Doc Potts
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Doc Potts or Doc Potts and Weselly was an animated television series employing the Syncro-Vox
technique proposed by Clark Haas
and Cambria Studios
. Dick Brown and Edwin Gillette
prepared a pilot episode in 1960, but the series was never produced.
Haas described Doc Potts as a "lovable old veterinarian, a sort of combination Charley Weaver and Charlie Ruggles," and Weselly as "an eager Boy Ranger, a young innocent who finds all the answers in his Boy Ranger official manual and who contrasts sharply with (Clutch Cargo
s) Spinner's relative worldliness."
Syncro-Vox
Syncro-Vox is a filming method which combines static images with moving images, the most common use of which is to superimpose talking lips on a photograph of a celebrity or a cartoon drawing. It is one of the most extreme examples of the cost-cutting strategy of limited animation...
technique proposed by Clark Haas
Clark Haas
Clark S. Haas, Jr. was a cartoonist and, from 1957 to 1965, owner of Cambria Studios, which produced the limited animation series, Clutch Cargo .-Career:...
and Cambria Studios
Cambria Productions
Cambria Productions was the West Hollywood, California animation production studio most famous for its wide usage of the Syncro-Vox technique of animation developed by Edwin Gillette, who was a co-partner in the studio.Owned by Clark S. Haas, Jr...
. Dick Brown and Edwin Gillette
Edwin Gillette
Edwin "Ted" Gillette was a cameraman and inventor notable for the development of the Syncro-Vox technique of limited animation, which was used in the series Clutch Cargo.-Early life:...
prepared a pilot episode in 1960, but the series was never produced.
Haas described Doc Potts as a "lovable old veterinarian, a sort of combination Charley Weaver and Charlie Ruggles," and Weselly as "an eager Boy Ranger, a young innocent who finds all the answers in his Boy Ranger official manual and who contrasts sharply with (Clutch Cargo
Clutch Cargo
Clutch Cargo is an animated television series produced by Cambria Productions and syndicated beginning on March 9, 1959. Notable for its very limited animation, yet imaginative stories, the series was a surprise hit at the time, and could be seen on 65 stations nationwide in 1960.- Plot :The...
s) Spinner's relative worldliness."
External links
- Doc Potts at Big Cartoon DataBaseBig Cartoon DataBaseThe Big Cartoon DataBase is an online database of information about animated cartoons, animated feature films, animated television shows and cartoon shorts....