Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures Story meeting

Ralph Bakshi leads a story session for Mighty Mouse in January of 1988. Also present are:

John Kricfalusi (Ren & Stimpy, Spumco, George Liquor)

Tom Minton (Tiny Toons, Pinky & The Brain, other WBA shows, inspiration for The Brain)

Eddie Fitzgerald (Tiny Toons, Spumco, HB, inspiration for Pinky)

Kent Butterworth (Tiny Toons, Sonic (AoSTH not SatAM),

The Simpsons, Batman: The Animated Series, Attila and the Great Blue Bean)

Jim Reardon (OSCAR NOMINATED!!! The Simpsons, Pixar, wrote Wall-E)

Jeff Pidgeon (Tiny Toons, The Simpsons, Pixar, creator of Happy Beaver)

JC Wegman (The Simpsons)

and one other impossible to identify individual...

This is from the McNeil/Lehrer News Hour on PBS. I wish I could find the whole tape.

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[CurlyHayami]

It's cool to see a younger John K. in Live Action-I'm trying to follow his lessons on the Animation Archive now.

[HopeForTheDead]

That's so cool! I heard everyone who did those lessons got really good at drawing really quickly. I'm jealous!

[kellykilmer]

It's not a documentary. It's from the McNeil/Lehrer News Hour on PBS.

The full clip of Bakshi shows him meeting Judy Price at CBS about Mighty Mouse.

[HopeForTheDead]

Thanks, Kelly! I'll add that to the description.

I didn't recognize the voice of the narrator! I'm gonna try to track down the full clip.

[ambivalo82]

Wow, everyone looks so young! It's almost hard to believe it's been 20 years since that footage was recorded.

Thanks for posting this. From what program was this excerpt taken?

[HopeForTheDead]

Some PBS series... I can't find out where exactly from.

[fromthesidelines]

For the last time, Mighty Mouse was inhaling a flower- NOT COCAINE!!!! It was one of Reverend Donald Wildmon's "faithful flock" who supposedly saw the alleged scene on TV, reported it to his organization- and that's why CBS caved in to pressure from Wildmon's group to eventually cancel the series.

[ickybonesss]

:O Thank youuu.

[lyris1]

Wow - John K sounds different.

[trapadoored]

I really like John K's new wave look.nice skinny tie!

[glennorange]

This was one of the most brilliant cartoons to ever grace the Saturday screen!

[SexyPyroButt]

What show is this?

[143AC]

This Stupid,S-! on The McNeill/Lehner Report.He talks like Mr.Bakshi has never worked on "Mighty Mouse"or on any "Terry Tunes"cartoons.This Jerk doesn't know that Mr.Bakshi had worked on"MM"and the other "Terry Tunes"..long before he began work on this new version.

[daregularperson]

@143AC Well when John went with the character in "The Ripping Friends", he changed it to the Indigestible Wad. Which I think is better than Billy (which I think he just came up with at that moment, so he came up with a quick and dirty name).

[BeeDotSix]

Bakshi and squad rock.

[143AC]

OH My God! "Billy Gum Wad"..That is the dumbest name for a character in tv cartoon.

[Jimkaider]

Jim Reardon, oh wow.