Slow Down
- Studio
- TVC-London, CanaWest, Artransa/Graphik
- Animation studio
- Artransa/Graphik
- Distributor
- King Features Syndicate.
Synopsis
An old Western town renames itself Ringo Ravine in honor of The Beatles' visit. Ringo gets stuck on a runaway horse.
Characters
John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Alan Watermain
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Graham C. Sharpe (Artransa/Graphik)
- Assistant Director
- Tom Wheater
Producing
- Producer
- Leon Becker (Artransa/Graphik)
- Executive Producer
- Al Brodax
- Associate Producer
- Mary Ellen Stewart
- Production Manager
- Abe Goodman
Writing
- Writer
- Dennis Marks
Animation
- Animator
- Tom Halley, Mike Stuart, Peter Green, Hester Coblentz, Rich Cox, Reg Lodge, Edric Radage, Ron Bijlesma, Don MacRae, Frank Terry, Bob Godfrey, Tony Gearty, Ron Coulter, Joan Gerrick (TVC-London), Howard Baldwin, John Dunn, Frank Andrina, Dale Case, Russ Von Neida, Ray Young (CanaWest), Richard Jones, Kevin Rober, Peter Cardiner, Laurie Sharpe, John Taylor, Richard Dunn, Leif Gram, David Whittam, Barbara Millar, Kevin Deane, Chris Cuddington (Artransa/Graphik)
Voices
- Voice
- Paul Frees (John, George), Lance Percival (Paul, Ringo)
Music
- Music
- John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Editing
- Editor
- Les Callaway, Dick Bowden - RCA
Crew
- Backgrounds
- Thelma G. Dufton
- Camera
- Kerry Brown
- Sound
- Alan Allen, Ron Moore
Production notes
Beatles sing-a-longs in this show: "Baby's In Black" and "Misery."
The series came about through the efforts of producer Al Brodax at King Features after he was approached by an ABC executive with the idea of producing a Beatles cartoon. Famous toymaker A.C. Gilmer, who envisioned a merchandising goldmine, financed the series.
Animation was sent overseas (TVC of London, which produced the Beatles cult feature, Yellow Submarine, and Astransa, an Australian company, which did the bulk of the animation). Scripts were turned out rather easily, since episodes were based on popular Beatles songs.
The series came about through the efforts of producer Al Brodax at King Features after he was approached by an ABC executive with the idea of producing a Beatles cartoon. Famous toymaker A.C. Gilmer, who envisioned a merchandising goldmine, financed the series.
Animation was sent overseas (TVC of London, which produced the Beatles cult feature, Yellow Submarine, and Astransa, an Australian company, which did the bulk of the animation). Scripts were turned out rather easily, since episodes were based on popular Beatles songs.
