Tony Benedict was one of the most important and well-liked storymen in animation and a major reason for the success of shows like The Flintstones and The Jetsons. A few years ago, he took some old film clips from his days at Hanna-Barbera and assembled them into a little movie, which is what we have here. In the story conference for Magilla Gorilla (obviously a "re-creation" for the cameras of something that didn't actually happen that way), Tony is the short guy who says he can do six banana stories himself.
The thing to note in this film is the obvious affection and camaraderie that existed, and which Tony obviously still feels, among those who worked then up at 3400 Cahuenga Boulevard. I was always aware that I was privileged to work in that building and with so many of those folks…though I might not have appreciated how privileged. I got there around '77 when most of them were still active…and also when some of them might not have been as thrilled with the shows they were working on as when these films were taken. It's nice to see them in what I guess were happier times…
