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"You're Lucky You're Not Famous"

"You're Lucky You're Not Famous"

One day at Bakshi Studios

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James Gurney
Mar 10, 2025
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Once Tom Kinkade and I were each finishing up a painting when Frank Frazetta and Ralph Bakshi came into the background room, hot from arguing about something.


Bakshi said, "You guys are lucky you're not famous."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"No one knows who the hell you are!" said Frazetta. "You guys have fun, you goof off, you do your sketches for your b…

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