No Smoking
| No Smoking | |
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| Premiere date | November 12, 1995 |
| Run time | 7:35 |
| Starring | Charlie Adler Dee Baker Candi Milo Jess Harnell |
| Music composed by | Guy Moon |
| Story by | Pilar Feiss Sam Keith Dave Feiss |
| Writer(s) | Dave Feiss |
| Director(s) | Dave Feiss Kris Zimmerman (voices) |
| Art director(s) | Deane Taylor |
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"No Smoking" is the eighteenth episode of What a Cartoon! It aired on November 12, 1995 on Cartoon Network. It was written and directed by its creator, Dave Feiss, and voice directed by Kris Zimmerman. It was a successful backdoor pilot to a fully realized Cow and Chicken spin-off series on July 15, 1997.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Characters
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Locations
Objects
- Cigarettes
- Flem-O's
Vehicles
- None
Production
Development
The idea originally came to Feiss after creating a bedtime story for his then six-year-old daughter. The morning after, he remembered it and turned it into a 25-page children's book. When Hanna-Barbera called him for their 52-episode What a Cartoon! idea, he pitched them Cow and Chicken. They started off as life-long friends with a romantic interest, but they were changed to siblings. The parents and the Red Guy (originally called the Devil) were also added; Feiss saw the Red Guy as the key to the show, "adding that extra element of chaos."[1]
Casting
A hundred people auditioned for the different parts, with Charlie Adler auditioning separately for Cow, Chicken, and the Red Guy. There was a "little pushback" from Cartoon Network who believed that each character should be played by a different actor, but Feiss reminded them of Mel Blanc.[1]
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 Guy Moon. The director of music production was Bodie Chandler.
Crew credits
- Story by: Pilar Feiss, Sam Keith, Dave Feiss
- Art director: Deane Taylor
- Executive producer: Buzz Potamkin
- Supervising producer: Larry Huber
- Production supervisor: Sylvia Edwards
- Overseas animation director: Chris Cuddington
- Casting director: Kris Zimmerman
- Talent coordinator: Cindi Lyn Peltier
- Supervising recording engineer: Ed Collins
- Recording engineer: Preston Oliver
- Background artists: Joseph Binggeli, BG Callahan, Jonathan Goley
- Clean-up artist: Dana Jo Granger
- Background supervisor: Al Gmuer
- Xerographists: Star Wirth, Martin Crossley, Catherine Parotino
- Ink and paint supervisor: Alison Leopold
- Color stylist: Karen Greslie
- Final checker: Nelda Ridley
- Inkers and painters: Lori Hansen, Carmen Brooks
- Executive in charge of post production: John Forrest Niss
- Camera operators: Jim Keefer, Dan Larson, Steven Mills
- Animation checkers: Beth Goodwin, Robert Revell
- Track readers: Jim Hearn, Kerry Iverson
- Supervising film editor: Paul Douglas
- Negative consultant: William DeBoer, Jr.
- Post production coordinator: Gail D. Silvers
- Post-production supervisor: Gayle Mnookin
- Sound mixing provider: Digimix
- Sound editors: 21st Century Sound Design Corp.
- Production manager: Debby Hindman
- Production liaison: Heather Kenyon
- Production assistants: Donna Castricone, Sandra Benenati, Linda Moore, Jeffrey Collins
- Executive in charge of production: Joe Mazzuca
- Development executive: Ellen Cockrill
- Senior vice president of production: Sherry Gunther
- Produced in association with: Fil-Cartoons
- Production executive at FIL-Cartoons: Bill Dennis
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: November 12, 1995 on Cartoon Network
Behind the scenes
- Feiss wrote the story with his then-wife, Pilar, and cousin, Sam Keith.
- The Devil is later renamed the Red Guy for Cow and Chicken.
- The milk carton Cow uses is dated February 7, 1984.
- Sylvia Edwards is credited as production supervisor in the original end credits, but in the generic What a Cartoon! end credits, she is credited as line producer.
- Lydia Swayne is credited as an inker and painter in the What a Cartoon! end credits.
- For the poster, Captain Planet is in the Hanna-Barbera logo, which was either unironic or coincidental.
Errors
- When Cow points out the milk carton she uses, there is a background marker still visible.
Critical reception
In other languages
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