ASIFA-HOLLYWOOD to Screen Groundbreaking 1956 Animated TV Series

Direct from the hit screening room at the 2002 Ottawa Animation Festival, ASIFA-Hollywood will be presenting the 1956 TV series THE BOING BOING SHOW at the American Film Institute in the Ted Ashley Screening Room on Saturday, April 26, 2003 at 3 pm. The event will be hosted by ANIMATION BLAST Webzine editor Amid Amidi, and include special guest Fred Crippen, animator of MR. MAGOO and GERALD MCBOING BOING. Produced at the height of UPA's critical acclaim, the show featured an eclectic collection of short animated films executed in a gutsy assortment of techniques and styles for television audiences of the 1950s.