Blog History of Oh Yeah! Cartoons. Part 2.
Oh Yeah! Cartoons, started in 1998, but our minds were on original cartoons as far back as the 80s.
Blog History of Oh Yeah! Cartoons. Part 1.
Quickly improvising, I put all the meager knowledge I had of cartoons and the cartoon biz into a jumble of sentences.
The way I looked at it was Looney Tunes were considered the cartoon ideal of my Beatle-like view of contemporary art and culture; the films were the height of the art and unbelievably popular too. A great one-two punch. They were also short (cheaper to make than a half hour series), funny (kids like funny better than anything over the long run), and eclectic (sure, Bugs was the star, but they tried dozens of characters over the years to find their hits).
(Of course, this fit my view of our interests too. In my mind, I was trying to get my company into this new Nick/animation equation. If I could weave a senario that was unique in the contemporary landscape, who else would they entrust this new effort too, but the innovative folks at Fred/Alan?)
Nickelodeon prided itself as doing kids TV differently than the conventional wisdom (remember, this was the 80s, when Saturday morning television ruled the roost in the family industry, when tired formulas and commercialized toy-animation was seen as the only profitable route, when cynical executives decreed foolishness about kids every day).
It seemed this approach to lots of shorts by off-the-beaten-path talent was the perfect path for Nick to travel into animation.
Debby and Ann were enthusiastic. Looked like I was in like Flynn. Sort of.
(More next time.)
Blog History of Oh Yeah! Cartoons. Part 1.
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On August 11th, 2005 at 12:00 am
I love this story, Fred… For one, I share your reverance for the Beatles as commercial/artistic icons. Could there be a better yard stick on which to judge all standards?
I also think it’s fascinating that this is one case where someone truly needed to re-invent the wheel. Cartoons had been made by toy committees for so long, that someone needed to come along and shake the tree.
On September 16th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Thank you for the info!
On August 12th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Thanks Dave.
On September 16th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Very nice site!
On September 17th, 2005 at 12:00 am
Realy good site!
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