tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post3182031792338342615..comments2024-03-27T01:21:03.543-07:00Comments on Yowp: Lefty Callahan Yowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-85438595759893120232014-01-31T00:09:27.568-08:002014-01-31T00:09:27.568-08:00Lefty Callahan was one of the friendliest, most ch...Lefty Callahan was one of the friendliest, most cheerful animators I ever met in the business. To be near him made you smile. Affable, upbeat, funny -- made Hanna-Barbera a better place to be. God bless him!Tom Rueggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16509448730816934205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-82359124100798429792014-01-30T20:02:52.032-08:002014-01-30T20:02:52.032-08:00RIP, Left...nice to see that Secret Squirrel end t...RIP, Left...nice to see that Secret Squirrel end title. Lefty and seven other animators are credited, four at the top and four on the bottom (I always love, on a side now, the clean fonts HB used on this and others starting around 1962.)SteveCPokeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15936757752447320636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-28841942452028885352014-01-30T19:45:09.230-08:002014-01-30T19:45:09.230-08:00Mark, the "Rock" date and quote is from ...Mark, the "Rock" date and quote is from the biography on Nicholson, <i>Five Easy Decades</i>.<br /><br />There's conflicting contemporary information on Quimby's finish. <i>Variety</i>, in its issue of July 20th, 1956, calls him "former producer of MGM cartoons." But I've found at least one reference in 1957 stating he retired in December 1956.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-76741796003141596642014-01-30T11:43:01.109-08:002014-01-30T11:43:01.109-08:00spent a lot of time hanging out in lefty's off...spent a lot of time hanging out in lefty's office in my h-b days.....he animated a couple commercials that i storyboared and layed out....one of the nicest kindest gentlemen i ever had the pleasure of working with..... i even got to draw his tribute cell that we gave him when he retired from the studio....may he rip....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00501503657726970543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-2297684882316763602014-01-30T11:21:01.537-08:002014-01-30T11:21:01.537-08:00Oliver Callahan:
May his memory be eternal!Oliver Callahan:<br />May his memory be eternal!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-44616900158515896232014-01-30T08:04:37.955-08:002014-01-30T08:04:37.955-08:00And here that character is, courtesy of Scoobypedi...And here that character is, courtesy of Scoobypedia. Something tells me cartoon Lefty has little resemblance to the real one: http://scoobydoo.wikia.com/wiki/Lefty_Callahan<br /><br />joecabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16862252671814767307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-30459502666608882252014-01-30T07:55:43.023-08:002014-01-30T07:55:43.023-08:00Rest in Peace, Lefty. He was a good friend to many...Rest in Peace, Lefty. He was a good friend to many in the industry. Fred Quimby at MGM Cartoons in late 1956? I thought that Bill and Joe had taken over MGM Cartoons by that time, and Quimby was retired. Set me straight on this, Yowp.Mark Kauslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10198724482452376069noreply@blogger.com