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Ernie Kovacs — The mad genius of TV

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Jonathan Lyons

I men­tioned ear­lier how Chap­lin took on a new tech­nol­ogy and car­ried beyond what any­one had oth­er­wise imag­ined.  Ernie Kovacs did the same thing in tele­vi­sion. When tele­vi­sion was a new medium, local tv sta­tions had air­time to fill.  A … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Inside the Actors Studio with the cast of Family Guy

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Jonathan Lyons

It’s great to have a seri­ous, in depth inter­view with cre­ators of ani­mated com­edy. Seth Mac­Far­lane shows some of this child­hood art­work, and stu­dent film from RISD.  Unfor­tu­nately, the poster had to cut out the clips from TV.  Still a … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Sincerity in entertainment

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Jonathan Lyons

I have another quote from the book Soupy Sez, the auto­bi­og­ra­phy of Soupy Sales.   The book includes quite a few tes­ti­mo­ni­als from friends and cowork­ers.  This one is from Crispin Cioe, a musi­cian with The Uptown Horns. Soupy Sales … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Animatin’

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Jonathan Lyons

Thanks to Sherm Cohen at Sto­ry­board Secrets for this:

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The Duck Factory

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Jonathan Lyons

How many of you remem­ber the TV show “The Duck Fac­tory”? A young unknown actor, Jim Car­rey, played a young unknown ani­ma­tor who gets a job at the stu­dio run by his hero Buddy Win­kler. He arrives on the day … Con­tinue read­ing →

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