inc." is actually "NEA Servi...I think "XEA Service, Inc." is actually "NEA Service, Inc." NEA (for Newspaper Enterprise Association) was a Cleveland-based newspaper syndicate whose clientele tended to be newspapers in smaller markets (although papers as large as The Detroit News also used their features). It produced whole rafts of columns and comics that these papers could use to dress up their appearance. My guess is that Harrison appeared in many papers, although not large ones. As a result, he would not be as well known as Parsons, Hopper, Fidler or other Hollywood columnists.<br /><br />F FloodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-13853232996092229862006-11-25T12:04:00.000-05:002006-11-25T12:04:00.000-05:00Nice find on the Harrison pieces -- I have seen th...Nice find on the Harrison pieces -- I have seen the first one, but the second, on "You Ought To Be In Pictures" is new to me.<br /><br />Conventional wisdom in mass market publications or broadcasts is often two or three steps behind what the public is actually thinking and saying; in 1940 the pre-strike Disney operations was probably at its highest point public relations wise than at any time at least until the opening of Disneyland in the mid-50s. To come out and not only say the emperor has no clothes in the short subjects department, but to correctly tag his replacement before the arrival of Bugs Bunny shows Harrison wasn't just going along with the crowd and singing Walt's praises simply because that's what everyone else had done for the last 12 years, and at the same time wasn't just knocking Disney to be a contrarian without any constructive criticism (there are way too many in the media nowadays like that, who go against the grain just for the sake of being different, but don't really have a clue on directing people to something that's both good and underappreciated).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com