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Originally, the Powdered Toast Man sketch was meant to be drawn in a 1950s UPA style, but Nickelodeon nixed the idea feeling kids wouldn't get the gag. #renandstimpy #nicktoons #animationtidbits
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After breaking with Ralph Bakshi, Sody Clampett gave John Kricfalusi the opportunity to revive her late father’s post–Looney Tunes property, The Beany and Cecil Show. John grew up watching the original in the same time slot as Hanna-Barbera shows. #animationtidbits #animation
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Before Raymond Spum became Wilbur Cobb following the Spumco–Games Animation split, Bob Camp created this faux historical illustration of a rubber hose-style Ren Hoek—supposedly designed by Spum after he "invented animation" back in the 1810s. #animationtidbits #renandstimpy
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Before Ren & Stimpy, cartoonists were anonymous. John K fought to credit his whole crew—BG painters, animators, directors—upfront. He pushed media to spotlight them too, helping launch names like Bill Wray & Bob Camp. This ruffled feathers at Nickelodeon. #animationtidbits
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John Kricfalusi’s first directing gig was on Hi-Tech Wreck, a Jetsons episode by Tony Benedict—one of the last cartoonist-era board artists. Even then, animation checkers replaced expressive layouts with yellow slips reading “on-model.” #HannaBarbera #TheJetsons #animationtidbits
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Breaking window + explosion part done. #animationtidbits #animation #animated #art #effects #animatedeffects #drawing
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At Judy Price’s urging, Bakshi told John K to add “more heart” to Mighty Mouse, sparking two John K hallmarks: mocking pathos while delivering it and Kirk Douglas caricatures, resulting in Bruce Timm's Douglas caricature and The Littlest Tramp. #characterdesign #animationtidbits
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Ralph Bakshi terrorizes CBS into buying a Mighty Mouse pitch—then realizes he has to buy the rights from Viacom, which CBS owns! John K cranks out 26 story premises while Eddie Fitzgerald and Libby Simon rush out promo art in a week to seal the deal. #animationtidbits #terrytoons
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John Kricfalusi clashed with ABC execs over keeping The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil in-house. Chuck Lorre, hired as a writer, rushed scripts to add music and collect royalties—ignoring John K’s push for storyboard-driven gags. #animationtidbits #johnk #beanyandcecil
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Puppet-class yokai Smort (Zachariah Smith) & Pucas (Bruce Michael Hall), as they appeared in 1998's <i>Sifillis: The Animated Series</i>. #animation #animated #animationtidbits #animationart #animatedseries #animationfart #farts #cartoon #cartoons #zine #ZINEフェス東京 #zines
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