tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662333.post114292904413324699..comments2023-12-06T04:22:23.097-06:00Comments on David Germain's blog: Rod ScribnerDavid Germainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15242095374521702596noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662333.post-27993484111747175202013-09-24T20:51:13.863-06:002013-09-24T20:51:13.863-06:00Rod was my grandfather and I love hearing all the ...Rod was my grandfather and I love hearing all the stories about him from all of you. I obviously knew him differently but I am proud to know that you all admire his work. I am putting together a collection of his work for my children so they can learn about him. Like many in our family, my grandfather "Papa" struggled with sleeping and took sleeping pills to help him get to sleep. If anything I think that was his biggest issue in life. He was so creative and had so much on his mind that it kept him up at night. I know lack of sleep can make anyone appear "crazy" but I don't really believe he was crazy. My mother said he was an incredible father and a true romantic to my grandmother Jane. Tyler Gerhart Woodpapasgranddaughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14993872250967653079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662333.post-36885776053027507752012-05-19T21:58:39.837-06:002012-05-19T21:58:39.837-06:00The scene of the Pen freaking out in 'Concerto...The scene of the Pen freaking out in 'Concerto' was actually Virgil Ross (inventor of the palms-out-stretch-arm school of dialogue accent). Scribner's scenes in that one included Daffy throwing water on the pen's head, the sneezing cygnet, the capture of the cygnets by Beaky, Elmer's monologues, all of 'Vienna Woods' before 'It Ain't Polite to Point' (when it turns Virgil Ross, then bob McKimson again), and after the squirrel fires the gun, everything until the end is Scribner. (And pure genius - Bug's arm stretches longer than his body when he clobbers the bra onto Porky's head.)Liimlsanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14477319514152606005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662333.post-75972984472600600142012-05-19T21:55:33.453-06:002012-05-19T21:55:33.453-06:00It's a genius entry about a genius man.
Howev...It's a genius entry about a genius man.<br /><br />However, the scene of the Pen freaking out in 'Corny Concerto' was Virgil Ross. (Much better Scribner scenes in the cartoon include, say, the entire last chunk of 'Tales of the Vienna Woods' after the gunplay - and the shot in 'Blue Danube' of the sneezing Cygnet. He was a master of tortured poses, torque, hyper-physics. Ross, on the other hand, was completely soft. He threw in smears to make his work jibe well with Rod, but he's the source of all those dialogue scenes in Friz Freleng's cartoons where the characters stretch their arms out, palms outward, stiffly to accent their words. (Yes, he's the one that started it.)<br /><br />Scribner was just absolute genius, man. 0.eLiimlsanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14477319514152606005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662333.post-63061226467739867792012-02-22T21:25:03.360-06:002012-02-22T21:25:03.360-06:00(Slight correction to my last post:
- sorry for t...(Slight correction to my last post:<br /><br />- sorry for the name misspelling when I quoted another's post-<br /><br /> - it should be Mr. Dave BERRY (not Barry)Mike Priolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477362652343200165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662333.post-29819888693059114692012-02-20T00:39:34.639-06:002012-02-20T00:39:34.639-06:00Hello everyone!
Sorry to submit this so long after...Hello everyone!<br />Sorry to submit this so long after the original post;<br />I just discovered this blog and have only recently become aware of Mr. Scribner through recent studies of Warner Bros. animation. <br />I so enjoy and marvel at Mr. Scribner's work for the WB classic cartoons, viewing them frame by frame.<br />In response to Mr. Barry's post stating: <br />"Rod wasn't crazy..he was just marching to a different drummer<br />a devoted and talented (if not misunderstood) artist."<br />-- I say, yes, indeed! How many truly great artists are there who are NOT misunderstood?<br />What an innovator he was! One could argue he was as accomplished and talented as any of Disney's best animators; and yet in some ways he was too good for Disney.<br />I personally think more should be published about him (whether in print or other media) so that both the public and film scholars can be shown Mr. Scribner's contribution to animation was as significant as many others (like Disney's animators). <br />There should be a whole book or documentary devoted to him! Or at least to all the classic WB animators!<br />Well, that's my 2 cents. Thank you.Mike Priolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05477362652343200165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662333.post-16913200192402604802006-12-02T16:14:00.000-06:002006-12-02T16:14:00.000-06:00A few years ago when i was in school [RIT] Greg Du...A few years ago when i was in school [RIT] Greg Duffel came to speak about timing in animation. One anecdote he told was about a snoopy animator, the only one who ever gave snoopy teeth, who had been taken to a mental hospital for whatever reason, and would escape to animate. i didn't take his name away from that seminar, but reading this, it was obviously scribner. check out the snoopy cartoons scribner was around for and look for those scenes when snoopy freaks out and has crazy sawblade teeth. i'm pretty sure now that's scribner. Greg Duffel might be a good person to ask about those mysterious last few years of scribner's life. if memory serves he was in and out of the mental hospital because he escaped to animate, i i believe may have even gone back when he was done.<br /><br />even without remembering who the story was about i thought "that guy is my hero!!!" and after reading this, and it making sense it would be scribner, it's the ultimate reaffirmation. thank you very very much!<br /><br />-smo:: smo ::https://www.blogger.com/profile/02948005244845740011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662333.post-1145676518732689582006-04-21T21:28:00.000-06:002006-04-21T21:28:00.000-06:00Some of Scribner's contemporaries carped that Scri...<I>Some of Scribner's contemporaries carped that Scribner's stuff was on ones because it would only work when exposed that way. They argued that Scribner put in way too much motion, too much work. But it wasn't work with Scribner, it was NEED. The man LOVED motion and found a unique way of making it work that nobody else ever touched.</I><BR/>I have noticed that. Yes, his work is best when it is constantly moving. This is actually more evident in some of his later work in Bob McKimson's unit such as the first Tazmanian Devil cartoon <B>Devil May Hare</B> (c. 1954). Scribner actually incorporated holds in some of his Taz Boy scenes (probably under the instruction of McKimson) and it doesn't quite feel right.<BR/>I have read that McKimson tried to tone down Scribner's style during their tenure togther. But really, that's like trying to force a clockwise tornado to turn counter-clockwise with your bare hands. ;)David Germainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15242095374521702596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662333.post-1145651534762513972006-04-21T14:32:00.000-06:002006-04-21T14:32:00.000-06:00Nice stuff! Stories about Scribner have persisted...Nice stuff! Stories about Scribner have persisted for years in the industry. I spoke with the late Don Selders, one of his assistants, who told me that Charlotte Huffine, Scribner's last assistant (now also departed), held the real info on what happened to him. Regardless of his tragic personal situation, the man was an incomperable animator. One can learn more from stop-framing his stuff than from reading tons of animation theories. Some of Scribner's contemporaries carped that Scribner's stuff was on ones because it would only work when exposed that way. They argued that Scribner put in way too much motion, too much work. But it wasn't work with Scribner, it was NEED. The man LOVED motion and found a unique way of making it work that nobody else ever touched! Keep on stop framing Rod's work and you won't be disappointed! Check out Book Revue and The Great Piggy Bank Robbery! That huge rat turning around in ONE FRAME shouldn't work, but, in Scribner's hands, it sings! He goes from sillo to structure, abstraction to concrete form and back again, registering on about a dozen psychic levels. No one else in Hollywood had the brain to do that in every shot they animated. They were all licked by footage, a 40 hour week or some other demons. Whatever it was that stopped Scribner, it was nothing mundane. <BR/><BR/>Tom MintonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662333.post-1143471554627444372006-03-27T08:59:00.000-06:002006-03-27T08:59:00.000-06:00I was looking into scetch, then it shut down.so I ...I was looking into scetch, then it shut down.<BR/><BR/>so I went into newmediacampus. for 3danimation.<BR/><BR/>I hear good things about redhouse!Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828811123915081972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662333.post-1143085366607034022006-03-22T21:42:00.000-06:002006-03-22T21:42:00.000-06:00Jdm, the place was called Scetch at the time. But...Jdm, the place was called Scetch at the time. But now it's called Redhouse. (It's a long, sad, heartwrenching, nauseating story)David Germainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15242095374521702596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662333.post-1143084824916641702006-03-22T21:33:00.000-06:002006-03-22T21:33:00.000-06:00hey, Im from s'toon and I was wondering what schoo...hey, Im from s'toon and I was wondering what school you went to... (I ask because I seen your post on john k's blog)Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828811123915081972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662333.post-1142974080733387482006-03-21T14:48:00.000-06:002006-03-21T14:48:00.000-06:00What a nice little blog you've got there. Yeah,Rod...What a nice little blog you've got there. <BR/>Yeah,Rod Scribner was awesome. Every single animation he did was amazing. It was all rubbery and stuff. And it's really fun to pause in the middle of a cartoon. Each scene can stand out by its self. Rod Scribner also helped animate "Rabbit's Kin" I bet it was when that little bunny was running around like crazy in the first scene.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22662333.post-1142965897900508962006-03-21T12:31:00.000-06:002006-03-21T12:31:00.000-06:00Wonderful, incredibly cool post. Thanks a million...Wonderful, incredibly cool post. Thanks a million for writing it--I love Scribner's work but knew zero about him. Priceless stuff.Jenny Lerewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06668171465801333811noreply@blogger.com