tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586574010029073142.post2971010688958756413..comments2023-06-14T06:26:45.442-07:00Comments on Duck Cartoons Revue: Ducktales, Pilot Episode: "Treasure of the Golden Suns," Part One: "Don't GIve Up the Ship"GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586574010029073142.post-42219687742654796642011-02-01T22:21:25.271-08:002011-02-01T22:21:25.271-08:00I have relevant information here, from none other ...I have relevant information here, from none other than Don Keno Rosa, who's answering questions in an Italian Duck forum...<br /><br />"I worked with the creator of "DuckTales" when we did "TaleSpin" -- same guy created both series. He was a Barks fan who suggested the idea of a TV show based on the old Barks comics that people at Disney were pretty much unaware of. He gave a set of the Another Rainbow $crooge reprint books to his head writers to help them create the show and plotlines for the episodes. He told me that when they had read all of those Barks stories, they returned and said "there's not much there" (which amazed him), and that's why they changed so much."Richiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09935204176414624605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586574010029073142.post-14396542328077482362011-02-01T18:37:38.677-08:002011-02-01T18:37:38.677-08:00Hey, makes sense to me--I can easily imagine copyr...Hey, makes sense to me--I can easily imagine copyright law working in so baroque a fashion.GeoX, one of the GeoX boys.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14658452994152399308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1586574010029073142.post-87906188091950184932011-02-01T16:42:14.823-08:002011-02-01T16:42:14.823-08:00This is what I've always heard about why Donal...This is what I've always heard about why Donald was not in DuckTales. It may or may not be true, but I have heard it from several sources:<br /><br />The licensing contracts that Disney had been using for many years were vague on the subject of spin-offs. So companies who had licenses to make Donald Duck stuff could have claimed that their license covered DuckTales too if Donald had been featured prominently. Disney wanted to make money by licensing DuckTales separately, and they wanted to avoid litigation to clarify the contract language, so they de-emphasized Donald's role so no one could claim that DuckTales was "The Donald Duck Show" under another name. <br /><br />As I type it now, it sounds silly, like the type of thing fans would make up. But I believed it at the time...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com