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For much of its history, the study was considered one of the worst quality on the market, to the point that Terry admitted that "Disney is the Tiffany's in this business, and I am the Woolworth's" (alluding to two stores) . At that time, it had the lowest budgets and was one of the studies that slowly adapted to new technologies such as sound (about 1930) and Technicolor (in 1942), while its graphic style remained remarkably static for decades. This conservative attitude was aggravated by the inflexible agenda of Paul Terry, which forced the creation of a cartoon every week, regardless of their cost-quality ratio. Despite this, Terrytoons was nominated three times for the Oscar for best animated short film: All out for V in 1942, My Boy, Johnny in 1944, and Sidney's Family Tree in 1958.
In the 1970s, the rights of CBS Films were divided to create Viacom, which in turn met with CBS in 1999. The Fox, meanwhile, maintained worldwide rights to Terrytoons productions until Viacom joined with Paramount Pictures in 1994. Currently, with Viacom once again separated from CBS, Paramount Pictures (still as a Viacom division) manages the distribution of the Terrytoons classic catalog, while CBS Paramount Television (separate from Viacom) manages television rights, including although Terrytoons cartoons have not been reissued since the 1980s.
In the late 1970s, Filmation Studios licensed the rights to make a new Super Mouse series. In 1987, Ralph Bakshi produced Super Mouse: The New Adventures that lasted two seasons. Bakshi and John Kricfalusi encouraged employees to rely on Jim Tyer's drawing style. Tyer, an outstanding animator of the original Terrytoons cartoons, with an absolutely crazy and unique way of animating the characters, was a strong influence for the animators of the Bakshi series.
