Opportunity Knocks
- Studio
- Gillis-Wiseman Productions, Evergreen Raccoons Television Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Telefilm Canada
- Animation studio
- Atkinson Film-Arts
Synopsis
Bert Raccoon's terribly ill, and only one thing will cure him. According to his personal physician, "Doctor Cedric," Bert will survive only if he and Melissa change their plans to leave Evergreen Forest.
Characters
Bert Raccoon, Ralph Raccoon, Melissa Raccoon, Schaeffer, Cyril Sneer, Snag, Cedric Sneer, Sophia Tutu, Broo, Pigs, Dan the Forest Ranger, Julie, Tommy
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Kevin Gillis
- Assistant Director
- Gerald Tripp
Producing
- Producer
- Kevin Gillis
- Executive Producer
- Sheldon S. Wiseman
Writing
- Writer
- Kevin Gillis, Derek Diorio, Dan Lalande
Animation
- Animator
- Bob Browning, Larry Cariou, Dan Craig, Curtis Crawford, Gerard DeSouza, Graham Falk, Eric Fredrickson, Jill Halliday, Kathy Harker-Fiander, Gloria Hsu, Allan Jeffery, Maryl Morris, Karen Munro-Caple, Gerard Paquette, Hilary Philips, Terry Pike, Trish Stolte, Wendo Van Essen, Teruyo Watanabe
- Senior Animators
- Rick Morrison, Marc Sevier, Dev Ramsaran, Glenn Wright
- Senior Assistant Animator
- Robert Waldren
- Assistant Animators
- Chris Damboise, John Guertin, Hana Kukal, Don Perro, Greg Sullivan, Cam Drysdale, Paula Irvine, Jean Morel, Susan Spriggs, Glen Sylvester, Lee Williams
Voices
- Voice
- Michael Magee (Cyril Sneer, Snag), Len Carlson (Bert Raccoon, Pig Two and Three), Marvin Goldhar (Cedric Sneer), Carl Banas (Schaeffer), Bob Dermer (Ralph Raccoon), Sharon Lewis (Sophia Tutu, Broo), Linda Feige (Melissa Raccoon), Nick Nichols (Pig One), Geoffrey Winter (Narrator), Murray Cruchley (Dan the Forest Ranger), Vanessa Lindores (Julie), Noam Zylberman (Tommy)
Editing
- Editor
- David Vainola, Rod Crawley, Susan Robertson, Keith Davidson
- Assistant Editors
- Joe Fitzpatrick, Stephanie Duncan, François St.-Amour
Crew
- Created By
- Kevin Gillis
- Character Designer
- Paul Schibli
- Animation Production Manager
- Lesley Harris
- Animation and Design Director
- Paul Schibli
- Animation Director
- Chris Schouten
- Series Writers
- Carol Bolt, Derek Diorio, Kevin Gillis, Allan Gordon, Tobi Gordon, Rick Jones, Gail Kerbel, Dan Lalande, Charles Lawther, Jamie Wayne, Sheldon S. Wiseman
- Script and Story Consultant
- Juliet Packer
- Storyboards
- Mik Casey
- Layout Director
- Michel Breton
- Layouts
- Tim Deacon, Blair Peters, Bob Walker
- Animation Layout
- Mik Casey, Drew Edwards, Glenn McDonald, Steve Whitehouse
- Background Director
- Peter Moehrle
- Backgrounds
- Ric Sluiter, Greg Gibbons, Eloise Lennox, Blake James, Denise Dubreuil, Genevieve Selby, Gordon H. Coulthart
- Quality Control Supervision
- Weldon Poapst
- Technical Supervision
- John Duggan
- Xerography Supervision
- Pam Pilkington
- Xerographers
- Malcolm Collins, Kim Murdock, Rick Eraut, Shane Pearce, Craig Wilson
- Matching Supervision
- Oscar Capiral, Jr.
- Matching
- Linda Bruyère
- Paint and Colour
- Lise Murka, Susan Spriggs
- Colour Checking
- Clayton Jacobs, Gary Smith
- Special Effects Supervision
- Lee Cadieux
- Special Effects
- Brenda Beaton, Ben Ballon
- Final Check Supervision
- Michael Mitchell
- Final Check
- Ron Black, Moira Moxley, Paul Steele, Maryann Capling
- Opaquing Supervision
- Nancy White, Ann Mullens
- Opaquers
- Myrna Blair, Shirley Kwan, Dal Ralph, Kelly Kincaid, Ellie Hamilton, Nicole Patry, Myra Tarkka, Micheline Heroux, Jerry Holbrook, Carole Lavertue, Susan Mundell, Anne-Marie Ouellette, Terry O'Reilley, Barbara Woodruff, Suzanne Boutin, Andre Charette, Rebecca Greenwood, Steve Bissonnette
- Camera
- Jan Topper, Ulrich Blazejewski, Ron Haines, Doug Williams, Paul Webster, Peter Dudley
- Songs Composed By
- Kevin Gillis, Jon Stroll
- Musical Direction and Score By
- Jon Stroll, Kevin Gillis
- Music Arrangements By
- Jon Stroll
- Concertmaster
- John Gomez
- Recording
- John Cybanski, Sal Ciampini, Peter Mann, Doug Thompson, Kevin Evans
- "Ain't No Planes" Sung By
- Luba
- Song Mixer
- Ed Stasium
- Production Manager
- Ursula Clarkson
- Executive in Charge of Production for CBC
- Nada Harcourt
- Film Co-ordinator
- Jonathan Deachman
- Production Co-ordinators
- Dave Mepham, Cindy Moehrle
- Production Assistants
- Florence Bach, Kathie Robillard
- Crew
- In Memory of John Gazsi (Concertmaster)
Companies and other credits
- Series Writers: bp Nichol
- Laboratory Services: Sonolab Inc
Production notes
The Raccoons was a classic 1980s cartoon set in the backdrop of Evergreen Forest. Scheming tycoon Cyril Sneer would regularly attempt to enlarge his fortune, often at the expense of the environment. Luckily, the Raccoons were on hand to thwart him: Bert- the comic one; Ralph- the editor of the local paper; Melissa- Ralph's girlfriend; Cedric Sneer- Cyril's son, and turncoat; plus Schaeffer and Broo- two odd looking sheepdogs.