Pilot

Pilot

January 26, 1994 TV Episode The Critic

Studio
Film Roman, Gracie Films
Distributor
Columbia Pictures Television.

Synopsis

Actress Valerie Fox makes a play for Jay, but does she only want a good movie review?

Characters

Jay Prescott Sherman, Margo Sherman, Martin Sherman, Franklin Sherman, Doris Grossman, Eleanor Sherman, Vlada Velimirovic, Jeremy Hawke, Duke Phillips, Valerie Fox, Gene Shalit, Ardeth

Credits

Directing

Director
Rich Moore

Writing

Writer
Mike Reiss, Al Jean

Voices

Voice
Jon Lovitz (Jay Sherman), Nancy Cartwright (Margo), Christine Cavanaugh (Martin), Gerrit Graham (Franklin), Doris Grau (Doris), Judith Ivey (Eleanor), Nick Jameson (Vlada Velimirovic, others), Maurice La Marche (Jeremy Hawke, others), Charles Napier (Duke Phillips), Kath Soucie, Jennifer Lien (Valerie Fox), Gene Shalit (Himself), Brenda Vaccaro (Ardeth), Margaret Cho

Music

Music
Alf Clausen
Theme Song
Hans Zimmer

Editing

Editor
Michael Bridge, Lee Harting
Supervising Editors
Don Barrozo
Assistant Film Editor
Kurtis Kunsak

Crew

Casting
Juel Bestrop
Story Editors
Ken Keeler, Patric M. Verrone, Tom Brady
Storyboard
Jim Schumann, Joe Horne, Wendell Luebbe
Color Design Supervisor
Samantha Harrison
Color Design
Brian Mark, Casey Clayton
Character Layout Artists
Gavin Dell, Jim Hull, Patty Shinagawa, Bert Klein
Prop Design
Sean Edberg
Visual Design
David Cutler, Rich Moore, Everett Peck, David Silverman
Character Design
Craig Kellman, Michael Diederich
Character Design Cleanup
Cristi Lyon
Background Design
Enzo Baldi, Maria Mariotti, Dean Thompson, Lance Wilder, Steve Lyons, Edgar Duncan
Background Design Cleanup
Bev Chapman, David Felix
Background Paint
Don Watson, Bari Greenberg, Stephen Lee
Ink & Paint Supervisor
Phyllis Craig
Background Layout Artist
Steve Smith
Animation Timing
Juli Murphy-Hashiguchi, Russell Calabrese, Genndy Tartakovsky, Robert Hughes, John McIntyre
Animation Checkers
Dan C. Larsen, Karen Shaffer
Lip Sync
Kent Holaday
Animation Camera Supervisor
Patrick Buchanan
Animation Camera
Gregory Hinde
Animation Executive Producer
Phil Roman
Animation Producer
Bill Schultz
Overseas Producer
Nikki Vanzo
Animation Associate Producers
Miles Lewis Horst, Barbara J. Cordova
Assistant Director
Howy Parkins
Director of Production
Anne Luiting
Manager Overseas Production
Kenneth T. Ito
Animation Post-Supervisor
Melissa Cheek
Animation Production Manager
Ken Tsumura
Studio Production Manager
Lolee Aries
Production Manager
Michelle Robinson
Supervising Sound Editor
Bobby Mackston
Sound Effects Design
Travis Powers
Foley Artists
Alicia Stevenson, Zane Bruce
Sound Editors
John Chalfant, Lewis Goldstein
Dialogue Sound Editor
Mike Bridge
Production Mixer
Ronny Cox
Track Reader
Broughton Winicki
Re-Recording Mixers
Sherry Klein, Bob Edmondson, Marty Humphries
Foley Mixer
David Jobe
Executive Consultant
Brad Bird
Creative Consultant
Jon Vitti
Post Production Assistant
Eric B. Gregory
Production Coordinator
Jacqueline Sillo
Casting Assistant
Monika Mikkelsen
Script Supervisor
Bonnie Prendergast
Assistant to Mr. Brooks
Trixie Flynn, Maria Kavanaugh
Assistants to Messrs. Jean & Reiss
Dee Cappelli, Katy Ballard
Assistants to Mr. Sakai
Jane M. Mackie, Felicia Nalivansky
Assistants to the Producers
Vanessa Cropper, Richard-Kevin Stith, Michelle Berman, Troy Stauffer, Richard Chung
Overseas Creative Director
Gregg Vanzo
Production
Byung Cul Yea, Jae Jin Oh, Chul Ho Kim, Hey Joon Yun
Department Supervisors
Ock Ki Ham, Bae Guen Kim, Myung Nam Jang, Hye Ryung Hong, Byung Sun Kim, Mee Suk Jeong, Ji Yeun You, Jin Suk Pae, Yong Hwan Choi, Yong Nam Park
Production Accountants
Anthony R. Reyes, Stacia Sekuler
Production Associates
Robin Haislip, Steve Walby, Keiji Kishi, Allison Orr, Michael Tyau, Anthony Lewis Garcia
Executive Creative Consultant
James L. Brooks