tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post1144354831847882031..comments2024-03-28T16:36:44.544-07:00Comments on Yowp: The Great MalteseYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-23622846227704674012022-01-04T13:47:58.050-08:002022-01-04T13:47:58.050-08:00Ah man, that's too bad. I was thrilled by the ...Ah man, that's too bad. I was thrilled by the idea that a longer interview existed. I've always been a big fan of Mike Maltese but lately I've been gobbling up any information I can find about him. This interview must have taken place at Cal Arts in the late 70's when Darrel Van Citters, Brad Bird, and John Musker were all students there. Mike Hollingsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15102888817037028855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-49866281466352420712022-01-03T18:46:03.416-08:002022-01-03T18:46:03.416-08:00I don't know. I've never heard the audio a...I don't know. I've never heard the audio and have no idea where it was recorded, who has heard it, or where it might be.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-70009592134712010262022-01-03T12:37:43.655-08:002022-01-03T12:37:43.655-08:00You mention, "But there was a round-table wit...You mention, "But there was a round-table with Maltese conducted on March 14, 1977 involving several top people in animation. It is full of great stories about his time at Warners (grazing over MGM and with only one mention of Lantz). He also talks a bit about his time at Hanna-Barbera." How can we hear the audio of this full round-table? Is it posted somewhere or can you share it? I'd love to hear it!Mike Hollingsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15102888817037028855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-33747940658333959462018-10-24T00:29:26.021-07:002018-10-24T00:29:26.021-07:00Yes, Syd Zelinka and Herb Finn, who previous wrote...Yes, Syd Zelinka and Herb Finn, who previous wrote "HONEYMOONERS" episodes for Jackie Gleason, did write several "FLINTSTONES" episodes separately. Zelinka was only around for the first two seasons, and Joe WAS dissatisfied with him (even though he wrote one of my favorite episodes, "The Golf Champion", with "The House Guest" a close second). Herb was around from 1962 through '65, and was somewhat more successful in writing "cartoon scripts" than Zelinka {he even adapted "THE HONEYMOONERS" episode he wrote with Andy Russell, "Dial J For Janitor", into "Moonlight and Maintenance"}.bgraumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07481033911573623806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-85752695192725702382018-05-01T11:44:21.931-07:002018-05-01T11:44:21.931-07:00What's interesting about how Warner Bros. didn...What's interesting about how Warner Bros. didn't "sell" their cartoons--you've probably heard or read Jack Warner's alleged remark "All I know is we invented Mickey Mouse"--is that, in the long run, they didn't have to. After all, who doesn't know Bugs Bunny (I mean besides Jack Warner)? As a body of work, they're probably the best loved and enjoyed of all the studio cartoons.Hans Christian Brandonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-71549096739427056612018-05-01T11:11:33.061-07:002018-05-01T11:11:33.061-07:00In late 1977 I was told at Hanna-Barbera by an old...In late 1977 I was told at Hanna-Barbera by an old timer who was a friend of Mr. Maltese that he had been begging Maltese to come back to write for H-B. Maltese remained steadfast in his resistance to do so and indeed never came back again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-45100895414766116252018-04-30T13:59:37.670-07:002018-04-30T13:59:37.670-07:00Michael Maltese, the all-time greatest animation w...Michael Maltese, the all-time greatest animation writer. <br /><br />rodineisilveirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751345474415214163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-68642861001006501732018-04-30T11:53:48.280-07:002018-04-30T11:53:48.280-07:00I actually have friends who watch cartoons, but do...I actually have friends who watch cartoons, but don't get into the whole... writing, animation, music scoring, and voice acting that most of us here love...who know of Micheal Maltese. Look for his name in the credits. They love just about everything that has his name on it, especially his early works. The humor, story, etc. That says a lot about this man, and well deserved. Errolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-20346298049022167522018-04-29T21:59:18.752-07:002018-04-29T21:59:18.752-07:00Wow, Yowp! You delivered an unexpected surprise. I...Wow, Yowp! You delivered an unexpected surprise. It’s a thrill reading Maltese reminiscing about his time at H-B. Outside of the interview in Joe Adamson’s Tex Avery book I’ve never heard him talk in depth about his time at Hanna-Barbera. <br /><br />It does confirm the fact that the credits weren’t accurate, as Mike recalls writing for THE JETSONS and MAGILLA GORILLA yet he’s not listed in those productions. After discovering that Maltese wrote for JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS (shudder) even that isn’t an incentive to explore that series. EEK! I don’t think I could (no pun intended) summon the spirit to watch FUNKY PHANTOM. <br /><br />I'm not surprised that Mike was disillusioned working at H-B once the "suits" arrived and offered their suggestions. As Tony Benedict mentioned during H-B salad days all Mike had to do was please Joe. <br />Adel Khanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18134843745865355475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-45590863208381670342018-04-29T15:03:12.459-07:002018-04-29T15:03:12.459-07:00Tony Benedict has talked about adding sight gags t...Tony Benedict has talked about adding sight gags to the scripts by the live action people because they didn't think in terms of cartoons. Then, I gather, the storyboard was put together.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-1131795200814454912018-04-29T14:16:27.851-07:002018-04-29T14:16:27.851-07:00So that's the idea that ultimately ended up be...So that's the idea that ultimately ended up becoming the Moby Dick action series, with Tom and Tub? I thought Alex Toth created/wrote for that?<br /><br />When I read that part about the live-action writers getting into cartoons, I remembered an interview with Joe Barbera and looked it up on youtube. In it, Barbera says he brought in some honeymooner writers to do The Flintstones, only to get dissapointed/angry with them because they couldn't write gags, they wrote dialogue but nothing else. I'd like to know more about the Flintstones writing process. Any idea where I could find more inside things about that?George Llerena Torricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03699191389180582240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-35478420930063231662018-04-29T08:23:48.615-07:002018-04-29T08:23:48.615-07:00I like his delineation of the Harlem Globetrotters...I like his delineation of the Harlem Globetrotters as "Hanna-Barbera characters". top_cat_jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365510398800837335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-44018721077808961792018-04-29T07:36:26.315-07:002018-04-29T07:36:26.315-07:00I also remember that, too, J.Lee, Mike Maltese'...I also remember that, too, J.Lee, Mike Maltese's recollecitons to the Tex Avery King of Caroton book aauthor Joe Adamson (still alive and on Facebook as I write this!)..and he was my favorite cartoon writer, even if he worked with some directors that weren;'t always true hisotrians of their own life at the WB studio..Pokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-82760418492140124252018-04-29T07:19:34.275-07:002018-04-29T07:19:34.275-07:00Mike's comment about cartoon writers going int...Mike's comment about cartoon writers going into sitcoms being able to fare better than live action sitcom writers going into cartoons came at a time when his former co-worker, Lloyd Turner, was gainfully employed working either as a writer or show-runner on comedies from the Norman Lear and MTM stable of sit-coms (Ken Levine, who went on with his partner to write and/or supervise shows like "MASH" and "Cheers" posted a story once on his blog that their first sitcom story idea sale was on "The Jeffersons" and the guy who walked them through doing the script was Lloyd Turner). Combine that with Frank Tashlin's success in live-action directing, and Maltese wasn't just bragging that the Warners' crew could have done just as well in live-action as in animation.<br /><br />(Also, since Maltese does mention Fred Silverman by name here but keeps anonymous the name of the CBS network exec who came up with the the "Moby Dick" super hero idea, there must have been someone even more intervening and less talented and self-aware than Fred Silverman in the CBS children's television department in the mid-1960s. Mike went on in the Avery book to say Melvin Millar ended up getting the story assignment from Joe Barbera to come up with stories for the show, and came up with ulcers because of it).J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com