Ralph Bakshi Shoot Interview!

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[@deadyrockspin]

Jesus christ guys, do you have a comic book illuminati hookup? you get ALL THE GUESTS!!

[@psychobilly42069]

Real recognizes real

[@gotohemp]

it's crazy how few people know how much he influenced the animation industry

[@TheDeathboy900]

Indeed. We all grew up under his influence at some point

[@TheSubwaysurfer]

It’s because people today have no sense of history that I mean for anything not even in the things that they claim they’re interested inFor any independent animator not to know who this man is is a crime

[@TheEvolver311]

Not really crazy Most people simply enjoy entertainment and don't research and analyze everything about it

[@GregoryGiordano]

One of my biggest heroes. From his hardscrabble attitude, to his child of immigrants upbringing, and pure can do independent philosophy-- he was a major influence at a very young age. I was introduced to him by a cousin who was obsessed with Bakshi in the 70s who also attended the HS of industrial design. I never wanted to do animation, but Bakshi made me want to make comics and narrative arts. Love this guy so much. THIS guy, watch his interviews, the doc, you'll learn most of what you need to find your independent vision and backbone. Truly, thank you for this gift.

[@kirtburdick]

James Gurney, Thomas Kinkade, and Frank Frazetta worked in the same room for the background paintings for FIRE AND ICE. Pretty amazing.

[@nathanlough9433]

Oh man, they say you should never meet your heroes, but it’s a delight when they’re wrong. What an amazing, humble dude and such a storyteller. Wizards was everything to me as a kid, and Fritz blew me away in college. ❤

[@edgedeep]

One of the most important artists in animation history and a reservoir of knowledge. A true visionary who has inspired generations. Cartoon Kayfabe continues to bring important creator voices and insight to the public!

[@zleepydude224]

It’s a crime that this channel hasn’t reached 100k followers yet.

[@CartoonistKayfabe]

Spread the word 🙂

[@zleepydude224]

Cartoonist Kayfabe marching orders

[@paul329869]

52:13 Nice. George Lichty! A big influence to WB/Schlesinger animator Rod Scribner for Avery & Clampett. #GeorgeLichty #WB #LeonSchlesinger #RodScribner #FredAvery #RobertClampett #TexAvery #BobClampett #Schlesinger #WarnerBros

[@jonasslim]

I saw an advanced screening of, "American Pop" in San Diego it was almost twice as long as the film is shown now.

[@davidgerrero7693]

What was different about it since it was twice as long?

[@FrazettaGirls]

Great interview. ♥️ nice to hear from Mr Bakshi again!

[@santoshoommen9209]

This is a coup d’tait!! What a fabulous and in-depth interview! A page of history we all wanna know!

[@hashtagdag]

Best Kayfabe interview ever! I've gotta admit, I'm wracking my brain trying to think of the comic book Bakshi is looking for, and I will likely have to go through the Kennedy guide.

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

What I love about Ralph is that he always talks about how great all these other artists are, not himself.

[@MrGrouch86]

Fascinating! btw "Coppola was a Mussolini with talent" killed me.

[@languageLuv]

A LIVING LEGEND! Beyond what you may think about your art individually, taste is subjective, the passion with which you have led your career and the decisions you have made to get ahead with each project you have undertaken is admirable. For me it is an example of inspiration.

[@s.craigzahler8670]

What a great and big personality Bakshi is. Heavy Traffic is one of my favorite movies ever and something that influenced my own writing. I've probably seen it 20 times over the years...

[@Winduct]

Aren't you the guy who made Bone Tomahawk?

[@mikehailer9353]

You guys have been KILLING IT with these Shoot Interview gets. 😁👌

[@PedroAng]

Oh my god!!!!! and I mean you Mr. Bakshi!!!!! This is one of the main reasons I became an animator!!!

[@rabbitsnrayguns]

This has to be the most distinguished comic/art/cartoon resources in the world. Thank you for the amazing content guys!

[@NovemberTehPlumber]

@ 58:48 Well that sums up John K's entire career in a nutshell considering how many deadlines he missed including his own established one for Cans without Labels comparing to Ralph's Last Days of Coney Island.

[@LoafRock]

RIP Ed. Ralph is awesome.

[@antgto]

Besides Heavy Metal, Bakshi's works were the first adult animations I saw prior to my getting into anime. Seemed appropriate I guess that I'd see him hosting Sci-Fi Channel's 2nd annual anime fest back in 1994.

[@sickleandsuckle]

I watched Fritz the Cat recently (where Bakshi voiced one of the pig cops) and I instantly thought of him when he started speaking haha

[@frdh1357]

Yes! This guy, and the late, great Harlan Ellison, are fonts of no nonsense wisdom about craft. This is gonna rock.

[@MacEwanMouse]

"What should I do with all those drawings and backgrounds and cels we have downstairs?" "I instantly thought of robbing the whole fucking place." Oh Ralph, never change.

[@THRASHZONE505]

Legend and absolute pleasure. I could listen for hours!

[@Therealmrmeow]

Amazing interview! love Bakshi's work and was taken aback by how sweet and jovial he was. Awesome dude, a pure legend in the business.

[@cosmosjester]

If i wasnt following you already, this interview would have been the thing to make me follow your channel

[@TheRadman107]

Love any and all Frank Frazetta stories.

[@ymalklk]

Can’t draw that many horses ! Miura would be like hold my beer.

[@jacyo3076]

The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings and Wizards were very influential for me in the 80s. I got a couple vhs tapes at a yard sale that someone had recorded those amazing 'toons. I would pause scenes and draw furiously trying to replicate that unbelievable style. Great interview guys. You are doing the comic gods work.👍♥️

[@th3azscorpio]

Love this interview! "If you don't break your neck working hard, you don't get anywhere." This younger generation could seriously learn from this. This is so insightful, and motivational, but incredibly candid, and honest. Love all of his stories a about his time in the animation biz. Thank you for having him on your podcast!

[@sjharris9583]

I adore this guy's films. I would even consider "Wizards" his best work yet! But, that's just my opinion.

[@SuperPoser573]

Fellow HS Of Industrial Arts/Art And Design Alum! And yes, it is AWESOME!

[@russworks2882]

I would've liked to hear about the fate of the Spain Rodriguez art produced for Cool World, particularly the covers he drew for the prop comics in the comic book shop scene. A couple of them are findable on line, as well as a couple of pages of actual comics Spain drew to dress the set, but I'd love to get a good look at all of them (seem to be at least six different covers in the scene). There is nothing more tantalizing to a comics fan than getting a fleeting glimpse of some exotic comic and never seeing it again.

[@coffeejunkie7954]

Didn't know he worked with Spain, that's pretty cool cheers for the info man, I wonder if the experience was better then Robert Crumb's

[@jrodriguez6]

A really beautiful and insightful interview, guys! Love how you combine the streams and generations with these!

[@toxikschnozz2482]

You successfully drove me to this video with the recent clip. Bravo gentlemen

[@nickmckenzie9365]

Great interview dudes! I have a cel from Wizards I bought from the Bakshis, of Avatar. I love it!! As for Crumb's dislike of the Fritz movie, I think its just Crumb's nature of griping and being anti everything, in Terry Zwigoff's doco, Crumb bitched about how much he hates "Keep on truckin" even though it would have earned him heaps. He's just a grump.

[@ArcadiaBlvdd]

needed this LOVE ralph's work thanks CKayfabe

[@SmokeysVideos]

I'll be honest, I dig Bakshi's Lord of the Rings more than Peter Jackson's.

[@Danaluni59]

I felt the Jackson trilogy owed more to the bakshi version than was credited by Peter and crew, for sure. The Bakshi version holds up very well to this day.

[@andybertaut]

yeah they stole shots right outta Bakshi's and jackson had the nerve to pretend he never even saw it.

[@sanjurosama]

@@andybertaut Peter Jackson does mention some of the shots that were inspired by Bakshi''s movie on the DVD commentary.

[@gabrielzayas2251]

I don't care much for Bakshi's Lord of the Rings anymore, because on a technical level is not good, Jackson's version has much better technical level.

[@powerfrenzy]

Was a treat to listen in. When I was younger I mostly didn't like the 70s animation and styles he used, yet somehow or other I still found myself watching many some of his movies and now, on the other side of 30, I find myself loving his movies. Very interesting guy. I think Fire and Ice is my favorite of his so far.

[@miketenny5201]

Thanks kids, I just stumbled on this. Good work.

[@violencehero]

I was all ears listening to this interview having watched his films ever since I was a kid. Thank you so much for having this living legend on the show and for asking him such great questions. Get him back again so he can answer those last two!

[@flockofsmeagol9519]

Oh man Heavy Traffic and the one page hip hop comics in the early 2000s source magazines are what showed me comics/cartoons didn’t have to be superheroes or for kids

[@robertgarza3184]

Love that you guys just let your guest go, they seem to appreciate it too. Setting it up for a possible second interview. Nice work.

[@sclr]

wow! thanks Cartoonist Kayfabe!

[@Danny_Hynes]

Well fellas, it's all covered in the comments here, but this is one for the books. An absolute legend and a true cartoonist. Thank you thank you thank you.

[@MattBone12]

56:57 About Sums up the entire interview. Bravo

[@HyperDeathRee]

Fantastic interview!!

[@JesseMoynihan]

Incredible and inspiring interview. Wizards, Fire and Ice, LOTR defined my childhood. His memory of Kirby brought a tear to my eye.

[@j.d.o5709]

The greatest animator in American history.

[@coffeejunkie7954]

Cartoonist kayfabe get the greatest guests and let them just talk. Great guys

[@kirillivanov3602]

When you here HIS cracked voice - You are about to be in the center of some Animation tornado.

[@Able-Fader]

so great!

[@dclieb]

Wow this was a great interview. Awesome!

[@robobrien5934]

Lord of the Rings and Wizards both unsettled and stayed in my head when i watched them back in the 80’s.

[@JFeldon]

I'm thinking the comic Vootie which had early Reed Waller of Omaha Cat Dancer fame.

[@SharpeAnimation]

Bakshi dropping a ton of gems here, thanks for this video!

[@josephadorno92]

I graduated from that High School in 1997 - it had been renamed The High School of Art & Design and still exists, but in a new building in the same neighborhood.

[@kkaassist]

you guys outdo yourselves with every interview

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

My only complaint is that this quality interview could have been 10 hours longer.

[@conroyjett]

Just when I think I won't be gobsmacked by whom you will interview next you guys up your game yet again!!!

[@dannymac1310]

GUYS. Please get Peter Chung on here to talk about Phantom 2040!!!!!!!!

[@eracerxxx]

now i'm on the hunt for the book he's talking about....only thing that came up in my searches so far is: Prairie State Blues: Comic Strips & Graphic Tales (1973) is that it or should i keep looking?!?!

[@troyswain4106]

He is definitely talking about Prairie State Blues by Bill Bergeron. It's absolutely brilliant! Hard to find, unfortunately.

[@dandykaufman2]

this is so valuable, thanks guys.

[@bertmickassokimura5737]

Amazing! Always great to hear someone so passionate about what they do. Sad to hear his Jack Kirby story though.

[@adamcheck4941]

Fritz the the cat was s very good in my opinion

[@jamespuso1627]

To the rotoscoping is cheaper thing: quadrupeds are really hard to animate, crowd shots are too. One of the documentaries on Hayao Miyazaki showed in his last movie he spent a full year with a whole year with a team of animators to do one that lasted seconds.

[@Therealmrmeow]

Don't forget to like this and all of the vids Kayfabers!!!

[@impdis836]

Stickball part was the best thing ever!

[@ArtrichStudio]

This is great! Love Fire and Ice, and that is how I first heard of Ralph.

[@daganmoriarty1973]

Brilliant, Ed and Jim! : ) You have spoken with a LEGEND. Great work! Is Ralph describing Shel Silverstein ??

[@dimlight2]

Love this interviews!! The master himself.

[@fasbinder62]

great interview, what a man. I always thought wizards WAS his vaugn bode collaboration but there you go, can only dream of what his Trashman movie spain rodriguez film would have been like. may I suggest a series reading the Zap comix in order and please don't tell me you given up on the Read Moore Comics series, you haven't done DR and Qunich yet.

[@christopherwilson2314]

THANK YOU

[@RebirthOfMercyakaROM]

#legend!!! I love Hey Good Lookin and Streetfight! His coney island animated short movie on KZbin just shows Bakshi can do ANYTHING. cool world is sooooo underrated, there's a great comic book adaptation of it, too!

[@MrYale007]

EPIC!!!!!

[@leestevenson80]

What a pleasure it was to listen Ralph, his personal views on art really marry my own. Thanks to all involved and I hope a Kayfaber nails that comic for the man.

[@grysygonth]

Wow! Well done guys, well done!

[@TowersComics]

Ralph Bakshi ! Hell ya!

[@fad23]

Whoa

[@AndyJewett]

This. Is. Gold.

[@Gillian_Seed]

he sounds like the cop in fritz the cat

[@crimesforkibble6912]

That's because he is

[@sickleandsuckle]

amazing how the voice barely changes even after all these years

[@poweramulets1725]

awesome guest

[@jimslav6973]

The key to giving a good interview is shutting the hell up and letting your guest speak, only adding what makes them excited to talk more. Just a tip.

[@jameslainchbury6746]

I just saw the thumbnail i went JAYSUS CHRIST!

[@TheJMuise87]

Ralph F-ing Bakshi! Great one fellas, what a legend!

[@crimesforkibble6912]

I would love to get my hands on his wonderful unfiltered book but it's impossible to get for a reasonable price these days I guess I missed out

[@flowthrake]

Love this man.

[@salvadorpereira5084]

The Legend!!!!

[@dramares]

So Gramps is down wit da sleeze, huh?... Clessic!

[@doomedandconfused411]

So did anyone find the book he was asking about?!

[@HyperionHQ]

Another comment here claims it’s “Prairie State Blues”.

[@3rdwarddove]

cant wait to sit down and watch this lol

[@Habbitbit]

Rad interview! Can you guys get in touch with Wayne Barlowe?

[@gmosphere]

Terrytoons sounds like the Charlton Comics of Animation Studios

[@willschreitz7746]

goddamn that was beautiful

[@j03T3XAz]

13:15 Aint this still the truth with modern entertainment. No respect for the past.

[@ES_Glenn]

WHAT!???????????!!!!!!!! OH MY GOD!!!!

[@gianlucamai]

❤

[@kirknachman]

Joel Beck??