Original upload date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Sun, 28 Nov 2021 12:09:25 GMT
1980 was the 50th birthday of LOONEY TUNES. I invited Friz Freleng to Toronto. I asked him if he'd like a fee. He said, "Can I bring my wife?" I wondered who would say no to that question as I replied
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, "Of course." Friz said, "In that case there will be no fee." I found out later that institutions said no. In those cases Friz would ask for a whoppin' pile of cash. I learned from him that when we meet cheap people we should become expensive. I flew Friz and Lily to Toronto First Class. I let the airline (AIR CANADA) know they had an animation legend on board. They were thrilled. They put Friz in the pilot's seat and let him land the plane. That was a weekend to remember. Friz and Lily had a grand time. In Toronto Friz was greeted by an audience aware of his work. They gave him the respect Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali would have received because we recognized Friz was an artist of that caliber. I also brought Bernard B. Brown and Grim Natwick to Toronto in 1980. Bob Clampett came up in 1979. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cabLJU-Aiyw
