
Simon Says
- Studio
- Gillis-Wiseman Productions, Evergreen Raccoons Television Productions, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Telefilm Canada
- Animation studio
- Hinton Animation Studios
Synopsis
Recently, Cedric has been down about the fact that his pop (Cyril) hasn't been spending much time with him. One day, a stranger shows up on the doorstep of the Sneer Mansion, claiming to be Cyril's long-lost brother Simon. Simon is more than eager to spend time with Cedric, and willing to tell stories of how he and Cyril grew up, but Cyril is anything but happy for 2 reasons: the first being that Simon was lost at sea years ago, and the other being that the Sneer fortune will be split in half, part for Cyril and part for Simon. Cyril enlists the pigs to dig up some dirt on Simon, but everything keeps pointing to the thought that Simon really is Simon. However, Bert Raccoon, (ace detective) is eager to take up this case, much like that of his favorite sleuth, Luke Warm. With a little investigative work, Bert proves that Simon is after all a fraud. Simon Sneer is in fact Sid Leach, a childhood friend of Simon and Cyril's. Simon is thoroughly denounced, and Cyril agrees to spend more time with Cedric.
Characters
Bert Raccoon, Ralph Raccoon, Melissa Raccoon, Cyril Sneer, Snag, Cedric Sneer, Schaeffer, Broo, Pigs, Simon, Mr. Moleman, Fern
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
- Derek Diorio, Dan Lalande
Animation
- Animator
- Lilliane Andre, Mike Bass, Rose Biviens, Chris Butler, Larry Cariou, Scott Fiander, Daniel Lafrance, Jean Lajeunesse, Scott Mansz, Luc Marier, Moira Moxley, Gerry Paquette, Nick Rijgersberg, Glen Sylvester, Susan Spriggs, Paul Teglas, Robert Waldren, Teruyo Watanabe, Jamie Whitney, Lee Williams, John Williamson, Woody Yocum
- Senior Assistant Animator
- Gloria Hsu
- Assistant Animators
- Daniel Barnaby, Suzanne Boutin, Michael Csunyoscka, Jane Gardner, Rebecca Greenwood, Ian Jeans, Wayne Lee Pack, Eloise Lennox, Monica Luciani, Ted MacLeod, Eileen Middleton, Kristina Paquette, Heather Sawyer, Ronit Schneidman
Voices
- Voice
- Michael Magee (Cyril Sneer), Len Carlson (Bert Raccoon, Pig Two, Pig Three, Fern), Marvin Goldhar (Cedric Sneer, Simon, Mr. Moleman), Carl Banas (Schaeffer), Bob Dermer (Ralph Raccoon), Susan Roman (Melissa Raccoon), Sharon Lewis (Broo), Nick Nichols (Pig One)
Music
- Music
- Kevin Gillis, Jon Stroll, Stephen Lunt, Jack Lenz
Editing
- Editor
- Sue Robertson
Crew
- Creator
- Kevin Gillis
- Head Writer
- Kevin Gillis
- Series Writers
- Gerry Capelle, Mary Crawford, Derek Diorio, Kevin Gillis, Dan Lalande, Paul Schibli, Alan Templeton, Gerald Tripp
- Supervising Director of Animation
- Sebastian Grunstra
- Storyboards
- Gerry Capelle
- Animation Director
- Karen Munro-Caple
- Character Design
- Kathy Harker-Fiander, Maryl Morris
- Layout Director
- Tim Deacon
- Layouts
- Doug Williams
- Background Director
- Greg Gibbons
- Backgrounds
- Chris Wren, Sean Campbell
- Layout and Background Co-ordinator
- Cindy Moehrle
- Timing
- Woody Yocum
- Assistant Animation Directors
- Al Jeffery, Hana Kukal, Maryl Morris
- Storyboard Co-ordinator
- Anne-Marie Ouellette
- Animation Co-ordinator
- Kathie Robillard
- Animation Layout
- Chris Butler, Dan Craig, Graham Falk, Scott Fiander, Gerry Paquette
- Technical Co-ordinator
- Weldon Poapst
- Ink and Trace Department
- Norman Lemire, Jack Lemire, Doug Latreille
- Matching
- Wanda Chow, Kerry-Michael Deevy, Kokila Weerasinghe, Jaroslaw Izerowicz, Denyse Ouellette
- Color Co-ordinator
- Lise Gravel-Murka
- Opaquing Supervisor
- Florence Bach
- Opaquing
- Susan Andrews, Dave Bickerton, Darlene Chalmers, Mae Clifford, Guy Daw, Katherine Fitzgerald, Richard Greenham, Patrick Gouthreau, Mitsuko Jones, Jon W. Last, Lloyd Marchand, Christine McLean, Robert Mole, Steve Popowicky, Michael Schauer, Pierric Tallec, Anne Wistaff
- Special Effects Supervisor
- Ben Ballon
- Special Effects
- Brenda Desharnais, Diederik Van Den Weghe
- 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, Shirl Kwan
- Negative Cutting
- Gerde Gerke, Hildegard Schaefer
- Color Timers
- Vladmir Zabransky, Michel Brohez
- "Growing Up" and "Run With Us" Sung by
- Lisa Lougheed
- Songs Composed By
- Kevin Gillis, Jon Stroll, Stephen Lunt, Jack Lenz
- Music Direction and Score
- Jon Stroll, Kevin Gillis
- Music Arrangements
- Jon Stroll
- Concert Master
- John Gomez
- Songs Mixer
- Ed Stasium
- Recording
- John Cybanski, Peter Mann, Sal Ciampini, Vic Pyle, Terry O'Bright
- Show Mixers
- Vic Pyle, Sounds Interchange
- Re-Recording
- Terry O'Bright, Kevin Howard
- Dialogue Editing
- Carla Densmore
- Sound Editing
- Peter Harmathy
- Music Editing
- Kelly Kincaid
- Assistant Editors
- Stephen Szymanski, Cheryl Gurnsey
- Video Color
- Lorraine Grant
- 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
- Executive in Charge of Production
- Ursula Clarkson
- Production Manager
- Maureen O'Brien
- Production Assistants
- Margaret Macaulay, John Surmachynski, Catherine Copp
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.
