Animation-13

Animation made by Merrill Aldighieri for Children's Television Workshop that won an EMMY as part of an episode of Sesame Street. I made a full series of these counting animations and each one ends at a different teen number, from 13 going up to 20. Music-Fred Reed, produced for CTW by Arlene Sherman, written, directed and animated by Merrill Aldighieri. This was the dawn of computer animation. At the time, the palette was limited to 34 colors when using a fixed palate, so I needed 3 Amiga computers hooked together to have a big enough palatte to make shading.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• amiga
• computer
• animation
• Merrill
• Aldighieri
• Sesame
• Street

[cstoczyn]

Did You Animate The Number 19 Song?

[VJnumber1]

@cstoczyn I made 2 films about "19" for Sesame Street.- one is the "19 Baboons" song and the other is a version of this counting clip from 1 to 19. The Baboon Song soundtrack was provided to me by Sesame Street and I made the film.

[cstoczyn]

@VJnumber1 Is The 19 Baboons Song The Parody Of Prince's 1999?

[VJnumber1]

Respond to this video... excellent theory! Now that I listen to it, indeed, that's what it is. I did not notice it at the time and my cartoon guy even looks a bit like Prince but that was not conscious either.

[cstoczyn]

@VJnumber1 The 19 Baboons Song Is Similar To The 18 Sandwiches Song, Right?

[VJnumber1]

@cstoczyn yes, I did them at the same time and the soundtrack was made by the same musical group. I also did some films mixing animation and live filmed backgrounds, 4 butterflies, 5 turtles, and a few others. 

[hoopersghost]

My compliments to the artists--I never knew who made this classic. Five stars!

[BizzarreProductions]

You made this!?

You made my childhood. 8D

I have to ask-- is the 9 supposed to look like she wants money? And what's up with #2's nose?

[Biopharmer]

Yeah, I can see the Deluxe-Paint gradient fills. Or was this not Deluxe-Paint? I still like old software like that to give things a retro look.

[travelsonic]

Makes perfect sense, clever IMO.

[VJnumber1]

@travelsonic that was done so they could dub in other languages if they needed to.