tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post7873825788092202010..comments2024-03-29T02:18:35.303-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: Bill Melendez, RIPSteve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-7631456636254549112008-09-07T13:33:00.000-07:002008-09-07T13:33:00.000-07:00Bill Melendez's genius is he made the style of ani...Bill Melendez's genius is he made the style of animation seem like it was Schulz's idea. It never seemed like it was anybody else but Schulz. Unlike, say, the animated version of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. You just know that's Chuck Jones sensibility (not that there's anything wrong with Chuck Jones sensibility. Suess can be improved on, but not Schulz)<BR/><BR/>Kirk JuskoKirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-14385239996210020342008-09-04T14:37:00.000-07:002008-09-04T14:37:00.000-07:00Thanks for the correction. Appreciated.Bill was a...Thanks for the correction. Appreciated.<BR/><BR/>Bill was always a gent. Always.Steve Huletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-35069860551253727722008-09-04T12:29:00.000-07:002008-09-04T12:29:00.000-07:00After the war, he went to the Bob Clampett unit at...<I>After the war, he went to the Bob Clampett unit at Warner Bros.</I><BR/><BR/>Actually, it was <I>during</I> the war that Melendez went to work for Clampett at WB, not <I>after</I> the war. Melendez went to WB after the Disney strike in 1941. He worked as an assistant to the great Rod Scribner, and I think Melendez's first animated scene shows up in <I>Falling Hare</I> (1943), but I'm not sure. After the war Melendez animated for WB director Art Davis, after Clampett's departure from the studio. After Davis's unit was disbanded, Melendez worked for director Robert McKimson, before departing Warners for UPA.J. J. Hunseckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04067327948394872768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-73165799391987955522008-09-03T21:52:00.000-07:002008-09-03T21:52:00.000-07:00The loss of Bill Melendez hits us on so many level...The loss of Bill Melendez hits us on so many levels. Bill was part of animation history: whether it’s Disney, Warner Bros, UPA, the earliest animated television commercials or the Peanuts holiday specials we have all grown up with–Bill was there (both in creating these classic cartoons & fighting for the rights of his fellow animators). <BR/><BR/>Bill Melendez was the real deal, a true gentleman in every sense of the word. It’s a great loss to the world of animation & especially, for everyone who had the honor of meeting him.<BR/><BR/>Rest in peace, Bill.Larry Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02796712092304761340noreply@blogger.com