Comments on: Gertrude http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=863 A site to feature the art, animation, work and some of the thoughts of the artists working at Michael Sporn Animation. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:46:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Michael http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=863#comment-2330 Sat, 02 Dec 2006 04:36:41 +0000 http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=863#comment-2330 Hi Jeff: It's great to hear from you. I hope you're doing well. The McDonald's strip was the one that was animated by Sheldon Cohen. We'd actually recorded a funny track of Gert & Alice arguing off screen about root beer vs coke. I have to put that together someday. Tim Curry agreed to play Alice way back when he was in <b>Amadeus</b>. I think that's when we first contacted. Hi Jeff:

It’s great to hear from you. I hope you’re doing well.

The McDonald’s strip was the one that was animated by Sheldon Cohen. We’d actually recorded a funny track of Gert & Alice arguing off screen about root beer vs coke. I have to put that together someday. Tim Curry agreed to play Alice way back when he was in Amadeus. I think that’s when we first contacted.

]]> by: Jeffrey Gatrall http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=863#comment-2329 Sat, 02 Dec 2006 03:47:29 +0000 http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=863#comment-2329 I always thought that "Gertrude's Follies" was one of the cleverest comic strips ever and was very disappointed when it disappeared. My favorite strip was the one where Gertrude and Alice take Pablo to MacDonald's and he makes sculpture out of the empty boxes. I always thought that “Gertrude’s Follies” was one of the cleverest comic strips ever and was very disappointed when it disappeared. My favorite strip was the one where Gertrude and Alice take Pablo to MacDonald’s and he makes sculpture out of the empty boxes.

]]> by: Michael Sporn http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=863#comment-2253 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:59:24 +0000 http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=863#comment-2253 Unfortunately, the storyboard feels a bit dated to me, and we'd have to rework the whole thing. That'd take a bit of doing. I did try to pitch it as a series to Comedy Central. I had the writers laughing hysterically but couldn't get them to say <b><em>YES</em></b>. Unfortunately, the storyboard feels a bit dated to me, and we’d have to rework the whole thing. That’d take a bit of doing. I did try to pitch it as a series to Comedy Central. I had the writers laughing hysterically but couldn’t get them to say YES.

]]> by: Mark Mayerson http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=863#comment-2252 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:45:43 +0000 http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=863#comment-2252 I've got the book collection of the strip and think it's great. It's possible that North America was not ready for Gertrude's Follies at the time you were shopping it around, but now after the success of Will and Grace, I would think that it would be easier to find money. I hope that you pursue it. I’ve got the book collection of the strip and think it’s great. It’s possible that North America was not ready for Gertrude’s Follies at the time you were shopping it around, but now after the success of Will and Grace, I would think that it would be easier to find money. I hope that you pursue it.

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