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"We had to make these characters come to life. All you had to do was find a dictionary written by a man named Noah Webster, who about in 1845, wrote “animation: to invoke life.” You can’t say it any better than that." - Chuck Jones

Animation describes shows wherein the main images are created by hand, stop-motion, or computer.

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B C D F G H M R S T
  • B
  • Beavis and Butt-Head
  • Bugs Bunny
  • Bullwinkle Show, The
  • C
  • Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys
  • Charlie Brown Specials
  • Crusader Rabbit
  • D
  • Davey and Goliath
  • F
  • Flintstones, The
  • G
  • Gumby
  • H
  • Heathcliff & The Catillac Cats
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas
  • M
  • Muppet Babies
  • R
  • Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
  • S
  • Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
  • Simpsons, The
  • Smurfs, The
  • Star Trek: The Animated Series
  • T
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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Genres

  • Adventure / Espionage Series
  • Animation
  • Awards Shows
  • Children’s Programming
  • Classic Anthology Series
  • Comedy Series
  • Commercials
  • Cop / Detective / Mystery Series
  • Daytime / Primetime Serials
  • Drama Series
  • Game Shows
  • Late Night
  • Legal Dramas
  • Medical Dramas
  • Music Shows & Variety Shows / Specials
  • News and Documentary
  • Reality TV
  • Religious Programming
  • Sci-Fi / Supernatural Series
  • Service Shows
  • Sports
  • Talk Shows
  • TV Movies / Miniseries / Dramatic Specials
  • Western Series

Who Talked About This Genre

  • Rick Baker
  • Joseph Barbera
  • Barbara Billingsley
  • Allan Burns
  • Nancy Cartwright
  • Art Clokey
  • Roy E. Disney
  • Dorothy Fontana
  • Chuck Jones
  • Stan Lee
  • Chuck Lorre
  • Phil Roman
  • Thomas W. Sarnoff
  • Alan Young
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  • Highlights
  • All Interviewee clips on this genre

Highlights

  • Joseph Barbera on Hanna-Barbera’s cost-cutting technique of “limited animation”<br />Joseph Barbera on Hanna-Barbera’s cost-cutting technique of “limited animation”
    Clip begins at: 15:23, Duration: 01m 11s
  • Lucille Bliss demonstrates the voices on <i>Crusader Rabbit</i>Lucille Bliss demonstrates the voices on Crusader Rabbit
    Clip begins at: 18:50, Duration: 01m 18s
  • Fred Silverman on developing the long-running <i>Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!</i> and on solving initial network resistance to the "scary" concept of kids in a haunted house by centering on a goofy dog<br />Fred Silverman on developing the long-running Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and on solving initial network resistance to the "scary" concept of kids in a haunted house by centering on a goofy dog
    Clip begins at: 23:30, Duration: 03m 43s
  • James L. Brooks on the development and specific characters of <i>The Simpsons</i>James L. Brooks on the development and specific characters of The Simpsons
    Clip begins at: 14:57, Duration: 13m 40s

All Interviewee clips on this genre

  • Rick Baker
    • Rick Baker on his first job, working at Clokey Studios; on stop-motion animation; on working on Davey and Goliath
      Clip begins at: 16:36, Duration: 08m 04s
  • Joseph Barbera
    • Joseph Barbera on Hanna-Barbera's cost-cutting technique of "limited animation"
      Clip begins at: 15:23, Duration: 01m 11s
  • Barbara Billingsley
    • Barbara Billingsley on voicing the nanny on Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
      Clip begins at: 24:24, Duration: 03m 22s
  • Allan Burns
    • Allan Burns on interviewing at animation companies
      Clip begins at: 08:52, Duration: 02m 08s
    • Allan Burns on working on The Bullwinkle Show and promotions for the show and other Jay Ward Productions
      Clip begins at: 11:00, Duration: 18m 26s
  • Nancy Cartwright
    • Nancy Cartwright on Nancy Cartwright on coming in to audition for "Lisa Simpson" of The Simpsons, then part of The Tracey Ullman Show, and leaving with the role of "Bart Simpson"
      Clip begins at: 47:54, Duration: 09m 31s
    • Nancy Cartwright on The Simpsons
      Clip begins at: 00:00, Duration: 53m 27s
    • Nancy Cartwright on winning Emmys for, castmates of, and the legacy of The Simpsons
      Clip begins at: 00:00, Duration: 12m 58s
  • Art Clokey
    • Art Clokey on animated TV advertising campaigns he did for Coca-Cola and Budweiser; describes pixelation
      Clip begins at: 18:00, Duration: 07m 55s
  • Roy E. Disney
    • Roy E. Disney on the formative years of the Disney company
      Clip begins at: 03:15, Duration: 11m 59s
    • Roy Disney on realizing the power of animation when seeing a rough scene from Snow White
      Clip begins at: 17:34, Duration: 01m 42s
    • Roy Disney on becoming the head of Walt Disney Animation and some of the projects and technologies produced during his tenure
      Clip begins at: 11:52, Duration: 14m 29s
    • Roy Disney on his preference for feature animation as opposed to animation for television
      Clip begins at: 03:00, Duration: 03m 53s
  • Dorothy Fontana
    • Dorothy Fontana on being associate producer of Star Trek: The Animated Series
      Clip begins at: 19:00, Duration: 09m 38s
  • Chuck Jones
    • Chuck Jones on the creation of "Daffy Duck" and how "Bugs Bunny" got his name
      Clip begins at: 27:39, Duration: 02m 44s
    • Chuck Jones on the difference between Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck
      Clip begins at: 13:06, Duration: 02m 15s
    • Chuck Jones on the creation of Daffy Duck
      Clip begins at: 10:28, Duration: 02m 38s
    • Chuck Jones on How the Grinch Stole Christmas
      Clip begins at: 10:52, Duration: 09m 05s
    • Chuck Jones on 1971's Bugs Bunny show
      Clip begins at: 00:38, Duration: 01m 13s
  • Stan Lee
    • Stan Lee on his involvement with the animated series Spider-Man and other cartoons
      Clip begins at: 54:31, Duration: 01m 37s
    • Stan Lee on creating an animated television series
      Clip begins at: 39:45, Duration: 11m 43s
  • Chuck Lorre
    • Chuck Lorre on what he learned from working in animation
      Clip begins at: 15:28, Duration: 16m 24s
  • Phil Roman
    • Phil Roman on the animation style at Walt Disney Studios
      Clip begins at: 18:17, Duration: 08m 43s
  • Thomas W. Sarnoff
    • Thomas W. Sarnoff on being "Gumby's godfather" and negotiating deals to bring Gumby to TV  
      Clip begins at: 15:40, Duration: 03m 53s
  • Alan Young
    • Alan Young on voicing characters in the animated series The Smurfs
      Clip begins at: 19:39, Duration: 00m 21s
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  • FTC - Gumby premiered on Howdy Doody

    The animated Gumby appeared on TV for the first time in 1956 as a segment on The Howdy Doody Show.

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