The History of Ralph Bakshi 4/5 - Animation Lookback
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- Опубліковано 10 чер 2024
- As he concluded his movie career with a cool bang, Ralph moved on to a life of paintings, family and an entire animation legacy
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Thanks for watching guys, BUT IT AIN'T OVER YET!
Tune in at the end of the year for the FINAL part of Animation Lookback: Ralph Bakshi, where I'll be talking about the honourable mention, show you my list of sources and reveal the NEXT Animation Lookback!
I Saw The Nostalgia Critic's Review On "Cool World"!
Did You See It Too?
I hope it's Nickelodeon
It better be Nickelodeon this time.
@@PaoloJeromeFernandez100899 I Hope So.
Hey AniMat, the title of the seuss book was pronounced Butter BATTLE Book not BATTER book
I curse the producer who changed the script for Cool World.
I wish someone would give Ralph the time and money to remake the film how it was originally supposed to be.
I'd like to think that had he crossed the Atlantic to the UK, there'd have been some very, very trippy British kids TV shows that Americans would know all about and Ralph would have had much greater creative freedom with lower budgets (paid for by some very bawdy adverts) and Cool World would have been produced exactly how Ralph wanted it to be.
...all of this would result, of course, in Americans having some very good reasons to always cast us Brits as the bad guy as in *HAVE YOU SEEN THEIR CARTOONS AND HOW THEY ADVERTISE SHIT?!?!*
Or if he did what Don Bluth did and went to Ireland where Irish animation would be booming and have the reputation of *THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON TOO MUCH GUINNESS!!!!!!*
It'll be dope if someone who watches this will carry on the original Cool World for everyone to see. Seriously, someone needs to gofund it !
Yeah, the original idea sounded really cool (no pun intended, lol).
Bryan Egelhoff's Animation Tech Nation You're not alone, *I* curse Frank Mancuso Jr. for what he did, too. 😠 Now a while back, I emailed Bakshi Productions, Inc. asking if Ralph himself would consider remaking "Cool World" the way he originally intended. The answer I got was...'NO.'
While that *is* disappointing, I for one respect Ralph's decision, especially with him just recently turning the big 80. It's become clear that post-"Last Days of Coney Island," in his golden years, he wants to solely focus on painting.
I say if "Cool World" *is* to get a second chance, then the directorial reins should be handed over to another director, one who understands what Ralph originally had in mind and who could really do it justice. Also, I think enough people need to collectively raise their voices as loud as possible so that someone will at long last listen and seriously consider it.
wishbone346 I get it! 😄😉
Seeing a lot of comments about Cool World, which I admit sounds like a great idea, BUT NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT HOW WE ALMOST GOT RALPH BAKSHI'S VERSION OF BLADE RUNNER!!! That sounds amazing!!!
I feel bad for Ralph. He wanted to make a career out of what he loved and be successful at it, but he only had the chance to really shine in the 70s and after that, it was pretty much over. I guess he was way too ahead of his time.
If he could come back now... it would be a wrap for everyone in the animation game.
In the 70s he wasn't really ahead of his time is he fit perfectly with what the 70s was doing
@@RedShingami55 Man’s my grandma’s age now. As much as I’d love a return too, I’m sure he’s satisfied just painting.
I still wish Ralph’s original take of Cool World existed....it sounds so interesting!! 😙
well there is this game that kinda does that. It was called doodle date I think
I know but instead we got The Jacked up Adventures of Bananaman.
“I told you, NOT TO TOUCH IT!!!”
-Ralph Bakshi
Andrew LaChapelle “Ralph bakshi, come here!”
"Uh-oh, full name."
-Ralph Bakshi
KodytheRedFox “this means no making movies for a week!”
"He would try and fail to make film adaptations of "Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas - "
That I would love to see. Imagine the possibilities with that one. Oh my god..
Terry Gilliam did it justice though.
I now hate that I’ll never get to see the r rated horror cool world
The man deserved better, Cool World was a crime.
I Know Right?
GeoNeilUK Or rather, what Frank Mancuso Jr. did to it behind Ralph's back is the real crime.
GeoNeilUK I’m glad that I haven’t seen cool world
Silver lining (sort of), Cool World introduced me to Ralph Bakshi. My parents bought it for me as a kid because they assumed it was like Roger Rabbit... I loved the style and led me to discover his other films (as well as realise he had created other films I'd already seen like Lord of the Rings and Wizards). Many 90s kids had a similar experience and also discovered Bakshi through Cool World.
I just finished reading Catcher in the Rye in my English class. I liked it. Oh, and something I should note is that when we finished reading Chapters 19-21, my teacher gave us a "reading quiz", in that we were given panel sheets, and in each of the panels, we had to draw specific scenes from the chapters, without looking back in the book, to prove that we read them. I drew all the characters as anthropomorphic animals with stylized expressions.
I read Catcher in the Rye in my 11th grade English class and thought it was okay though. But I can see the influence it had on many readers around the world.
In the words of Butters…
“KILL JOHN LENNON! K I L L J O H N L E N N O N !”
18:47 Hey that's me. So glad you brought this little piece of lost media to my attention so I could let LMW know about it and how your exposure lead to us realizing it was lost, and then finding it.
Holli from Cool World is one of the hottest animated characters ever drawn.
Jessica Rabbit from Roger Rabbit begs to differ though?
Here’s my list
Holi Would
Jessica Rabbit
April o Neil 87 version
Lana Kane
She Ra
@@MGSBigBoss77 I knew someone was gonna answer that. That's why I said "one of" and not the hottest one.
@@nosfonader8792 I might add The Baroness from G.I. Joe and Black Cat from Spiderman: The Animated series.
Ryan GODsling Can you blame us though? Her animation was on freaking point. She is the best part of Cool World.
Im glad you didn't cope-out on the John K description!! :D
Even if I'm not much of a Horror fan, I'd rather watch Bakshi's original idea for "Cool World" than the one we got.
As for that producer, I can understand getting tired of doing the same genre over and over again. HOWEVER, that's no excuse for him to overhaul Bakshi's story the way he did.
12:27 Oswald, is that you?
Hey, AniMat, thanks for doing this series on one of my favorite animators. I actually had the chance to meet Ralph this March when he received a lifetime achievement award at the Las Cruces International Film Festival. He was very moved when we all stood and gave him a standing ovation.
Oh, and I learned about animation from Ralph's son Eddie!
Please do a future Animation Lookback on the Fleischer Brothers (Max and Dave Fleischer) and Fleischer Studios. The Fleischers seriously deserve one at this point. The company today is mostly forgotten and faded into obscurity but at one point they we're major rivals with Disney before Warner Bros came around with Looney Tunes. Since it's close to Christmas, one of the Fleischer Brothers even made the very first animated adaptation of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer in 1944. 20 years before the well-known TV special by Rankin-Bass.
They are responsible for the creation of Betty Boop, giving more exposure to Popeye with the cartoons, and Koko the clown.
For reference they created Felix the Cat for those who don't know.
@@merrittanimation7721 Along with creating Betty Boop and did the Popeye cartoons. Also the Fleishcer didn't create Felix the cat. Felix was created by Otto Messmer.
Don't forget that they inspired the story and art style of Cuphead.
He is the real king of animation! Not like Walt who took all the credit
@@dcscruz2970 You mean the brothers are both kings of animation.
5:12 John Krikfalusi worked on that? Well, that explains why it reminded me of Ren & Stimpy.
That whole fiasco that got Mighty Mouse cancelled is beyond moronic. It goes to show that nobody is safe from the idiots who take things out of context.
Um, I saw the episode when it aired. I was maybe 15. I knew he was snorting cocaine. It was obvious.
@@GeneElder.R27 So what? Some people do that.
Poor Mighty Mouse 😢
lmfao that was entirely Bakshi's fault I can't give you that one
Marvincmf That’s why the show got cancelled, because of the propaganda on cocaine and drugs in that episode which was a terrible move.
Can't say I'm a fan of his work, but honestly that thing with cool world was simply a cruel injustice. As an artist who was going to stop have his final magnum opus that was actually ACCEPTED redone by a shmuck who was being selfish like that, that would hurt. HARD.
Hope one day the real one gets realized for him.
I would like to see updates on previous Animation Lookbacks (Disney, Dreamworks, Pixar, etc.) in the near future
Thanks for making these.
As a kid, I grew up with his LotR film and Wizards, which will always be close to my heart.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for bringing up Mighty Mouse, Cool World and The Butter Battle Book! The last one being probably one of the best adaptations of a Dr Seuss book that I’ve ever seen! That and Chuck Jones’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas and Depatie-Freleng’s The Lorax! I’d have to say those are my 3 favorite Dr Seuss adaptations.
Spicy City is one of the greatest Sci-fi shows I saw growing up. I still find myself watching a few of the episodes for the stories, so I recommend people watching them.
When I was a kid, I always had the biggest fascination with Cool World when it came out. The visuals of the toon world were so god damn awsome, I had gotten a set of promotional postcards with the concept art of the dark, twisted toon city-scape and it became such an inspiration to me. While the overall directing of the final product really fell apart in the real-world segments, I still liked the final merging of realities sequence near the end and the overall plot of the film, both the original Bakshi concept and the one we got. Cool World and also some of his older works, are why I was rather upset he never got the chance to do some kind of twisted Don Bluth style laser-disc game like Dragon's Lair.
“Offensive to the women of Los Angeles”
*_L M A O_*
The lack of self awareness is stunning
I knew the Butter Battle Book would be mentioned in this Animation Lookback
Thank you!
So did I! That could even be the honorable mention!
Such a crime we never got the real version of Cool World. As a lover of cartoons and horror I honestly wish SOMEONE would do the idea to mash those together the way Cool World would have been. I hope I can take the good ideas it had and bring them to life in my own dream project
How about instead of remaking movies that don't need remakes, make Cool World the way it was supposed to be. No one should ever have the power to change someone's story. Boo fucking hoo that the producer didn't want to make another horror movie. Ralph didn't want to change his vision.
Honestly, if the guy wanted to do something different from the horror flicks he was usually known for producing, he could've just opted out, and found someone who was a worthy replacement, for his role in the production.
Just wait after this movie. One more wouldn't hurt
I really enjoy your Animation Lookbacks and learning about great animators. Keep it up!
Long live Ralph bakshi
No matter what you think of his works, he committed to his craft and paved the way for other greats.
I have to say, Bakshi is one of the reasons why I want to go into animation
Wow, I remember seeing most of these when I was a kid. I've been a Ralph Bashki fan and didn't even now it.
Wreck-It Ralph was named for him.
Sweet Jesus this series has given me such a high level of respect for this man.
The school year when Cool World was released, there was a poll in the yearbook about which cartoon character people would want to date. Far too many said Minnie Mouse when I was immediately thinking Holli in Cool World, but no way was she on the list. Except, she was, as Holli Would (Kim Basinger). Others included Princess Toadstool (as Peach was known back then) and Jessica Rabbit (hot damn...).
A lot of people don't like Cool World, but I love the film to death. I saw it when I was young and still own a copy and watch it time and time again.
Wow I was always irritated by the obnoxious random doodles in Cool World, I had no idea it was the director taking revenge on his producer
“Harlem Shuffle” animators include Bob Jaques (Ren and Stimpy; Seasons 10-11 Spongebob) and Pat Ventura (What a Cartoon! Show).
Justin Caban That’s awesome!!!!
3:24 was a music video that I remember was “Harlem Shuffle” by The Rolling Stones. I saw this on MTV back in 1985. It has some cartoon wackiness to go with the song. That song was peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #13 in the UK, but it was a good song. Not bad for this legendary band who made a lot of hits during their lifetime.
Bakshi's Mighty Mouse was my first introduction to Mighty Mouse.
What a wonderful tribute. Thanks for doing that.
Personally I adore ALL of the Ralph Bakshi projects mentioned in this series. Sure I would have loved to have seen the originally intended R Rated Cool World, but I still love the one we did get.
Thanks! This was a great series! I bought Coonskin on dvd off of eBay because my parents wouldn’t let me watch it when it came out on vhs in the 80’s. The movie blew my mind
Awesome retrospect, you definitely put in a lot of work in the research and you even mention work in later years I wasn't familiar with. Two thumbs up.
Thanks for these! It's pretty awesome! Can't wait for the final one! :)
6:08 Would have loved to have seen Loathsome Worlds be made into a fully animated series.
The space adventure and tentacle alien theme in that poster really does have my attention.
Given that in Japan Orutsukidoji Legend of the Overfiend manga was being created by Toshio Maeda that would show the world what Japan was capable of, would not have minded to see what Ralph Bakshi's take on the tentacle erotica genre would have been like if his project would have taken off past the draft stages.
Do the history of Chuck Jones.
Samuel Quan He kinda did with Looney Tunes.
You did not say please.
someone saying "please" on social media? get out of here
@@chillplayer1234 I was actually referring to the other parts that he did not touch upon with Chuck Jones like working on the new Tom and Jerry cartoons and making movies like The Phantom Tollbooth gay paree and The Bugs Bunny Roadrunner movie
I love Bakshi. And most of his movies! And I have the utmost respect for anyone who would punch a Hollywood producer in the face!
I was hoping he'd mention his adaptation of Dr. Seuss "The Butter Battle Book"
he did
8:00
@@lisagalvan6884 You're right...I must have missed that
I loved watching the Butter Battle Book when I was younger
@@akganimationstudioproducti3779 Bakshi was the perfect one to bring that book to the screen, being the darkest and most political book Dr. Seuss ever wrote. I also like how although it was mostly done in Seuss style, it still had shades of Bakshi's
16:38 "making it the first animated series made for adults only"
No, that would be Duckman which aired March 5, 1994
Glad to see part 4 released.
This was fantastic
Seriously I would buy this on dvd
don't know if it was or will be mention but: fun fact:
Ralph bakshi made 2 pilot cartoons on *what a cartoon* on *cartoon network* to get a series greenlit for kids. One called "Malcom and Melvin" and the other "he calls me babe".
The show was about a down on her s luck guy in a weird world of showbiz who makes friends with a bug, who can play the trumpet. He uses this bug to pretend it's him to get the girls.
I have no idea if it's mentioned before or well known; but thought i'd mention it, if it could help in any way.
Woah, he worked with Charles Adler? He's one of my favorite voice actors
This was an amazing series to watch and keep up with, thank you for making this.
That was a fantastic documentary about a true genius in animation. Well done! 👍😉
For an industry that thrives on creativity the animation industry punishes creativity a lot, and heavily, especially thanks to the archaic view that animation is for kids.
Ralph Bakshi's Mighty Mouse is extremely underrated
Awesome series, I caught the tail end of the premiere and now I'm restarting it.
It’s a shame Hound Town never came to fruition. I would have loved to see it.
Do the history of Nickelodeon
Khalid Henry poparena already is. Nick nacks
Animation Lookback on Nicktoons sounds cool
Wisdom Not exactly, he's looking at old Nick stuff directly. Not a history series unlike AL.
You did not say please.
That sounds like a great idea.
Rankin-Bass lookback!!! I feel like that would be fun.
Thing about John K.. he was looking for young women to work in his new studio in Florida in 2017. He contacted me thru twitter and eventually emailed me and even shared a phone call with me. I was 21, but I look younger than my age, and he sought other younger female artists. I knew this because I heard of no male artist he was interested in, and I know many supremely talented guys who can nail John’s style. Only women, from mid-twenties to a freaking 17 year old. Katie Rice told me about him and I stopped chatting with John altogether. I’m glad he got outed. He really needs help, but I doubt he’d make any more work in this industry.
Even before his penchant for young women came out John was known for being difficult to work with because of being far too much of a perfectionist, Billy West swore off ever working with him again after numerous confrontations during Ren and Stimpy.
animated lookback 10 year
1 walt disney 2010-2018
2 dreamworks late 2010-2017
3 nicktoons
4 warner bros animation
5 pixar 2013-2018
6 more stop-motion or sony animation
7 illumination
8 cartoon network 2015-2018
and 9 blue sky studio
Disclaimer: AniMat will *NOT* do Animation Lookback Sony Pictures Animation.
fine just more stop-motion i get
You forgot Hanna barbera
>Oscar nominated Boss Baby
Oh yeah I forgot......that happened.
It lost to pixar's coco
She just wanted to be real girl
#justicefordoodles
#cocksfordoodles
I'm surprised you didn't spend more time on Mighty Mouse. I only recently learned just how influential that show was.
Wait til part 5. Mighty Mouse was the honorable mentioned. Or to be exact, the series Ralph did.
Fantastic work, thanks for making a great video series on Bakshi. Really interesting stuff!
Love how they put nwo by ministry in cool world and I like how he played in the video at 6:59
Poor Ralph😫
What I wouldn't do to be as unsuccessful as Ralph Bakshi.
The prime example of the visionary ruined by production.
From Cool World to Fool World
Fear aaand Loathing in La Vegas by Bakshi would have been so awesome!
This series is amazing
Thank you so much for this series!
Awesome work man and looking forward to the next part.
Keep them coming! Love your channel!
He should animate his own autobiography
A legendary figure
For many he was crazy man making cartoons. To me he is a Legend
VERY well done! 👏 To be honest, ever since you started doing this series, I was most curious to see how you'd tackle "Cool World (which *I* personally believe seriously needs a second chance, FYI)." And you *didn't* disappoint! 😊
I'm 27 years old and my father got me in the movies like cool world and I've got to say is shaped my mind and way of thinking in my life I absolutely love this movie
Awesome channel subscribing
Sweet been waiting for the next one
Someone should send this tribute to Ralph himself
I heard that Bashki punched a producer, but I did not know the full story.
AWESOME. THANK YOU
History of blue sky
I feel like you could have talked more about Mighty Mouse but honestly, so much stuff happened that maybe deserves another video.
I love these videos and I love Ralph , god I’m excited
The original plot for Cool World is 1 of the branching story paths of Doodle Date lol
I believe changing the Cool World script broke us into the Berenstain Bears timeline through sheer suck.
I was so excited it was the first of Ralph's films I could see in theatres....
Spice City was ahead of it's time. It would be very easy seeing it as a series on Netflix or some streaming service. It was basically an animated Black Mirror.
Bro! I love what you do here, Ralph Bakshi is my second favorite director and I have all his movies, its sad how live treated him but he always take advantage of all, even standing in the ground he make a great job (even cool world is beautiful in an artistic way)
Respect for this great men!!!
( o wo) /)
Wasted Voice Actors: Cool World
Kim Basinger: Holly Wood - Charlie Adler: Nails the Spider - Joey Camen: Slash, Multiple Males - Jenine Jennings: Craps Bunny (Really?) - Michael Lally: Sparks - Maurice Lamarche: Mash, Dr. Whiskers, Multiple Males - Candi Milo: Lonette, Bob, Multiple Females - Patrick Pinney: Chico the Bouncer - Gregory Snegoff: Bash
Wasted Live Action: Cool World
Gabriel Byrne: Jack Deebs - Brad Pitt: Detective Harris - Deidre O'Connell: Isabellle Malley - Frank Sinatra Jr.: Himself - Michele Abrams: Jennifer Malley - Janni Brenn: Lowenas Agatha Rose Harris (Long Name) - Marylin Monroe: Archival Footage
So much wasted talent
If anything needs a remake, it's Cool World. I really want to see the original script come to life.
I wish I could give these more likes.
Yesssss my dude
This may not have anything to do with this video but I saw the grinch today and here are my personal scores for it
Story: 7/10
Animation: 9/10
Characters: 8/10
Overall
8/10
Kieran Stark I hope he doesn’t give it the animat seal of garbage