John Kricfalusi acquired his skills largely by copying cartoons from newspapers and comic books as a child, and by studying cartoons and their production systems from the 1940s and 1950s.
38 Facts About John Kricfalusi
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Since 2006, John Kricfalusi has maintained a personal blog dedicated to cartoons and animation.
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John Kricfalusi released an apology for his behavior, blaming his mental health and "poor impulse control".
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John Kricfalusi has since declared his withdrawal from the professional animation industry.
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Michael John Kricfalusi was born on September 9,1955, in Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada to Michael Kricfalusi, who was of Ukrainian descent, and Mary Lou Kricfalusi, who was of Scottish and English descent.
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John Kricfalusi spent his early childhood in Germany and Belgium while his father was serving in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
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John Kricfalusi would watch weekend screenings of European feature-length cartoons such as The Snow Queen at Air Force cinemas.
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Gray was working for Filmation at the time, and soon John Kricfalusi found work there as well, getting his start on shows like Super Friends and The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show.
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John Kricfalusi's first independent cartoon was a short called Ted Bakes One, which he produced with Bill Wray in 1981 for a cable channel.
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From 1979 to the mid-1980s, John Kricfalusi worked for Filmation and later Hanna-Barbera and DIC Entertainment on various shows that he once described as "the worst animation of all time".
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John Kricfalusi recalls being "saved" from having to work on these cartoons by director Ralph Bakshi, who had worked with him before in 1980 and 1982.
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Under Bakshi, John Kricfalusi directed the animation for The Rolling Stones' 1986 music video "Harlem Shuffle".
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John Kricfalusi directed eight of the twenty-six episodes and supervised the series.
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At the beginning of the second season, John Kricfalusi left the show.
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Bakshi maintained that neither he nor John Kricfalusi had the character sniffing cocaine, and that the character was sniffing the crushed petals of a flower, which were handed to him in a previous scene in the cartoon.
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In 1994, John Kricfalusi pitched a revival series of Mighty Mouse to Paramount, which would have featured other Terrytoons characters such as Deputy Dawg, but they rejected the idea.
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ABC had been negotiating for the production of the show with the Clampett family, who insisted that John Kricfalusi be part of the production as he was a strong proponent of Bob Clampett's cartoon style.
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The more ABC strove to soften the show, the more John Kricfalusi pushed for shocking and offensive material.
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John Kricfalusi had previously tried pitching the show in the late 1980s, but networks considered it "too extreme" so did not pick it up.
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John Kricfalusi considers the episodes he was involved in to be experimental.
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John Kricfalusi wanted to release an episode titled "Life Sucks" straight to DVD, but the episode remains unproduced.
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John Kricfalusi directed Icelandic singer Bjork's animated music video for the song "I Miss You" in 1997, which features Bjork and the character Jimmy the Idiot Boy.
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In 2006, John Kricfalusi directed two music videos, and served as art director for an animated musical segment.
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John Kricfalusi served as art director for a musical segment in the show Class of 3000 entitled Life Without Music, which first aired on November 3,2006.
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John Kricfalusi contributed several articles in 1993 and 1994 for the magazines Film Threat and Wild Cartoon Kingdom under various aliases.
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John Kricfalusi appears in several bonus featurettes and provides audio commentaries for the Looney Tunes Golden Collection volumes 2,3 and 5, for cartoons directed by Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones.
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John Kricfalusi directed commercials for Comcast and Voice over IP company Raketu in 2007.
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John Kricfalusi was developing a series of cartoon commercials in 2008 for Pontiac Vibe starring George Liquor and Jimmy The Idiot Boy, but the series remained unreleased after General Motors discontinued the Pontiac Vibe auto line in 2009.
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John Kricfalusi developed and animated a series of bumpers using Toon Boom Harmony for Adult Swim in 2011 and again in 2015.
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John Kricfalusi collaborated with streetwear brand Stussy to create a short series of apparel based on his designs in 2012, which he promoted with a commercial featuring some of his characters.
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John Kricfalusi posted the concepts for these projects on his blog.
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John Kricfalusi partnered with animator Mike Judge to produce a series of shorts for UFC that aired on Adult Swim throughout 2016.
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In 2012, John Kricfalusi funded through Kickstarter a cartoon short entitled Cans Without Labels, starring the character George Liquor, with the initial delivery date of February 2013.
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On May 27,2019, John Kricfalusi announced the DVD masterings' completion and released it on his MyShopify store within a week or two, with backers receiving first priority.
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John Kricfalusi says he is mostly self-taught, having only spent a year in Sheridan College, barely attending class.
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John Kricfalusi acquired his skills largely by copying cartoons from newspapers and comic books as a child, and by studying cartoons and their production systems from the 1940s and 1950s.
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John Kricfalusi was alleged to possess child pornography on his computer.
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John Kricfalusi released an apology to the women and his fans for his behavior, which he said was motivated by undiagnosed bipolar disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, as well as "poor impulse control".