Michael Barrier interviewed Tashlin on May 29, 1971, in Beverly Hills, in the company of his (Michael’s) wife, Phyllis, a Los Angeles cartoon fan named Bob Konikow, who already knew Tashlin (Bob now owns a multimedia company in Orlando), and, off and on, Tashlin’s very young son, Christopher. Although some of his colleagues remembered Tashlin as cold and aloof when he was a young director, Michael found him immensely likable. He was a very big man, officially standing six-foot-two and weighing perhaps three hundred pounds. He was in good spirits, and he clearly enjoyed revisiting his work in animation.
