{"product_id":"think-pink-the-depatie-freleng-story-paperback","title":"THINK PINK! THE DEPATIE-FRELENG STORY (paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003eIn 1963,\r\nWarner Bros. closed down their long-running cartoon facility that had produced\r\nsuch memorable merrymakers as the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons.\r\nDirector\/producer Friz Freleng and executive David H. DePatie\r\nfaced unwanted early retirement. A generous parting gesture from a Warner\r\nexecutive allowed Freleng and DePatie to lease the former Warner cartoons\r\nstudio on California Street in Burbank, complete with equipment and supplies,\r\nfor a few dollars each year.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003eThey teamed up\r\nto create animated cartoons for advertising, but not everything behind their\r\nenterprise was enchanting. They struggled to keep their small animation studio\r\nrunning against odds and obstacles such as rising costs, heavy competition,\r\noutsourcing of labor to other countries, strikes, death, changing directions,\r\nand buyouts. They never anticipated how they would soon style a series of\r\ncartoon characters that would paint memorable colors over movie animation\r\nhistory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003eWhen director\r\nBlake Edwards produced \u003ci\u003eThe Pink Panther\u003c\/i\u003e starring David\r\nNiven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine, and Claudia\r\nCardinale, he envisioned a cartoon character of the same name to illustrate the\r\nopening credits sequence. Edwards hired Freleng and DePatie, together with\r\nartists at their DePatie-Freleng Enterprises studio, to design the animated\r\nsequence. The crafty magenta furry feline minced his way into moviegoer’s\r\nhearts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003eThe\r\ninspiration behind the ink was the people that worked at the DePatie-Freleng\r\nEnterprises (DFE) animation studio. Their hilarious cartoons caused a\r\ngeneration of moviegoers to rock theaters with laughter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003eAuthor Mark\r\nArnold returns you to the nostalgic memories of the exhilarating\u003ci\u003e Pink\r\nPanther\u003c\/i\u003e series and other cartoons DFE created. Discover the craftsmen\r\nbehind the cartoons in an exciting exploration of the Pink Panther, Inspector\r\nClouseau, Ant and the Aardvark, Cat in the Hat, The Grinch, The Lorax, Doctor\r\nDolittle, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, Mr. Magoo, The Fantastic Four, \u003ci\u003ePlanet of\r\nthe Apes,\u003c\/i\u003e Doctor Snuggles, Baggy Pants, The Nitwits, The Barkleys, The\r\nHoundcats, The Grump, The Super Six, Super President, Spy Shadow, Hoot Kloot,\r\nBlue Racer, Crazylegs Crane, Misterjaw, Tijuana Toads, The Dogfather, The\r\nOddball Couple, Charlie the tuna, David DePatie, Friz Freleng, Blake Edwards,\r\nPeter Sellers, and various animators.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003eOver 400\r\nphotos and illustrations. Indexed. Appendixes.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003eAbout the\r\nauthor: Mark Arnold is a comic book and animation historian. He has written for\r\nvarious magazines, including \u003ci\u003eBack Issue, Alter Ego, Hogan’s Alley, Comic\r\nBook Artist, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Comic Book Marketplace\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of seven\r\nother books, including two about Harvey Comics, two about\u003ci\u003e Cracked\u003c\/i\u003e\r\nmagazine, one about TTV (Underdog), one about The Beatles, and one about\r\nDisney. He also helped Craig Yoe with a book about Archie. He has also\r\nperformed commentary for the Underdog, Tennessee Tuxedo, and Casper DVD sets\r\nfor Shout Factory. He is currently at work on a book about Dennis the Menace.\r\nHe lives in Eugene, OR.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003eOr buy from Amazon:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"width:120px;height:240px;\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822\u0026amp;OneJS=1\u0026amp;Operation=GetAdHtml\u0026amp;MarketPlace=US\u0026amp;source=ac\u0026amp;ref=qf_sp_asin_til\u0026amp;ad_type=product_link\u0026amp;tracking_id=bmmedia0b-20\u0026amp;marketplace=amazon\u0026amp;region=US\u0026amp;placement=1593931697\u0026amp;asins=1593931697\u0026amp;linkId=71420e449dbd21648ae745fc202215c3\u0026amp;show_border=false\u0026amp;link_opens_in_new_window=false\u0026amp;price_color=333333\u0026amp;title_color=0066c0\u0026amp;bg_color=ffffff\"\u003e\r\n    \u003c\/iframe\u003e\r\n\u003chr\u003e\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003e “. . .\r\nDFE’s cartoons will continue to bring amusement and delight to millions of\r\nfuture cartoon enthusiasts to come! I would like to thank Mark for including me\r\nin the writing of his fantastic book.” –Art Leonardi, Animator, DePatie-Freleng\r\nEnterprises.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003e“Mark Arnold\r\ncaptures perfectly the behind-the-scenes of the making of DePatie-Freleng\r\ncartoons . . . Even if you are already an expert animation fan, you will learn\r\nthe names John Dunn, Sid Marcus, Gerry Chiniquy, Art Davis, and all the\r\ntheatrical animation greats whose television work has until now been ignored.”\r\n–Joe Bevilacqua, veteran award-winning producer, director, writer, and actor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;\ntext-autospace:none\"\u003e\u003cspan style='font-family:\"Times New Roman\"'\u003e “\u003ci\u003eThink\r\nPink!\u003c\/i\u003e is an impressive result of exhaustive research . . . 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