Hello everyone.
I was wondering if anybody knew, did Tex actually work with H-B during his time at MGM? I was completely sure Tex had done some work in Tom & Jerry, because the animation has a lot of his style, but I was surprised to find out he actually hadn't worked in T&J at all. And I can't seem to find any collaboration between the three of them before Tex's short time at Hanna-Barbera studios, back in the 70s.
So what happened? Did they have a quarrel or something? I'd imagine they'd contribute to each other's work! Specially when they have so similar styles!
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Posted by: Don Markstein
Posted on: 2008-02-07 at 06:40:06 AM
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They certainly "worked together" in the sense of working at the same place and seeing each other there all the time. And it's also likely a little of his style rubbed off on them. But it's also like H&B were doing more Avery-like work because -- well, it's easy (for me) to say they were doing better work then, but their many fans might get irate. I think you have to be about five years younger than me for full appreciation of their TV work.
(I really do think it's an age thing. By the time they became TV moguls, I was old enough to compare them to the full animation I was used to in theatrical cartoons, whereas Mark Evanier, e.g., who is a huge fan of the early H&B, is five years younger; and I know a guy only three years younger who equates them with cheap'n'cheesy. I've come to think better of them as an adult, but the "planned animation", where everybody walks the same and characters move only parts of their bodies [ever wonder why H&B characters wear a tie even if that's their only garment? It's a divider, so it won't be noticed so much when their bodies don't move while their heads nod as they talk] looked shoddy to me when I was too young to appreciate their other qualities.)
Anyway, no, I don't know of any actual collaborations between them back in the MGM days.
And I also don't know of any bad blood between them. They just went their separate ways. As far as I know, Avery working at their studio in his final years was just old pals getting back together.
Quack, Don
(I really do think it's an age thing. By the time they became TV moguls, I was old enough to compare them to the full animation I was used to in theatrical cartoons, whereas Mark Evanier, e.g., who is a huge fan of the early H&B, is five years younger; and I know a guy only three years younger who equates them with cheap'n'cheesy. I've come to think better of them as an adult, but the "planned animation", where everybody walks the same and characters move only parts of their bodies [ever wonder why H&B characters wear a tie even if that's their only garment? It's a divider, so it won't be noticed so much when their bodies don't move while their heads nod as they talk] looked shoddy to me when I was too young to appreciate their other qualities.)
Anyway, no, I don't know of any actual collaborations between them back in the MGM days.
And I also don't know of any bad blood between them. They just went their separate ways. As far as I know, Avery working at their studio in his final years was just old pals getting back together.
Quack, Don
