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Pietro
09-16-2004, 06:56 AM
Steve Stanchfield and Thunderbean Animation have started work on an all-new DVD featuring every single Cubby the Bear short produced by the highly underrated Van Beuren studio.

Who is Cubby? Cubby the Bear was created by Mannie Davis at a pitch session held by Van Beuren himself at the New York Athletic Club. The character did not hold as much personality and promise as the previous Tom and Jerry series, but still did fairly well. Three Cubby shorts were farmed out to Hugh Harman and Rudolph Ising who were still comissioned by Warner Bros. at the time producing the earliest "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" cartoons featuring the likes of Bosko and company.

The staff here at GAC wishes Steve the best of luck and we certainly hope to see this up on Amazon.com sometime soon.

More information here (http://www.animationshow.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=8&t=1152&).

-Pietro:daffy:

Thad
09-16-2004, 04:24 PM
Well, at least there's ONE DVD I won't be asking for Christmas.... :shame:


-Thad

Tom Stathes
09-16-2004, 04:29 PM
Heh, there's one MORE I'll be asking for!:daffy:

Jeff
09-16-2004, 04:55 PM
Wow! I think this post answere my question here! (http://www.animationshow.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=8&t=1178&)

What a coincidence!

Lee Glover
09-21-2004, 04:00 PM
Cool! I hope this will turn up on Amazon.com or eBay very soon.

I own a few Cubby shorts (including the Harman-Ising cartoon "The Gay Gaucho"). He may have a very limited personality, but his cartoons are highly entertaining.

Madison Carter
09-23-2004, 03:30 AM
I just got my first Cubby shorts from some PD dvds yesterday. Not the greatest in the world, but I wouldn't mind shelling out $15 for a complete run of them.

rex racer
09-24-2004, 06:16 PM
Just screened Mr. Stanchfield's "Complete Cubby" release. Very good source prints for the most part. Cubby is fun to watch, even if he's pretty much a "Mickey" wannabe. Interesting how Harman and Isings take on the character is pretty much Bosko in a bearskin!

Lee Glover
10-03-2004, 07:04 PM
Well, I recently made a successful bid for the Cubby DVD on eBay. Hopefully, I should receive it very soon. ;)