Short Orders

Short Orders
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Premiere date	March 10, 1995
Run time	7:29
Starring	Bill Kopp Earl Kress Marsha Clark Victor Love
Music composed by	Peter Luyre
Writer(s)	Pat Ventura
Director(s)	Pat Ventura
Animation director(s)	Robert Alvarez
Art director(s)	Craig McCracken Paul Rudish
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"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

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Yuckie Duck	Bill Kopp
Customer #1	Earl Kress
Customer #2	Marsha Clark
Restaurant manager	Victor Love

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Greasy Gallery Cafe

Objects

• None

Vehicles

• None

Production

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."

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😢