#Darrell Van Citters

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Million Dollar Trophy “Soccermania” (1987)

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RIP to Peter Renaday (Pierre Renoudet), a well-known voice actor who also played Eddie Valiant in early tests for Who Framed Roger Rabbit, alongside Paul Reubens as Roger. These were directed by Darrell Van Citters (with Chris Buck, Mike Giamo and others). Van Citters would have more luck with another rabbit when he helped modernize Bugs Bunny for 1990. Here's some restored rare footage from this unused development.

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Looney Tunes Original Production Cel Signed By Darrell Van Citters: Daffy and Penelope Pussy Cat

MEDIUM: ​Original Production Cel PRODUCTION: Looney Tunes SKU: IFA8029 SIGNED: Darrell Van Citters

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Oh Buuuugsy…

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Looney Tunes: Box Office Bunny Director: Darrell Van Citters Studio: Warner Bros. | USA, 1991

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Roger Rabbit early design sketches by Darrell Van Citters and Chris Buck

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Warner Bros. Animation Characters

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Bugs Bunny Comic Strips in DC Comics’ Looney Tunes (1994)

Looney Tunes #4 1994  The Last Laugh”

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Termite Terrace Club - March 26th

1949 - Daffy Duck Hunt - Dir. Robert McKimson

1955 - Sahara Hare - Dir. Friz Freleng

1966 - Daffy Rents - Dir. Robert McKimson

1997 - Pullet Surprise - Dir. Darrell Van Citters

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Recently checked out The Tom and Jerry Show episode “Pipeline”, which included storyboard guy @baldmelon, and I saw that a certain prophet inscribed his name inside a whale that ate Tom and Spike. I wonder...

Coincidence?

“Coincidence. I only worked on the other 11 minute episode in that show. This gag is not my handy work.” - Tim Hodge

Tweet version here

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Soccer Skills "Soccermania" (1987)

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Unproduced Swabbies Production Art (1989)

Swabbies (1989)

One of the many un-released Disney animated featurette that never got completed. Swabbies (also called "Production 2532"), was going to be released in 1989.

Before the short The Prince and the Pauper (1990) was released, Disney was producing a Mickey, Donald and Goofy short called Swabbies, following the style of the live-action film Stripes (a classic Bill Murray/Harold Ramis comedy, by Columbia Pictures, 1981).

Swabbies was the second in what was supposed to be a number of half hour projects to get the classic Disney characters definitely back in the spotlight, the first one being Sport Goofy in Soccermania, released in 1987.

The Plot of Swabbies

The story found our heroes, Mickey, Donald and Goofy out of work, out of luck and in need of a job. They end up enlisting in the Navy and going to boot camp with Pete as their exasperated drill instructor and then meet their feminine counterparts, Minnie, Daisy and Clarabelle who are all WAVEs (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). Once they put to sea, they encounter a submarine full of the Beagle Boys, who all spoke a Russian sounding gibberish (they were still in the Cold War in those days). Mickey and friends coming out on top in the end.

The entire film was storyboarded, recorded and even an animatic was created. Complete model sheets of all the characters were printed up and layout as well as some animation had begun before it came to an abrupt halt.

It was to be produced by Tad Stones and directed by Darrel Van Citters. Some more talent involved was Ed Gombert, Joe Ranft and Michael Giaimo on story, Kelly Asbury and Fred Cline in layout, Chris Buck, Toby Shelton and Ed Gombert on animation, model sheets by Chris Buck and Mike Gabriel.

References:

https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Swabbies

https://web.archive.org/web/20111205112854/http://animationarchive.net/Deleted%20Movies/Swabbies/

See more of the original art on here.

I also traced the original model sheets and painted them to be easier to visualize, you can see it here.

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Looney Tunes Original Production Cel Signed By Darrell Van Citters: Tasmanian Devil

MEDIUM: ​Original Production Cel PRODUCTION: Looney Tunes SKU: IFA8039 SIGNED: Darrell Van Citters

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TOM AND JERRY: COWBOY UP! (2022) Reviews and overview

TOM AND JERRY: COWBOY UP! (2022) Reviews and overview

Tom and Jerry: Cowboy Up! is a 2022 American animated film that finds the duo in the Wild West where they help save a ranch from a villain. Directed and produced by Darrell Van Citters (Tom and Jerry in New York series; The Tom and Jerry Show series) from a screenplay written by William Waldner and a story by Will Finn. Executive produced by Sam Register. Plot: “The Wild, Wild West just got…

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RIP to Peter Renaday (Pierre Renoudet), a well-known voice actor who also played Eddie Valiant in early tests for Who Framed Roger Rabbit, alongside Paul Reubens as Roger. These were directed by Darrell Van Citters (with Chris Buck, Mike Giamo and others). Van Citters would have more luck with another rabbit when he helped modernize Bugs Bunny for 1990.

The Roger Rabbit You Never Got To See

More rare footage from the unmade 1983 Darrell Van Citters version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit - Starring Paul Reubens.

Before Richard Williams directed the animation for Who Framed Roger Rabbit, there was an earlier attempt at Disney, from 1981 to 1983, to adapt Gary K. Wolf’s book “Who Censored Roger Rabbit.”

http://youtu.be/E3mmaWgoFhM

John Culhane takes us behind the scenes of the unmade Darrell Van Citters version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, 1983. With designer Mike Giamo and producer Marc Sturdivant.

Disney 1981-1983. Animators: Chris Buck, Randy Cartwright. Character design and concepts: Mike Giamo, Mike Gabriel. Paul Reubens, known as Pee Wee Herman, plays Roger Rabbit. Peter Renaday and Mike Gabriel as Eddie Valiant. Russi Taylor as Jessica. Jack Angel as Captain Cleaver. Screenwriters Peter Seaman and Jeffrey Price. Producer Mark Sturdivant.

Darrell Van Citters couldn’t remember who had played Baby Herman, but believes his name was Byron.

While Roger was a villain in the book, trying to solve his own murder, this Roger is a loveable goofball in white fur and red overalls - a prototype for the final film. Jessica Rabbit appears to be the villain of the piece. Still, this version clearly laid some groundwork for the Zemeckis/Williams production a few years later.

The prototype Roger Rabbit appears cheering in the stands in the featurette “Sport Goofy in Soccermania.”

More information and pictures:

http://orangecow.org/board/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3&p=5248#p5248

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The “Speechless” art was done by Darrell Van Citters & Chris Buck after Mel Blanc’s death in 1989. His death will turn 30 next month, his son Noel will know it.