Richard Williams Studio Animated Ads 3

UK-animated commercials from the Richard Williams Studio, mostly from the late 70s and early 80s.
Animation maestro Richard Williams (The Thief and the Cobbler, Who Framed Roger Rabbit) found great success doing animated commercials in the UK, but his greatest goal was to learn from the great animators of the past, like Ken Harris, Art Babbit, Grim Natwick and Milt Kahl, and pass their knowledge on to his own studio and the animators of tomorrow. Richard was successful in doing this and many animators who worked under the brilliant, mad perfectionist went on to found their own studios, and to work on the great Disney films of the late 1980s and 1990s.
Richard never quite finished his dream project The Thief and the Cobbler (viewable on UA-cam in a Recobbled Cut), as it was eventually financed by Warner Brothers, who went cold on the idea and took the film away from him.
These days Richard is known for having written perhaps the best book ever written on animation- The Animator's Survival Kit. Every animation student should have one, and probably does. There is also a 16 DVD set of the same title where Richard explains his techniques, which is even better, but far more expensive.

[@vivir339]

4:12
That Russian vodka commercial is seriously one of the best things I’ve seen. I almost wish Williams and his studio would’ve just made this as a short film. Animation like this is just too good to be forgotten!

[@Ian16545]

William Daniels really hit it home with that Cup O'Noodle ad!

[@sethleoric2598]

That japanese one was really on point

[@MrKilroy138]

Amazing animation.

[@abelmantor7557]

I love the pink panther ads.

[@protastudios]

6:41 A manual installation of fiberglass coating? Yep, Pink Panther is long dead now.

[@StarSnowGhost]

Stupid Richard Williams and his animators making me wanna buy a video casette cause they made it look so cool.

[@Cronosx2008]

hahaha

[@reneastle8447]

It's not stupid, it's wonderful to be a video cassette. Speaking of video cassettes, ever heard of the Retro Decade Revival Project?

[@squishsqo]

Thumbs up for Chicago Bird.

[@corentinmoussard4326]

The thumbnail is at 8:41, I don't think it's a coincidence this frame was chosen. If you know what I mean.

[@safeman3427]

The Pink Panther! The Attic Blanket from Owens-Corning and TDK the great name in tape cassettes!

[@limjiaying8278]

love the toilet commercial 1:50
"every time i flush"

[@limjiaying8278]

i feel like a new loo

[@MrTristy22]

Is that Michael Hordern narrating the TDK tape commercials?

[@RileyAndersen2015]

7:24
The Pink Panther TDK VHS Tapes Commercials as seen on ABC, NBC, LBS, FOX, and CBS in the USA 🇺🇸 And as seen on CBC, Global and CTV in Canada 🇨🇦

[@mazimadu]

Wow, the pink panther is a real sellout!

[@tedster3432]

If you sat on fiber glass insulation and touched it like pink panther did, chances are you would get a very painful rash on your hands and butt.

[@chriswestergaard4506]

My arms sting thinking about it

[@SAG1028]

Some of these remind me of Joanna Quinn’s work especially the one at 4:16. Think Williams and Quinn were good friends.

[@provokedrobin608]

1:01 I'm still trying to look for this commercial

[@Kartoonkid95]

Did Hal Smith narrate the Owens-Corning ads?

[@omanimoves6312]

It was actually John Bartholomew Tucker who narrated the Owens-Corning commercials, not Hal Smith.

[@jaryRim]

No one try SUCKY NOODLES from PISSIN'

[@ketaminefetishist]

they really whored out the pink panther