Sunday, July 31, 2005

July 31, 1944


July 31, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Saturday, July 30, 2005

July 30, 1944


July 30, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Friday, July 29, 2005

July 29, 1944


July 29, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Thursday, July 28, 2005

July 28, 1944


July 28, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

More from Joe Barbera's My Life in 'toons:

Unlike football and craps, our two wars were indoor activities. The first broke out almost immediately after I arrived at MGM, when I was working with Friz Freleng. It began when one of us discovered the aerodynamic properties of the pushpins - a discovery (I'm told) that had also been made independently at the Disney studio. Animators use a lot of pushpins to tack sketches, drawings, model sheets, and storyboards to the wall. If you hold a pushpin just so and throw it just right, it sails like a dart and penetrates its target almost as effectively.

At first we just had contests, often for money, throwing at inanimate targets, including the little hole at the back of each animator's desk for the electric cords. But within a short time, as each day neared its end, we began to throw these missles not at inanimate targets, but at one another. It was really an art, and I was considered one of the best pushpin throwers. Friz and I fought many such duels, and I delighted in making him dance, hurling pushpins at his feet like a Western gunfighter. If Friz weren't quick enough, the pushpin would penetrate his shoe, producing some highly interesting linguistic innovations. And dancing - you never saw such dancing in your life. I remember an occasion when one of my pushpins hit him in the leg, stuck there, and he limped around the studio like a cavalryman pierced by an Apache's arrow.

Wednesday, July 27, 2005

July 27, 1944


July 27, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Tuesday, July 26, 2005

July 26, 1944


July 26, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Monday, July 25, 2005

July 25, 1944


July 25, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Sunday, July 24, 2005

July 24, 1944


July 24, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Saturday, July 23, 2005

July 23, 1944


July 23, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Friday, July 22, 2005

July 22, 1944


July 22, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

On this date The Bodyguard is released.

Thursday, July 21, 2005

July 21, 1944


July 21, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Wednesday, July 20, 2005

July 20, 1944


July 20, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

July 19, 1944


July 19, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Monday, July 18, 2005

July 18, 1944


July 18, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Sunday, July 17, 2005

July 17, 1944


July 17, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Saturday, July 16, 2005

July 16, 1944


July 16, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Friday, July 15, 2005

July 15, 1944


July 15, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Thursday, July 14, 2005

July 14, 1944


July 14, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

July 13, 1944


July 13, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

July 12, 1944


July 12, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Monday, July 11, 2005

July 11, 1944


July 11, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Sunday, July 10, 2005

July 10, 1944


July 10, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Saturday, July 09, 2005

July 9, 1944


July 9, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Friday, July 08, 2005

July 8, 1944


July 8, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Thursday, July 07, 2005

July 7, 1944


July 7, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Wednesday, July 06, 2005

July 6, 1944


July 6, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Tuesday, July 05, 2005

July 5, 1944


July 5, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Monday, July 04, 2005

July 4, 1944


July 4, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

"Col" would be the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

Sunday, July 03, 2005

July 3, 1944


July 3, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Saturday, July 02, 2005

July 2, 1944


July 2, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.

Friday, July 01, 2005

July 1, 1944


July 1, 1944, originally uploaded by Filboid Sudge.