You want video? You got video!

http://www.vimeo.com/1178128

(Yeah, a little shaky. Left my Steadicam at home, rats.)

Out of interest, did Andrew Stanton, perhaps the most successful of Bakshi’s old crew, attend?

Its great seeing Ralph’s old crew together again. I never worked for Ralph, but I always made it a point to visit his studio — wherever it happened to be.

Was Ralph’s ol’ crony Cos Anzolotti in attendance? (I ask because I kept bugging him to show up but I could never tell if I’d successfully convinced him to make the trek into Hollywood!)

Hats off to Chris McDonnell and Jon Gibson for making the book that made this event possible.

Nick, it’s a really tough call as to whether Andrew Stanton or Tim Burton is the “most successful” of Bakshi’s many alums. (Burton worked on Bakshi’s “Lord of the Rings”, and he didn’t attend Saturday night’s event either) The only way to settle it is for those two heavy hitters to bring all their liquid assets to your house, where you can count every single dollar earned by each, then report back to us here.

Cos Anzolotti did not show up that I could see. I was hoping he would.

Among the other no-shows… Robert Taylor, Jim Reardon, Jeff Pidgeon, and Andy Stanton. Missed you guys.

It was terrific seeing the folks who did show up. Lots of old pals. I had a swell time. Cheers, all!

Wow! Never knew that Tim Burton worked with Bakshi! In that case I have no idea who is the most “successful”, and I have no intention of inviting both him and Mr. Stanton over to my house,

Course from what I’ve read in one place, Burton’s involvement with Bakshi was as a cel painter on Lord of the Rings, I don’t know how much creative input he had to give then, but it was his first job in animation prior to working for Disney.