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Great news for animation buffs! Minimalist animation genius, Gene Deitch, creator of Tom Terrific, The Juggler of Our Lady, Munroe, Sick Sick Sidney, and many others will appear for a special tribute screening and Q&A at L.A.’s Cinefamily/Silent Movie Theater on Tuesday, July 6th, at 8:00 p.m. (Tom Terrific, above, was created for the 1950s childrens’ television series, Captain Kangaroo.)
As reported by Jerry Beck of Cartoon Brew: “Seating is limited. Tickets can be ordered in advance HERE. Deitch lives in Prague and rarely ever visits his hometown (Los Angeles) – Don’t miss this one-time-only public appearance by the Oscar winning Gene Deitch!”
Deitch is the best ever! He also did quite a few book adaptations for the Scholastic kids videos series (he narrates and provides vocal SFX for the excellent “Three Robbers”).
My brother and I used to watch Tom and Jerry HOPING that one of the Deitch -created “weird ones” would come on, where the characters click when they walk and all the humans are growly, popeye-like grumpuses. Dickey Moe is the one that comes to mind…
I wish he’d come up to Seattle.