What-a-Mess

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What-a-Mess is a series of children's books written by British comedy writer Frank Muir and illustrated by Joseph Wright. It was later made into an animated series in the UK in 1990 and again in 1995 by Disney and aired on ABC in the United States. The title character is a filthy (hence his nick name), accident-prone Afghan Hound puppy, whose real name was Prince Amir of Kinjan. Central TV, Link Licensing & Bevanfield Films produced the first series and DiC Entertainment produced the second series. Both of them were narrated by Frank Muir.

Contents

[edit] Episode List

[edit] Series 1

  • What-a-Mess Goes to the Seaside
  • What-a-Mess Goes to School
  • Prince What-a-Mess
  • Super What-a-Mess
  • What-a-Mess Keeps Cool
  • What-a-Mess Goes to Town
  • What-a-Mess Goes to the Vet
  • What-a-Mess and Little Poppet
  • What-a-Mess Goes Camping
  • What-a-Mess The Beautiful
  • What-a-Mess and the Cat Next Door
  • What-a-Mess Has a Brain Wave!
  • What-a-Mess and Cynthia the Hedgehog

[edit] Credits

[edit] Season 1

Based on the Books by 
Frank Muir
Based on the Illustrations by 
Joseph Wright
Written by 
Timothy Forder
Music 
Barrie Guard
Director of Animation 
Roger McIntosh
Animation 
Malcolm Bourne, Peter Hale, Charlie MacRae, Steve Roberts, Neil Salmon, Tim Webb
Assistant Animators 
Terry Dormer, Dominic Griffiths, Amanda Talbot
Backgrounds 
Ian Henderson
Trace & Paint Supervisor 
Martin Dray
Rostrum Camera 
Lyndon Pickersgill
Executive Producers 
Claire Derry, David Hamilton, Frank Muir, Lewis Rudd
Produced by 
Mary Swindale
Directed by 
Timothy Forder

[edit] Season 2

Executive Producers 
Frank Muir, Andy Heyward, Robby London, Michael Maliani
Produced & Directed by 
Kent Butterworth
Supervising Producers & Story Editors 
Cliff Ruby, Elana Lesser
Production Supervisor 
Stacey Gallishaw
Executive in Charge of Production 
Brian A. Miller
Associate Producers 
Jennifer Pelphrey, Kurt Weldon
Script Coordinator 
Lori Crawford
Assisted by 
William A. Ruiz, Jordan Kornzweig
Casting & Voice Directors 
Marsha Goodman, Ginny McSwain
Production Assistants 
Lori Crawford, and Cliff Ruby
Production Coordinator 
Christy Busirk
Talent Coordinators 
Cliff Ruby, and Elana Lesser
Consultants 
Penny Lee, Kevin Donahue, Joseph Wright
Storyboards 
Liz Rathke-Bakunovich, Vincent Waller, Steve Ditko, Istvan Majoros, Jordan Reichek, Owen Fitzgerald, Howard Post, Joe Horne, Chuck Harvey, Karl Fischer, Sean Bishop, Norman Quebedeau, Ken Mitcheroney, Tibor Belay, Caren Scarpulla, Scott Shaw, Joe Morrison, Ricardo Agrines, Kathy Carr, Lane Raichert, Suraiya Daud, Gary Paul Terry, Marc Schirmeister, Kent Butterworth
Storyboard Supervisor 
Cullen Blaine
Storyboard Cleanup 
Joe Murray, Cliff Ruby, and Fred Carrillo
Art Director 
Joseph Wright
Character Designers 
Jimmy Cross, Kurt Conner, Sandy Kopitopoulos, Fred Carrillo, Milton Knight
Background Designers 
Ange Phillipson, Bonita Versh
Prop Designers 
Suraiya Daud, Jang Lee, Kelly McGraw, Sean Bishop, Poe K. Tan
Color Backgrounds 
Shelley Gillespie, Gilbert Hung, Timothy Barnes, Richard Ziehler Martin,
Color Key 
Caren Scarpulla, Martin Forte, Dene Ann Hemming
Storyboard Slugging 
William Reed, Vincent Davis
Lip Model 
Kent Holaday, Rebecca Greenwood
Animation Directors 
Wayne Schulz, Tony Love, Ed Love, Walt Kubiak
Animation Supervisor 
Doug Williams
Graphics 
Alexandra S. Ennis
Executive in Charge of Post Production 
Thierry P. Laurin
Assisted by 
Kimberly Francis
Translation 
Jung Ran Son, Joseph C. Cho
Supervising Sound Engineer 
Michael J. Cowan
Recording Assistants 
Cliff Ruby, and Bill Martin
Music by 
Michael Tavera
Main Title Song by 
Sandy Howell, Matt McGuire
Vocals by 
Ashley Hall, Steve Tyrell
Children Vocals 
Danny Turner, Edmund Payne, Jacqueline Baldwin, David Beresford, Steve Luizzing, Anne Luizzing, Mason Gamble, Tracey Beckwith, Harley Bowsie-Smith, Mara Wilson
Songs by 
Michael Tavera, Bill Martin
Music Supervisor 
Joanne Miller
Music Editor 
John Mortarotti
Format 
Ted Supa
Picture Editors 
Richard Bruce Elliott, Theresa Gilroy-Nielsen
Digoale Editors 
Cliff Ruby, and Greg Bailey
Videotape Supervisors 
Tonda S. Lark, Fifun A. Amini
Track Readers 
Thomas W. Anderson, Ron LeBlanc, John Gunn, Cam Drysdale, Gord Browne
Assistant Editors 
Kris Gilpin, Trudy Alexander
Post Production Coordinator 
Kathleen Mary O'Hara
Post Production Supervisor 
Tonda S. Lark
Program Administrative 
Ted Supa
Administrative Assistant 
Dunta Bell
Animation by 
Pacific Rim Productions, Inc.

Bohbot Entertainment

Executive Producer 
Allen J. Bohbot

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