(Thanks to Mark Kausler and Mike Kazaleh) Interesting to note that they were trying to create more than a “kiddie show”… but a children’s Quiz Show, as well as an ‘animated adventure’ series all new ideas at the time - ideas that would later come to be, from other hands. Or was this a test episode created by Schleh and Ullman to help sell the concept?īelow is a five page “pitch” piece which I suppose was sent to local stations. Is this 13 minute film one of the episodes telecast by the CBS affiliate in Buffalo? Loblaws Supermarket chain was operating there at that time. …(The show) debuted on WGR in Buffalo on September 23rd.” Titan and produced the first Mountain Dew TV spots.ĭon Yowp wrote about this proposed TV Bleep show on his blog in 2014: “By mid-1957, ( Colonel Bleep) was ready for syndication by Richard Ullman of Buffalo ( Weekly Variety, June 19, 1957). Schleh later produced the infamous Mighty Mr. He began animating those graphics (particularly generic weather reports) and Richard Ullman (his producer/salesman) found there was a need for five minute cartoon fillers in the mid-1950s – and that’s how Bleep was born. Schleh started his TV animation career in upstate New York in the early 1950s, providing graphics for the emerging TV stations around the country. And he beat Hanna-Barbara to the tube by a year. Bleep, so he decided to simply have one narrator (a local Miami newscaster) and characters based on sound effects (Bleep, Squeak and Scratch)! He was a proud that his cartoon was the first one produced in color for television (on 16mm). He told me that he had no money to produce Col. Schleh was quite proud of the show (as well he should, I find them quite entertaining – and the artwork is fantastic) the cartoons were produced in Miami Florida back in 1956. To be clear, it’s not the cartoon itself but live action wrap-arounds for a hosted Colonel Bleep kiddie show.Ĭolonel Bleep was designed and directed by Jack Schleh, whom I had the pleasure meeting and getting to know in his final years. This week, I dug out of Mark Kausler’s closet this rare episode (or pilot?) for Colonel Bleep. *Regular COVID-19 testing will be provided by the company for as long as the COVID-19 production guidelines are in force.Mike Kazaleh’s cover art for Streamline Pictures VHS release of COLONEL BLEEP (Vol. If you are interested or have a referral, please reach out.Īt the direction of the Staff Post Audio Mixer and the Post Producer, the Contract Post Audio Archive Assist will provide audio archive support for all projects created in the Fitness+ studio. Work may be self-directed based on written notes or supervised by one or more mixers or the post producer. The Audio Archive Assist will work directly with the assistant audio mixer and the archive team to help manage and deliver digital archival content. This position requires in-studio attendance with a swing shift-like schedule and possible weekends. Apple Fit+ is looking for a Post Audio Archive Assist for a contract position.
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