Comments on: Inkwell Images

By: LITTLE CLOWNS OF HAPPY TOWN

LITTLE CLOWNS OF HAPPY TOWN — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

I do remember them, and had fortunately forgotten about them until now. Certainly worth forgetting.

By: Frightening Clowns?

Frightening Clowns? — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Can it be that Fred suffered from my phobea I acquired as a pre-schooler seeing the old OUT OF THE INKWELL films on television? As I result, I “frightened” into this industry, and for years I harbored a hatred of black ink until my second year in high school.

By: Ray Pointer

Ray Pointer — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Frightening Clowns? Apr 16th
Can it be that Fred suffered from my phobea I acquired as a pre-schooler seeing the old OUT OF THE INKWELL films on television? As I result, I “frightened” into this industry, and for years I harbored a hatred of black ink until my second year in high school.

By: Ray Pointer

Ray Pointer — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

By: Ray Pointer

Ray Pointer — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

By: DanO

DanO — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

just make sure and don’ty submit ANY cartoons with clowns in them to Fred. no matter how aesthetically they are handled.
clowns don’t work. people are afraid of clowns.
this is an absolute that Fred went on at length to me about.

personally i wasn’t aware that there were any blanket policies or rules in our business, but after being brow beaten by Fred in his NYC offices for 40 minutes on how people don’t like clowns i’ve succumbed to his infinite wisdom.
because he’s written and drawn so many cartoons….

By: Eric Homan

Eric Homan — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Dan. Is that the closest you’ve come to using your real name on this blog? And, yes, while there are policies like that in the business, we’re open to anything. We’re actually doing a short with clowns later this season. Maybe your pitch had other concerns.

By: DanO

DanO — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

ha hah!
pitch?
my meeting began and ended with the apparently irrefutable fact that clowns don’t work. while it sticks in my craw that Fleisher’s KoKo the clown is featured as a legendary character here and now in 2006, the above post is meant for young animators who are pitching to Frederator.
i would hope to relay my waste of time and energy (and materials as i never got my pitch stuff back…) to them so they don’t make the same mistake. Fred said he doesn’t like clowns because people don’t like clowns(ihateclowns.com was cited as the primary example).
this is what i experienced and what i’m stating here.
i’m not lying. i don’t hate anyone at Frederator.

i find fault with blanket statements or “rules” applied to cartoons.
i check in here once in a while (uh… yeah, thats my blog name that i post with) and little alarm bells went off in my head when i saw *gasp* a clown!
it blew my mind when my cartoon pitch, four weeks delayed, finally came to pass and my materials remained unopened, my animatic remained unwatched, and i sat and listened to inane psychobabble about how people don’t like clowns - no matter what.
i don’t agree.

if you are doing a short with clowns later this season, then i would venture to guess that it is because Adult Swim has already broadcast their clown short and the waters have now been successfully tested.

if you want to discuss this more, you can reach me here:
educatedmetalhead@yahoo.com
or i can come by as i live in LA now.

until then.

By: Eric Homan

Eric Homan — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Sorry you feel that way, Dan, and that your experience was unpleasant (seriously). You’re welcome to stop by any time with any ideas you might have. And give my best to hornsofthedevil.

By: Jerry Beck

Jerry Beck — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Anyone remember LITTLE CLOWNS OF HAPPY TOWN (1992, on ABC). I don’t.