Heres a complete special combining liveaction and animation the fantastic funnies, as aired over wbbm channel 2. Taking place in 1977, the revolution in question is the antiwar student. A doonesbury special 1977 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. In 1977, trudeau wrote a script for a 26minute animated special, a doonesbury special, which was produced and directed by trudeau along with john hubley who died during the storyboarding stage 11 and faith. Prime time tv listings from sunday november 27, 1977. A number of newspapers removed the strip and one, the washington post, ran an. Also includes garry trudeaus doonesbury comic strip that depicts how zonker harris and his friends cope with the end of an era of activism in the late 60s. Trudeau skipped the strips focusing entirely on politics like rolands search for reagans brainand instead chose strips that showed his characters living their lives through the ups and downs of the last 40 years. Hubley studios episode guides, cartoon characters and crew lists garry trudeaus classic characters mike doonesbury, zonker, etc. Doonesbury by garry trudeau for december 04, 1977 gocomics.
A doonesbury retrospective offers a unique way to experience one of the greatest comic strips ever. Comic artist and writer garry trudeau is famous around the world for his wit and political commentary, featured daily in his comic strip doonesbury. Adherents to that view obviously missed a doonesbury special, an animated short film from 1977 whose palpable wistfulness can be traced to the broken promises of the me decade and the midproduction. For the true doonesbury fan, a doonesbury special is not to be missed.
Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Garretson beekman garry trudeau born july 21, 1948 is an american cartoonist, best known for creating the doonesbury comic strip. Today i offer yet another animated tv special based on a popular comic strip. A panel from the a doonesbury stonewall strip, referring to the watergate scandal, from august 12, 1974. The books literal centerpiece is a fourpage foldout that maps in annotated detail the mindboggling matrix of relationships.
Yet in 1977, on one of the biggest family weekends of the year, nbc aired a special that revealed how. Directed by faith hubley, john hubley, garry trudeau. John and faith hubley directed the animated project a doonesbury special 1977. Trudeau reflects on four decades of doonesbury forty years ago, freshman mike doonesbury met his roommate at walden college, and since then, the funny pages havent been the same.
Welcome to doonesburys web site, which features not only each days strip easily enlargeable for your easyviewing pleasure, but also the daily saywhat. Here is a list of animated shows, features, and short subjects that are public domain in the united states or elsewhere. Watch all 44 the midnight special episodes from season 6,view pictures, get episode information and more. The last segment features faith hubleys animated self. I did remember one particular strip from august 1, 1993, because not only did we have it on the back of a peanuts comic from the same day, but the. Doonesbury april, 2020 april 12, 2020 april 11, 2020 april 10, 2020 april 09, 2020 april 08, 2020 april 07, 2020 april 06, 2020 april 05, 2020 april 04, 2020. A doonesbury special first aired on nbc on november 27, 1977, and would be nominated for an oscar for best animated short the next year. Trudeaus doonesbury, slate and invite you to enter the features. Special collections division reading room index to the comic art collection doonesbury and to doozies back to the d index screen back to the a to z index screen back up the list doonesbury and homophobia in the 90s. Doonesbury is a longrunning syndicated newspaper comic strip by garry.
The event, which is organized by the muskegon writers series as part. It hits the major themes of the strip at the time and, like the strip itself, is quite different from other comic strip specials before or since. Lauren tom played honey in the 1983 broadway show and voiced her in the duke 2000 online series. This is the official authorized doonesbury fan page. When presented in other media, examples like these would appear on the public domain channel. A doonesbury special is deep, but it is rewarding if youre a doonesbury fan, or if youre into the ideological discussion from the late 1970s. The hubley collection everybody rides the carousel, a. In addition to his creating his strip, trudeau has worked in both theater and television. The doonesbury special john hubley, faith hubley and garry trudeau, producers. View the comic strip for doonesbury by cartoonist garry trudeau created december 04, 1977 available on. With richard cox, barbara harris, david grant, charles levin. Doonesbury comic strips online comics entertainment. A doonesbury special was produced and directed by trudeau, along with john hubley who died during the storyboarding stage 3 and faith hubley.
A doonesbury special 1977 1127 1977 us 25m user score. Doonesbury is a comic strip by american cartoonist garry trudeau that chronicles the. A feast of storytelling and a clarifying overview, 40. In 1977, trudeau wrote a script for a 26minute animated special, a doonesbury special, which was produced and directed by trudeau along with john hubley who died during the storyboarding stage and faith hubley. Doonesbury creator garry trudeau coming to muskegon oct.
Brilliant doonesbury tv special from 1977 questions the high. Trudeau is also the creator and executive producer of the amazon studios political comedy series alpha house. Doonesbury creator garry trudeau, the first comic strip artist to win the pulitzer prize for editorial cartooning, will appear at the frauenthal theater in downtown muskegon on monday, oct. Doonesbury is a comic strip by american cartoonist garry trudeau that chronicles the adventures and lives of an array of characters of various ages, professions, and backgrounds, from the president of the united states to the title character, michael doonesbury, who has progressed from a college student to a youthful senior citizen over the decades.
I wish they still show this animated spectacular here in the states. He was nominated for an oscar in 1977 in the category of animated short film for a doonesbury special, created for nbc in collaboration with john and faith hubley. Fred newman supplied voice and motion capture movements for jimmy thudpucker for an online netaid concert video and duke for the duke 2000 online series. Expectedly, a bulk of them are from the golden and silent ages of animation.
The film was nominated for an academy award and received the special jury prize at the cannes film festival. The 18,000 strips in this book making up only 17% of total doonesbury strips is quite a slice of americana. This animated special features an amusing look at society, featuring the popular characters from garry trudeaus satirical comic strip. Random sesame street episode make your own random article button. In depth information about a doonesbury special, produced by hubley studios, universal press syndicate. Working with john and faith hubley, trudeau wrote and codirected the animated film, a doonesbury special, for nbctv in 1977. Wbbm channel 2 cbs special the fantastic funnies with loni anderson 1980 duration. It was one of the most beautifully animated cartoon in 1977 and is still a staple on canadian television during the christmas season. A doonesbury special 1977 11271977 us 25m user score. A doonesbury special offered a disillusioned generation its own. The result of garry trudeaus collaboration with former teacher john hubley and hubleys wife faith, the halfhour animated film presents the familiar characters of doonesburys personae dramatis attempting to understand their places in a postrevolutionary world. In 1977 nbc aired a doonesbury special, a short film produced by john and faith hubleya couple of married animators probably best. Everybody rides the carousel, a doonesbury special, my universe inside out hubley studios. Garry trudeaus classic characters mike doonesbury, zonker, etc.
In 1977, trudeau wrote a script for a twentysixminute animated special. List of published collections of doonesbury wikipedia. Today on doonesbury comics by garry trudeau gocomics. After alpha house was retained for a second season in february 2014, trudeau. Doonesbury one school of thought says baby boomers didnt begin to feel nostalgic for their lost ideals and simultaneous disenchantment with those ideals until the release of the big chill. Web comics including archie, family circus, marmaduke, over the hedge, soup to nutz, the buckets and more.