Short Orders

"Short Orders" is the fifth episode of What a Cartoon! It aired on March 10, 1995 on Cartoon Network. It was written and directed by the creator, Pat Ventura. It was the first backdoor pilot for a full-length Yuckie Duck series, being followed by "I'm On My Way," but neither succeeded in this endeavor.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Yuckie Duck
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Bill Kopp
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Customer #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Earl Kress
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Customer #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Marsha Clark
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Restaurant manager
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Victor Love
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Marsha Clark
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Restaurant manager
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Victor Love
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Victor Love

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Greasy Gallery Cafe

Objects

 * None

Vehicles

 * None

Filming
It was copyrighted in 1995.

Music
The What a Cartoon! theme song was performed by Gary Lionelli. The episode's main music was composed by Peter Luyre. The director of music production was Bodie Chandler.

Crew credits

 * Layout artists: Mark Kausler, Robert Ramirez, Julian Chaney
 * Background stylist: Carol Wyatt
 * Executive producer: Buzz Potamkin
 * Supervising producer: Larry Huber
 * Line producer: Bob Onorato
 * Animation director: Robert Alvarez
 * Unit production coordinator: Sylvia Edwards
 * Character clean-up artists: Barbara Krueger, Dana Jo Granger
 * Casting director: Kris Zimmerman
 * Talent coordinator: Jill Ziegenhagen
 * Supervising sound engineer: Ed Collins
 * Recording engineer: Preston Oliver
 * Background supervisor: Al Gmuer
 * Background artists: Jonathan Goley, Leonard Robledo
 * Ink and paint supervisor: Alison Leopold
 * Color stylist: Karen Greslie
 * Final checker: Nelda Ridley
 * Ink and paint artists: Lori Hanson, Patricia Torocsik
 * Graphics artist: Iraj Paran
 * Camera operator: Steve Mills
 * Executive in charge of post-production: John Forrest Niss
 * Animation checker: Beth Goodwin
 * Xerographists: Star Wirth, Martin Crossley, Richard Wilson
 * Track readers: Kay Douglas, James Hearn, Carol Iverson
 * Supervising film editor: Tom Gleason
 * Post-production supervisor: Gayle Mnookin
 * Post-production coordinators: Valerie Menk, Gail D. Silvers
 * Sound services: Advantage Audio
 * Sound editor: Michael Warner
 * Re-recording mixers: Bill Koepnick, Jim Hodson
 * Negative consultant: William DeBoer, Jr.
 * Video services: Four Media
 * Telecine: Scott Ostrowsky
 * On-line editor: Brian Schnuckel
 * Pre-production manager: Debby Hindman
 * International production coordinator: Brooke Williams
 * Production assistants: Sandra Benenati, Duke Heberlein, Linda Moore
 * Executives in charge of production: Joe Mazzuca, Catherine Winder
 * Program executive: Margot McDonough
 * Development executive: Dan Smith
 * Produced in association with: FIL-Cartoons, Jaime Diaz Productions
 * Photographs provider: Bison Archives

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: March 10, 1995 at 7 pm on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

 * Some of "Short Orders" had been previewed in the Space Ghost Coast to Coast episode "President's Day Nightmare."

Home availability

 * Not available. 😢