tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post6306775829175737221..comments2024-03-28T21:16:57.556-07:00Comments on Yowp: Meet the You-Know-WhosYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-29353810829006252042018-07-07T14:12:47.999-07:002018-07-07T14:12:47.999-07:00I'll never understand," says a mystified ...I'll never understand," says a mystified Barbera. "what the hell we were doing in those days."<br />Joe was the ultimate salesman; there was nothing better than the product he was selling you at the moment. Possibly Joe was referring to the number of successful characters the studio created within a few short years compared to 20 years of nothing but Tom and Jerry. He might also be talking about how Fred Quimby took credit and the accolades whenever Bill and Joes efforts won an Oscar. <br />However. Joe might also be referring to the money that they were making by heading up their own studio. They might have been making good money at MGM all those years but I'm sure it didn't compare to the paychecks they received when these shows became successful. <br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518828080250128368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-28559004515555200632018-06-25T11:42:40.047-07:002018-06-25T11:42:40.047-07:00An " inked disaster "?.....Nah. Looking ... An " inked disaster "?.....Nah. Looking back on The Flintstones now, and so many other H-B series that had a good run. as I have said on this blog earlier, whether it's Huck,Yogi,or The Flintstones, I will always be a fan of those early,kind of gritty in their look, unrefined days of all those shows. The attitude just seem to say; " This is new, win or lose it all, let's go for it!" I agree with Mark on Joe's comment. They were making great theatrical cartoons. Errolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-86478240512034019052018-06-23T20:23:44.562-07:002018-06-23T20:23:44.562-07:00What the hell they were doing in those days, was m...What the hell they were doing in those days, was making really great theatrical cartoons! Understand NOW, Joe?Mark Kauslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10198724482452376069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-59214936686578574832018-06-23T12:33:16.024-07:002018-06-23T12:33:16.024-07:00Coconut Koola: for that hand-made taste.Coconut Koola: for that hand-made taste.Jonathan Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12233850225669612698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-57402824006130056402018-06-23T07:35:41.686-07:002018-06-23T07:35:41.686-07:00I'm assuming he got the "In 1957, the two...I'm assuming he got the "In 1957, the two men quit before they were fired. Shortly afterward, MGM discontinued 'Tom and Jerry' production," from Joe, who demonstrates his promotional abilities here, in support of both his new prime-time show and the studio in general. The more common story is that Bill & Joe were working on their post-MGM stuff in their final days at MGM, but they were very much in place when production manager Eddie Mannix told them the cartoon studio was closing.<br /><br />(The, "I'll never understand, what the hell we were doing in those days" line from Barbera in the interview about his years at MGM is also kind of depressing, knowing what was to come from 1965 on. But at least when he said it here, the studio was still around its high-point of creativity.)J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com