Animation Professionals

Joseph Barbera on his favorite animated characters, and on the key to a successful animated character

June Foray on the animation technique of rotoscoping, which she worked with as an animation voiceover artist for Disney

Bill Melendez on the challenges of animating Peanuts for Charles M. Schulz

Bill Melendez on the early in-house animation process at Disney, and on what he learned there

Bill Melendez on the style of animation employed when he was at Disney, and the rules for specific characters

Bill Melendez on the difference in style between Disney and Warner Bros. animation

Bill Melendez on what he learned from working at Warner Bros. animation

Bill Melendez on the stages of producing the Charlie Brown Specials, and on collaborating with Charles M. Schulz

Bill Melendez on advice to an aspiring animator

Phil Roman on how the animation production schedule differed from theatrical features to television and on dividing up labor

Phil Roman on what strengths he was most known for in his early days as an animator

Phil Roman on the challenge of running his own production company Film Roman

Phil Roman on Film Roman selling Howie Mandel's series Bobby's World to Margaret Loesch to FOX and on the process of selling shows to networks

Robert Smigel on why he turned to animation and his early attraction to cartoons as a kid

Robert Smigel on one of his goals with The Dana Carvey Show being not too similar to Saturday Night Live; on writer Dino Stamatopoulos making suggestions for Smigel’s cartoon idea and working on a Superhero parody of "Batman" and "Robin" as "The Ambiguously Gay Duo" for The Dana Carvey Show (and later Saturday Night Live's "TV Funhouse"); on playing with ideas of homoeroticism and masculinity in writing the sketches

Robert Smigel on his "Fun with Real Audio" sketches (for Saturday Night Live) being the inverse of the Clutch Cargo animated device; on the first "Fun with Real Audio" sketch animating real audio clips between Larry King and Ross Perot

Robert Smigel on the animated sketch "Journey to the Disney Vault" for Saturday Night Live's "TV Funhouse"

Robert Smigel on his "TV Funhouse" animated sketch skewering NBC's parent company GE on Saturday Night Live

Robert Smigel on his parody of the Peanuts for his "TV Funhouse" animated sketch on Saturday Night Live

Robert Smigel on his involvement with the 25th anniversary special of Saturday Night Live in 1999; on the animated sketch "Life of a Catchphrase" he created for "TV Funhouse" that aired during that special