Mickey’s 60th Birthday television special (1988)

Roger Rabbit appeared in ‘Mickey’s 60th Birthday‘, which was broadcast on November 13, 1988, as part of ‘The Magical World of Disney‘ anthology series on the NBC network.  The premise was that a television show celebrating Mickey’s sixtieth birthday is being shot.  Charles Fleischer plays the stage manager.  Roger Rabbit …

Working at Amblin Entertainment on the Universal Studio lot

By early 1986, ‘Who framed Roger Rabbit‘ was being developed under Amblin Entertainment direction on the Universal Studio lot… although the title, ‘Who framed Roger Rabbit‘ had not yet been finalized.  Peter Seaman and Jeffrey Price had written a couple of treatments for Roger Rabbit during their time on the …

Jacques Muller – 40 Years of Animated Cartoons

  Jacques Muller grew up in France and, after doing his compulsory military service, got a job doing storyboards on the France 3 television series, ‘Il était un fois… l’homme’ (‘Once Upon a Time… Man‘) from 1978.  Later in 1981, he became friends with Alain Costa who was working at Paul Grimault.  …

Gag Drawings 2 – Tom Sito

  see previous post:  https://pullingarabbitoutofahat.com/animation-the-forum/gag-drawings-chr…ife-at-the-forum/   There was a wonderful camaraderie amongst the crew at The Forum in London, although for much of the production the press was ‘on’ and they rarely left their floor during the workday.  The animators were on the 5th floor of The Forum building – …

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