Ua make ʻo Ken Spears, ka mea kākau o Scooby-Doo, i ka makahiki 82

11 Nowemapa 2020

Ua make ʻo Ken Spears, ka mea kaulana loa no ka lawe ʻana mai iā Scooby-Doo, ka ʻīlio makaʻu i aloha ʻia a puni ka honua, ua make ʻo ia i ka makahiki 82 he mau mahina wale nō ma hope o ka nalowale ʻana o kāna hoaaloha ʻo Joe Ruby, ka mea hoʻokumu a me ka hoʻokumu pū o Ruby. - Spears Productions. No ke keiki kāne ʻo Lewy, haʻi ʻo ia i ka makasina ʻokoʻa kēlā Ua make ʻo Kevin Spears i ka Pōʻalima, Nowemapa 6, mai nā pilikia o ka senile dementia.

Hānau ʻia ʻo Charles Kenneth Spears ma Malaki 12, 1938 a he kamaʻāina ʻo ia no Los Angeles, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he hoaaloha no ke keiki a ka mea hana animation ʻo William Hanna. Ua hoʻolimalima ʻia ʻo Spears e Hanna-Barbera ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻoponopono leo i ka makahiki 1959, kahi i hui ai ʻo ia me Ruby a ua hoʻokumu ʻia lāua ʻelua i kahi palapala kiʻi kiʻi a me ka hui screenplay. Ua lilo nā mea ʻelua i mau hoa hana lōʻihi e kākau ana no nā moʻolelo animated a me nā hana ola ma ke ʻano he freelancer a ma ke ʻano he mea kākau kiʻi no Hanna-Barbera, Sid a me Marty Kroft a me DePatie-Freleng.

ʻO ka moʻo kiʻi Spears a me Ruby he mea kānalua Scooby-Doo, auhea 'oe! (Scooby Doo - Auhea 'oe!), hana ʻia e Hanna-Barbera, hoʻomaka ma CBS i ka makahiki 1969. Ua hana pū lākou Blue Falcon a me ka ʻīlio Prodigy (Dynomutt, Dog Wonder) no ke ao ana e Na Barkleys e ʻO nā hoʻokolokolo (Na Houndcats) no DePate-Freleng i nā makahiki 70 mua. Ua hoʻolimalima ʻo Fred Silverman, ke poʻo o ka papahana keiki ma CBS, i ka duo e kiaʻi i ke kakahiaka Poaono i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka pūnaewele a lawe pū ʻo Spears lāua ʻo Ruby me ia i kona neʻe ʻana i ABC.

Ua hoʻokumu ka poʻe hoa hana ola i ka Ruby-Spears Productions i ka makahiki 1977 ma ke ʻano he lālā o Filmways, e hana ana i nā ʻano kiʻi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni maʻamau i ke kakahiaka Pōʻaono, me ka Fangface, The Plastic Man Comedy-Adventure Hour, Thundarr the Barbarian, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Mister T e Superman. Ua loaʻa ka hui e ka hui makua ʻo Hanna-Barbera. Ua kūʻai ʻia ʻo Taft Entertainment i ka makahiki 1981 a me ka ʻikepili Ruby-Spears me kāna studio hoʻokūkū hoʻokahi manawa ma Turner Broadcasting (WarnerMedia) ma 1991.

Ua hoʻomau ʻo Spears lāua ʻo Ruby i ka hana pū ʻana i ka hana a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā moʻolelo animated a hiki i ka make ʻana o ka mea hope i ʻAukake 2020.

Ua hoʻopuka ʻo Sam Register, Pelekikena, Warner Bros. Animation a me Cartoon Network Studios i ka ʻōlelo penei: “Ke kaumaha nei ʻo Warner Bros. Animation i ka ʻike ʻana i ka make ʻana o Ken Spears a ke hoʻouna aku nei mākou i ko mākou mau manaʻo pumehana i nā mea aloha. He mea hou maoli ʻo ia i ka ʻoihana nona nā makana o ka hoʻohenehene a me ka haʻi moʻolelo e hoʻomau nei i ka leʻaleʻa o ka poʻe. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa kahi pale ma ka honua i pāʻani ʻole i kahi mana o Scooby-Doo. Ke hoʻomau nei mākou i ka hoʻoikaika ʻia e kāna hana ma Warner Bros. Animation a mahalo ʻia mākou e hoʻomau i ka hoʻoilina o kāna mau mea aloha.