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Happy Birthday, Howard Beckerman
December 26, 2009 9:30 am
Howard Beckerman is the king of New York animation; a teacher, a mentor and a living legend. It was his birthday yesterday, on Christmas, and to celebrate the occasion we present The Trip (1967) which Beckerman wrote, animated and co-designed — another hidden gem produced during the Shamus Culhane era at Paramount. Howard recalled: “The film was originally titled “The Vacation”, but Paramount changed it to “The Trip” and it always gets confused with the Peter Fonda live-action production.” Happy Birthday, Howard! |
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Happy Birthday/Merry Christmas Mr. Beckerman. I love your work
To my good friend Howard, I hope you had a Merry Christmas & a Happy Birthday. Enjoy the rest of your break & I’ll see you in class in a few weeks! Take care!
Happy Birthday Howard! From your favorite illegitimate son.
Howard’s a terrific feller and tells a better animation story than anyone in the city.
“The Trip” is one of the best from the late-era Paramount.
Really, despite Shamus Culhane being listed as a director, this is really Howard Beckerman’s film.
Happy Birthday, Howard. All the best for the new year.
I was hoping the ape would kick the shit out of the boss at the end.
Happy Birthday, Mr. Beckerman! You were the best teacher I had during my time at SVA and your work continues to be an inspiration.
Howard is ALWAYS worth visiting when you’re in NY. Happy birthday!!
Hope ya had a great one Howard, you’r e avery inspiring teacher. B)
Happy Birthday Howard!
Among my very favorite teachers at SVA 77-81 (and my teachers included Harvy Kurtzman, Will Eisner and art spiegleman-no slouches they). You will always have a warm place in my heart!
This makes an interesting pair with Bosko Shipwrecked…
Happy Birthday Howard!
And, thanks for being a true inspiration and great friend.
I wrote about Howard at my blog. Hope you all get a chance to check it out:
http://animondays.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-lunch-with-howard.html
Happy Birthday Howard and MANY, MANY more!! You have been and always will be an inspiration to us all!
Seeing this cartoon for the first time reminded me of a greeting card. It made sense when I re-read Culhane’s book, where he did mention Beckerman’s background in greeting card designs.
He still knows how to work a room during a large lecture. Happy Birthday!
Dear Howard You are a Friend To All, a Gentleman and a Scholar. Hey Everybody! Read Howard’s Book On Animation… More Info at: http://www.howardbeckerman.com