It seems almost inexplicable today, but an autograph musical quotation, signed, of Vic Mizzy's iconic theme song to "The Addams Family" television show based, of course, on the classic New Yorker drawings of Charles Addams, did not find a buyer in 2014 at RR Auction. As a result, the presale estimate has been deleted from the auction house's website, so it's hard to say whether the lot was offered at a reasonable price. Whatever the case, though, there's no disputing that series has one snappy theme:
Okay, the truth is I'm not a fan of Ralph Bakshi's "Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures" (CBS, 1987-1988), although I did enjoy the classic Terrytoons series at one time. I remember the Bakshi cartoons were criticized for being repeatedly off-model--and they are--but this was clearly a deliberate creative decision. At any rate, if I were a fan, I think a cell like this one signed by Bakshi with an original production background would not be a bad deal.
Ralph Bakshi, "Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures" Cell set-up with production background
Ralph Bakshi, "Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures" Cell set-up with production background
Ralph Bakshi's signature
Ralph Bakshi, "Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures" Cell set-up with production background
No one can be faulted for singing along with the theme song:
"Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures" (1987)
Opening Theme Bakshi Animation
Or for not singing along:
Andy Kaufman, Mighty Mouse Theme
"Saturday Night" Season 1
Ralph Bakshi, "Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures" Cell set-up with production background
Note: You may want to check out some other blog posts with animation art. You never know what you'll find, but in this case it's very likely to be Disney.
If you want to learn a little something about yourself, go and write a blog. I, for one, have been surprised to learn that I am quite comfortable writing about cultural phenomena that occurred well before I was born, more so perhaps than I am in writing about more baffling contemporary trends. It seems a number of posts relating to the 1940's, for example, have come up in recent months and they've been a pleasure to compose, allowing me to dwell in the ephemera of a bygone era I never knew.
Today is this blog's third anniversary. While Attempted Bloggery has covered a lot of ground these three years, until now it hasn't adopted a proper theme song. Imagine that! I think it's high time to correct this oversight.
Living in the past is what I do so much of around here, so it seems only natural that "Living in the Past" should be the blog's official theme song. To be sure, the Jethro Tull tune is about a society that's seen better days rather than about a blogger with an inexplicable cultural affinity for old times, but I'm not going to quibble with Ian Anderson's lyrics if you won't. I also won't raise any objections to the unusual 5/4 time signature.
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