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I thought "Critters" to be a lot like Alpha Bits. In the late 80s Post tried to resurrect Critters, but it tasted like foam peanuts!
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Kurt Toy said:
Probably no different than how Warner Brothers might have felt when Mel Blanc voiced their characters, and Barney Rubble and others for Hanna-Barbera, at the same time.
Unless Ravenscroft had an exclusive contract, which Blanc had with WB in the '40s and '50s but had expired by the time The Flintstones was created, there is probably nothing Kellogg or their animation house could do about it.
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Well, Jay Ward did commercials for Quaker Oats (Cap'n Crunch, Quisp, Quake), yet Bullwinkle was sponsored by General Mills :
I'm a fan of Thurl and he did a lot of work with a lot of different studios. He had a 50 year relationship with Disney supplying voice overs. He also overdubbed a lot of stars singing voices in the 40s for various studios. Including Fred Astaire, which I believe was the only time Astaire's own voice wasn't used.
I remember he did the "no dogs allowed" in "Snoopy Come Home."
I remember he did the "no dogs allowed" in "Snoopy Come Home."
KeithE4 said:
Fwiw, per David Michaelis's Schulz and Peanuts, Charlie Brown and Linus were named (with their blessings, I presume) after Charlie Brown and Linus Maurer, coworkers of Sparky's at Art Instruction Schools in Minneapolis (the "draw me any size except like a tracing and win a scholarship" people - remember those ads in TVG?). Schulz worked out of a studio at Art Instruction when Peanuts was launched.
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At the shop where I get a haircut they subscribe to "Reminisce"
magazine, and in the October/November 2012 issue was a drawing
of the dog Charles Schulz owned as a kid; he'd sent it to a national
magazine around 1937. The "Reminisce" editors wondered if that dog
was the genesis of Snoopy.
magazine, and in the October/November 2012 issue was a drawing
of the dog Charles Schulz owned as a kid; he'd sent it to a national
magazine around 1937. The "Reminisce" editors wondered if that dog
was the genesis of Snoopy.
That is the same drawing, so I guess it would be more accurate
to say he sent it to a syndicated newspaper column rather than
to a magazine. It's not hard to see that Schulz already had artistic
talent (although I'm a sucker for animal pictures, but I don't begrudge
him his abilities; "Peanuts" made me laugh for nearly four decades).
to say he sent it to a syndicated newspaper column rather than
to a magazine. It's not hard to see that Schulz already had artistic
talent (although I'm a sucker for animal pictures, but I don't begrudge
him his abilities; "Peanuts" made me laugh for nearly four decades).
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bpatrick said:
I don't mind going a bit OT here......I always got a chuckle out of Peanuts when either of the following happened: (1) Charlie Brown pitching and getting nearly drilled by a line drive, losing his clothes in the process; (2) CB getting a rock in his trick or treat bag. (How cruel can a grown-up get?)
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Schulz wanted to call his comic "Li'l Folks" but Tack Knight, who drew a short-lived strip called "Little Folks," objected. Even though Knight's comic had not been in papers for a decade, he was contemplating a revival (which never happened).
The story I heard on how the name "Peanuts" - which Schulz hated -came to be: an executive at United Features was watching "Howdy Doody," where the kids in the studio audience sat in "the peanut gallery" - a carny term for the cheap seats in a circus (because the spectators bought and ate peanuts there). The exec misunderstood the term, thinking that "peanuts" referred to the kids.
The story I heard on how the name "Peanuts" - which Schulz hated -came to be: an executive at United Features was watching "Howdy Doody," where the kids in the studio audience sat in "the peanut gallery" - a carny term for the cheap seats in a circus (because the spectators bought and ate peanuts there). The exec misunderstood the term, thinking that "peanuts" referred to the kids.
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