Continuing the great video tape sell off that is currently underway everywhere I scored some cool stuff the other day, Donovan Cook`s Three Musketeers the last great 2-D feature until Curious George comes out. Also got Joe`s Apartment and the find of the day was Yakety Yak a PSA tape with the Recycle Music Video, the making of, all the short versions of the live action/animation campaign and the star spots. We use to have all the cels for this at ASIFA and I lugged them back and forth to Comic Con for years until a dealer bought the whole lot.

Talked to Mark Kausler tonight about his guest speaker/screening at Cal State Fullerton next week. Man has he pulled some killer 16 mm stuff for my students. Stuff like Anderson / Ward Crusader Rabbit the first made for TV animation NBC TeleComics the second or third made for TV aniamtion if you want to call this animation (ASIFA had all the cels from this one too) UPA The Telltale Heart and many more.

Norman McLaren always gets a reaction. I showed my Fullerton students a whole lot of his stuff this last Monday night. We always get such nice discussions going about weather Begone Dull Care and Pas de deux are animations or special effects films. Here is a link to last years class discussion on this same set of films. Norman McLaren  ¶ 6:07 AM