The Professor, from the animated special. “My Goodness, what do they teach them in those schools?”
The press sheets below detail the making of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe animated special from conception to finish. As with the other press material, the special letterhead stationary created for the project was used, but the rest was typewritten.
A concept sketch by Melendez for the movie. Notice how the Pevensies resemble the Peanuts characters more than they do the final version of themselves.
The “Lord of the Rings” Melendez refers to here was undoubtedly the Ralph Bakshi one. Animators were a tight-knit bunch back and everyone knew everyone else and what projects they were working on.
Fun Fact: Ralph Bakshi was Palestinian-American.
