Here's a clip from the 1979 Filmation Mighty Mouse cartoon Movie House Mouse:
Since John Kricfalusi and Eddie Fitzgerald did storyboards on this series, I'm hoping that one of them can tell me who animated the scene that starts with "I told you to tie him up" and ends with "I'll get you yet, Pureheart!"
Guys? Anyone?
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Sam Simon, actually, and animated by Kent Butterworth. John Kricfalusi thought it was Kent, so I contacted him through his myspace account and here's what he had to say!
Hi, Tim
Wow! I haven't seen that in years (since about 1979!)
Yes, I animated that scene. Eddie storyboarded the scene and he got in trouble because the producer said it couldn't be animated. I had recently been promoted up to "full animator" and volunteered to do it. It took the better part of a week to animate - because it's pretty full animation (Filmation wasn't set up to do full animation - they were budgeted for very limited animation, and the scene really couldn't have been done limited. I have to admit, it still holds up as a funny piece of animation, if I say so myself! We had to wait another few years until Bakshi's Mighty Mouse to do anything as creative as that again. I think it's about time for another revival of Mighty Mouse to give a new generation a shot at it!
Please check out my new project, Attila the Ham
at
http://www.myspace.com/attilatheham
It's a self-produced home video feature - I hope to be able to quit my day job and do Attila movies - Wish me luck!
Thanks for showing me that shot
Kent B
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