The Big Picture: The Collar

[esperandote]

I had no idea about that. Everithing i thought a knew is in serious doubt now.

I wonder what young William Hanna and Joe Barbera would come up with these days.

 

[Sabrestar]

Okay, that was an awesome episode. I feel like I've spent an hour in a random Wikipedia trawl, but learned a lot more. Good stuff!

 

[UNHchabo]

It's "drawing", not "drawring". Where did you get your weird pronunciation?

It's fairly common pronunciation in New England, especially among those with a Bostonian accent (Bob conceals his pretty well most of the time).

That one doesn't annoy me, but one aspect of the Boston accent that does annoy me is pronouncing "drawer" as "draw". Two of my friends do that.

 

[esperandote]

It's like finding out the Matrix is real.

Me: But what's the hat about?
Someone else: Just to match the collar
Me: Oh.

 

[roostuf]

Nice job bob, i see we're moving along to animated shows. So does that mean we will see an episode about a very recent popular animated show for kids and adults?

 

[GeorgW]

I love how I can be constantly surprised at what the episode is about. I want more TV is weird!

 

[SlothfulCobra]

That's not the only way to do cheap animation. Rocky and Bullwinkle got by fine without that.

Of course, a bunch of the incidental characters had jowls that allowed their mouths to be animated separately, but the two main characters were just one piece for the most part. Animals were not laden with unecessary clothing.

 

[Draconalis]

That was a pretty interesting show...

I's lik lernen

 

[Kenjitsuka]

Awesome, Bob, as usual!
Thanks!

 

[Ghengis John]

Honestly looking forward to next week's show.

 

[Elijah Newton]

Holy Carp. You actually made an episode about a cartoon character's tie.

No, check that. You actually made an episode about a cartoon character's tie fascinating. That's an extraordinary research / writing / presentation skill you have there, sir. Bravo!

 

[Avatar Roku]

Great episode Bob, I always love to get a little glimpse behind the scenes, see how professionals solve problems that the public didn't even know exists.

Also, I guess I better get used to the accent everyone kept pointing out, I'm gonna be in Boston for the next 5 years XD

 

[Trombone_Hero]

I just noticed all of the ties and collars on all of the faces you use...

Great episode!

 

[Scrustle]

I pretty much knew that's the reason they did that already, but it was cool to get some context along with it. They actually used the same technique at Aardman Animation too. For example every chicken in Chicken Run has some type of collar feature so they can swap heads easily too.

P.S - TROGDOOOOOR!!!!! BURNINATING THE THATCHED-ROOF COTTAGES!!!!

 

[Jman1236]

Thank you for giving me nightmares for the rest of the week, which is my week off work, bob. Also while this is WAY out of left field for a topic it's interesting just how one tine detail can change the world of television and animation. The more you know as guess. :cue NBC "The more you know" background:

 

[Lanowar]

He is right the Hanna Barbera canon got very weird towards the end. Then again that weirdness gave rise to Harvey Birdman Attorney at law one of my favourite shows.

Then again they did make the Herculoids. Damn hippies for not fighting in the Vietnam war...

 

[XDravond]

First thought "collar what might this be about then"
second "wtf really yogi bears collar how the hell could that make itself interesting?"
third "o, wait that was interesting...okay did not expect that.."
final
"jees I thought some guy talking about a collar interesting, something must be wrong with me. Oh wait I'm gamer/geek/nerdy/weird no need to explain it to myself then..."

 

[Canadamus Prime]

It is also for this reason that certain important objects such as a door that needed to be opened would often be a different pigment than the background. I first noticed that when watching the old TMNT cartoon from the late 80's/early 90's and always wondered about it until my animation class at college recently.