WR: What drew you to his animation?

MK: Rather than aiming for academic perfection, he drew as the action would be felt. Academic perfection is nice, but it was Jim Tyer's expressiveness that drew me to his work.

WR: Well, I think there's a similar feeling of strong emotion in your work as well.

MK: Thanks.

WR: One of your many fans is Ralph Bakshi. Any thoughts about him?

MK: Ralph gave me my first job in the wonderful industry we call animation. Sweet. Loveable. Ovenly.

WR: That's one of the great things about you, Milton; you always have an original point of view.

MK: Thanks.

WR: Is it fair to say you were collecting what's come to be known as "Space Age Bachelor Pad Music" fifteen years before its comeback?

MK: That's about right. David Carroll, Werner Mueller, all those guys. LPs that I used to be able to pick up for a dime are now going for, I don't know, a hundred dollars.

WR: You know, Milton, I'm suddenly realizing that you're kind of an advance man for popular culture. Kind of a harbinger of tomorrow's hits. Kind of ... Say, you wouldn't happen to have any advice about — ?

MK: I do not give tips on the stock market.

WR: Just thought I'd ask.

MK: But stock up on Silly Putty.

WR: Ooh.

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Milton Knight's new film, Caprice: Teen of Tomorrow, is currently in production. He exhibits widely and his illustrations appear in major magazines throughout the world.

Will Ryan is the creator of the animated series Elmo Aardvark: Outer Space Detective! Hanging in his living room are original oils by Grim Natwick and by Milton Knight.

By the way, Milton was just kidding about the Silly Putty.

We think.