The Rise and Fall of UPA (Part 3 of 3)
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The final part of Royal Ocean's UPA series looks at how Communism, television, and a little nearsighted dude all led the studio to its untimely demise.
(Part 3 of 3)
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I really love your UPA series it was seriously a very good watch and a fascinating history lesson. You should seriously do a three or five part series on Fleischer Studios and the Fleischer Brothers (Max and Dave Fleischer) in the future. The Fleischers seriously deserve more credit with today's audiences. Hell, Max Fleischer even made the first animated adaptation of Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer in 1948.
I've actually been thinking about doing something on the Fleischer's work sometime this year - I don't know if it'd be a whole series or just one video but it's definitely something I'm interested in!
@@TheRoyalOceanFilmSociety I really hope you might consider doing a series on the Fleischers sometime this year instead of a single video. Max and Dave Fleischer we're very innovative with animation going as far back as the silent era of cartoons (With the creation of Koko The Clown) and used to be Disney's big rivals before the Warner Brothers created the Looney Tunes.
The studio did so much with their cartoons and films that it's just asking to become a series. After all, Popeye and Betty Boop are very iconic cartoons characters of the past and from my parent's generation.
@@TheRoyalOceanFilmSociety Pleeeease do one on Fleischer!
Anything from Fleischer is a fine, classic work of art. Literally. Every frame of animation is like a painting at a museum, and the restored copies of the Superman cartoons are proof of that.
@@AgsmaJustAgsma I agree, we more people like the Fleischers in animation today. While I enjoy the Rankin/Bass adaptation of Rudolph. I actually prefer the Max Fleischer version since it's more charming and sticks closer to the original story. The 1948 Rudolph cartoon even predated the song itself by Gene Autry.
The thing people don't realize about Mr. Magoo, what made him work fundamentally, was that he wasn't just vision impaired, he was arrogant, ie "blind to progress." He's an old man so set in his ways that he disavows anything and everything better for him and everyone else, and that never gets old.
But even if you do pick up on that, he WAS more or less sold on gags about blindness.
UPA was telegraphing it's own fall, ironically, by leaning more and more on the production of a blind man set in his own past.
@@zynski3451 Or at least appealing to people who were.
I do see where you're coming from there, as a kid, I didn't really think that way about him, but as an adult, I could see how that would work all it's own. Old people always tend to have a fixed view of things and find change to be out of the question. That sort of formula certainly never gets old and continues for everyone getting on in their years.
Christopher Sobieniak exactly, because that character never changes so much as takes on different forms.
The problem with UPA doing those cartoons is that they were more conventional entertainment rather than arty and experimental as they’d established themselves (ie, Magoo was “too mainstream”).
@@gabe_s_videos That is true, for every Rooty Toot Toot or The Tell-Tale Heart there were twice as many Magoo's made in their path. These obviously appeased Columbia Pictures and the audience that watched them like my mom.
Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse felt like the first time in the 20th century where I could see a feature length animated film take influence from UPA, even if only for a few scenes. It was surrealist at times in the best way and it felt like real artists breaking the boundaries of what 3D animation can stylistically achieve when moving away from realism.
UltimateKyuubiFox That’s truly what it’s all about! Which makes it a potential and possible winner for an Best Picture Oscar.
I am so happy Spiderverse mentions UPA art styles and Cartoony Moments yet it's also adult and mature.
Boy and the world, a terrific 2d animation, very stylized and kind about discovery with a lost boy as protagonist. They have inspiration by upa in the visual style and ghibli narrative style
I think you mean 21st century.
Christopher Sobieniak Correct, yep, holy shit, oops. Lmao
This is the Star Wars trilogy of animation documentaries. Awesome.
One has to keep in mind the context in which these cartoons were originally viewed. You're sitting in the theatre waiting for the Columbia movie you paid for to start, wondering what cartoon you'll be getting beforehand. The anticipation was wonderful. And then ... Magoo!! You clap along with the other patrons, because you remember how much you laughed at the last Magoo short you saw (probably months ago). You have watched many many other cartoons, feature movies, Three Stooges shorts, and TV shows since then. You don't recall any repetitiveness, you just remember that it was about this grouchy blind-ish guy that said (and did) funny things. (Jim Backus was allowed to ad-lib under his breath, which gave these cartoons an extra Popeye-like charm.) These were never meant to be binge-watched! Even if you wait a few days between viewings, it would be too soon. Binge watching any cartoon or movie or television show made before 1990 would be a mistake, because you would see not only repetitiveness but inconsistencies as well. UPA produced anywhere from three to nine (in 1957 only) Magoo theatrical cartoons a year (1950-1959). So you can see that it would be months between seeing that old goofy guy. In the 1960s many new lower-quality Magoo shorts were created for TV (most kids love repetitiveness, by the way). I know it wouldn't be feasible to wait two months between watching each cartoon when doing a great series like you have put together here, but I wanted to be sure your audience realizes that the original producers of not only this series, but others such as the great Fleischer Popeye series, knew that the repetitiveness wouldn't really be noticed since viewers would see them so "spaced out" time-wise. Be prepared for much repetitiveness is those Popeyes, and to a lesser extent, Betty Boop.
Great history lesson
UPA was indeed an animator's independent paradise, and this series did it justice. Well done. ❤💙💛
Loved this whole series but was very disappointed that Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol was never mentioned! It’s the only UPA product that I really grew up with, and watching it in the weeks leading up to Christmas made me even more excited for this video. It’s not much different from the usual Christmas Carol adaption, but its music and unique animation always made it my favorite version, and it doesn’t use too many of the usual Magoo jokes. It’s never on television like all the other Christmas specials, and I’ve never seen it casually referenced anywhere, but it deserves way more recognition IMO
Yes! Yes! I agree! (I just wrote a few lines on this special before discovering your comment! And it's notable that this was THE first animated TV Christmas special ever (in 1962)! (The songs were also wonderful!) Thank you for mentioning it!
It's cool seeing where this style, which was referenced *often* in 90s cartoons (i.e. Angry Beavers, Sponge Bob, etc...), originated.
This mini-doc is a work of art in it’s own right! Beautiful motion graphics that are stylistically perfect and the editing, as always, is sublime.
Astounding work! However, I was somewhat disappointed that my first exposure to UPA's work, 'Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol' was not referenced. Although not an example of their best work, it was reportedly the first animated Christmas special--a milestone of sorts and a full-length foray into the television medium.
During Saperstein's tenure, there was also "The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo", which aired prime-time on NBC for a year, which featured a Magoo seen as a famous actor and less the nearsighted feller he normally was.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Famous_Adventures_of_Mr._Magoo
I was wondering about the omission of Christmas Carol as well! It may not be considered as innovative as the shorts during the peak of UPA, but it is endearing with a truly beautiful score and touchingly memorable. I wonder if the narrator didn't like it?
@@ChristopherSobieniak: Thank you! I did not know about this!
@@theresebohn8966: Thank you for mentioning this! I agree!
@@michaelp.9921 Worth checking out.
th-cam.com/video/6f30HJ45TiA/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for doing this and really hope to see more. I am a former Animator who worked at Hanna Barbera and have always been a fan of animation since I was little. I been a fan of the work of UPA since seeing a few of their shorts on TV back in the early 60's. Mr. Magoo was never a favorite of mine, because most of those shorts fell into a formal that became tiring after a while. But I did enjoy "Magoo's Christmas Carol" and became a special I looked forward to viewing every holiday season. UPA was an interesting place and I was lucky enough to work with and got to know a number of the Key personal from that studio. I'm glad their work still lives on. Thanks again for your video essay.
What a fantastic series. Really excellent work. Looking forward to those shorts!
Hi, Second Thought Like your videos too.
@@teddyfurstman1997 Hey, thanks so much!
I guess it's fair to say capitalism ruined UPA. You should really make a video essay on how capitalism has made cinema and media in general (outside of the indie stuff, of course) stagnant and stale.
Your editing is absolutely amazing.
I mean, also your writing, research, and overall topic/theme. But really, that editing. Wow. In an internet filled with video essays, yours could rise to the top of the mountain based on professional quality alone.
I look forward to what you do in 2019.
I recommend the book 'When Magoo Flew - The Rise & Fall of Animation Studio UPA.'
They formed because they wanted to break away from Walt Disney's control.
Ironically one of their great weaknesses was that they didn't have any one person like Disney guiding them and holding them together. Instead they had too many guiding voices, all strong individuals, and none of them could quite agree on what their mission was. Great minds don't always think alike.
12:05
"Animation was a mistake"
- Saperstein
Sorry... Couldn't resist. :P
jmalmsten lmao I was thinking the same thing
You know, Gay Purr-ee also got Chuck Jones fired from Warner Bros. for violating his contract there, but I wish they let some of Jones' animators work with Jones and Levitow for that movie. :(
I watch Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol every year. It always gets me in the mood for the holidays. UPA and it’s cartoons have always been a favorite of mine.
Thanks for the info on the UPA. As a kid all I thought they made was the Mr. Magoo series which didn't impressed me either but now I know they made tons of other stuff.
I appreciate the reference to Gennedy, Craig, and Brad
Though no mention of Magoo Christmas Carol?
If you think the theatrical Magoos are hard to watch, try looking at the later T V ones. He’s not only half-blind, but seemingly senile as well. His destructive antics were painful to watch.
I do like a few of them, however, like the Oscar-winning “When Magoo Flew.” In that film, the nearsightedness gags actually are funny, as he continually frustrates a criminal on board a plane.
Years ago I fell in love with the UPA aesthetic. That infatuation was anchored in the highly stylized compositions with limited palettes that inspired my own art. Seeing this 3-part series was enormous fun. // Don't ask me what I think of the hyper-realism of new "cartoons." I knew I could never love 3-D versions of Alvin and the Chipmunks. And everything in that same vein. That new world is premised on the visual stupidity of its target audience.
Basically it was UPA's overuse of Mr. Magoo that add to their fall. Ironic how they wanted to be less like Disney and Warner Bros Animation, yet to rely on pumping out formulaic gag-based shorts just like the.
And don’t forget “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic”, the animated series became so iconic, but it used some striking resemblance to the UPA cartoons, the animation, the stylings, and the background looks a lot like UPA. Lauren Faust created the show and it ran from 2010 through 2019 with a total of 9 seasons, the series looks really good, but similar than what UPA has done during the 1950’s and 1960’s. Hasbro produced the show, but the styling was UPA-like animation.
And like I said “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” is the show that influenced the animation style like UPA did.
I hope the UPA design will going to have a comeback in modern cartoon someday.
It dominated the design ethos of Western TV animation for most of its history. Enough already! Christ. Some of us want something other than UPA once in a while.
Matthew Kordon Fleischer, Warner Bros. and Tex Avery might be good. I highly recommend Frank Tashlin, his vision in cinematic perspective and dramatic angles are amazing! You should go definitely check him out, he’s the animation equivalent to Quentin Tarantino.
I'm not sure if you're serious, but what do you think inspired designs of Dexter's Lab, original Power Puff Girls and of course dozen of other more or less succesful animated shows in the late 90's/early 2000's? And later lots of YT animation channels of early 2010's, and what still inspires style of many independent t-shirt artists selling their designs online (on Threadless or other shops)?
Renegade Animation is probably the last animation studio to stick with the UPA style.
I’m guessing you were asleep for a while since that style was everywhere for a long time on TV. It was the rise of Adobe Flash that kinda killed it, with all those angular, thick-outlined designs becoming really hackneyed and overly-tweened to the point where people’s attentions shifted towards a more different look (particularly the “bean mouth” style of the early 2010s).
What made them stand out was their originality, and how besides some visual comedy the visuals expressed ideas and themes all on their own. I love computer animation, but it's something very often lacking today. In animation, anything can happen. Anything. Why try and make things as realistic as possible when you can be much more than reality??
Gay Purr-ee is a fond memory of my childhood at Grandma's house. Now I understand the context that brought it into being. The only other film I'd seen from those you've mentioned was Madeline. I never would have considered they were made by the same company, but now I see the startling influences in the art and stark difference in the showmanship.
Disney animation needs a rival or else they become complacent(Fleschers, Looney Tunes, UPA, Don Bluth, Dreamworks) just like they need Disney to react to to forge their own identity.
I don’t think Disney ever viewed Warner as a revival cause Warner had smaller budgets for animation .You gotta remember Disney was the first studio centered entirely around animation not live action .
I wouldn't say that the TV Dick Tracy and Mr. Magoo series were cancelled after a season, both cartoons were technically made for syndication TV, and after filling how many episodes were necessary, that was all they did, the cartoons continued to run for decades on and off TV simply because stations did buy 'em.
This really changed my perspective on limited animation...wow...amazing!
MR. MAGOO'S CHRISTMAS CAROL pioneered the animated Holiday Special, and was something of a jump start if not for a short time for UPA. This lead to THE FAMOUS ADVENTURES OF MR. MAGOO on NBC. This was the period 1962-1964, and their last chance of survival. This was part of this history as well.
“Who killed animation?”
- Henry Saperstein
Why are they booing me?
I'm [a businessman]!
As someone with a creativity-leaning mind, I felt disappointed in hearing about Henry G Saperstein’s disdain with UPAs focus on animation.
But as a Godzilla fan, I can’t deny how important his tenure at UPA was to the franchise I love.
It's interesting not to hear about how he got a deal going to bring over Toho's features at all, since that was another part of UPA, despite not exactly being the same as what it originally was.
I... can’t believe I never heard of them before ?? This was absolutely fascinating and has taught me a lot, really. I never realized that some of those cartoons were simple because of budgets, and that they never experimented outside of realism before this!
Waiting for Part 3 of this beautiful documentary were the four longest and most painful weeks of my life. And it was worth going through it.
What an exceptional series! I didn't know anything about UPA and watched on a whim, and I'm so glad I did. Very impressed
Magoo is like the Spongebob of his Day, a Character Slowly turned into U.P.A.'s Mascot as time went on.
15:11 Speaking of Craig McCracken, it's worth noting that his latest series, Kid Cosmic, doesn't have the same UPA influence on its character design when compared to McCracken's previous cartoons (Powerpuff Girls, Foster's, Wander Over Yonder), as it's more reminiscent of the Tintin comics. Still, it does show some UPA influence on its limited yet aesthetically pleasing animation. Following the previously mentioned Tintin influence, the series (which I recommend watching for any animation fan) feels like an animated comic book.
This is without a doubt my favorite channel on TH-cam. I loved this series so much, keep up the good work!
This was a fun and fascinating docu-series. I can see what you mean with Mister Magoo, judging by when they were released I assumed they were appealing when view months apart instead of all at once.
Incredible series, just stunning. Informative and visually beautiful. As some one who is studying animation at university these videos have been such a wealth of informative and full of inspiration. You don’t just tell the story excellently the visuals are beautiful and how it is put together. The production value has just been incredible. Well done, fantastic job!!!
Happy that you've covered something most video essayist's haven't even touched. I had no idea this genre of animation really existed. Good Luck on your original animations!
I’ve been waiting so eagerly for this. This 3 part series is some of the best work I’ve seen from your channel. And most importantly, I learner way more about a studio I was only vaguely familiar with before - but now fondly appreciate.
I've had the same thoughts about Magoo v Magoo films, but never directly enough to understand what I was feeling. Well put
Really enjoyed this UPA series! Thank you for all your work!
Love UPA! I was waiting anxiously for this last episode. Thank you for producing this beautiful work!
You forgot to mention Mr. Magoos Christmas Carol, made in 63. U.p.a also had influenced the united artist cartoons, which later became a Saturday morning shows based on inspector Cleuzo produced by Depart and Freeling. They also had a great influence on Trey Parker and Mat stones modern version of Looney tunes and very adult, South Park.
No mention of Magoo's Christmas Carol? Total success in my estimation. I've watched it many times over.
I always loved UPA cartoons and you did them justice.
Again, great, much needed video on an under-appreciated animation studio! Thank you!
(And If I may, I'd like to put in a good word for one Magoo film that you didn't mention: THE first animated television Christmas special, UPA's musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" which premiered in 1962 (predating "Rudolph" and "Charlie Brown Christmas")! Very well done, keeping close to the Dickens story and tone, and not so formulaic like the other Magoo films. (This film also had well-written and memorable songs!)
If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol", with Magoo perfectly cast as Ebenezer Scrooge.)
- - Also, regarding your closing remarks, actually a ten year run of innovative and influential work for a studio like UPA is pretty good by any measure!
Oh man, I'm here crying at the end... thank you so much for an amazing 3-part experience ♡
Just watched this series. Outstanding work sir.
I will be taking a deep dive into the rest of your channel.
Honestly, I don't mind formula-driven cartoons. Heck, some of my top favorite cartoons of all time are formula-driven (i.e. Tom & Jerry, Tweety & Sylvester and Wile E. Coyote & the Road Runner, among others). What makes them work is the endless variations of their respective formulas. To quote a Looney Tunes mega-fan, "You know what's going to happen, but it's how it happens; that's the fun of it!"
As for the Mr. Magoo theatrical cartoons, they're great, but I wouldn't consider an A+ & 10/10. I definitely prefer UPA's more experimental & unconventional animated short films, such as 'Rooty Toot Toot', The Unicorn in the Garden', 'The Tell-Tale Heart' & nearly all of Robert Cannon's directorial efforts for the studio.
Really great work with your trilogy of UPA mini-documentary videos. The only part of this video I'll criticize is the part where you put The Pink Panther in with other made-for-TV cartoons. The Pink Panther cartoons were made for theatrical release, not television. Otherwise, superb work! 😉👍
Mr. Magoo is one of my favorite character from UPA and that Jim Backus provide the voice on the character, who was hilarious by the way. I also only like the early shorts of Mister Magoo, including the ones that are involved in John Hubley, Bill Scott and Phil Eastman. But when these guys left UPA due to red scare and blacklist reasons, the Magoo cartoons starting to decline and became dull and boring, the only Magoo cartoons I like are “When Magoo Flew”, “Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol” (a cartoon special that I saw when I was a kid) and two Magoo cartoons that was Produced and Directed by Robert Cannon. Bill Scott did briefly returned to UPA to work on UPA’s The Boing Boing Show for CBS in 1956 before joining Jay Ward to co-create Rocky and Bullwinkle.
Rewatched this series... and wow, what a rollercoaster. As an animator, it was wild to go from remembering all the awesome shorts shown in Part 2... to Mister Magoo with Uncle Sam at the very end. Seems like a slap in the face that the scare in the country that was tearing the studio apart was then celebrated like that. Ugh.
Bravo Andrew. Great series. Looking forward to your future videos.
An astounding documentary. Episode 2 dissecting their design philosophy was magnificent. Thank you very much.
The unforgettable force of nature that is Mr. Magoo and handling of the union challenges is fascinating to dive deeper into.🎯✏🎥👓🌅 Stay safe everyone!
Saperstein technically owned Magoo and the other animated properties that weren't made for Columbia Pictures for years to come, alongside his handling of several Toho monster features that were the mainstays of TV in the 70's and 80's. I see you choose not to bother with that part of Saperstein's UPA era, but it is a rather interesting one to say the least in how he continued to peddle the IP's he had.
just watched all 3 parts back to back. YOU ARE SO GOOD AT THIS!!! It would be so cool to see a full 1-hour-long AHOY-style video-essay on some obscure topic like this one. Seriously, you should do that someday
This has to be your best work yet.
Going to be watching through UPA's history whenever I get some free time
Bravo sir. These videos are beautifully crafted and inspirational to an animator like me. I've gone out and watched all the Jolly Frolics DVD set, and I will continue to study this studio for my next semester at CalArts. I will attempt to integrate these experimental and limited animation practices into my own stop motion and 2D work. Thank you for these videos and for introducing so many to this catalog of masterpieces.
This was an excellent series. Hopefully you can make more like this in the future.
Bring on the animation shorts. Some of the best short films ever made. Looking forward to seeing them. :-)
i loved this series! I would definitely be interested in seeing you takle other studios and how they fit in film history. And as always, I appreciate how you treat animation with respect and understanding that it is a valuable medium for filmmaking!
I am hype for your animated short, didn't even know you drew
Just A Rigo who did you think was doing the animation in his videos?
This series was incredibly well done. More please
man... and then Disney made the live action Magoo Movie... my heart just broke
Great video (1-3), Thumbs up of cause, but as a constructive criticism i would have liked it even more if you kept your personal opinion about the magoo shorts out of the essey maybe as an aside note or something.
Either way, thanks for making this series
Disagree with this. How else could he have done this except by explicitly labeling it a side-note within the same video?Plus, his opinion wasn't the "entirely love it / entirely hate it" variety. It was more of a middle-ground "not quite bad, but not quite there" motif.He apologizes (quite too much, I might add) about having his opinion based on it being decades later, but as someone born in the 60's, I didn't really become attached to the Magoo character myself. Yes, it was too much of the same plot, but the only cute angle was how the bungling guy somehow makes it through the situation. (I loved the original Inspector Clouseau movies for this reason.) Same reasoning applies to the Three Stooges.One other point: the seven-minute real time limit meant that filmmakers had to be really creative in a really short time-frame, so you had some really fun shorts, including for cartoons. (The modern equivalent would have been TH-cam's original 10-minute limit. You had to really make a good video within the time allotted.)
Same, felt like a total waste of three minutes.
This was a great and very fascinating video. You did an amazing job on this series! As an animation fan, I’m glad to know about UPA and their legacy.
For a young man you have a great understanding of such a great part of my young life. Thank you for calling out the moguls who crushed the industry that promised so much. Are longus Vita brevis. Thank you...Subscribed
This serie was so great, please, could you make another videos about other studios? Or videos about animation history, just an more? Please, this is so great!!
Hey, but what if, maybe, possibly, we strived for a society that viewed art as inherently valuable instead or a commodity where its value is determined by a market
Signed,
A Dirty Commie
Isabelle B 👏👏👏👏
I thought it already was.
agreed
- a stinky anarkiddie
Also, I would love for you to talk about Craig McCracken and his collection of cute and cartoony shows that were my childhood on Cartoon Network and Disney Channel. Also, Looney Tunes and other Animation Videos. Also, Do Yellow Submarine, Please!
In addition to MLP FiM, came the “Littlest Pet Shop”, the animated series from 2012 did took the stylings and animation than what UPA did.
The criticism against Mr. Magoo, that the cartoons are the same thing over and over again with minor variations, can also be applied to the Roadrunner series.
The Roadrunner Series are also gold cartoons too.
Plus at least the Magoo shorts did change locations unlike the Roadrunner shorts.
I loved the whole series about UPA. Thank you very much
Love this series!! Can you upload all three in one video??
Wonderful series you’ve made! Love your work!
Have you guys watched the first episode of Loki? I instantly thought of these videos during the TVA info video.
This series was great
Great stuff! Anyone else recognize Steve Martin doing the voice over commercial at 7:30?
Magoo is a callback to the old slapstick masters like Chaplin and Harold Loyd. Sure, they have less edge than the one-off titles, but they helped keep animation alive and inspired guys like Ralph Bakshi (my favorite director) and Gennady Tartokofski(I just know that I misspelled his name).
Everything that a person needs to know about being human can be found in cartoons. Morality, emotions, spirituality, even strategic thinking if you're a devotee of Bugs Bunny. It's all there.
Magoo just deals with adversity with good humor and an obliviousness that is inspired.
Great videos, you're going to do interesting things, it's inevitable.
Thanks for this in particular, I adore UPA.
Thank you for this film and the research you did for it. Great Job!!!
This series was really well made! Both the curation, design and editing.
Thank you for this very enlightened documentary. I really enjoyed it.
I still say 'Gay Purr-ee' deserves to be better remembered - it has beautiful animation, a fine cast and an excellent soundtrack. It's certainly a better movie than Disney's 'Aristocats.'
Incredible work! The passion you have for the subject was tangible
For his part, Stephen Bosustow went on to form a new studio of his own called "Stephen Bosustow Productions" (later Bosustow Entertainment) who produced a number of animated shorts, often based on storybooks and other subjects through the 1970's and 80's.
th-cam.com/play/PLTnbwiCw-mMSPBTd9y5GxchRYvvxqEIhe.html
Other former UPA alumni have also operated their own studios as well, including animator Bill Melendez, production manager Abe Woolery (Playhouse Pictures) and Herb Klynn (Format Films).
very interesting. I was a child in 1961-1969 and I loved Gerald Boing Boing and Magoo. seem to me that upa was very influential for the Italian cartoonists too: as Gavioli, Bozzetto, Cavandoli. if you want I can send you some examples.
Beatiful ending
Why do all semi documentaries on youtube are plagued with "lo fi beats" music.
(Great video, tho)
It’s either this or Mcload
Congrats on the UPA series! I seriously loved it 🙌🏿👏🏿👏🏿
Your videos are so pleasing to watch, like how do you manage to create every explanation look so artistic?
Great end to a great series Andrew. Can’t wait to see your own animation
I enjoy the Mr. Magoo shows when he was in classic stories. You get Jim Backus, you get Mr. Magoo, and you get original/revivals of classic stories, with less of a focus on just his blindness.
You did a great video for UPA.
I'm very happy to think about the fact that short animations have found a new home on youtube, too bad they cant make any money on it though
Well, paint me blue and call me animated. You have my attenchion sir!
I LOVE ALL OF THIS
Thank you for all the work you put into this series!
Wow, that was a wonderful series of videos!