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NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WKBW) - Artist Jonathan Rogers said Halloween was his inspiration for his nationally-renowned cartoon Witch's Night Out in 1978, which is now being turned into a musical!</div>
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“Halloween needed a new interpretation and new definition. It was drawings brought to life and everything was drawn by hand,” Rogers said.</div>
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“We worked out a deal with the Broadway people, who purchased an option on the story to develop it into a musical,” Rogers said.</div>
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For this artist, it's a dream come true. “Everybody is excited about it. It gives it a legitimacy and power that it didn't have before it was connected with a Broadway show. Wow!”</div>
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The cartoon featured the voices of comedic legend Gilda Radner and others when they were just starting out in their careers in the late 70s. Rogers said it was Radner's voice that gave the witch her deep character.</div>
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“She has power and the witch's wand symbolized the power that women have,” Rogers said.</div>
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He said the cartoon is fun for people of all ages and the musical is going to take it to a new level, keeping his witch alive for generations to come.</div>
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“She's sort of my female component with gestures and facial expression. She brought a lot into my creative source and she was my muse,” Rogers said.</div>
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Dooley & Rye Mullis Set to Adapt Musical Comedy “Witch’s Night Out”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Queens and Kings Inc. has
acquired the musical theater rights to WITCH’S NIGHT OUT, a heartfelt comedy
focusing on the magical mischief of a witch and the antics that ensue after she
fulfills the Halloween wishes of some children. Originally premiering in 1978
on NBC--the animated special “Witch’s Night Out” was created and produced by
Jonathan Rogers (formerly known as John Leach) alongside partner Jean Rankin.
The popular special ran yearly on the Disney Channel and Fox between 1983 and
1993, and was more recently released in a Halloween DVD collection by Mill
Creek Entertainment in September 2014. Emmy-award winning composer/songwriter
Jim Dooley, owner of Queens and Kings Inc, is helming the upcoming project
alongside director Rye Mullis, of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Dooley says, "After working on Ringling Bros. and Barnum
& Bailey's innovative production of "Legends", I am thrilled to
partner with my director, Rye Mullis, on the new Musical Comedy: "Witch's
Night Out". Our goal is to create a unique and exciting family musical
theater experience that celebrates the spirit of Halloween and the idea of exploring
your own "Inner Monster.</span><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;"> To be able to adapt this cult
classic television special into a full scale musical, is an opportunity that I
am truly excited about." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mullis adds, "The Halloween
special of "Witch's Night Out" was worn out on our VHS when I was a
kid. I loved the tale of two kids whose dream of becoming real monsters, comes
true with the help of their own Witch-y version of a "Fairy
Godmother" on Halloween. It was the perfect the combination of unique
animation, a great story and the comedic genius of Gilda Radner and Catherine
O'Hara. It has stuck with me into adulthood. A year ago, I noticed that there
were no Halloween musicals for families (most "horror" musicals are
for adults i.e., "Rocky Horror Show"). When I mentioned the idea of
turning "Witch's Night Out" into a musical to Jim Dooley, he jumped on
the idea, set the wheels in motion and made everything happen. Jim is the only
composer I could consider working on this musical with, he has that magical,
whimsical and exciting talent that is going to bring this vintage special to a
whole new generation of families in a fresh and exciting Halloween musical. We
are so excited to begin this journey and in the words of our Fairy Godmother:
"Just you wait my darlings till you meet your gracious
hostess." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">The original Halloween classic,
“Witch’s Night Out”, was an animated special originally produced in Toronto and
featuring some notable Canadian voice talent such as actress Fiona Reid (King
of Kensington), comedian Catherine O’Hara (Home Alone), and SNL alum Gilda
Radner. The plot follows a lonely witch (Radner) who is summoned by some
small children to a town that has lost sight of the holiday’s spirit. At the
kids’ wishes, the witch transforms the youngsters into the real life versions
of their costumes. Chaos results when a mob of grumpy citizens form in
retaliation, including characters such as Nicely (voiced by Leach) and
Malicious (voiced by O’Hara), causing the witch to lose her magic wand. In the
end, the witch must work together with her new friends to restore her powers,
turn the children back into humans, and teach everyone the true meaning of
Halloween. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Jim Dooley is an Emmy
Award-winning composer/songwriter who has received accolades for a variety of
works in film, television, video gaming and live theatrical industries. In
2008, Dooley received a Primetime Emmy Award for “Best Original Music
Composition for a Series” for ABC’s “Pushing Daisies.” More recently, two
projects featuring Jim’s music were also honored with Academy Award
nominations, the animated short “Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare”, and
the live-action short “The Buzkashi Boys”. Jim’s portfolio also boasts several
collaborations with many of the top names in music, from Hans Zimmer, Kristin
Chenoweth to Babyface. In addition, Dooley also wrote music for several
animated feature scores such as the German animated release “Urmel aus dem Eis”
(“Impy’s Island”) and its sequel; DreamWorks Animation’s musically acclaimed
short “First Flight.” Currently, Jim is scoring TNT’s post-apocalyptic drama
“The Last Ship,” with collaborator James S. Levine and has recently emerged
into the sports industry with his theme for the 2015 Senior PGA Championship.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Rye
Mullis is an American Director and Actor. Directing Credits include: <em>Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey
Circus</em>, 3 Editions – <em>Legends,
Built To Amaze, And Barnum</em> <em>Bash;
Rock Of Ages</em> (Norwegian Cruise Lines), <em>Disney’s Imagination Movers</em>: Live from the
Idea Warehouse. <em>Lucha Va
Voom</em> (East Coast Tour), <em>Blue
Balls </em>(New York Fringe); Associate Directing Credits Include: <em>Rock Of Ages</em> (Las Vegas), <em>SURF</em>: The New Beach Boys
Musical (Las Vegas), Disney’s T<em>he
Cheetah Girls</em>: One World Tour, <em>Yann</em>i:
Voices Tour, <em>Dancing With
The Stars:</em> Live In Las Vegas, <em>Ringling
Bros: Bellobration, Over The Top And Barnum 200</em>. Off B’ways <em>The Awesome 80’s Prom</em>.; T<em>he Divalogues</em>; Performing
Credits Include: Tours; <em>Mel
Brooks’ Young Frankenstein </em>(The Monster), <em>The Scarlet Pimpernel</em>
(Percy), <em>Curtains </em>(Johnny
Harmon), <em>Chitty Chitty Bang
Bang </em>(Baron Bomburst), <em>Joseph…
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Dooley’s Queens and Kings Inc. aims to develop the property into an Off Broadway-scale family musical with a <a data-tag="halloween" href="http://variety.com/t/halloween/" id="auto-tag_halloween" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0058a8; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Halloween</a> theme. He’ll work with director Rye Mullis, the director of three editions of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, to develop the show.</div>
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The Canadian animated special “Witch’s Night Out” centers on two kids who enlist the help of a witch, played by Radner, to achieve some truly monstrous Halloween costumes, and follows the chaos that ensues when the witch accidentally loses her magic wand. Produced by Jonathan Rogers with partner Jean Rankin and originally airing on NBC, the special ran annually on the Disney Channel and Fox between 1983 and 1993, and last year was released as part of Mill Creek Entertainment’s Halloween DVD collection.</div>
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Dooley currently composes the score for TNT drama “The Last Ship,” and has worked in the past on shows including “Pushing Daisies.” He also wrote the music for the Oscar-nominated short “Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare.”</div>
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No timeline for the stage version of “Witch’s Night Out” has yet been set.</div>
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<br /><br />A couple of years ago when <a href="http://holidayfilmreviews.blogspot.com/2012/10/witchs-night-out.html" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">we reviewed <i>Witch's Night Out</i></a>, we lamented the fact that it was not available on disc or streaming. This special is one of our favorites and features the voice talents of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0705717/" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Gilda Radner</a> (as the Witch herself) and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001573/" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Catherine O'Hara</a>, among others.<br /><div>
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Well, we finally got a Halloween wish and this forgotten classic from the mists of 1978 is now available for purchase on DVD. (It is also showing up several times on the <a href="http://thistv.com/" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">THIS tv network</a> - so check your local listings!)<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Naturally, we pre-ordered our copy of the DVD as soon as we possibly could. It is very nice to finally be able to watch <i>Witch's Night Out</i> in crisp, good quality DVD video. Due to the age of the source material, there are a few artifacts that pop up, but the overall video quality is great. Especially<br />when compared to the grainy, taped off tv copies that have been floating around the internet for some years.<br /><br />For comparison purposes, here are a few screenshots from our previous review:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />And hear are the same screenshots from the new release:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />The DVD release also includes some unrestored, older, public-domain cartoons like an early "Casper the Friendly Ghost" short (WARNING: we thought the "Casper" short was sad, have some tissues on hand for that one) as well as assorted shorts featuring Felix The Cat, Popeye, the New 3 Stooges and Hoppity Hooper.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />In addition to picking up the DVD, which was released by <a href="http://www.millcreekent.com/" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Mill Creek Entertainment</a> about a month ago, <i>Witch's Night Out </i>fans should check out <a href="http://www.witchsnightout.com/" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">the special's official webpage</a>. You should also pay a visit to the <a href="http://crossrogers11.blogspot.com/" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Cross/Rogers blog</a> to thank the folks who helped bring this Halloween classic to DVD.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><br />We'd also recommend sharing <i>Witch's Night Out</i> with anyone you think might enjoy a little Halloween magical mischief and mayhem during this spooky season!<br /><br /><br />-- RigbyMel & J.A. Morris</div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Artists: Jonathan Rogers and Jean Rankin // Title: "Witch's Night Out" // Screening at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Burchfield Penney Art Center</strong></div>
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In the 1970s, a Toronto-based production team that went by Leach-Rankin produced an animated Halloween special called "Witch's Night Out" featuring the voices of Gilda Radner and Catherine O'Hara. After it was picked up by NBC in 1978, it re-aired every year until the mid-1990s and gained a kind of cult following in the process.</div>
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That was before John Leach, who worked with his then-romantic partner Jean Rankin to animate the special before going on to a successful career in animation in Los Angeles, changed his name to <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jonathan Rogers</strong> and moved to Niagara Falls, where he's now a a painter who <a href="http://www.buffalonews.com/article/20080404/GUSTO/304049939" style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(158, 7, 0) !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">comes on and off the radar</a> every few years.</div>
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Though the special stopped airing in the mid-1990s, a young animator who fell in love with it as a young boy managed to track Rogers down in 2012 and eventually worked to restore the original print. He then convinced a distributor to distribute the program in a new DVD version, which was released last month by Mill Creek Entertainment.</div>
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The half-hour special contains Rogers' self-taught strain of animation, and its greatest achievement is doubtless the character of the witch, based on his drawings of "a slightly delusional old glamour girl" which he then turned into "an expressive character to rival Disney, but in his own edgy, spontaneous style."</div>
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Longtime fans and those curious about the special and Rogers' involvement in it can catch a screening at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Burchfield Penney Art Center's auditorium. Rankin and Rogers will be on hand to talk about the project and will be exhibiting some pieces of original art.</div>
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Dan cappellazzo/staff photographerNow making his home <span style="font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">at the Niagara Arts and Cultural Center on Pine Avenue,</span> animator Jonathan Rogers is having his classic “Witches Night Out” and “The Gift of Winter” holiday specials re-released on DVD. Rogers, who originally hailed from Toronto, worked in Los Angeles during the ‘80s and ‘90s.</div>
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Posted: <span class="updated" style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" title="2014-10-17T03:00:00-04:00">Friday, October 17, 2014 3:00 am</span></div>
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<span class="author vcard" style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="fn" style="margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">By Michele DeLuca <a href="mailto:michele.deluca@niagara-gazette.com" style="color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">michele.deluca@niagara-gazette.com</a></span></span></div>
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Jimmy Cross says he’s been looking for Jonathan Rogers since he was 7 years old.</div>
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Cross’ curiosity about Rogers began in front of his family television. He remembers the exact moment when he was transfixed by an animated Halloween special called “Witch’s Night Out.” </div>
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“My mom and sister were putting away groceries and I turned the television on to NBC,” he said, describing his first viewing of the animated cartoon created by Rogers in 1978 and featuring the voices of “Saturday Night Live” stars Gilda Radner and Dan Akroyd.</div>
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“I knew from that moment what I wanted to do,” Cross said. “I can’t describe how it changed my life.”</div>
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In the meantime, Rogers, a resident artist at the Niagara Arts and Cultural Center, was putting his life back together in his fourth floor studio at the NACC, thinking his past was passed. </div>
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He had long since spent the money and fame he received from producing one of the most watched animated specials of its time. His tumultuous life featured great highs and lows, including stints at Disney and Sesame Street, a failed animation business in Korea, lots of AA meetings and a suicide attempt. </div>
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In his sunlit studio at the NACC, the former Torontonian, surrounded by a small community of artisans who respect his gifts, continued to paint, creating a series of work depicting dark memories from his abusive childhood, compellingly animated by colorful, whimsical creatures. </div>
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The work has brought him some acclaim. One such painting was purchased by the Castellani Art Museum where his work has been on special exhibit; and the Burchfield Penney Gallery is planning both a screening of “Witch’s Night Out,” on Thursday and an exhibit of his work in 2017. </div>
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While Rogers worked on reanimating his career, young Jimmy Cross grew into a man and became a successful animator, producer and director, working on cartoons including “Casper the Friendly Ghost,” “Osmosis Jones” and other Fox Kids specials. And every now and then, he would tap Jonathan’s name into his computer to try and find him. What he didn’t know is that the artist had changed his name from Jonathan Leach to Jonathan Rogers.</div>
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Then one day, Cross stumbled across Rogers’ name, linked to “Witch’s Night Out.”</div>
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He emailed the artist to thank him for inspiring his career. Then the two talked on the phone. They hit it off so well, they decided to become partners.</div>
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“He said, ‘Hey man lets create some stuff together,’ “ Cross recalled. “I said, ‘Sure.’ “</div>
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Cross went on a mission to find all the elements of the original “Witch’s Night Out,” and an earlier video Rogers had created called “The Gift of Winter.” It wasn’t easy. </div>
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“All the original elements of the shows are in a landfill somewhere,” Rogers told him.</div>
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So, Rogers said, “(Cross) started a search to try and get good quality reproductions and put them all together. With lots of hours of digital enhancing and fixing, he restored both of the shows.”</div>
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Now “Witch’s Night Out,” and “The Gift of Winter” are on the shelves of all the big box stores like Wal-Mart, Target and Barnes and Nobles. They are also available online through Amazon. The two artists have started a company and plan to do a whole new line of holiday animation specials.</div>
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Cross is in awe of the opportunity to work with Rogers. They have still never met in person. “I don’t know what he saw in me to trust me with this thing, but I’ll honor it with my heart,” Cross said in a recent phone interview from Los Angeles. “It’s the most important thing I’ve ever done in my life.”</div>
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“My main goal in my life is to protect him and protect what we’ve built,” Cross added.</div>
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As for Rogers, he’s delighted to have Cross’s fresh energy surround his labor of love. “It’s absolutely transformed my life,” he said of meeting the 44-year-old father of three from Los Angeles. </div>
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he pair has a Valentines special and a Thanksgiving special written and ready to go, providing sales are good on the DVDs. </div>
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“It’s absolutely transformed my life,” Rogers said. “It’s astounding.”</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Earlier this week I mentioned that the awesome holiday TV specials <i>Witch's Night Out</i>and <i>The Gift of Winter</i> are now available on their first official DVD releases. This news was brought to my attention by one of the partners of the production company that owns the specials, Cross/Rogers Productions. Cross/Rogers co-founder James Cross was nice enough to allow me to ask him a few questions about the specials, how they came to DVD after so many years, and what fans can expect in the future from Bazooey, Small, Tender, and the rest of the gang.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Brian</b>: <i><a href="http://www.witchsnightout.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Witch's Night Out</a></i> and <i><a href="http://www.thegiftofwinter.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">The Gift of Winter</a></i> have only been available previously on VHS for a brief time. What were the hurdles keeping it from release on DVD before and what led to their long-awaited release now?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>James</b>: To answer your first question was Jonathan himself. He just simply stopped and moved on to other expressions of art. He's a true evolving artist. Never knowing the cult following these cartoons had and the impact that it had on people that had seen them, me being one of those kids in 1978.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Brian</b>: How did you become involved with the creators of the specials, Jonathan Rogers and Jean Rankin?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>James</b>: It all started when I was 7 back in 1978, when I turned the family TV on and saw the cartoon <i>Witch's Night Out</i> for the first time. It changed my life forever, and at that moment I knew what I wanted to do. I wanted to become an animator and make cartoons just like this. I drew all my life, but at that moment sitting on our living room floor eating a Swanson TV dinner ( YUK!), it was very clear. Over the years I did searches on John trying to get a lead but I was always one step behind. It was simply to thank him for making this little cartoon that I watched at least 10,000 times since the tape came out in 1986 that I still have but is worn out. <o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Finally, he showed up under another name online (Jonathan Rogers), and I was able to contact him and thank him for being a help in my 20-plus years in animation. At this time I was a director and had worked on many shows, Web sites, and games. Surprisingly, he emailed me back and over months we talked almost everyday and a partnership was formed based on my enthusiasm and drive to make things happen. The man just simply believed in me and I believed in him. Jonathan is one of the most colorful and real people I have ever met. What you see is what you get. Hard work was quickly coming ahead as I, with help from great friends, was able to restore the films from the original stock while finding distribution for both specials. It was clearly one of the hardest but rewarding quests I've ever had to this day. I became a detective, putting all the pieces together to bring these classics back to the world where they belong.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">While doing this, Jonathan and I started coming up with new stories and ideas for more stuff, as well as a plan to make these cartoons into a franchise for viewers to enjoy for years to come. Cross/Rogers was born.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Gift Of Winter will hit streets on Oct 21st. Pre order your copy today. Yayyy!!!!!!<br />CROSS/ROGERShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847073323182463332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017555694423177747.post-52503155719008301122014-10-01T02:26:00.001-07:002014-10-01T02:26:27.572-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today is Oct 1st. Pick up your copy of Witch's Night Out on Amazon and Walmart stores. Also It will be on THIS TV Network all October long starting on the 4th. Enjoy.<br />CROSS/ROGERShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847073323182463332noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017555694423177747.post-4946806559484906002014-08-29T22:53:00.002-07:002014-08-29T22:53:43.280-07:00The time is almost here fans. CROSS/ROGERShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847073323182463332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017555694423177747.post-90521691683197016862014-08-26T09:18:00.000-07:002014-08-26T09:18:13.327-07:00Animation World Networkhttp://www.awn.com/news/mill-creek-entertainment-acquires-leach-rankin-holiday-specialsCROSS/ROGERShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00847073323182463332noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017555694423177747.post-5411078924162941272014-08-20T11:53:00.001-07:002014-08-20T11:53:43.031-07:00First Interview Check out animation Insider . it's our first interview . Website is ran by my great friend Mike Milo.<br />
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I don't know if he knew at the time he was showing the masters there is not just one way but a way. Think about it . Animation on cels with no rough paper drawings. That in itself is mind boggling to me. It take great drawing skills and being very sure of ones self to pull this off. <br />
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