UKen Spears, umbhali-mbhali weScooby-Doo, usweleke eneminyaka engama-82

11 Novemba 2020

UKen Spears, owaziwa kakhulu ngokuzisa i-Scooby-Doo, inja eyoyikisayo ethandwa lihlabathi, usweleke eneminyaka engama-82 kwiinyanga ezimbalwa emva kokusweleka komhlobo wakhe uJoe Ruby, umdidiyeli kunye nomseki weRuby. -Spears Productions. Malunga nonyana uLewy, waxelela iphephancwadi Ezahlukeneyo ukuba UKevin Spears usweleke ngoLwesihlanu, ngoNovemba 6, ngenxa yeengxaki ezibangelwa yi-dementia.

Wazalelwa uCharles Kenneth Spears ngoMatshi 12, 1938 kwaye eyinzalelwane yaseLos Angeles, waqala njengomhlobo wonyana womvelisi wopopayi uWilliam Hanna. I-Spears yaqeshwa nguHanna-Barbera njengomhleli ovakalayo ngo-1959, apho wadibana khona noRuby kwaye bobabini benza i-cartoon yokubhala kunye nentsebenziswano yokubhala. Aba babini baba ngabadibanisi bexesha elide bebhalela zombini ii-animated kunye ne-live-action series ngokuzimeleyo nanjengababhali besikrini sikaHanna-Barbera, uSid noMarty Kroft, kunye noDePatie-Freleng.

I-Spears kunye ne-Ruby's iconic series ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo Scooby-Doo, uphi! (Scooby Doo – Uphi!), eveliswe nguHanna-Barbera, yaqala kwi-CBS kwi-1969 I-Falcon eBlue kunye ne-Cane Prodigio (i-Dynomutt, i-Dog Wonder) ukufunda kunye IiBarkley e Abaphandi (IiHoundcats) yeDePate-Freleng ekuqaleni koo-70. UFred Silverman, intloko yenkqubo yabantwana ye-CBS, waqesha i-duo ukuba yongamele ibhloko yenethiwekhi ngoMgqibelo ekuseni waza weza no-Spears kunye noRuby naye xa wayefudukela kwi-ABC.

Abalingane ubomi babo bonke baseka iRuby-Spears Productions ngo-1977 njengenxalenye yeFilmways, ivelisa uthotho lweekhathuni zakusasa ngoMgqibelo, kubandakanya. UFangface, iPlastiki yeNdoda ehlekisayo-Iyure yeAdventure, uThundarr iBarbarian, uAlvin kunye neeChipmunks, uMnumzana T. e Superman. Inkampani yafunyanwa yinkampani engumzali uHanna-Barbera. Ukuzonwabisa kweTaft ngo-1981 kunye nomxholo kaRuby-Spears emva koko wathengiswa kunye nesitudiyo esikhuphisanayo sexesha elinye kwiTurner Broadcasting (WarnerMedia) ngo-1991.

I-Spears kunye noRuby baqhubekile nokusebenzisana kwimveliso kunye nophuhliso lothotho lweeanimated de kwaba sekufeni kokugqibela ngo-Agasti ka-2020.

USam Register, uMongameli, uWarner Bros. Upopayi kunye neCartoon Network Studios, bakhuphe ingxelo elandelayo: “Warner Bros. Upopayi ulusizi kukufunda ngokusweleka kuka-Ken Spears, kwaye sithumela ezona ngcinga zethu zifudumeleyo kwabo babathandayo. Wayengumqalisi wokwenyani kushishino oneziphiwo zakhe zoburharha kunye nokubalisa amabali eziqhubekayo ukuvuyisa abaphulaphuli. Awunakufumana isikrini emhlabeni esingakhange sidlale inguqulelo ye-Scooby-Doo. Siyaqhubeka nokukhuthazwa ngumsebenzi wakhe eWarner Bros. oopopayi kwaye sinelunda ngokuqhubeka nelifa labalinganiswa bakhe abathandayo. "