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What if Chuck Jones had made this?

posted 16 years ago by collegeofuselessknowlege
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Back around 1967 Jones and Bradbury were talking about how kids didn't seem to understand the true meaning of Halloween anymore. They decided to collaborate on a tv special. They wrote up a script--but couldn't sell it (too dark and all about death I suppose--and it would scare the kids. We weren't as sophisticated as we are now ;) )

In 1972 Bradbury took the script and sold it as a book. It took almost 20 years to finally get it on tv as special. It's a beautiful rendition, especially since Bradbury took an active part in it.

But still, I can't help wondering what a Jones/Bradbury collaberation would have produced. Something like Jones' Kipling specials?

[–] ja_kitty_71 15 years ago

lipe2 said

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Back around 1967 Jones and Bradbury were talking about how kids didn't seem to understand the true meaning of Halloween anymore. They decided to collaborate on a tv special. They wrote up a script--but couldn't sell it (too dark and all about death I suppose--and it would scare the kids. We weren't as sophisticated as we are now ;) )

In 1972 Bradbury took the script and sold it as a book. It took almost 20 years to finally get it on tv as special. It's a beautiful rendition, especially since Bradbury took an active part in it.

But still, I can't help wondering what a Jones/Bradbury collaberation would have produced. Something like Jones' Kipling specials?
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I think it would look like Jones' Rudyard Kipling specials

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