Chapter 15B: Tom Terrific 1958 Production Plan
PART II
| Thurs Recap | 30" | |||
| Thu-Fri Story | 4:00 | |||
| Std Fri Preview | 15" | Part II total 4:50 | ||
| Std End Title | 05" | TOTAL 12:10 |
III. STORIES
Tom Morrison will be the overall story and sound track director. The story ideas and basic plots will be worked as a matter of group dis- cussions with the entire story department. The plots will then be developed in detail by Larz Bourne and Eli Bauer. Final dialogue will be added by Jules Feiffer. Recaps and Previews must be written in proper sequence,and the correct action and repeat scenes added. (Wed Preview and Thur Recap should refer to "NEXT PART" and "FIRST PART")
Tom Morrison will time the final scripts and turn them over to Phil Scheib for the building of the music-efx cue track. (This should be limited to a single tape.) George McAvoy will handle the technical aspect of this phase. TT stories will, as in the past series, be developed in script form only The scripts will be typed and dittoed* by Adele Teitell. Copies will be dispatched to Bill Weiss, Newt Schwin, Herb Carlborg (CBS continuity acceptance), Ed Friendly, Bob Keeshan, Frank Schudde and me. Adele will also build and maintain a script file. Tom Morrison will hold the balance of the working scripts, and will see that they are kept up to date with all revisions. He will deliver the scripts to the assigned Animation Directors. *30 Copies
IV. SOUNDTRACKS
Lionel Wilson will, as in the past, perform all the voices for the TT pictures. Music has been composed by Phil Scheib, Phil and George McAvoy will prepare a quarter-inch tape Music-efx cue track from scripts marked as to timing by Tom Morrison. The voice will be added by our "Live-Tape Mix" method. All Recap and Preview narration should be recorded in proper sequence and the entire track should be spliced together as indicated by the chart on Page 3, before the tape is transferred to 35mm. I want the exp sheets to read continuously, including the Recaps and Previews and the episodes' Title Cards. Lionel Wilson will Read all titles at beginning of recap, and at end of preview. The final ten seconds (approx.) of the Recap should consist of a dub from the end of the previous episode. Here is the detail chart of a typical (Tues-Wed-Thur) Daily episode sound tape ready to transfer:
Here is a Monday tape:
And a Friday:
V. Layout & BG. Larz Bourne will prepare, based on his familiarity with the stories, a special set of standard, all-purpose lay-outs including close-up lip-sync and reaction shots, walks, runs, standard poses, etc. These will be numbered, duplicated, and a set handed out to each animation director. Eli Bauer will be the over-all stylist of the series. He will design all backgrounds, working over the rough indication layouts made by the Animation Directors. He and Larz together will develop any new character models needed.
As an adjunct to the regular layouts by the animation directors, there will be two special layout functions:














AS A KID, "TOM TERRIFIC" WAS ONE OF THE MAIN HIGHLIGHTS WHILE WATCHING "CAPTAIN KANGAROO". TOM WAS A VISUALLY CLEVER, HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL AND SURREALISTIC MASTERSTROKE BOASTING NIFTY DIALOGUE AND CHARISMATIC CHARACTERS. ONE CAST MEMBER EVEN INSPIRED AN EARLY 70S ROCK GROUP CALLED CRABBY APPLETON, OBVIOUSLY NAMED IN HONOR OF TOM'S FIENDISH ARCH ENEMY. THEY HAD A HIT SONG TITLED "GO BACK". I EVEN HAVE A COUPLE OF THEIR LPS (ONE FEATURING A DRAWING OF CRABBY ON THE COVER!)...
I'm old enough to remember "Tom Terrific"!
I'm delighted to know that you're still around, and have written the story of your career on your website.
After reading the parts about your tenure at Terrytoons, I only wish that your stay there was much longer than it actually was.
While, in time, the "classic" Terrytoons characters like Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle might have been brought back--even if you were still in charge--I'm sure that under your supervision, we would have seen by far the BEST episodes of the "older" Terrytoon characters.
Additionally, had you been able to stay, Terrytoons might yet have been able to be a major source of TV cartoon programs, not just for it's parent CBS, but for NBC and ABC as well.
In fact, had you been able to stay at Terrytoons, I think the studio might still be around today and would rank alongside Disney as the "World Leader in Animation".
I am a 47 year old Fan of Tom Terrific I have been posting request on TVLAND to please air some of the old Tom Terrific Cartoons. I used to watch them on the Captain Kangaroo Show. And in one of the post one of the Host told me about Mr. Gene Deitch's site having Tom on his Site in Color. And I just had to say Thanks for the Memories. I loved Tom Terrific and his dog Manfred. It's been at least 35 to 40 years since I have seen Tom Terrific and wish somehow, or someway, My Grandchildren could enjoy the adventures of Tom Terrific Too! Is there any plans on letting another Generation join Tom on his Terrific Adventures?
I am an Art Director working in advertising and have been trying to find visual reference of Tom Terrific and the other characters. Does any artwork exist from the old Tom Terrific cartoons. I would be especially interested in locating any original art . I have unsuccessfully looked for any visuals either digital or physical of any of Tom's foes. Could anyone help me with this. I grew up loving Mr. Deitch's animation and Tom Terrific shorts in particular. I can barely recall how any of the villains looked, particularly Crabby Appleton, The Silly Sandman and Captain Kidney Bean and just want to see them again.
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