tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993307026115460029.post3582987282622064597..comments2024-03-28T08:16:32.209-07:00Comments on Supervised By Fred Avery: Tex Avery's Warner Brothers Cartoons: The Bear's Tale: Splintered Shards of a Fractured Fairy-TaleFrank M. Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673579882180372546noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993307026115460029.post-69430489945396532762017-08-22T16:33:42.863-07:002017-08-22T16:33:42.863-07:00If it feels too "smooth and calm" for Be...If it feels too "smooth and calm" for Ben Hardaway's writing, then my guess would be that Tex wrote most of it himself. Since he was such a workoholic and always way too dedicated to his cartoons, that makes sense to me. David Germainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15242095374521702596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993307026115460029.post-40371602628214318242017-06-15T18:35:49.358-07:002017-06-15T18:35:49.358-07:00Love this blog. Hope you are well. Love this blog. Hope you are well. agingbuffoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05792311954060591199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993307026115460029.post-14219924440417333982017-05-14T20:22:49.736-07:002017-05-14T20:22:49.736-07:00Warners is still in it's 1939-40 period of sli...Warners is still in it's 1939-40 period of slightly over-detailing the characters here, compared to the streamlining that would come later (with Bugs being one of the earliest examples). But it works -- the extra detail fits with both the slower narrative and with Johnny Johnson's lush backgrounds that would continue through the rest of Tex's time at the studio (in a way, this is J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993307026115460029.post-10669326610058302282017-05-14T14:31:26.933-07:002017-05-14T14:31:26.933-07:00The best thing (to me) about Avery's unit duri...The best thing (to me) about Avery's unit during the late 30s, early 40s is how well design the characters look (which, of course, furthers the joke). it's always been amazing seeing how strong and controlled Rod Scribner's animation here and previous entries like <i>Bars and Stripes Forever</i> compared to what came later when he migrated to Clampett's unit (until he went to Jonathan Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12233850225669612698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993307026115460029.post-47130491267730046642017-05-13T21:58:30.848-07:002017-05-13T21:58:30.848-07:00Thanks for the new post, Frank! That's Rod Scr...Thanks for the new post, Frank! That's Rod Scribner's animation on the scenes where Papa Bear discovers the wolf in Goldilocks's place in the bed upstairs. So the credits aren't completely wrong. Mark Kauslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10198724482452376069noreply@blogger.com