Wikipedia claims that Russ Coughlan worked on the color Crusades. If so, then he went uncredited. By the by, have you read Keith Scott's 2000 book _The Moose That Roared_ ?
@@ChristopherSobieniak Here's some information not in the book that you might not know: Shull Bonsall wanted Lucille Bliss to reprise her role of Crusader. She declined not just out of loyalty to Alex Anderson and Jay Ward but also because the gig was low-pay and non-union. Joe Barbera, on the other hand, wanted her to play Ruff on Ruff and Reddy for $50,000. However, just as Bonsall threatened Ward and Anderson with his wealth, but he threatened Hanna and Barbera the same way. When Bonsall replaced Bliss with Gege Pearson, Bliss picketed outside TV Spots for weeks. Hanna profusely apologized to Bliss, promising they'd make it up to her. And they did. With Smurfette.
@@ChristopherSobieniak Jerry Fairbanks, the original supervising producer of the black-and-white series, tried buying back the original 195 episodes from NBC but defaulted on the payments. NBC put up his films for sale, and the original negatives were bought by Shull Bonsall. Ward and co-creator Alex Anderson spent five years in court trying to prevent this, but to no avail. In 1956, Ward teamed up with Bill Hanna to try making a new Crusader Rabbit series in color. But Bonsall called Ward's then-business partner Len Key, saying he wanted to make his own Crusader Rabbit series. Bonsall's lawyer said that Ward and Anderson had no clear rights to the characters and that, unlike Bonsall, they couldn't afford to spend years in court. Ward humiliatingly surrendered, and in exchange for giving up the Crusader series, he and Anderson netted $50,000. However, Anderson insisted that he and Ward were to own their unsold and undeveloped projects. Bonsall accepted this. One of these projects was called _The Frostbite Falls Review_ , a series about a team of forest animals in Minnesota producing their own tv show. Two of the stars included a moose named Bullwinkle, and a flying squirrel named Rocky. Another notable unsold series was a short called "Dudley Doright of the Mounties". Not only did Rocky and His Friends/The Bullwinkle Show outlast Bonsall's Crusader Rabbit series in popularity, but Bonsall's company was later subcontracted to direct a plethora of Fractured Fairy Tales.
The original black-and-white series was co-created by Alex Anderson. He also co-created the first incarnations of Rocky, Bullwinkle, and Dudley Do-Right.
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Wikipedia claims that Russ Coughlan worked on the color Crusades. If so, then he went uncredited.
By the by, have you read Keith Scott's 2000 book _The Moose That Roared_ ?
@@yosefdemby8792 I have.
@@ChristopherSobieniak Here's some information not in the book that you might not know: Shull Bonsall wanted Lucille Bliss to reprise her role of Crusader. She declined not just out of loyalty to Alex Anderson and Jay Ward but also because the gig was low-pay and non-union. Joe Barbera, on the other hand, wanted her to play Ruff on Ruff and Reddy for $50,000. However, just as Bonsall threatened Ward and Anderson with his wealth, but he threatened Hanna and Barbera the same way.
When Bonsall replaced Bliss with Gege Pearson, Bliss picketed outside TV Spots for weeks. Hanna profusely apologized to Bliss, promising they'd make it up to her.
And they did. With Smurfette.
@@yosefdemby8792 At least they found a good role for her.
@@ChristopherSobieniak Indeed.
This was made by Jay Ward
Not really, Jay was only involved on the first incarnation that was in black & white. This color version was done without him.
@@ChristopherSobieniak Jerry Fairbanks, the original supervising producer of the black-and-white series, tried buying back the original 195 episodes from NBC but defaulted on the payments. NBC put up his films for sale, and the original negatives were bought by Shull Bonsall. Ward and co-creator Alex Anderson spent five years in court trying to prevent this, but to no avail.
In 1956, Ward teamed up with Bill Hanna to try making a new Crusader Rabbit series in color. But Bonsall called Ward's then-business partner Len Key, saying he wanted to make his own Crusader Rabbit series. Bonsall's lawyer said that Ward and Anderson had no clear rights to the characters and that, unlike Bonsall, they couldn't afford to spend years in court. Ward humiliatingly surrendered, and in exchange for giving up the Crusader series, he and Anderson netted $50,000.
However, Anderson insisted that he and Ward were to own their unsold and undeveloped projects. Bonsall accepted this. One of these projects was called _The Frostbite Falls Review_ , a series about a team of forest animals in Minnesota producing their own tv show. Two of the stars included a moose named Bullwinkle, and a flying squirrel named Rocky. Another notable unsold series was a short called "Dudley Doright of the Mounties".
Not only did Rocky and His Friends/The Bullwinkle Show outlast Bonsall's Crusader Rabbit series in popularity, but Bonsall's company was later subcontracted to direct a plethora of Fractured Fairy Tales.
The original black-and-white series was co-created by Alex Anderson. He also co-created the first incarnations of Rocky, Bullwinkle, and Dudley Do-Right.