Quasi's Cabaret Trailer

[Marbles471]

@sygo7g

And probably today, with Disney largely sidelined on the back burner (largely through its own bad decisions, if you ask me), if there's a formula that everyone's copying, it's the "DreamWorks formula." Just trading one kind of mindless knock-offery for another....

[Marbles471]

@sygo7g

Wow, did EVERY Revco turn into a CVS? That's what happened in my town, too.  X)

[starshkr46]

Damn... this would have been the best thing ever...

[starshkr46]

@starshkr46 I would love to have an Anita doll... Is it a bad thing that I find her so sexy?

[laughingsal]

@starshkr46 Thanks for all your nice comments!

[KingoffKentucky]

This looks like it would've been amazing.

[laughingsal]

@TheScreamingfalcon alas, no.

[Pantages98382]

@laughingsal Alas, no? Hummm...then someone needs to get to work on it. Quasi's Cabaret deserves to be made!

[Froghan417]

Anita is so Cute!

[Friedtwizzler]

pleeease make this if you ever get the chance.

[bluenowait]

Merchandising! Merchandising! Where the REAL money from the movie is made!

[rogerush]

How did this not get produced!!! AAAAAGH!!! And all those ancillary products! Somebody was falling asleep at the wheel.

[generalsgoalie39]

the quasi cabaret looks like the best place i could ever hope to go

[laughingsal]

@generalsgoalie39 ha ha it's a small world!

[edsquidful]

As always, enjoyment.

[theirishhateyou]

I adore Anita. She's such a weird little duck. And her weird accent is so funky. :3 I just dig the crap out of her!

[laughingsal]

She sends you a funky hello back.

[TheSouthernGentleman]

@laughingsal What kind of accent did you have in mind for her, just out of curiosity.

[laughingsal]

@TheSouthernGentleman It's a mixup of Mae West, New Jersey, and that imitation Gilda Radner used to do of Barbara Walters.

[blahnupunk1]

I can't believe this never got produced. I just want to pull out the DVD and see the whole thing right now :-)

Isn't it great you get to chat with all the people you've bedazzled since the 70's? All I could remember was the names Anita and Quasi, which I've googled before with no luck. Thanks again for your mind-altering perspective - Tony

[laughingsal]

Tony, it is really fun to chat with all my victims!

[BizzarreProductions]

Sal- have you ever thought of selling your characters on T-shirts through Zazzle or Cafe Press? You could get some money there.

[laughingsal]

I signed up and then never followed thru. Since I don't wear t shirts myself, I'm not so inspired.

[TechnoHajikelist]

btw I keep forgetting to ask but who exactly voiced Anita anyway?

I also remembered a movie that also never got made... "Revenge of the Nerds" the remake, Fox Atomic was supposed to release it in 2007, I saw the poster but no movie!?!

[laughingsal]

Empress Sally did the voice of course. Who else?

[JERBERJONES]

gorgeous

[laughingsal]

thanks

[ponderance]

PLEASE develop this into a full length follow up to Quasi at the Quackedero!

[OtherBrother09]

Anita dancing with the little crocodile at 1:02 is cute.

I wonder if anyone ever made a real drink train? They must have. It's a cool idea.

[Robkat3751]

There used to be a sushi bar in Los Angeles that had a train that ran around to deliver the sushi dishes. The train cars were loaded with all sorts of sushi and when it came around you picked what you wanted and charged accordingly. And when can we expect the full length film?

[Dogbulb]

We have one in Tulsa of all places, it's called (of course) Sushi Train! Strangely though, about the only tasty stuff is the sushi that isn't taking a ride around the restaurant.

[OtherBrother09]

I love how Anita and Snouzzi (sp?) appear at the very end of Face Like A Frog. I didn't catch it a few years back, but I picked up on it right away after I watched all of your work. It's like a special joke that only fans of yours would get.

[OtherBrother09]

I think I speak for a lot of fans when I say I'd love for you to finish this film, maybe as a part of your Life on Mars blog.

(I feel so comfortable chatting with you.)

[laughingsal]

It was meant to be a mighty musical, something I could never do in Flash by myself. Thanks for your kind thoughts and comments.

[OtherBrother09]

Anita reminds me a lot of Carol Burnett, especially in this one.

[laughingsal]

Your comments are much fun. I can definitely see the Carol Burnett reference.

[OtherBrother09]

They look and sound so much alike, especially in the end, when Anita is wearing the blue and white outfit. That reminds me so much of watching Carol on T.V. in the 70s.

[laughingsal]

yeah, what was that designer suit thing about? I never wore that stuff.

[OtherBrother09]

I don't know. I do remember my parents forced me into them for church and other social occassions, usually with argyle socks and saddle shoes.

[OtherBrother09]

If Toon Town was real, Anita is the character I'd want to meet.

[OtherBrother09]

If this promo didn't work, the people you pitched it too were souless. This is as good as it gets. This is where the talent and the life is.

[TYMMCHN]

I love your early work. I was watching Sesame Street with my son and I caught Anita in one of the cartoons.

[laughingsal]

You caught her? Hope you threw her out!

[OtherBrother09]

*rim shot*

(Totally kidding in good fun, of course. XD)

[Robkat3751]

The narator sounds a lot like Quasi

[laughingsal]

You've got an accurate ear.

[Mordecai016]

What would've the plot line been if the movie had actually financially been able to go into production.

[laughingsal]

It was like a 30's musical in which Anita left the alligator farm to pursue her dream of opening the ultimate tropical nightclub. I had a script and storyboard. Later I wrote a wilder one, "Love that Makes You Crawl" which was live action and animation. Roger Rabbit came out the next year.

[PeterKthePiper]

It would be wonderful to see any of this material. The format "trailer for a film that was never made" is extremely tantalizing. I think your vision of the tropical nightclub is marvelous. If I get loads of money to burn someday I will open such a place. Btw It looks like the train is serving the drink "Missionary's downfall".

[laughingsal]

ooh, just looked at ingredients for Missionary's downfall.  Looks tasty!

[sky44david]

Sally, How awesome to see this again & the memories of having shot this in film on my 35mm animation stand just about 30 years ago! It seems that Anita's Eyes turned to "$" signs near the end, yet my memory could be a "dream". Your "crazy", fun all alive films make like "dreaming in reverse". Love, just love you and the unique wild dream you have brought to animation.

[laughingsal]

Sky, it's wonderful to reconnect with you and all these memories.

[OriginalGagBonkers]

What happened to this? Did this didnt get finished?

[laughingsal]

It was just a fictional promo for a feature I wanted to make, and I made the promo hoping to get $ backing.

[laughingsal]

I looked at the Lisa Frank site just now and it didn't have the originality or boldness-- looked as if the competition from Bratz had scared the innocence out of it.

[BizzarreProductions]

I know this is an old comment but Lisa Frank lost a lot of money about 5 years ago and all her work (still just as bright and colorful) is only available in dollar stores and discount bins. It ticks me off! She's such a talented artist.

But she did produce a line of notebooks with wild colored covers. Some of them were too bright to look at. I bought one. It was covered with rainbow hearts.

[laughingsal]

I still have some cool Lisa Frank stuff too. The colors were outrageous.

[laughingsal]

Confession: I used to really like the Lisa Frank merchandise. So insanely colorful and detailed and totally over the top.

[H1r3m2plz]

Sally- Thank you for posting this! Even though I have your DVD, I still get a thrill from watching your films here. I thought I'd never hear "Annciwawwy mewwchandisse" again! BTW, were you really working on a feature?

[laughingsal]

H1..., thanks. Funny how youtube changes our viewing habits. My time tolerance for watching a short film has shrunk and shrunk, if I'm not totally charmed. At the time I made this short, I was actively attending meetings, sending off scripts and generally optimistic.

[TheRealGentleman]

Yeah, we're getting a Walgreens here too soon. I'm indifferent to RA, but Walgreens has always seemed like a pretty good store as far as chains go.

[TheRealGentleman]

I have a drug store pretty close by, but it's a CVS, which used to be Revco. I've never had any independently-owned drug stores near where I live...

[TheRealGentleman]

So do I! Around here the local chain was IGA, which I think was owned by a collective of farmers actually, or something (then again, maybe I'm remembering this totally wrong).

Another local chain in the Ohio/West Virginia/Kentucky area was Big Bear, that lately I have been nostalgic for...for some unknown reason.

I do know of a couple independently owned groceries still around, one in Athens (I go to OU) and one in another town...both an hour away though :(

[TheRealGentleman]

I don't know what it means to be a Vermontian, but I have been there once, years ago.

But yes, I really do enjoy Time Chasers. In fact, I think the quirks, as is often the case, make it memorable. That kind of low-budget, small-town early 90's feel. The little non-chain grocery store (you don't see many of those anymore!), the mullet, the glasses, the "adventures of the average people" as I believe Crow T. Robot put it.

[TheRealGentleman]

To be honest...cheesy, yes, but it's an enjoyable movie! Especially compared to other MST3K stuff. I'd consider it an honor to work with those crazy Vermontians!

[laughingsal]

thanks!

[unclealand]

I wish I were rich enough to produce Sally C's toons. I'll give you ten "Finding Nemo" and a dozen "Little Mermaid" for one short with Quasi and Anita.

[portabletiger]

This has just joined my "truly unfair what-ifs of history" file. Somebody REALLY should have produced this!

[laughingsal]

too bad you weren't a "suit" in the 80's!

[TheRealGentleman]

Amen.

I've never fully grasped exactly what it is about California that attracted the industry, but I've never bothered to research the answer, so that's my fault.

There are a few small studios on the East Coast, like Edgewood in Vermont which has produced some watchable MST3K fodder and recently I've heard of the opening of Plymouth Rock Studios in MA. You never know.

[TheRealGentleman]

Indeed.

I'm thinking Hollywood needs an East Coast equivalent. Despite the raw creativity to be found in California, I've come to distrust the other coast's decisions on a multitude of things, not picking this up for a feature being one of them.

[TheRealGentleman]

The fact that this was never made into a full length feature is yet another proof that Hollywood has no idea what the !@#$ it is doing. Thanks for sharing it, though. It's better to see a little than none at all.

[Biff947]

I never heard of this. It probably sux.

[ChocolateMilkIsTight]

i really wish this was made

[AlbertMondback]

Would've been awesome.

[JohnFWitt]

*head explodes*

[pissantbugs]

HOORAHH !!!!

[caveatemp]

You rock, Sally!

[TechnoHajikelist]

It's sad this movie will never be made, just like "REVENGE OF THE OLD QUEEN", the never made sequel to "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"

[jenkinscrowe]

And yet Shock Treatment was made. Hmmmmmmmmm.

[atomicbear]

I want to see the whole film now!!

I love how organic your animation is.