March 27, 2006
UPA LAST NIGHT
Larry Loc on the ASIFA-Hollywood blog posted a bunch of photos he snapped at last night's UPA TRIBUTE at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Two of Larry's pix are posted above, one an image from the landmark 1945 film, BROTHERHOOD OF MAN (left), and the other of Bill Melendez and Willis Pyle (at right).
I'm not very good at doing followup reports, but I'll say I had a very good time. I was surprised at the huge crowd that turned out for the event, coinsidering the lack of publicity (outside of this website) for it. Just a couple of notes: My old friend, animator/director/teacher Howard Beckerman came in from New York. I wish I spent more time talking to him last night, my only regret; I want to thank Dave Bastian for bringing two vintage UPA posters for display (a Jolly Frolics "Ragtime Bear" one sheet and a MAGOO MERRY-GO-ROUND compilation show poster from 1953); Thanks to Mark from BOING BOING for interviewing me for an upcoming podcast—I hope I made sense. Thanks to Tee Bosustow for making this event happen—and to everyone who came out to make it quite a night. If anyone else posts a report on the screening, let us know.