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1. Jack Mendelsohn told me about writing “Yellow Submarine” in 1983. Lee Minoff wrote the outline and then two scripts were submitted–one by Minoff and another by Ernie Pintoff–both rejected by United Artists. Brodax turned to Jack who turned out an accepted script in three weeks. Brodax then turned the script over to Erich Segal for “punching up.” So in largest part, since he was with Brodax at the time and the last man on it, Segal had been taking credit for writing “Submarine.”

2. Years ago I happened to pick up a local newspaper when I was visiting a friend who lived in Connecticut near New Haven. In the paper was an announcement Al would be speaking at a local library the following week. I didn’t think it was worth renting a car and driving from NYC to catch the event…now I’m very sorry I hadn’t. (PS: “Cool McCool:” one of the best Saturday morning theme songs ever!)

3. I was an Inbetweener and Track Reader on ANIMALS ANIMALS ANIMALS from 1977-1979. I was later Production Manager on the attempted YELLOW SUBMARINE sequel, STRAWBERRY FIELDS in 1987. This was an early attempt to marry Traditional Animation with some CG elements. While we had some great character designs and animation, with the voices of Steve Guttenberg and Deborah Winger, the film was abandoned the following year when the Disney renaissance set a higher standard with the release of WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/8a520134b2d757506a71488344a17ffb5b55f6e791b861bc480c0e9c9ad49885.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7f4f6b2dcc25005809020b7ac5667a34f3ea208612a6220250af63936d00eb01.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/132d4dd278ce1591aef96f412e23f41dd5782df061a4f0ad41634c4e806d1e1f.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a7668fc9aad07d8eb2aae943a22ca3fe10851d4a0f3686f67f9c81a85686f7b2.jpg