Fritz the Cat Animation

[looneytooney]

I have just found out from a source that Garfield creator Jim Davis animated the pig cops in the synagogue and Duke's death death scene was animated by Fleischer animator Nick Tafuri.

(ToonHub's the source.)

[Thad]

I have just found out from a source that Garfield creator Jim Davis animated the pig cops in the synagogue

It's not that Jim Davis. It's the Jim Davis who was at Fleischers and on the 7-Arts Warner shorts. (And was also the genius behind the Fox and Crow comic books for 20 years.)

[Speedy Boris]

LOL, I love it when two people in showbiz have the same name. Kinda like Mike Rowe (Dirty Jobs host) and Mike Rowe (Futurama and Family Guy writer).

[looneytooney]

Whoops. :(

[looneytooney]

My favorite animation in the movie is the scene where Fritz hits one of the pig cops with a stolen car which has the cop hanging on the car door so Duke punches him out of the car and sends him careening into a black church and his clothes are ripped from the waist down. The animation is very loose and scribbly -- animated none other that Jim Tyer.

[fan4life]

The fact that this was helmed by the great Ralph Bakshi pretty much says it all in terms of quality.

[looneytooney]

There's really great Jim Tyer animation, also, being his last credited work. He does most of the scenes with the crows in the bar, Duke talking to Fritz ("You think bein' a crow is a big m-fin' ball?"), and the scene where Ralph, the pig cop, is hanging on the car Duke steals and Duke punches him which sends him careening into the black church.

John Gentilella animated the introduction of Blue the Bunny, riding his motorcycle around the desert.

Manny Perez animated most of the bathtub scenes. (He is GUILTY AS CHARGED :D )

[J. J. Hunsecker]

I heard that Rod Scribner worked on Fritz for a week and then quit. He was in rought shape then, having had shock treatment for mental illness which affected his memory. He told Bakshi he couldn't handle it anymore, that maybe if he were a young man he could do it. I think Irv Spence had recommended Scribner for the job.

[Mr. Semaj]

I heard that Rod Scribner worked on Fritz for a week and then quit. He was in rought shape then, having had shock treatment for mental illness which affected his memory. He told Bakshi he couldn't handle it anymore, that maybe if he were a young man he could do it. I think Irv Spence had recommended Scribner for the job.

That would make Scribner, along with Emery Hawkins another of many animators who unfortunately never got the chance to share their artistic theories with aspiring artists. :(

[Speedy Boris]

I heard that Rod Scribner worked on Fritz for a week and then quit. He was in rought shape then, having had shock treatment for mental illness which affected his memory. He told Bakshi he couldn't handle it anymore, that maybe if he were a young man he could do it. I think Irv Spence had recommended Scribner for the job. Wow, interesting. Scribner's distinct animation style would've been PERFECT for the crazy nature of the film.

[looneytooney]

I wonder what work he contributed in the film. Norm McCabe and Virgil Ross as well.

[looneytooney]

Our favorite, Marty Taras, animated the scenes where Fritz tells the crows to revolt. ("REVOLT! REVOLT!")