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February 27, 2003

And I used to think "retroscripting" referred to the squiggly animation style. Animation World Magazine on Tom Snyder Productions, creators of such cult favorite TV shows as Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist, Home Movies and Squigglevision (aka Science Court).

"I said, ‘Hey Annette, you want to come in this weekend? I want to record a crazy scenario and have you animate it,’" [Tom] Snyder recalls, "So, we did a show about a shrink and a kid. I changed my voice digitally so I could sound like a couple of different people. I sent it off to my friend in L.A. He sent it off to another guy and then to a production company who sent it to Comedy Central. I think six months from then we had an Emmy!"

More nifty articles at Animation World Magazine.