Second post of the day-
Did I tell you that my boy has a new blog? It's for kids (of all ages). He'll be reviewing Legos, Comic Con, Books, Movies and more from the perspective of an 11 year old. He's VERY excited about it. He's had three other blogs but I never made any of them public until now. You can see his new blog here.
I wonder if he'll write about the Tex Avery/Michael Maltese event that we attended tonight...and how June Foray and Stan Freberg(!!!!!!) were there. (We've been lucky enough to see June Foray numerous times but this was a first to see Stan Freberg!!!!)
The Academy started the evening with their obligatory "frisking" (yup, let's set the mood folks and get ME in a mood walking in). They have to go through your purse (Maxi pads, gum and change, anyone??), your pockets. I'm surprised they don't want to feel you up. Annoys the hell out of me. At least they didn't have metal detectors at the Pickford Center (David always sets those off). Once inside, we were treated to cookies (oh yum) but we passed those (got one on the way out) to grab good seats. We were treated to several cartoons including Heckling Hare, Towne Hall Follies, Porky's Duck Hunt, A Wild Hare, You Ought to be in Pictures, Back Alley Oproar, Little Rural Riding Hood, House of Tomorrow, What's Opera, Doc?, For Scent-imental Reasons, Drag-a-Long Droopy, and the Legend of Rockabye Point. It was wonderful to see them on the big screen. They also had clips of interviews with Avery, Maltese and Daws Butler. The evening ended with a talk with Joe Adamson, Jerry Eisenberg, June Foray, Brenda Maltese Moulthrop, Martha Sigall, and Stan Freberg. It's always a rare opportunity to hear people discuss the "behind the scenes" aspects and tonight did not disappoint! Avery, Maltese AND Mel Blanc all would have been 100 this year. I think tonight was a fitting birthday tribute to these men and their work. Now I just wonder if Tristan will write anything or if he'll stay quiet 'cause he was too busy laughing at the cartoons...
Did I tell you that my boy has a new blog? It's for kids (of all ages). He'll be reviewing Legos, Comic Con, Books, Movies and more from the perspective of an 11 year old. He's VERY excited about it. He's had three other blogs but I never made any of them public until now. You can see his new blog here.
I wonder if he'll write about the Tex Avery/Michael Maltese event that we attended tonight...and how June Foray and Stan Freberg(!!!!!!) were there. (We've been lucky enough to see June Foray numerous times but this was a first to see Stan Freberg!!!!) The Academy started the evening with their obligatory "frisking" (yup, let's set the mood folks and get ME in a mood walking in). They have to go through your purse (Maxi pads, gum and change, anyone??), your pockets. I'm surprised they don't want to feel you up. Annoys the hell out of me. At least they didn't have metal detectors at the Pickford Center (David always sets those off). Once inside, we were treated to cookies (oh yum) but we passed those (got one on the way out) to grab good seats. We were treated to several cartoons including Heckling Hare, Towne Hall Follies, Porky's Duck Hunt, A Wild Hare, You Ought to be in Pictures, Back Alley Oproar, Little Rural Riding Hood, House of Tomorrow, What's Opera, Doc?, For Scent-imental Reasons, Drag-a-Long Droopy, and the Legend of Rockabye Point. It was wonderful to see them on the big screen. They also had clips of interviews with Avery, Maltese and Daws Butler. The evening ended with a talk with Joe Adamson, Jerry Eisenberg, June Foray, Brenda Maltese Moulthrop, Martha Sigall, and Stan Freberg. It's always a rare opportunity to hear people discuss the "behind the scenes" aspects and tonight did not disappoint! Avery, Maltese AND Mel Blanc all would have been 100 this year. I think tonight was a fitting birthday tribute to these men and their work. Now I just wonder if Tristan will write anything or if he'll stay quiet 'cause he was too busy laughing at the cartoons...
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