with the new version of mickey mouse, it s a combination of the old, classic disney style that we love and a modern sensibility. finally, people are allowed to like animation even if they re not under 10. there are teenagers and young adults and even old adults that are really enjoying cartoon network, adult swim. one of the biggest shows on television right now is rick and morty. the landscape is so fractured now that people can really make these amazing niche, interesting shows that do well enough to be able to make more of them. so we re really seeing some fascinating stuff right now. the possibilities are endless.
and felix the cat. but then mickey mouse comes along and is considered the first sound cartoon character. not only did walt disney add sound with the first mickey mouse cartoon, but they were funny sounds. at the time there s no animation to look at because no one was doing animation. so they looked at chaplin or they looked at buster keaton, or they looked at laurel and hardy. it was a good way for them to hone up their animation skills. chaplin said, oh, my gosh, mickey mouse is going to put me out of work because the mouse could do magically almost anything. meanwhile, the fleischer studio was disney s biggest rival. cartoons were in black and white, and they re grittier. they re dirtier, and they ve got a lot of we irdo characters youd only find in the subway. max fleischer studios had a
so i thought he would have like an impediment of some kind. you didn t invite zoidberg to eat? zoidberg can eat. here i come. from the simpsons, i loved doing agnes skinner. that s also a voice that is easy for me to do because i m going to be her one day very soon. and dot, of course is the one sister, she s the cute one. that makes me feel all kind of warm and squishy. either that or i need to wear diapers. brilliant voices carry these cartoons. all you have to do is sit back and let them do their thing. impressive. often imitated. but never duplicated. genie of the lamp! that s robin williams, of course, as the voice and inspiration of the genie in the bottle in aladdin. the new disney animated
walt disney was the only one who was genuinely interested in pushing the entire medium forward. there s a reason disney became famous. the quality of their animation was unparalleled. it was unbelievable. by the late 1930s, disney was now doing snow white, these elaborate fairy tales, beautifully done, spectacular, the rest of the industry is trying to keep up with disney. but some studios looked at that and said, we re going to make people laugh. looney tunes was all about gags making you laugh. and when they showed those cartoons in movie theaters before a warner bros. movie, they would kill the same way a stand-up comedian would go up and bring down the house for an audience of adults in the theater. shoot him now! shoot him now! you keep out of this. he doesn t have to shoot you
unpacking the fragile components. items can shift slightly during shipping. with the new version of mickey mouse, it s a combination of the old, classic disney style that we love and a modern sensibility. finally, people are allowed to like animation, even if they re not under 10. there are teenagers and young adults and even old adults that are really enjoying cartoon network, adult swim. one of the biggest shows on television right now is rick and morty. the landscape is so fractured now that people can really make these amazing niche, interesting shows that do well enough to be able to make more of them, so, we re really seeing fascinating stuff right now.