LET ME TELL YOU
ABOUT REAL ANIMATORS
IRV SPENCE WAS ONE
MANNY PEREZ ANOTHER
THROUGHOUT THEIR
LONG BRILLIANT CAREERS
THEY TOILED AWAY
UNDER THE SHADOW
OF DISNEYS 9 OLD MEN
THESE ANIMATORS WORKED ON SHORTS
NOT FEATURES
THEY DID 30 FEET OF ANIMATION A WEEK
NOT LIKE THOSE DISNEY GUYS
WHO ALSO GOT
ALL THE PENCIL TESTS
THEY WANTED
BUT IN MY STUDIO
THEY WERE FEATURE MEN AT LAST
AND I KEPT TELLING THEM
TO DO WHAT THEY DID FOR SHORTS
DON’T GIVE ME
THAT OVERBLOWN ANIMATION
THAT THOSE DISNEY GUYS DO
I WANT ENERGY
HUMOR
FUNNY CHARACTER DRAWINGS
THEY AT FIRST THOUGHT
I WAS NUTS
AFTER A LIFETIME
OF HEARING THE OPPOSITE
THEY CAME TO ME ASKING
RALPH DO YOU REALLY
WANT ME
TO ANIMATE
THIS VULGAR SCENE
YES I DO
WE DON’T WISH UPON
A STAR HERE
SLOWLY
VERY SLOWLY
THEY UNDERSTOOD
THEY WERE AS GOOD
AND IN MANY AREAS
BETTER
MORE HONEST
THEYRE ALL GONE NOW
BUT THEIR FILMS
ARE STILL PLAYING
40 YEARS LATER
AND YOU KNOW WHAT
THEY DID IT
WITHOUT
ANY PENCIL TESTS
FIRST TIME
ONLY TIME
NOW TELL ME
WHOS GREATER
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