TRADITIONAL4@ DISH THAT YOU CAN MAKE IN YOUR OWN KITCHEN4@. >>> FIRST, AN AUSTRALIAN
ILLUSTRATOR BETWEEN4@ BEHIND SO
HUGELY POPULAR TELEVISION
CARTOONS.
>> HE WORKED ON THE JETSONS,
SCOOBY DOO AND YELLOW SUBMARINE.
4@PAT CALLAHAN SAT DOWN WITH RO
CAMPBELL TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
FIRST4@ SPARKED HIS 4@INTEREST
DRAWING AND HOW THAT LED TO HIS
WORK ON SOME OF THE WORLD BEST
KNOWN CARTOONS.
>>> WITH TOM 4@AND JERRY I WAS
SEVEN YEARS OLD 4@AND THOUGHT
THEY WERE REAL ANIMALS.4@
I MY GRANDMOTHER TOLD ME THEY
WERE JUST DRAWINGS.
AND I 4@THOUGHT, I CAN DO
DRAWINGS THAT JUST COME ALIVE4@
AND I TOOK 4@THAT WITH ME INTO
ART SCHOOL.
WHEN TV ARRIVED IN AUSTRALIA
FOR THE FIRST TIME, IT WAS4@
POSSIBLE TO MAKE A LIVING 4@
PRETENDED TO MAKE4@ TELEVISION
COMMERCIALS.
>> SO THIS WAS LIKE A NEW FORM
OF4@ ANIMATION.
>> WHEN IT4@ CAME TO DOING
TELEVISION MATERIAL FOR
SATURDAY MORNING TELEVISION, AT
THE BEGINNING OF THAT ERA, YES.
NOBODY KNEW HOW 4@TO MAKE MONEY
OUT OF IT.
SO BUDGETS WERE VERY TIGHT AND
THINGS HAD TO BE DONE VERY
QUICKLY.
>> NOW ONE OF THE PROJECTS YOU
ARE KNOWN FOR IS WORKING ON THE
BEATLES TV CARTOONS.
A LOT OF FANS DON'T EVEN KNOW
THAT EXISTED4@. BECAUSE IT SEEM
LIKE AN ODD THING.
THERE IS A BOOK ABOUT THE
BEATLES4@ CARTOONS AND YOU WROT
THE FORWARD FOR IT.
YOU SAID, "T4@HE TV CARTOON
SHOWED THE BEATLES WAS A 4@
MUNDANE, BORING, CRUDE SATURDAY
MORNING CHILDREN'S TELEVISION
AND IT WAS AN4@ AND NORMA'S HIT
SO WHAT WAS THE STORY4@ BEHIND
DOING CARTOONS ABOUT A ROCK
BAND.
>> IT WAS VERY UNUSUAL.4@
THE BEATLES HAD REALLY STORMED
AMERICA BY THAT TIME.
NOBODY KNEW 4@IF THEY WOULD LAS
OR NOT.
BUT THEY DID AGREE TO MAKE A TV
CARTOON4@ AND WE WERE ABLE TO P
THEIR SONGS IN.4@
WE DID THAT LITTLE SING-ALONG
THING AND4@ CHILDREN JUST4@ FEL
LOVE WITH DOING THAT.
AND I THINK THOSE 4@WORDS WERE
ACCURATE.
IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS AND
THE BUDGET WAS LIKE4@4@4@ --. 4@
AND WE WERE DOING A HALF-HOUR
SHOW FOR $5000.
SO WE HAD TO FIND 1000 WAYS OF
CUTTING COSTS.
>> WILL LATER IN THE4@ 4@60s TH
MADE AN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM.4
UNLIKE THE TV CARTOON, IT'S NOT
ON TV LIKE YELLOW SUBMARINE.
WHAT IS YOUR RECOLLECTION OF
THAT?
>> IT WAS A LOVELY DESIGN THAT
WE WORKED ON4@ AND THE ANIMATIO
WAS VERY SIMPLE.
AND NOW4@, IT'S LIKE 4@BEING SW
BACK TO 1978.4@4@
IT IS STILL AN INFAMOUSLY
POPULAR PHONE.
>> FOR ANY 4@OF OUR VIEWERS, IF
YOU HAVE WATCHED ANY ANIMATED
SHOWS IN THE LAST 30 OR 40 OR4@
50 YEARS, WHAT'S4@ 4@WILL PEOPL
YOU HAVE WATCHED ANY ANIMATED SHOWS IN THE LAST 30 OR 40 OR4@ 50 YEARS, WHAT'S4@ 4@WILL PEOPL@
RECOGNIZE.
>> 4@WELL, YOU CAN DO A LOT OF
THINGS OVER 50 YEARS.
WHEN PEOPLE COME TO 4@THE SHOW,
NOSTALGIA OVERTAKES THEM.
THEY CAN'T HELP BUT BE REMINDED
VIVIDLY OF THEIR CHILDHOOD.
I DO, WHEN SOMEBODY4@ BUYS A
PAINTING I DO A CERTIFICATE OF
AUTHENTICITY.
AND ON THAT CERTIFICATE I DO A
DRAWING OF A FAVORITE CARTOON
CHARACTER AND 4@PEOPLE GET QUIT
EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT
TAPS INTO4@ HAPPY MEMORIES OF
THEIR CHILDHOOD.
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW GOOD 4@OR
BAD IT WAS.
EVERYBODY SEEMS TO HAVE
MEMORIES.
LOVELY MEMORIES4@4@ OF WATCHING
ON SATURDAY MORNING.4@
>> SO4@ SOMETH4@ING LIKE SCOOBY
STILL RESONATES WITH THEM EVEN
STILL.
>> YES.
IT RESONATES.
AND SOMETIMES I DO A DRAWING AND
I LOOK UP AND4@ THE PERSON I'M
DOING IT 4@FOR IS WEEPING BECAU
MAYBE IT EVOKED 4@A MEMORY FROM
THEIR CHILDHOOD. IT MAKES THEM
EMOTIONAL.
>> THAT IS REALLY COOL.
>> THERE IS SOMETHING SO STRONG
ABOUT 4@CHILDHOOD MEMORIES.
>>> IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN
MORE ABOUT RON CAMPBELL AND HIS
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