Line-talk: Elmo Aardvark

In article <D4x...@freenet.carleton.ca>,
Dan Sheffield <av8...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote:
>If anyone has an Aardvark anywhere, could they mail it ot me?

Here's the most famous aardvark!
But you'll have to fish him out of the hype ;)

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WILL RYAN, who portrayed all of the Hollywood unions and guilds (along
with many of the extras) in our feature, "The Wizard of Speed and Time"
has lately become one of the top voice-over talents at Disney and in
the Movie Capital of the World.  Musician, composer, writer, producer,
he is also the head archivist for a surprisingly overlooked foundation
character in the history of animation -- actually created by his great
-grandfather.  Will has given me permission to post this on the Net:


      THE LEGENDARY ELMO AARDVARK        First American Animated Star
                                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,;,~~~~~
America's first animated star made his   @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@::;@@@@@@
1889 debut in a series of "flip books"   @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@":::@@@@@@@
distributed by a small Cleveland, Ohio   @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@;::::@@@@@;@@
newspaper.  Though long neglected by     @@@@@@@@@@@@@";:::;@@@@@:;@@
fans and scholars, things are finally    @@@@@@@@Y@@@@;:::;@@@@@:::@@
changing for filmdom's most famous       @@@@@@@@@K@@@;::;@@@@@;::a@@
aardvark.  A series of Elmo articles     @@@@@@@mKNK@@;:;@@@@@::::a@@
by noted animation historian Jonathon    @@@@@@@@@@mX@;;@@@@@::::;@@@
Frankel has appeared in recent issues    @@@@@@@@@@';;;;@@@@;::::;@@@
of _Wild Cartoon Kingdom_, available     @@@@@@@@" ;''`::@@;::::a@@@@
at well-stocked newsstands everywhere.   @@@@@@@'      ;::::::a@@@@@@
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But you can find out much more about     @@R@@@ W R! ,'  \a@@@@@@@@@@
the Elmo Aardvark Studio, and current    P" `@@ # #'  ,^  !@@@@@@@@@@
amazing developments, in the exclusive   '|| `     `   T  ;@@@@@@@@@@
_Flip: The Elmo Aardvark Newsletter_,    .`` ;         ; ,@@    @ @@@
which has just been combined with the    a._,         / /@@@ @@@@ @@@
famed _Journal of Animated Discourse_.   @@a,     _ ~H ;@@@@   @@ @@@
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Familiar to animation scholars, the      @@@@@@@@@@@@: :@@@@    @
Journal is the pre-Email international   @@@@@@@@@@@@(_|@@@@@@@@@@@@@
salon of matters philosophical, amusing  @@@@@@@@@( \W/" )@ T@P @'  `
and intellectual -- and its publication  @@@@@@@@@@ :i,  @@  V  @ @@
continues to this day.  The "animated"   @@@@@@@@@@>;z< d@@ L J @ @@
in the title is an intentional pun, as   @@@@@@@@@( i;  @@@ @ @ @ @@
the Journal has always been a "lively"   @@@@@@@@@@_MJ\ |@@ @@@ @.  ,
forum and most members have found the    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\)~~~AARDVARK~
animated film to be among the most
satisfying and promising of art forms.   THE ELMO AARDVARK NEWSLETTER
                                                (c) 1995 by Will Ryan


(more info, address & subscription rates in alt.fan.mike-jittlov ;)

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