Read No Evil
- Studio
- Gillis-Wiseman Productions, Evergreen Raccoons Television Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Telefilm Canada
- Animation studio
- Hinton Animation Studios
Synopsis
When Cyril Sneer's plan to exploit the Evergreen Swamp for its oil threatens to destroy Herman the hermit's home, the Raccoons step in to help their friend. Herman's painful admission that he cannot read helps the Raccoons save the swamp.
Characters
Bert Raccoon, Ralph Raccoon, Melissa Raccoon, Cyril Sneer, Cedric Sneer, Broo, Schaeffer, Pigs, Herman, Clerk
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Kevin Gillis
- Co-directed By
- Paul Schibli
- Assistant Director
- Gerald Tripp
Producing
- Producer
- Kevin Gillis
- Executive Producer
- Sheldon S. Wiseman
- Assistant Producer
- Gerald Tripp
- Associate Producer
- Ursula Clarkson
Writing
- Writer
- Alan Templeton, Mary Crawford, Gerald Tripp, Kevin Gillis
- Story
- Alan Templeton, Mary Crawford
Animation
- Animator
- Rose Biviens, Chris Butler, Graham Falk, Neil Hunter, Mark Koetsier, Hana Kukal, Daniel Lafrance, Jean Lajeunesse, Bob Latzer, Moira Moxley, Gerard Paquette, Nick Rijgersberg, Susan Spriggs, Paul Teglas, Teruyo Watanabe, Jamie Whitney, Lee Williams, Woody Yocum
- Senior Assistant Animator
- Gloria Hsu
- Assistant Animators
- Lilliane Andre, Daniel Barnaby, Michael Csunyoscka, Jane Gardner, Rebecca Greenwood, Ian Jeans, Monica Luciani, Ted MacLeod, Scott Mansz, Luc Marier, Kristina Paquette, Natasha Sasic, Heather Sawyer, Ronit Schneidman, Rich Vanatte, Robert Waldren, Paul West
Voices
- Voice
- Michael Magee (Cyril Sneer), Len Carlson (Bert Raccoon, Pig Two and Three), Marvin Goldhar (Cedric Sneer, Herman), Bob Dermer (Ralph Raccoon, Clerk), Sharon Lewis (Broo), Susan Roman (Melissa Raccoon), Nick Nichols (Pig One), Carl Banas (Schaeffer), Geoffrey Winter (Narrator)
Music
- Music
- Jon Stroll, Kevin Gillis, Steve Lunt
Editing
- Editor
- Sue Robertson, Carla Densmore, Michael Parker
- Assistant Editors
- Kelly Kincaid, Brian Feeley, Stephen Szymanski
Crew
- Created By
- Kevin Gillis
- Head Writer
- Kevin Gillis
- Series Writers
- Mary Crawford, Derek Diorio, Kevin Gillis, Rick Jones, Gail Kerbel, Dan Lalande, Chas Lawther, Paul Schibli, Alan Templeton, Gerald Tripp
- Storyboards
- Mik Casey
- Posing Director
- Sebastian
- Animation Director
- Karen Munro-Caple
- Layouts and Backgrounds Director
- Peter Moehrle
- Layouts
- Richard Forg, Doug Williams
- Backgrounds
- Greg Gibbons, Eloise Lennox, Blake James, Chris Wren
- Layouts and Backgrounds Co-ordinator
- Cindy Moehrle
- Design and Timing Supervisor
- Kathy Harker-Fiander
- Timing
- Bob Browning
- Assistant Animation Director
- Al Jeffery
- Animation Co-ordinator
- Kathie Robillard
- Animation Layouts
- Hilary Phillips, Maryl Morris, Dan Craig, Glen Sylvester
- Technical Co-ordinator
- Weldon Poapst
- Ink and Trace Department Supervisor
- Valda Champagne-Marks
- Ink and Trace Department
- Doug Latreille, Jack Lemire, Jaroslaw Izerowicz
- Matching
- Wanda Chow, Kerry-Michael Deevy, Kokila Weerasinghe
- Opaquing Supervisor
- Florence Bach
- Opaquing
- Susan Andrews, Elsa Anton, Suzanne Boutin, Mae Clifford, Catherine Copp, David Cowdery, Guy Daw, Brenda Desharnais, Richard Greenham, Jon W. Last, Sue de Leeuw, Serge Lefebvre, Todd Legault, Christine Major, Christine McLean, Robert Mole, Laurieann Norris, Denyse Ouellette, Stephen Popowicky, Suanne Rogers, Diederik Van Den Weghe, Anne Wistaff
- Special Effects Supervisor
- Ben Ballon
- Special Effects
- Martin Butler
- Color Co-ordinator
- Lise Gravel-Murka
- Animation Check/Camera Check Supervisor
- Lorraine Decoste
- Animation Check/Camera Check
- Kim Murdock, Paul Dewar, Craig Wilson, Katy Hennessy
- Camera Department Supervisor
- Ronald E. Haines
- Camera Department
- Paul Webster, Sylvie Paquette, Jan Topper
- Camera Department Co-ordinator
- Shirl Kwan
- "New World" sung by
- Curtis King Jr
- "Run With Us" sung by
- Lisa Lougheed
- Musical Direction and Score
- Jon Stroll, Kevin Gillis
- Music Arrangements
- Jon Stroll
- Concert Master
- John Gomez
- Recording
- John Cybanski, Peter Mann, Sal Ciampini, Vic Pyle, Terry O'Bright
- Show Mixer
- Vic Pyle, Sounds Interchange
- Re-Recording
- Terry O'Bright, Mike Kelly, Kevin Howard
- Songs Mixer
- Ed Stasium
- Negative Cutting
- Gerde Gerke, Hildegard Schaefer
- Colour Timers
- Michel Brohez, Vladmir Zabransky
- Video Services
- Kim Krause, Bernie Clayton, Fred Melsted
- Financial Co-ordinator
- Janet MacMillan
- Financial Services
- Cathy Morriscey, Bernard Vezina
- Studio Secretary
- Louise Daw
- Production Office Co-ordinator
- Elizabeth Foster
- Production Accountant
- Brenda Spero
- Production Secretary
- Claire Wilmut
- Executive in Charge of Production for Hinton Animation Studios
- Carl McMullin
- Executive in Charge of Production for CBC
- Nada Harcourt
- Production Supervisor
- Lesley Harris
- Psychological Consultant
- Gerald D. Pulvermacher Ph.D, C. Psych
- Production Assistants
- Margaret Macaulay, John Surmachynski, Mike Schauer
- Crew
- In Memory of Chuck Anderson
Companies and other credits
- Laboratory Services: Sonolab Inc
- Video Services: PFA Film and Video
- For Hinton Animation Studios:
- For Evergreen Raccoons:
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.