tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post7206845886773748517..comments2023-12-31T01:23:39.943-05:00Comments on Mayerson on Animation: The Pixar TouchMark Mayersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00065971589878678848noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-16426588588248599372008-06-07T15:07:00.000-04:002008-06-07T15:07:00.000-04:00Mark-I hadn't realized(though I should have)that h...Mark-I hadn't realized(though I should have)that he did the class for that long. I'm pretty sure it didn't last much longer-in fact, he might have moved to L.A. just after the spring '80 semester. <BR/><BR/>That was just a priceless opportunity, to be able to se rare cartoons in 16mm prints culled IIRC from not only Leonard's but his many friends' collections...the organization of each evening was perfectly done: a Fleischer night, a Popeye night, a Clampett night and/or a "censored" night...along with UPA, other Warners, etc.etc.etc. I took notes(long since lost, alas)and soaked up Leonard's every word. As I say, he was so very informed, amusing and personable...I barely spoke to him(I was very shy) but boy, did I admire him. And he was amiable enough that a few years later, after he'd begun his ET job and I was back in Los Angeles, I thought nothing of calling him up at Paramount to ask him where I could possibly locate a print of "Acrobatty Bunny"--and he thought nothing of telling me! I wouldn't try that now-he's too much of a bigshot! ; )Jenny Lerewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06668171465801333811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-50124063025372175392008-06-07T14:33:00.000-04:002008-06-07T14:33:00.000-04:00I left New York in May or June of 1978 and didn't ...I left New York in May or June of 1978 and didn't return until April of 1980. I can't remember if I attended any of Leonard's classes in 1980 or not. By October of '80, I left New York again.<BR/><BR/>I think my Leonard years were roughly '75-early '78.Mark Mayersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00065971589878678848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-29326120281485696162008-06-07T14:25:00.000-04:002008-06-07T14:25:00.000-04:00I shouId add that I was in that class for the wint...I shouId add that I was in that class for the winter 79-80 session so I likely missed most of you, if it was 5 or so years earlier you all were there.Jenny Lerewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06668171465801333811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-71339941959152943902008-06-07T14:10:00.000-04:002008-06-07T14:10:00.000-04:00Hey Tom. I was there too, in the New School class...Hey Tom. I was there too, in the New School class. <BR/><BR/>I well remember a bunch of regulars(it didn't seem like that many--many 4 or so at a pop)sitting up there towards the back who made a lot of noise. A LOT of damn noise! Geeks & freaks indeed! For my part I walked over from NYU alone, and attended class by my lonesome. ; D<BR/><BR/>So...that was you, huh? And Ed Catmull?! Jerry I always assumed was there but when I bring it up he seems vague about it.<BR/><BR/>Leonard was terrific, what a guy(this was right before his book hit the streets). I was chagrined to see that when he did ET not much later he seemed so stiff in his delivery-<I>totally</I> different than he was in class or on the phone. He's improved over the years but he's never seemed as natural as he did back then. Maybe it's because he's minus the irony when he's in front of a camera--he'd get in some eye-rolling at you lot back then as I recall! <BR/> Anyway he was a stand-up guy and a perfect presenter of that good stuff.Jenny Lerewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06668171465801333811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-31152675177362970382008-06-06T18:21:00.000-04:002008-06-06T18:21:00.000-04:00Yeah, recognizing what was going to happen with co...Yeah, recognizing what was going to happen with computers then was like when my Uncle Charlie from Newark got out of the Army and wanted to be a neighborhood baby photographer. <BR/><BR/>An friend told him about NBC was hiring still photographers for a new thing called Television, because the mainstream film cameramen were all boycotting TV.<BR/><BR/>Uncle Charlie thought about it, then went " Nahhh." and became a baby and wedding photographer.<BR/><BR/>Starting in TV at that time alongside Pat Weaver and Rod Serling, he could retired a legendary producer !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-40231685101669541282008-06-06T15:07:00.000-04:002008-06-06T15:07:00.000-04:00Their attendance in Maltin's class is in the book....Their attendance in Maltin's class is in the book. When I read it, I was sorry they didn't make themselves known to everybody, though I have no idea what I would have thought of computer animation in the mid '70s.<BR/><BR/>It's interesting that none of the artists from NYIT ended up sticking with Catmull. Another missed opportunity for New Yorkers. It could be that Tubby the Tuba left such a bad taste in Catmull's mouth that he wouldn't have been interested anyway.Mark Mayersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00065971589878678848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-15813368901230492812008-06-06T15:00:00.000-04:002008-06-06T15:00:00.000-04:00Hey Mark, remember when we all used to go to the e...Hey Mark,<BR/> remember when we all used to go to the evening lectures at the New School of Social Research in the Village, because that young professor Leonard Maltin was showing rare cartoons? It was you, me, Jerry Beck, John Canemaker, Haskett, Scarborough, Mike Sporn, Lennie Graves, Eric Goldberg and more.<BR/><BR/> Well, Ed Catmull told me recently he was in the audience also. A car full of computer guys from NYIT would drive over from Westbury. Including Jim Blinn, Loren Carpenter and Alvy Ray Smith.These guys all later became the backbone of ILM's first computer team.<BR/><BR/>I told Leonard and he said: "Wow! Now I wish had had a camera on the audience back then!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-92173223600695564482008-06-05T17:22:00.000-04:002008-06-05T17:22:00.000-04:00Thanks for calling attention to this, Mark. I'll ...Thanks for calling attention to this, Mark. I'll try picking up a copy this month.<BR/><BR/>I'll never be one of the ones who fawns over Pixar. They've done, and will continue to do, things I'm not fond of in animated films.Thadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04443425643665474645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-46889279562954660062008-06-04T15:10:00.000-04:002008-06-04T15:10:00.000-04:00Picked it up at the library a couple weeks ago, an...Picked it up at the library a couple weeks ago, and I loved it. Excellent Pixar history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27501132.post-69475088142531407772008-06-04T13:56:00.000-04:002008-06-04T13:56:00.000-04:00I was browsing at a local book store Saturday and ...I was browsing at a local book store Saturday and picked up the book -- and couldn't put it down. A truly great read.<BR/><BR/>An added surprise was to find myself quoted in the book. Wow! I sure didn't see that coming.Floyd Normanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08635960964922892254noreply@blogger.com