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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- Robert Porter “Bob” McKimson (Oct. 1910 - Sept. 1977) was a Golden Age director, writer and animator most famous for his contributions to the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. While he’s more well-known for his directorial work, he was considered by his peers to be the top animator at the Warner Bros studio.
Bob McKimson got his start at the Romer Gray Studio working on the Binko the Cub shorts. He then moved to Walt Disney Productions (inbetweening for Dick Lundy) before making his way to the Harman-Ising Studio at Warner Bros. When producer Leon Schlesinger set up his own shop for Warner Bros, Bob and his brothers Charles and Tom quickly joined. Bob McKimson, quickly advancing up the ranks as head animator, would find himself animating for most of the Looney Tunes directors such as Friz Freleng, Frank Tashlin, Tex Avery, Chuck Jones and Bob Clampett. After Tashlin left WB for the final time in 1944, McKimson got the chance to start directing cartoons, inheriting Tashlin’s unit. McKimson would direct Looney Tunes cartoons even to the closure of the studio in 1963. Throughout the 1960s-70s, McKimson would work for UPA and DePatie-Freleng directing several theatricals, TV series and specials as well as doing freelance commercial work.
McKimson’s animation favors long character acting with extra attention being placed on hand posture and lip sync. His animation utilizes deep perspective making the characters feel more three-dimensional and lifelike. He animated his scenes straight-ahead and could do close to 50-80ft of animation a week.
(Note: The reel is a collection of historian confirmations and best estimated guessing. Sources are listed below. Feel free to send corrections my way if you notice anything wrong.)
Music:
“Tiptoe”- Thad Jones & Mel Lewis (1971)
Sources:
-Cartoon Logic Podcast by Thad Komorowski & Bob Jaques
-The Internet Animation Database Credits List on Bob McKimson
-Thad K’s “Falling Hare” Breakdown Video
”In His Own Words: Bob Clampett Talks About Robert McKimson” Article by Jim Korkis
“In His Own Words: Robert McKimson” Article by Jim Korkis
-Michael Barrier’s 1971 Robert McKimson Interview
-Mark Kausler, Greg Ford, Mike Barrier and Jerry Beck Audio Commentaries from the Looney Tunes Golden/Platinum Collection sets
Special Thanks:
-Toadette (@Toadette_IAD), Poppy (@popkornkat), WHYx3 (@WHY_WHY_WHY_x3) and ibcf (@_ibcf_) for help with footage
-Devon Baxter and Toadette for corrections and editing feedback
...and the most special-est of all thanks goes out to Toadette and Poppy whom none of these reels would be possible without your support! Thank you!
Disclaimer:
I DO NOT claim ownership in any way to the following clips nor audio. This fan-made video is expressly created for the purposes of education and animation history. All clips and audio featured belong to their respective copyright owners and no infringement is intended. - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
I feel like you're missing one of his greatest achievements.
Single-handedly animating a very realistic Uncle Sam for Chuck Jones' 1939 short Old Glory.
Year old comment but did he really animate the whole short himself? Usually there would only be one animator credited on wb cartoons until 1945 but that didn’t mean they animated the whole short themselves
The OP said he animated scenes of Uncle Sam by himself. That could actually be doable. But I don't think he animated every scene of Uncle Sam in that cartoon.
@smashfan9549 McKimson animated almost everything except for a select few scenes by Ken Harris (Porky reciting the pledge of alliance at the end of the cartoon)
Don't forget that McKimson animated three shorts. Two shorts are 'The Hole Idea' and 'Dime to Retire' from 1955 and 'Too hop to 'Handle from 1956.
5:39 the quality for this part looks really good for 1937
This is awesome! No errors that I see, and it’s all the iconic McKimson scenes! On top of that you got some nice jams! Excellent job and I cannot wait to see more in the future!
Note: McKimson worked for Disney before Romer Gray not after. Lundy became a animator at Disney in March 1930 which probably meant McKimson had a lower rank prior to his promotion
The Uncredited Workhorse of Warner Bros
Few hiccups but still! Really well done!
The creator of Tasmanian The Devil And Foghorn Leghorn.
Robert McKimson - the Milt Kahl of Termite Terrace.
Maybe Fred Moore would be more apropos a comparison.
Wow This man is amazing infact awesome
The Harman-Ising scene looks more like Rollin Hamilton to me.
And it is
I re-watched my copy of Cracked Ice from one of the Looney Tunes Gold Collections to try and find out why the WC Fields pig caricature was breaking the fourth wall. Any idea who he was talking to? My guess is it's the rivalry between Fields and ventriloquist dummy Charlie McCarthy.
Robert McKimson's zodiac is Libra ♎.
So?
@@DruisBlue1268 So? You should look at his date of birth.
@@durece100 why does it matter what his zodiac sign is or his date of birth?
@@DruisBlue1268 You just don't get it about date of birth or astrology. You just ignore my thoughts.
@@durece100 *zodiac*
YES
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