tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post8578933263010982410..comments2023-11-03T11:37:13.579-04:00Comments on Something Old, Nothing New: Staging an Animated SongJaime J. Weinmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15128500411119962998noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-40136343562952909502010-11-21T19:30:39.864-05:002010-11-21T19:30:39.864-05:00I think the lyrics in "Magoo's Christmas ...I think the lyrics in "Magoo's Christmas Carol" gave the artists more to work with... and without.<br /><br />"Millions of grains of sand in the world, why such a lonely beach?"<br /><br />That needs no illustration.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12098471743485897147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-37842818109279492312010-11-20T13:28:39.799-05:002010-11-20T13:28:39.799-05:00Levitow's work with musical numbers was far be...Levitow's work with musical numbers was far better a year later with "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" than it was here, although part of the reason there might have been because the characters themselves were already set in place by the original Dickens story and were known to the audience. There was no need to completely act out the lyrics to define personality, because the audience already knew what the personalities were.J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-74409556902940160912010-11-19T15:05:30.040-05:002010-11-19T15:05:30.040-05:00Darrel Van Citters recently posted a four-part blo...Darrel Van Citters recently posted a four-part blog entry detailing the backstory of Saperstein vs. Bosustow. The link:<br />http://mrmagooschristmascarol.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-11-02T09%3A00%3A00-07%3A00&max-results=7Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-65371277055004747952010-11-18T07:41:06.152-05:002010-11-18T07:41:06.152-05:00Hello Jaime,
Are you the same guy who used to mai...Hello Jaime,<br /><br />Are you the same guy who used to maintain the Freakazoid Cultural Reference Guide?<br /><br />MFMMetFanMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09191993046517726498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-26455646779506713692010-11-17T21:57:59.391-05:002010-11-17T21:57:59.391-05:00Like many other musicals, so many things just didn...Like many other musicals, so many things just didn't quite work in that film. The main problem from what I've read is that they just didn't have the money to do it right. That "shadows" shot at the beginning looks very much like it was taken straight out of "What's Opera Doc?" Too many drawings were recycled. Too many shots held too long. The chorus of black cats is supposed to provide the funny business, but they aren't individual characters. They're just identical shadows. Next stop: Filmation's music video of "Sugar Sugar."<br /><br />Compare that to the Dumbo clip: the characters are identifiable, nothing is recycled, and the song is better. Money doesn't solve all your problems... but it sure helps.<br /><br />When I was a kid and I saw this film I thought the girl cat was a selfish brat who caused all the trouble.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12098471743485897147noreply@blogger.com