tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post1755566953816768693..comments2023-10-31T05:13:39.415-04:00Comments on 2719 HYPERION: What a Character! - Fresh Up FreddieJeffrey Pepperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00990997892044489714noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-32727237650175767062012-04-08T02:48:02.300-04:002012-04-08T02:48:02.300-04:00We just got a vinyl figure of Freddy. We are tryin...We just got a vinyl figure of Freddy. We are trying to figure out why he was made - as a prize giveaway, a mail-in offer, a store advert figure, or what have you. He currently resides in a case with many other advert icons, some known, some obscure.Gojirobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488554981612210135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-74466626364386211742011-03-03T17:07:34.129-05:002011-03-03T17:07:34.129-05:00"RIGHT NOW, you're probably asking yourse...<i><b>"RIGHT NOW, you're probably asking yourself..."</b></i> Where does Jeff get all this great information? :-] <br /><br />Thanks for sharing. <br /><br />- ChrisGator Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09126419358299535675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-51674202390780639192011-02-07T16:16:46.374-05:002011-02-07T16:16:46.374-05:00Great post - I never knew about this...Great post - I never knew about this...Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02465912785343019825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-51403667942411088442011-02-03T14:50:16.896-05:002011-02-03T14:50:16.896-05:00"Walt had already drawn the ire of other movi..."Walt had already drawn the ire of other movie studios for his agreeing to produce original programming for the enemy of television that was stealing audiences from theaters. To produce television commercials was considered so beneath the status of a major movie studio that it was unthinkable."<br /><br />"The success of Disneyland and Walt’s frustration at struggling with commercial clients sounded the death knell for this interesting anecdote in the history of the Disney Co."<br /><br />-Jim Korkis (very well-respected Disney historian)<br /><br />Also, I realize the second quote from the previous comment is somewhat out of context, but I think it still serves to demonstrate Walt's discomfort with commercials and commercial production.Jeffrey Pepperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00990997892044489714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-37262398416902734852011-02-03T14:28:05.147-05:002011-02-03T14:28:05.147-05:00"He stormed down there and outlawed us agains..."He stormed down there and outlawed us against using any of the Disney characters in commercials. I remember at the time everybody was incensed that we couldn’t use them, and it basically spelled the end of the unit. [Companies] were coming for the celebrity, to be able to use Disney characters in commercials.”<br /><br />-Victor Haboush (artist for the unit)<br /><br /><br />“One time Walt was very upset because the agency that was sponsoring The Mickey Mouse Club used Woody Woodpecker in a cereal commercial on The Mickey Mouse Club, and he didn’t like it because he didn’t have control of the animation. They dropped it right into the show after the whole show was mixed. It wasn’t sound mixed with everything else. It was dropped in by an editor later. And the sound was up. So when they broadcast it, it was obvious that the volume went up and it wasn’t smooth, and Walt didn’t like it. And he usually looked at all the shows.”<br /><br />-Paul Carlson (artist with unit)<br /><br /><br />“Commercial work answered our prayers, as it supplied badly needed capital. Advertising work clearly helped keep the studio intact. But while the studio made money with this type of product (and I mean big money) it was not a field either Walt or Roy were happy to be in."<br /><br />-Harry Tytle (40 year veteran on the studio)Jeffrey Pepperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00990997892044489714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-12550873626365024192011-02-03T13:09:49.567-05:002011-02-03T13:09:49.567-05:00"Commercial production was not anything that ..."Commercial production was not anything that Walt Disney himself was particularly proud of..."<br /><br />Really? Do you have a direct citation or quote to back up that assertion?<br /><br />Disney being such a big proponent and defender of free enterprise, the idea of him being anti-commercial and ashamed of commercial production rings very false. Disney himself knew the value of promotion and advertising and it's necessity to the free market and consumer choice (after all, weren't certain Disneyland episodes derided by the ignorant as "hour long commercials?)<br /><br />I think it more likely that it was not mentioned too much because in the grand scheme of the Disney studios it was a very minor (if necessary and fruitful) part of the operation. There really wouldn't be any real reason to make a big deal out of it.FZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18407705272229976468noreply@blogger.com