angilbas
03-17-2007, 05:07 AM
Threads about 'who animated what' don't often discuss animation work from beyond the 1950s. The post-1960 Warner's cartoons may not have as much to brag about in movement, but there are good or interesting scenes which can be attributed to a particular animator.
Ken Harris animated a chase in A Scent of the Matterhorn where the cat's flight from Pepé is reflected in a pond. He also handled at least some of Count Bloodcount in Transylvania 6-5000, particularly when the vampire reacts to Bugs' request for a telephone. He may well have done the Coyote's inspection of Bugs' pipework in Hare-Breadth Hurry (Wile E.'s slouched posture just before he gets blasted is one of the cartoon's funniest moments). The opening chase in War and Pieces passes for Harris, right up to when Caninus Nervous Rex faces his grenade.
Richard Thompson animated the Coyote's reaction to the near miss by anvil in Hare-Breadth Hurry and let Bugs stretch Coyote-style during his fall from the rocket in Mad as a Mars Hare. And that famous screenshot from Adventures of the Road Runner/To Beep or Not to Beep wherein Wile E. faces "Road Runner Surprise" looks like Thompson's work. So does the "Secrets of a Harem" shotgun gag in War and Pieces.
Little seems to be known about Bob Bransford, although a drawing of his can be seen here (http://www.vickifox.com/anim_art_series.php?S&C&WAR&054&1). My guess ... he handled Bugs at the door in Hare-Breadth Hurry and the bunny's first scene in Mad as a Mars Hare. I believe he also let Wile E. paint himself invisible (War and Pieces). His experience under Jones may have helped him produce some of the better-looking moments in the Larriva RRs, such as the bit in Tired and Feathered when Wile E. reacts to the bird's prank phone call and plans to booby-trap the booth. Tightrope and hypnotism close-ups of Wile E.'s face in Boulder Wham! also look like Bob's work. And there's the invisible paint again in Clippety Clobbered.
A drawing of Bugs by Tom Ray appeared in the TTTP board some years ago. Another Ray drawing is in Celfcentered Animation (http://www.celfcentered.com/?pageid=33113). I think Ray handled much of Bugs in Hare-breadth Hurry and Transylvania 6-5000. Educated guesswork also sees him handling the scorched, post-grenade Coyote in War and Pieces.
Outside the Jones unit (to begin with), Virgil Ross handled many of Bugs' scenes in Person to Bunny (as when he's talking to Murrow). The scene of Sylvester collapsing atop the staircase in Mexican Boarders also looks like Ross. In 1965, he drew Wile E.'s idea poses in Boulder Wham and let the coyote pull himself up by a flower in Out and Out Rout. More desert work followed in 1980, this time under Jones for Soup or Sonic -- Ross handled the rocket gags and the Frisbee Disc bit. Ross was also prominent in the latter half of Spaced-Out Bunny. In both of these late cartoons, Ross used graceful ear motions as his signature.
-Tony
Ken Harris animated a chase in A Scent of the Matterhorn where the cat's flight from Pepé is reflected in a pond. He also handled at least some of Count Bloodcount in Transylvania 6-5000, particularly when the vampire reacts to Bugs' request for a telephone. He may well have done the Coyote's inspection of Bugs' pipework in Hare-Breadth Hurry (Wile E.'s slouched posture just before he gets blasted is one of the cartoon's funniest moments). The opening chase in War and Pieces passes for Harris, right up to when Caninus Nervous Rex faces his grenade.
Richard Thompson animated the Coyote's reaction to the near miss by anvil in Hare-Breadth Hurry and let Bugs stretch Coyote-style during his fall from the rocket in Mad as a Mars Hare. And that famous screenshot from Adventures of the Road Runner/To Beep or Not to Beep wherein Wile E. faces "Road Runner Surprise" looks like Thompson's work. So does the "Secrets of a Harem" shotgun gag in War and Pieces.
Little seems to be known about Bob Bransford, although a drawing of his can be seen here (http://www.vickifox.com/anim_art_series.php?S&C&WAR&054&1). My guess ... he handled Bugs at the door in Hare-Breadth Hurry and the bunny's first scene in Mad as a Mars Hare. I believe he also let Wile E. paint himself invisible (War and Pieces). His experience under Jones may have helped him produce some of the better-looking moments in the Larriva RRs, such as the bit in Tired and Feathered when Wile E. reacts to the bird's prank phone call and plans to booby-trap the booth. Tightrope and hypnotism close-ups of Wile E.'s face in Boulder Wham! also look like Bob's work. And there's the invisible paint again in Clippety Clobbered.
A drawing of Bugs by Tom Ray appeared in the TTTP board some years ago. Another Ray drawing is in Celfcentered Animation (http://www.celfcentered.com/?pageid=33113). I think Ray handled much of Bugs in Hare-breadth Hurry and Transylvania 6-5000. Educated guesswork also sees him handling the scorched, post-grenade Coyote in War and Pieces.
Outside the Jones unit (to begin with), Virgil Ross handled many of Bugs' scenes in Person to Bunny (as when he's talking to Murrow). The scene of Sylvester collapsing atop the staircase in Mexican Boarders also looks like Ross. In 1965, he drew Wile E.'s idea poses in Boulder Wham and let the coyote pull himself up by a flower in Out and Out Rout. More desert work followed in 1980, this time under Jones for Soup or Sonic -- Ross handled the rocket gags and the Frisbee Disc bit. Ross was also prominent in the latter half of Spaced-Out Bunny. In both of these late cartoons, Ross used graceful ear motions as his signature.
-Tony