#Meddlen Meadows

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Chris Reccardi appreciation post

In memoriam one of the greatest Spümcø veterans of all time, who, over 5 years ago, on May 2nd, 2019, died of a heart attack while surfing...

Seriously though; notice that Spumco guys like Chris Reccardi went from working on The Ren & Stimpy Show — including episodes starring THE George Liquor... American — to drawing gorgeous dolls like Ms. Keane (The Powerpuff Girls), Ms. Butterbean (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy), and even Linda from the Cow and Chicken episode "Dream Date Chicken"???

God be with ye, Chris Reccardi.

Tweet version here.

Still hard to believe he died as young as he died... and I found that the day after his death through Animation Magazine... [tweet version]

https://www.animationmagazine.net/people/passings/ren-stimpy-powerpuff-girls-artist-chris-reccardi-dies-age-54/

Here are additional words from controversial Ren & Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi (post contains some language)...

who worked with Reccardi as far back as DiC's 1988 Beany & Cecil reboot, which was likely referenced in PPG episode "Child Fearing"...

Oh, and Chris didn't draw cameos of just Don Shank or Carey Yost (both Spumco and PPG crew) into the episodes on which he storyboarded; he even got narrator Tom Kenny to call Charlie Bean out!

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I made a fanmade trailer of what the Modifyers would be had it became a Disney Channel original series in 2012.

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In celebration of Genndy Tartakovsky’s upcoming [as] show Primal and in memorial of the late and great Chris Reccardi, let’s shine a light on one of Reccardi’s best and funniest cartoon / CN pilots ever, Meddlen Meddows.

Originally a part of @cartoonnetwork’s The Cartoonstitute handled by @crackmccraigen and Rob Renzetti; Craig McCracken served as an art director with Reccardi & Renzetti, and Mike Collins cleaned-up the models designed by Reccardi & Craig Kellman.

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In Memoriam: Chris Reccardi

Yesterday, May 2nd, 2019, A.D., a veteran of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons (AKA Cartoon Network Studios) and Spumco, Chris Reccardi, also the creator of Meddlen Meddows, passed on. I just found out today and am dismayed at this, certainly given how young he was, but at least he “died doing what he loved” (according to Bill Wray on Facebook).

The day he passed away, Samurai Jack EPISODE XXXIII, an episode Storyboarded and Written by Reccardi and Aaron Springer, aired at 8PM on @adultswim/@cartoonnetwork. Reccardi worked on Samurai Jack Season 5 for character/prop design and storyboard layout, and I was there for it.

The designs of @daronnefcy’s Star vs. the Forces of Evil comics, under the title “Star and the Forces of Evil”, looks very much like Chris R’s style. I sure wish that he and/or his wife, Lynne Naylor, worked on SvTFOE; hopefully Lynne will be on its future content. Speaking of Disney Television Animation, Chris also worked on another Disney show, @crackmccraigen’s Wander Over Yonder. His name is featured as an Easter egg in “The Gift” on a list of Lord Hater’s watchdogs.

Reccardi worked on many of my favorite shows: The (ground-breaking) Ren & Stimpy Show (John K.’s thoughts here), Samurai Jack, The Powerpuff Girls, Wander Over Yonder, Meddlen Meddows, Buy One, Get One Free*, and so much more... even Paul Rudish’ envision of Mickey Mouse!

May Chris Reccardi rest in peace with the Lord God Almighty now and forever more. His contributions are a blessing to animators, designers, artists and cartoonists everywhere, including me.

My memorial tweet version is here; memorial sketch is here. You can celebrate the announcement of Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal with Meddlen Meadows, too!

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The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat is like Paul Rudish’ envision of Mickey Mouse in that many popular creatives of Western animation (including those Canadian big-shots who were part of Spümcø) contributed their talent to this series.

“Space Time Twister”, “Felix Breaks the Bank”, “Now Playing Felix” and “Love at First Slice” (shown above) are both written and directed by Lynne Naylor-Reccardi (The Ren & Stimpy Show, Samurai Jack, Hercules and Xena: The Battle for Mount Olympus), with writer and assistant director @stephendestefano​ (Mickey Mouse, Samurai Jack, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Sym-Bionic Titan, Courage the Cowardly Dog)

Many other popular creatives on this lesser-known Felix reboot include the following (those italicized are from Spümcø/Ren & Stimpy):

Robert Alvarez (The Powerpuff Girls, Pizza Boy, Tom and Jerry: The Magic Ring, Samurai Jack)

Maxwell Atoms / @maxwellatoms​ (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Evil Con Carne, Fish Hooks)

Charlie Bean (Samurai Jack, The Ren & Stimpy Show, The Powerpuff Girls)

Andrew Bialk / @andybialk (The Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Test, Mickey Mouse)

Bob Boyle (The Powerpuff Girls, The Fairly OddParents)

David Brain (An All Dogs Christmas Carol, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)

Michael Diederich (Star vs. the Forces of Evil, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)

David “Mucci” Fassett (Dexter’s Laboratory, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Johnny Bravo)

Eddie Fitzgerald (Tales of Worm Paranoia, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog)

Robert F. Hughes (Phineas and Ferb)

Craig Kellman (Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack, The Powerpuff Girls) 

Jungja Kim-Wolf (Star vs. the Forces of Evil, The Ren & Stimpy Show)

Milton Knight (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog)

Mr. Doug Lawrence (Spongebob Squarepants, The Fairly OddParents, The Ren & Stimpy Show)

Rae McCarson (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, The 7D)

Pete Michels (Duckman)

Chris Mitchell / @henshincyborg​ (Samurai Jack, The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show, The Ren & Stimpy Show, The Powerpuff Girls)

Marc Perry (The Ren & Stimpy Show, Johnny Test, The Powerpuff Girls)

Dominic Polcino (Rugrats, HarmonQuest)

The Late and Great Chris Reccardi (Samurai Jack, The Powerpuff Girls, Meddlen Meadows, Wander over Yonder)

Chuck Sheetz (The Powerpuff Girls, The Fresh Beat Band of Spies)

Brett Varon / @brettvaron​ (Star vs. the Forces of Evil, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)

Patrick A. Ventura (George and Junior, Sledgehammer O’Possum)

Cliff Voorhees (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, The Shnookum and Meat Funny Cartoon Show)

Scott Wills (Samurai Jack, Quest for Camelot, Primal, Maruined, Star Wars: Clone Wars)

Carey Yost (The Ren & Stimpy Show, The Powerpuff Girls, Uncle Grandpa)

Raymond Zibach (The Ren & Stimpy Show, The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show, Star Wars: Clone Wars)

...among the popular American voice cast and Advantage Audio & Vitello & Associates sound design teams!

As of November 9th, 2019 A.D., Felix the Cat is over 100 years old!

According to Don Shank’s official filmography, I’m not sure that Shank ever did uncredited layout on this show.

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