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The Ant And The Aardvark (1969) — Mirisch-DePatie-Freleng Productions Theatrical Cartoon

Posted on March 5, 2012 by DaveK


The Ant And The Aardvark (1969) - Mirisch-DePatie-Freleng Productions Theatrical Cartoon

CotD: Intro­duc­ing both the char­ac­ters and the series, “The Ant And The Aard­vark” was Friz Freleng’s fol­low up to his hugely pop­u­lar Pink Pan­ther and Inspec­tor series.

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The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas (1973) — DePatie-Freleng Animated TV Special

Posted on December 17, 2011 by DaveK


The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas (1973) - DePatie-Freleng Animated TV Special
CotD: An early Christ­mas spe­cial, “The Bear Who Slept Through Christ­mas” orig­i­nally aired on NBC and was rebroad­cast on CBS.
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Heavy Metal assistant animator Judy Niver dies, 71

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Big Cartoon DataBase


Heavy Metal

Lay­out artist and ani­ma­tor Judith M. “Judy” Niver, an assis­tant ani­ma­tor on the “Taarna” seg­ment of the 1981 movie Heavy Metal, died Decem­ber 14. She was 71.

From 1965 until 1994, she worked for DePatie-Freleng, Fil­ma­tion, Hanna-Barbera, UPA, Ed Love, Ruby-Spears, Encore, Hype­r­ion, Cool Pro­duc­tions, DreamQuest and Rich Animation.

Niver was a key assis­tant ani­ma­tor on the 1987 Fil­ma­tion the­atri­cal fea­ture Pinoc­chio and the Emperor of the Night. In addi­tion, she was an assis­tant ani­ma­tor on 1991’s Rover Dan­ger­field.

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Wham And Eggs (1973) Theatrical Cartoon

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Big Cartoon DataBase
Wham And Eggs: Blue Racer sneaks inside to the Colonel Kiochi’s Chicken Farm to get a hand on eggs for a meal. When he sneaks in, the chicken laid an egg and asks a rooster to guard it.

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