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Zeliard writes...
Hi mr. Weisman!
1.Are you still in touch with Michael Reaves, Frank Paur and Laura Perrotta?
2.Do you know what they're doing now since Gargoyles was cancelled?
Greg responds...
I haven't seen or talked to Laura in some time. She left Gargoyles between the first and second season of the series to become an Associate Producer on SANTA BUGITO at Clasky-Czupo, I believe. I ran into her in a restaurant once since then, but that's it. I think she told me she had moved to Warners, but I can't remember.
I last talked to Frank, last summer. He was trying to get to the Gathering 99 and was having flight trouble. Instead of calling the Gathering staff, he kept leaving messages for me at my hotel room. I called him back at an airport payphone. He had just finished work on season two (three?) of SPAWN. I'm not sure what he's been doing since. Maybe more SPAWN?
Michael Reaves and I worked together fairly recently. He wrote a couple of the STARSHIP TROOPERS and one of the MAX STEEL scripts that I edited.
Catwoman writes...
Dear Greg,
Who was it that named Goliath, and when was he given a name?
Greg responds...
Are you asking about within the world of the show or in our Disney offices?
If the former, I think the answer to that is Prince Malcolm around 971 A.D.
If the latter, I think I named Goliath in 1992 or '93. But I'm not sure.
Alaxk writes...
During pre-Avalon Gargoyles, you developed wonderful conflict in New York between various groups, why did you not continue to use them after Avalon?
Greg responds...
Sigh. I did. And I would have continued to. We did more with Demona, Macbeth, Thailog, Xanatos, the Mutates, Dracon, the ColdTrio etc. The World Tour didn't prevent any of that. We never got around to another Illuminati story, but I would have third season, if I had stayed on. We would have had more of everything.
Exactly what conflicts did you miss?
Alaxk writes...
Had to do over again, what would you change about the series? (have I biased you yet :>)
Greg responds...
Alaxk --
No you haven't biased me yet -- except maybe against this approach to asking questions.
No. There are details I'd like to fix and change. There are additional stories I'd like to do. There's more, more, more, I'd like to do.
But no, I wouldn't make the changes that this series of not-too-subtle questions is suggesting.
I don't agree with your point of view.
(Man, I hope this is the last of these. What a downer.)
Alaxk writes...
Why do you feel that it was necessary to include every mythology in the world in the series?
Greg responds...
It wasn't necessary. It was simply what I wanted to do. And I think, for the majority of our audience, it was a great and wonderful thing.
Clearly, it didn't work for you. Which is also fine. You know what you do and don't like. So do I.
Alaxk writes...
Alright Greg, a question. Do you feel the quality of the series went down after Avalon?
Greg responds...
No. Although I'm assuming you do or why would it even occur to you to ask the question.
But I look at M.I.A., Future Tense, Hunter's Moon, plus a few great moments in literally every other episode and I have no quality complaints.
Or rather no more complaints than I had regarding the episodes that preceded Avalon.
Still everyone's entitled to his or her opinion.
Zeliard writes...
1.Will tell us the content of the Gargoyle episode that never aired?
2.Why did this episode never aired?
Greg responds...
What episode is that? They aired every episode we made. Though Toon Disney currently refuses to re-air "Deadly Force".
Idea-wise, I had a bunch of ideas that didn't air. Most of them because I only had an order for 66 shows (total) and I had more than 66 story ideas.
Kraken writes...
Did you had any difficulties to promoted the Gargoyles project to your superiors at Disney?
Greg responds...
I'm not sure I understand the question...
Or rather, I'm sure I don't understand it....
Kraken writes...
Almost every Gargoyles fans doesn't carry Disney in their heart, but I'd like to know, were there anyone among your superiors in Disney that really loved Gargoyles and regretted that the show was cancelled?
Greg responds...
Sure. I think Gary Krisel and Bruce Cranston and Jay Fukuto were all very fond of the show. But Gary and Bruce left for DreamWorks before the end of the second season. And Jay left for MGM (and now Netter) shortly after I departed.
Darkling writes...
A couple of questions about the multi-talented Jeff Bennett...
1) How did Jeff end up being cast as so many different characters? Was it because the Magus and Owen (and others) were a bit too 'minor' (I use the term loosely) to warrant getting an actor in to play just those characters?
2) Which character (if any) does Jeff most sound like when he's not acting?
Greg responds...
1. The short answer is yes. But the truth is that both Jamie Thomason (our voice director) and I knew just how talented Jeff was/is. We auditioned and cast him as Brooklyn, knowing we'd have a very versatile actor for a number of other rolls. Magus and Owen were the first.
2. Probably Brooklyn, though Jeff's voice isn't quite so raspy. Also he's from Texas, so occasionally you can detect a slight accent.
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