Summerteeth

(L-R) Charlie Schlatter, Dee Bradley Baker, Jennifer Hale, and myself, Erik Knutson.

A photo of people in good spirits? Why it must be cast photo time!
The cast of “Sugarfoot” gathered to record Friday morning while a majority of the animation industry was at the “root beer and cheese-scented” extravaganza that is Comic-Con.
Charlie Schlatter was fantastic as the titular star of this little picture show. Sugarfoot accounts for 85-percent of the dialogue.
Dee Bradley Baker brought his wonderful bag of grunts and growls to the wordless Socko, the bully, and Newspaper guy, the newspaper guy. Jennifer Hale provided the only voice of reason as the delightful Ms. Penelope, the school teacher.
Big kudoes to voice director Collette Sunderman for getting great performances out of each actor.
Also, thanks to Meredith Layne for helping me put together such an outstanding cast.
Finally, pictures and sound come together Friday as I cut the animatic (with an emphasis on “cut”) to put an [Read more…]

Summerteeth is dead!
…in name only.
Welcome, Sugarfoot.
Due to a copyright issue, the name “Summerteeth” had to be changed. After a week of going through name after name (”hmm….Mayonnaise MacIntosh? maybe…”), “Sugarfoot” showed up. Big thanks to Melissa for being my brainstorming buddy when Sugarfoot appeared.
Some of the other names that were thrown to the scrap heap during the search included: Rube, Kirkwood, Coldyron, Shoeboogie, Sonny, Dewayne, Maynard, Silverteeth Sala, and Potatoes O’Gratin (sorry, Howie).
Also, we’ve got a cast set for recording next Friday, but I’ll save that for later.

~Erik