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07-10-2006, 06:43 PM
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Really Interesting JOE BARBERA Interview!!!
I just came accross this on Google Video...
It's OVER 4.5 HOURS from The Archive Of American Television, interviewing and talking with Joe Barbera about the history of the studio and animation in general. It covers his early life, the start of Hanna Barbera, the MGM theatrical cartoons through to the close of the studio and final years in the industry. I haven't gotten through every one of them yet, but there are some great little inside stories and anecdotes about the staff and animators, etc. The final interview, Joe discusses everyone from Tex Avery, Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, and Don Messick to Walt Disney and others, offering interesting stories about his interactions with each of them and sharing all sorts of memories. He speaks with Leonard Maltin, reminisces over all the characters and creations, the rise of their popularity through the television studio, employees and friends and all kinds of great industry inside stuff. I'm surprised at how well he recounts everything, names and situations. It's really interesting! Here are direct links to each episode (they run approx. 30 mins. each) and there are seven in total: PART I PART II PART III PART IV PART V PART VI PART VII I think this would make for terrific features on any one of Warners upcoming Hanna-Barbera DVD's... ENJOY!!!   
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07-11-2006, 12:25 AM
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Too bad there isn't an option to download a mp4 file of those, or I'd love to have it to watch on my PSP.
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07-11-2006, 04:45 AM
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 - and watch them with an FLV player (this one works fine for me, there are plenty of others).
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07-11-2006, 09:50 AM
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- Christopher M. Sobieniak "Listen, I don't want to interrupt your story, but is this a joke you're gonna tell me about a minority group, and after you tell it we're all gonna laugh and feel superior?" (from "Norman Normal," 1968) Welcome to the P.B.S. The Online Video Depository
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07-11-2006, 12:10 PM
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07-11-2006, 02:57 PM
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"Super", a freeware encoder, can convert FLV to whatever.... www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html
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07-11-2006, 11:01 PM
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Not exactly episodes, but tape one basically consists of him recounting his childhood, growing up in Brooklyn with his Sicilian parents. His early days at school. His inspirations and hobbies; film -westerns-musicals-Chaplin-etc, comics, books, art and so on.. He talks about how he got his foot in animation. Early jobs he worked (bank, newspaper, etc), his finanacial situation during the depression times. Colleagues and aqquaintances. It's basically a nostalgia trip back through his childhood and early teenage years.
Tape two follows up on that, and basically covers everything leading up to and involving his early career in animation. Working for Van Beuren, Terrytoons.. how he landed early inking and animator stints. All kinds of priceless anecdotes about his employers and colleagues, including how much he was being paid and specific contractual details. The type of pranks they would pull. Tape three is more of the same. A follow-up on all of this. His decision to move out to LA. How he first met Bill. Interactions with many of whom would be later recognized as the heros of the golden age of animation; from the revered producers and financers to the many talented directors, animators, story men and va's... Tape four, I believe, covers the MGM theatrical cartoons. His work on Tom and Jerry. More info about his early years in Hollywood. People he met, celeberities, industry names, friends, etc. I think this runs up to the close of the animation studio, providing all sorts of interesting details about his life and work at the time. Tape five picks up at that point, with the start of Bill and Joe's own studio, the birth of Hanna-Barbera.. How they got funding, how they'd shop their series around to the many financers and distributors. Their sponsorship with Kelloggs. The early TV shows and characters from Ruff & Reddy through to Huck, Yogi and The Flintstones. Lots of really great and interesting stuff! Tape six is the only one I've yet to watch. I'm going to cover that right now. Tape seven is basically a straight forward interview with what sounds like a younger woman, asking him questions and name associations. He offers his thoughts and amusing personal side stories on Disney, Avery, Messick and many more animators, directors, actors & story and layout men whom he's worked with and known over the years. It's the weakest recording in my opinion out of the lot, but still a rush of info and fun. I'm surprised more people haven't responded to be honest, I think this is one of the greatest things I've come accross in this field on the internet!
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07-12-2006, 06:23 AM
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- Christopher M. Sobieniak "Listen, I don't want to interrupt your story, but is this a joke you're gonna tell me about a minority group, and after you tell it we're all gonna laugh and feel superior?" (from "Norman Normal," 1968) Welcome to the P.B.S. The Online Video Depository
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