Two Old Furry Fans

Animalympics jump-starts the Furry Fandom, a Los Angeles science fiction convention moves to Orange County, and Mark and Rodney… meet.

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TOFF Episode 4

Two Old Furry Fans, Episode #3b: In which Mark gets his “skiltaire” put in a role-playing game, and helps to start anime fandom in America, while Rodney gets started down the path to Furry Fandom thanks to two Disney mice. Meanwhile, rabbits go to war, and Ralph Bakshi actually makes a good movie.

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TOFF Episode 3b

Two Old Furry Fans, Episode #3a: In which Mark and Rodney talking about fun furry findings at Disneyland, the world confronts the appearance of Star Wars and The Rescuers, and Mark starts to write furry science fiction. So just what is a skiltaire, anyway?

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TOFF Episode 3a

Two Old Furry Fans, Episode #2: In which Mark puts on an animation art show, Rodney discovers psychedelic television, and 1973 is a very good year for Furry animation.

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TOFF Episode 2

Mark and Rodney (Sy and Vinson) discuss Sy’s family background and his early memories of animation (Bambi!) and Disneyland. Then they take a detailed look at Osamu Tezuka, Fredd Ladd, and the success of Kimba the White Lion in America.

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Click here for the full episode 1 show notes:

Amazing 3 :

Kimba the White Lion :

Astro Boy :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjck3XuNqn4

Cattanooga Cats :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejYbUkgMTyg

Here Comes The Grump :

Knighty Knight, Bugs :

Fantasia : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032455/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Gumby :

A Town Called Panic :

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQvbJ-spKuU

Mad Monster Party :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vShbYR9DlYU

The Great Race : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059243/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Disney’s Robin Hood : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070608/?ref_=nm_knf_i1

Goliath II :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxXDNi51rLA

The Walt Disney Archives : https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/blog/preserving-legacy-walt-disney-archives

Chuck Jones : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Jones

“Friz” Freleng : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friz_Freleng

Tex Avery : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tex_Avery

Bob Clampett : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Clampett

Walter Lantz : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lantz

Abe Levitow : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Levitow

Bill Melendez : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Melendez

ASIFA (The International Animated Film Society) : http://www.asifa-hollywood.org/

Oskar Fischinger : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oskar_Fischinger

Lancelot Link – Secret Chimp :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d5dKBMK5mo

The Banana Splits :

The Groovie Ghoulies :

The Smokey Bear Show :

Samson and Goliath :

Crusader Rabbit :

Jay Ward : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Ward

Pee-Wee’s Playhouse :

Uncle Croc :

Bozo the Clown :

Hobo Kelly :

Emmett Kelly : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Kelly

The Bugs Bunny / Roadrunner Hour :

Ruff & Ready :

Hanna-Barbera :

Sesame Street :

The Funday Pawpet Show : http://www.pawpet.tv/

Mongrels :

H.R. Pufnstuf :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obxfuFrUTzg

The Bugaloos :

Lidsville :

Charlotte’s Web : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070016/?ref_=nv_sr_2

The Sherman Brothers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Brothers

Dr. Seuss : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Seuss

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Frisby_and_the_Rats_of_NIMH

Tor Seidler : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_Seidler

TOFF Episode 1

The very first Furry Fandom-themed convention, ConFurence 0, took place in January of 1989 in Costa Mesa, California. Twenty-five years later at Further Confusion in San Jose (also California), ConFurence 0 co-directors Mark Merlino and Rod O’Riley hosted a presentation celebrating where Furry conventions have been… by talking about where they came from.

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25 Years of Furry Conventions

Welcome to our front porch on the Internet! We’re glad to have you as our guests. Have a seat on the bench and enjoy the conversations. This was Rod’s idea, but I agreed to participate because one thing I enjoy doing is talking about the furry community (or the furry fandom, as Rod prefers). Either way, we’ve been around since the beginning. We started out living in caves, enjoying the charcoal drawing on the wall, made by our contemporaries, hanging out around the fire and listening /telling stories, and even joining in on the tribal dances.

Seriously, we aren’t THAT old, but we have been involved for a long time in what became the fantastic phenomenon known as furry. We invite you to listen to our stories, laugh and learn about the interest and the family, and maybe join in the dialog. I the future we hope to include interviews with other experienced fans and creators, people that everyone in the fandom may not be aware of, but should be.

Let us get comfortable in our rocking chairs, and begin…