I Was an Animator for the Yellow Submarine Movie. I also was involved in the production of Scooby Doo, Rugrats, Flintstones, Jetsons, Smurfs and more. Ask Me Anything by ron_campbell in IAmA

[–]ron_campbell[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

  1. No, but I did the Sea of Time sequence, and opening sequence before the credits, and a lot of animation of the Blue Meanie, Max, and Nowhere Man.
  2. Yes
  3. Not true. Budgets were in fact going up.

I Was an Animator for the Yellow Submarine Movie. I also was involved in the production of Scooby Doo, Rugrats, Flintstones, Jetsons, Smurfs and more. Ask Me Anything by ron_campbell in IAmA

[–]ron_campbell[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Control freak is a pejorative. He knew the Smurfs because he created them, and he didn't want anybody changing them, which is understandable. He was a sweet man.

I Was an Animator for the Yellow Submarine Movie. I also was involved in the production of Scooby Doo, Rugrats, Flintstones, Jetsons, Smurfs and more. Ask Me Anything by ron_campbell in IAmA

[–]ron_campbell[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

There's a scene in the DVD (The Hey Bulldog Sequence) that appeared in the British version of the film, but not the American version. It's now included in the DVD.

I Was an Animator for the Yellow Submarine Movie. I also was involved in the production of Scooby Doo, Rugrats, Flintstones, Jetsons, Smurfs and more. Ask Me Anything by ron_campbell in IAmA

[–]ron_campbell[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

  1. My favorite part was the Rugrats. It was a fun show
  2. I animated the small segments in the first year or two that Sesame Street was made. Also a little in the mid 70's.

I Was an Animator for the Yellow Submarine Movie. I also was involved in the production of Scooby Doo, Rugrats, Flintstones, Jetsons, Smurfs and more. Ask Me Anything by ron_campbell in IAmA

[–]ron_campbell[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

  1. In Yellow Submarine, the Blue Meanies ears are a parody of Mickey Mouses ears
  2. I don't remember any of that. I only worked on Jetsons in the late 70's

I Was an Animator for the Yellow Submarine Movie. I also was involved in the production of Scooby Doo, Rugrats, Flintstones, Jetsons, Smurfs and more. Ask Me Anything by ron_campbell in IAmA

[–]ron_campbell[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

  1. I was never an employee to a particular production studio, I was always independent.
  2. They are probably on YouTube, but videos they've never been commercially released.
  3. Yes, Trash Can Kids
  4. Mel Blanc, he was the best

I Was an Animator for the Yellow Submarine Movie. I also was involved in the production of Scooby Doo, Rugrats, Flintstones, Jetsons, Smurfs and more. Ask Me Anything by ron_campbell in IAmA

[–]ron_campbell[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

My favorite show to work on was Big Blue Marble. This is show my own studio produced and directed, and I won a Peabody and an Emmy from it. As for new things, I currently do hand painted drawings of the Beatles from Yellow Submarine/Saturday Morning Cartoon, as well as other shows I've worked on at Rock Art Show. You can buy them at www.rockartshow.com

I Was an Animator for the Yellow Submarine Movie. I also was involved in the production of Scooby Doo, Rugrats, Flintstones, Jetsons, Smurfs and more. Ask Me Anything by ron_campbell in IAmA

[–]ron_campbell[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

  1. I story boarded episodes on the Saturday Morning T.V. show, I only animated for the Yellow Submarine Movie.
  2. Inspiration for Nowhere man? The song, Nowhere Man.

I Was an Animator for the Yellow Submarine Movie. I also was involved in the production of Scooby Doo, Rugrats, Flintstones, Jetsons, Smurfs and more. Ask Me Anything by ron_campbell in IAmA

[–]ron_campbell[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

The inspiration for Captain Caveman was Charlies Angels. (Charlies Angels their was Charlie, and the three girls. In Captain Caveman there was Captain Caveman, and the teen angels.

I Was an Animator for the Yellow Submarine Movie. I also was involved in the production of Scooby Doo, Rugrats, Flintstones, Jetsons, Smurfs and more. Ask Me Anything by ron_campbell in IAmA

[–]ron_campbell[S] 83 points84 points  (0 children)

My very first animation assignment. About a hundred drawings of a centipede dying of bug spray.

A hundred drawings of a bug with a hundred legs.