The Inkling Chronicles

R.O. Blechman CBS Christmas bumper (1966)

Can you believe that there was a time when network television aired classy holiday interstitials like this ?  Designer/director R.O. Blechman's studio made this "Season's Greetings" short film which ran during the 1966 Christmas season on CBS . (animation is by Ed Smith Willis Pyle; music arranged by Arnie Black) To me nothing sounds like *Christmas* more so than God Rest Ye Merry, Gentleman played on a violin (or a saw, as the case may be); it has a lovely, haunting sound that feels like a cold snowy day in the bleak mid winter, but with the spirit of comfort and joy issuing forth from the underlying lyrics :

"God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
Remember, Christ, our Saviour
Was born on Christmas day
To save us all from Satan's power
When we were gone astray
O tidings of comfort and joy,
Comfort and joy
O tidings of comfort and joy"

Merry Christmas to All and to All a Good Night !

Rune Bennicke

If you don't know the work of Rune Bennicke , you should . (click that link , right now !)

If you do know of Rune's work you'll be as excited as I am to hear that he has updated his website portfolio with more examples of his amazing character designs.

Here's one example from the Orlando, FL Disney studio , the film "My Peoples"   which was cancelled by the then Disney management and the entire  Disney FL studio shut down soon thereafter.

Imagine what could have been ; can't you just picture this character animated ?

I'm embarrassed to find that I did not already have a link to Rune's site in my sidebar.  For some reason I thought I did...anyway, the link is there now .