Trivia Question #1
"Who is this character and what importance does he have in animation history?"
The first one to guess it right and answer BOTH parts of the question who is ALSO on my e-mail list will win a prize! I'll announce what it is when the winner is chosen!
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It has been answered (many times over, I might add)! I'm impressed and pleased with the showing of animation history... I'll just have to make the trivia questions harder! For those of you who DON'T know who is in that picture above, here is an excerpt from Wikipedia:
Crusader Rabbit was the first animated series produced specifically for television. The concept was test marketed in 1948, while the initial episode - Crusader vs. the State of Texas - aired on KNBH in Los Angeles, California on August 1, 1950.The concept of an animated series made for television came from animator Alex Anderson, who worked for Terrytoons Studios. Terrytoons preferred to remain in film animation, so Anderson approached Jay Ward for financing. Ward became business manager and producer, joining with Anderson to form "Television Arts Productions" in 1948. They tried to sell the series (initially presented as part of a proposed series, The Comic Strips of Television, which also featured an early incarnation of Dudley Do-Right) to the NBC television network, which assigned Jerry Fairbanks to be "supervising producer". NBC did not telecast Crusader Rabbit on their network, but allowed Fairbanks to sell the series in national syndication, with many of the NBC affiliates (including New York and Los Angeles) picking it up for local showings. WNBC-TV in New York continued to show the original Crusader Rabbit episodes from 1949 through 1967, and some affiliates used the program as a time filler as late as the 1970s.
The original series had limited animation, appearing almost as narrated storyboards with frequent cuts and minor movement by the characters. This was due to the limited budget producers Jay Ward and Alex Anderson had to film the series.
... and here is an example of this historic series which as you can see is little more than a glorified animatic, but SO important:
Also, without further adieu, faithful Onions, meet your winner: Erick Hernandez
... and as a prize for answering the trivia question correctly FIRST, he gets a "Crusader Rabbit" DVD!
Hey i think is called the crusader rabbit....and is actually the first animated cartoon series to air on tv ...
Yep, that's Crusader Rabbit alright. First animated series produced specifically for TV.
Is that rocky from Rocky and Bullwinkle? LOL
No idea really.
Crusader Rabbit
though must have been a nightmare trying to get commisioned for a tv series. that must be why there are not many good animated shows in TV these days, caus the world is losing money
Erick Hernandez... you win! You were the first to answer correctly and in only 20 minutes from posting!
(... note to self: make trivia questions harder)
Send an e-mail to steve@rubberonion.com (that's me) and we can discuss your prize (there's 2 options)!!
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Thanks for participating everyone! I'm going to be having many more of these so pass it on
I thought I knew my stuff but I have never seen this guy before.
*Shame*
@Jeff - that's ok... there will be plenty more trivia questions for you to participate in!
@Ibis - even though it's not rocky, there IS a connection in that Jay Ward (the producer of Crusader Rabbit) would go on to produce Rocky and Bullwinkle
Well you learn something new everyday =D I had no clue who it was XD
In case anyone had not seen the news yet... Alex Anderson, the creator of Crusader Rabbit, died on Oct 22nd this year from Alzheimer's.
He rarely got credit for his work on this, Rocky and Bullwinkle, or Dudley Do-Right so honor his memory with a marathon of those if you can... you won't be sorry!
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/alex-anderson-1920-2010.html