It's not everyday you stumble upon a TV interview with Daws Butler, and for this week's video, I've got quite a special one. Below is a segment that aired on CNN on December 23rd, 1981 featuring an interview with Butler. It starts at about the 23-minute mark. In this interview, he primarily discusses how animation has changed over the course of his career, and the problems facing the industry. It's interesting to see how Butler's views of the industry at that time (animation being done by committee, the networks having more power than the artists) seem quite similar to the critiques levied at the industry today. The more things change the more they stay the same, am I right?
Butler was also joined in this segment by Richard Webb. Webb appeared on radio and on film, but he's probably best remembered for portraying radio hero Captain Midnight in a TV series that ran from 1954 to 1956. Give the video a look down below!
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