Monster Mania
- Studio
- Gillis-Wiseman Productions, Evergreen Raccoons Television Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Telefilm Canada
- Animation studio
- Hinton Animation Studios
Synopsis
After Melissa snaps a blurry photo of a creature swimming in Evergreen Lake, unruly mobs of monster watchers descend on the Evergreen Forest. When Bert traps the monster, it takes him on a hair-raising race across the lake that ends in a spectacular crash. Everyone learns the difference between fact and fiction when the monster's revealed to be yet another Cyril Sneer tourist trap.
Characters
Bert Raccoon, Ralph Raccoon, Melissa Raccoon, Cyril Sneer, Cedric Sneer, Schaeffer, Pigs, Professor Smedley-Smythe, Bears, Monster, Reporter
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Kevin Gillis
- Assistant Director
- Gerald Tripp
- Co-directed By
- Paul Schibli
Producing
- Producer
- Kevin Gillis
- Executive Producer
- Sheldon S. Wiseman
- Associate Producer
- Ursula Clarkson
- Assistant Producer
- Gerald Tripp
Writing
- Writer
- Mary Crawford, Alan Templeton
- Head Writer
- Kevin Gillis
- Created By
- Kevin Gillis
Voices
- Voice
- Michael Magee (Cyril Sneer), Len Carlson (Bert Raccoon, Pig Two, Pig Three, Professor Smedley-Smythe, Monster), Marvin Goldhar (Cedric Sneer, Reporter), Carl Banas (Schaeffer, Bear), Bob Dermer (Ralph Raccoon, Bear), Susan Roman (Melissa Raccoon), Nick Nichols (Pig One), Dan Lalande (Crowd Voices), Geoffrey Winter (Narrator)
Music
- Music
- Jon Stroll, Kevin Gillis
Animation
- Animation Director
- Karen Munro-Caple
- Animator
- Lilliane Andre, Mike Bass, Rose Biviens, Chris Butler, Scott Fiander, Neil Hunter, Hana Kukal, Daniel Lafrance, Jean Lajeunesse, Scott Mansz, Luc Marier, Moira Moxley, Nick Rijgersberg, Susan Spriggs, Paul Teglas, Robert Waldren, Teruyo Watanabe, Jamie Whitney, Lee Williams, Woody Yocum
- Supervising Director of Animation
- Sebastian Grunstra
- Layouts
- Richard Forg, Doug Williams
- Senior Assistant Animator
- Gloria Hsu
- Assistant Animators
- Daniel Barnaby, Suzanne Boutin, Lee Cadieux, Chris Clarke, Michael Csunyoscka, Jane Gardner, Rebecca Greenwood, Ian Jeans, Wayne Lee Pack, Monica Luciani, Ted MacLeod, Eileen Middleton, Kristina Paquette, Heather Sawyer, Ronit Schneidman
- Timing
- Woody Yocum
- Assistant Animation Director
- Al Jeffery
- Animation Co-ordinator
- Kathie Robillard
- Animation Layout
- Hilary Phillips, Dan Craig, Maryl Morris, Graham Falk, Gerry Paquette
- Animation Check/Camera Check Supervisor
- Lorraine Decoste
- Animation Check/Camera Check
- Kim Murdock, Paul Dewar, Craig Wilson, Katy Hennessy
- Color Timers
- Vladmir Zabransky, Michel Brohez
- Executive in Charge of Production for Hinton Animation Studios
- Carl McMullin
Art Department
- Storyboards
- Mik Casey
- Character Design
- Kathy Harker-Fiander
- Backgrounds
- Greg Gibbons, Eloise Lennox, Chris Wren
- Layouts and Backgrounds Director
- Peter Moehrle
- Layouts and Backgrounds Co-ordinator
- Cindy Moehrle
- Storyboards Co-ordinator
- Anne-Marie Ouellette
- Ink and Trace Department Supervisor
- Valda Champagne-Marks
- Ink and Trace Department
- Doug Latreille, Jack Lemire, Norman Lemire
Visual Effects
- Special Effects Supervisor
- Ben Ballon
- Special Effects
- Martin Butler, Brenda Desharnais
Camera
- Camera Department Supervisor
- Ronald E. Haines
- Camera Department
- Paul Webster, Sylvie Paquette, Shirl Kwan
Editing
- Assistant Editors
- Kelly Kincaid, Stephen Szymanski, Cheryl Gurnsey
- Negative Cutting
- Gerde Gerke, Hildegard Schaefer
Sound
- Show Mixer
- Vic Pyle, Sounds Interchange
- Re-Recording
- Terry O'Bright, Kevin Howard
- Songs Mixer
- Ed Stasium
- Sound Editing and Supervision
- Sue Robertson
- Dialogue Editing
- Carla Densmore
Music Department
- Music Direction and Score
- Jon Stroll, Kevin Gillis
- Music Arrangements
- Jon Stroll
- Music Editing
- Michael Parker
Production Management
- Production Manager
- Maureen O'Brien
- Production Supervisor
- Lesley Harris, Lesley Harris
- Production Office Co-ordinator
- Elizabeth Foster
- Production Accountant
- Colleen Cybulski
- Production Secretary
- Claire Wilmut
- Assistant to the Producer
- Laura Kate Wallis
- Executive in Charge of Production
- Ursula Clarkson
- Executive in Charge of Production for CBC
- Nada Harcourt
- Production Assistants
- Margaret Macaulay, John Surmachynski, Mike Schauer
Crew
- Series Writers
- Gerry Capelle, Mary Crawford, Derek Diorio, Kevin Gillis, Dan Lalande, Paul Schibli, Alan Templeton, Gerald Tripp
- Assisted by
- Maryl Morris
- Technical Co-ordinator
- Weldon Poapst
- Matching
- Wanda Chow, Kerry-Michael Deevy, Kokila Weerasinghe, Jaroslaw Izerowicz
- Color Co-ordinator
- Lise Gravel-Murka
- Opaquing Supervisor
- Florence Bach
- Opaquing
- Susan Andrews, Elsa Anton, Dave Bickerton, Mae Clifford, Catherine Copp, Darlene Chalmers, Guy Daw, Katherine Fitzgerald, Richard Greenham, Patrick Gouthreau, Mitsuko Jones, Jon W. Last, Lloyd Marchand, Carrie Martin, Christine McLean, Robert Mole, Denyse Ouellette, Steve Popowicky, Pierric Tallec, Diederik Van Den Weghe, Anne Wistaff
- "Growing Up" and "Run With Us" Sung by
- Lisa Lougheed
- Songs Composed By
- Jon Stroll, Kevin Gillis
- Concert Master
- John Gomez
- Recording
- John Cybanski, Peter Mann, Sal Ciampini, Vic Pyle, Terry O'Bright
- Video Color
- Lorraine Grant
- Financial Co-ordinator
- Janet MacMillan
- Financial Services
- Cindy Griffiths, Cathy Morriscey, Brenda O'Reilly
- Studio Secretary
- Louise Daw
- Chief Financial Officer
- John R. Hussey
Companies and other credits
- Laboratory Services: Sonolab Inc
- Video Services: PFA Film and Video
- Completion Bond: Motion Picture Guarantors Inc
- Financing Arranged by: Uvesco Group
- 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.