My comments on "Ub Iwerks: The Man Behind the Mouse"

[Pietro]

Here are my comments on "Ub Iwerks: The Man Behind the Mouse":

It was a great show and they DID show clips of Flip the Frog AND Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.
Incase anyone was wondering those Oswald clips were from
the Universal-released sound versions. There was only a few
disappointments, they never showed Willie Whooper (which could've originally been in there, but it was probably edited for time) and they never got the scoop on the time period between the time that he lost Powers' distribution and his rejoining Disney.
I was really excited to see clips from Iwerks' Columbia cartoons
as well as clips from Iwerks' WB years. And another thing, I never
saw Film Preservation Assoicates on the credits! How did they obtain those clips from the Flip and ComiColor cartoons?!

BTW, The biggest highlight of the show was the unaltered scene in "Steamboat Willie!"

-Pietro

[Nelson]

I going to catch the 2am showing tonight, but I plan on buying the video if or when it comes out...

[Cartman]

I read that the video was supposed to come out September 11. I searched about every store in town during the past two days.
I'll try next week.

Has anyone been able to find that video yet? :(

[Nelson]

I must have watch a different version at 2am, they didn't show any cartoon clips when Iwerks worked for a brief period of time at Warner Bros. and Columbia Pictures.And the credits went by so fast I couldn't catch one thing, but I did enjoy the documentry on Ub.

BTW:
Did anyone catch the original Columbia Pictures opening title for "Hell's Bells?I have the Disney opening & closing titles for this cartoon on video, but I might be able to switch the titles...It may take a while, but I think I can do it.:)

[Sogturtle]

I was working, sooooo missed it :(. I am sure the special was vastly better than Leslie Iwerks identically-titled bio of grandpa Ub. Ya know actually Ub's time at Columbia was not so brief... It was ALMOST as long as his association with MGM (1936, 1937-1940).

Was there any mention of his truly brief time working for Monogram???