Artcow Michael John Kricfalusi / John Kricfalusi / John K. / John K. Stuff / Raymond Spum - scammer animator who pissed away his own career, salty blogger, CONFIRMED predator and child rapist

[Ilikeoreos]

I once read somewhere then John K also disliked DIC animation and once say that makes Filmation look like 40s Disney.

Compare the Real Ghostbusters to the Filmation Ghostbusters and you'll see what bs that is. I think the only reason why stuff like The Super Mario Bros. Super Show had so many careless animation goofs ls because DiC was focusing most of its budget on The Real Ghostbusters and going out of it's way to actually make something good.

 

[Blood Debts]

Compare the Real Ghostbusters to the Filmation Ghostbusters and you'll see what bs that is. I think the only reason why stuff like The Super Mario Bros. Super Show had so many careless animation goofs ls because DiC was focusing most of its budget on The Real Ghostbusters and going out of it's way to actually make something good.

The reason The Real Ghostbusters looks really damn good compared to shows like SMBSS is because they outsourced it to companies like Tokyo Movie Shinsha, one of the companies responsible for animating Batman: The Animated Series, while shows like SMBSS got outsourced to cheap South Korean companies--most notably Sei Young Animation, which was also responsible for The Legend of Zelda cartoon (although The Real Ghostbuster's final two seasons were animated in South Korea as well). Filmation did all their animating in-house in California, and actually made a big deal about how their animation wasn't outsourced overseas (despite the fact they were one of the worst offenders of cutting corners in the animation industry).

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

Compare the Real Ghostbusters to the Filmation Ghostbusters and you'll see what bs that is. I think the only reason why stuff like The Super Mario Bros. Super Show had so many careless animation goofs ls because DiC was focusing most of its budget on The Real Ghostbusters and going out of it's way to actually make something good.

Like I said, his opinion on the shows is colored by his experiences at the studios. He worked at all of them and he hated working at each of them.

 

[Adamska]

Like I said, his opinion on the shows is colored by his experiences at the studios. He worked at all of them and he hated working at each of them.

He only hated them because they didn't allow him to loaf about and snort crack or however he managed to never make a full fucking season of anything he's ever helmed.

 

[Dark Emporer Dood]

The reason The Real Ghostbusters looks really damn good compared to shows like SMBSS is because they outsourced it to companies like Tokyo Movie Shinsha, one of the companies responsible for animating Batman: The Animated Series, while shows like SMBSS got outsourced to cheap South Korean companies--most notably Sei Young Animation, which was also responsible for The Legend of Zelda cartoon (although The Real Ghostbuster's final two seasons were animated in South Korea as well). Filmation did all their animating in-house in California, and actually made a big deal about how their animation wasn't outsourced overseas (despite the fact they were one of the worst offenders of cutting corners in the animation industry).

I've been watching anime from that period and its very apparent that The Real Ghostbusters had work done by TMS, Toei, etc etc. Many of the sound effects were common in anime, the art style, and the way they'd animate flying objects and vehicles (a lost art thanks to crappy CGI!), all of it was quite anime.

Filmation on the other hand... I have a high tolerance for bad animation (having watched crap like Space Thunder Kids), but even then Filmation can be unbearable at times.

 

[Ilikeoreos]

The reason The Real Ghostbusters looks really damn good compared to shows like SMBSS is because they outsourced it to companies like Tokyo Movie Shinsha, one of the companies responsible for animating Batman: The Animated Series, while shows like SMBSS got outsourced to cheap South Korean companies--most notably Sei Young Animation, which was also responsible for The Legend of Zelda cartoon (although The Real Ghostbuster's final two seasons were animated in South Korea as well). Filmation did all their animating in-house in California, and actually made a big deal about how their animation wasn't outsourced overseas (despite the fact they were one of the worst offenders of cutting corners in the animation industry).

The problems with SMBSS seemed to have less to do with the quality of the animation and more to do with the fact that they were being shoved out the door partially unfinished. It seems that almost everything sent overseas back then came back with those kinds of errors, deleted scenes from early seasons of The Simpsons had the same kind of careless "character talking with another character's voice" errors that SMBSS was famous for. Most other shows were just more willing to fix those things before sending them out to air. It's only natural that one of DiC's productions would turn out that way considering the huge workload that the company had on their hands at the time.

 

[NARPASSWORD]

I've been watching anime from that period and its very apparent that The Real Ghostbusters had work done by TMS, Toei, etc etc. Many of the sound effects were common in anime, the art style, and the way they'd animate flying objects and vehicles (a lost art thanks to crappy CGI!), all of it was quite anime.

Filmation on the other hand... I have a high tolerance for bad animation (having watched crap like Space Thunder Kids), but even then Filmation can be unbearable at times.

About the only decent cartoon by Filmation was He-Man, and even then, it's almost entirely due to that show's meme material and accidental homoerotic undertones.

 

[Blood Debts]

About the only decent cartoon by Filmation was He-Man, and even then, it's almost entirely due to that show's meme material and accidental homoerotic undertones.

It's kind of hard to believe now, looking back on it, but shows like He-Man, BraveStarr and even the goofy Star Trek animated series (which Filmation also worked on) were kind of ground-breaking for their time. They introduced story-telling elements that a lot of kids' media hadn't done up to that point. Heck, the Star Trek animated show was the first Star Trek series to win an Emmy---the original series had been nominated a ton, but never won.

But getting back on topic with a slight powerlevel---when I wanted to break into the animation industry I always cited John as one of my inspirations. Back then I had no idea what kind of person he was or what was happening behind the scenes, I was just floored by how expressive and different Ren and Stimpy was compared to other cartoons at the time. It's a shame he's such a loathsome creature, really.

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

He only hated them because they didn't allow him to loaf about and snort crack or however he managed to never make a full fucking season of anything he's ever helmed.

And the dykes who ran the networks wouldn't let him draw hot sexy bitches, either.

 

[NARPASSWORD]

And the dykes who ran the networks wouldn't let him draw naked underaged girls, either.

FTFY

 

[BrunoMattei]

The problems with SMBSS seemed to have less to do with the quality of the animation and more to do with the fact that they were being shoved out the door partially unfinished. It seems that almost everything sent overseas back then came back with those kinds of errors, deleted scenes from early seasons of The Simpsons had the same kind of careless "character talking with another character's voice" errors that SMBSS was famous for. Most other shows were just more willing to fix those things before sending them out to air. It's only natural that one of DiC's productions would turn out that way considering the huge workload that the company had on their hands at the time.

And the sad thing is that as children we didn't notice the errors too often. Then again, I think I remember disliking the Super Mario cartoon and liked the live action segments more.

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

I was trawling old tweets when I noticed something that Katie Rice posted about John K. (following a declaration that John was a racist pedo):

"Although he did once tell me he was pro-gay marriage because he believed it meant marriage to underage girls might one day be legal too. I wish I were joking. John was actually pro-slippery slope. "

 

[Ilikeoreos]

And the sad thing is that as children we didn't notice the errors too often. Then again, I think I remember disliking the Super Mario cartoon and liked the live action segments more.

The only one I remember noticing as a kid was the scene in "Quest for Pizza" where Luigi talks with Peach's voice (that and the fact that Toad was colored incorrectly for the first few episodes, apparently because the animators were accidentally using the color model for his fire flower form, and of course the fact that Indiana Joe had no face). I liked the animated segments more, but started appreciating the live-action segments more as an adult-Lou and Danny seemed to be really great at ad-libbing.

 

[Ilikeoreos]

Sorry for double posting, but I just remembered something. The main reason for the edits on the DVDs was because they used masters from Spike TV reruns. After fans noticed the edits on the first set, John K.'s response was "Nick must have made those edits after I stopped watching." I'm not sure if John was aware of the edits on the Spike masters, but it would be just like him if he were aware of it and just wanted another excuse to make Nick look like the bad guy. And the removal of the bloody head fairy scene was clearly his doing, because that scene was still intact on Spike IIRC

 

[Tramadol]

"Although he did once tell me he was pro-gay marriage because he believed it meant marriage to underage girls might one day be legal too. I wish I were joking. John was actually pro-slippery slope. "

That made me chuckle on how absurd that is

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

Sorry for double posting, but I just remembered something. The main reason for the edits on the DVDs was because they used masters from Spike TV reruns. After fans noticed the edits on the first set, John K.'s response was "Nick must have made those edits after I stopped watching." I'm not sure if John was aware of the edits on the Spike masters, but it would be just like him if he were aware of it and just wanted another excuse to make Nick look like the bad guy. And the removal of the bloody head fairy scene was clearly his doing, because that scene was still intact on Spike IIRC

Never mind that the set was promoted as "UNCUT," of course. But the fact is Nickelodeon's own airings of the episodes that are censored on the DVDs, including on the Splat/90s Are All That, feature many of the bits that were cut. And most of the cuts on the DVDs were to the Games episodes - Nick did not do much censorship to the Games episodes.

That made me chuckle on how absurd that is

There are many stories about John that go beyond the absurd. If you ever heard the story about him and his driving habits...

 

[BrunoMattei]

Never mind that the set was promoted as "UNCUT," of course. But the fact is Nickelodeon's own airings of the episodes that are censored on the DVDs, including on the Splat/90s Are All That, feature many of the bits that were cut. And most of the cuts on the DVDs were to the Games episodes - Nick did not do much censorship to the Games episodes.



There are many stories about John that go beyond the absurd. If you ever heard the story about him and his driving habits...

I'm surprised someone hasn't uploaded a torrent of the recent Splat/90's Are All That airings. I have two torrents of the show (because I refused to buy the DVD's since they were cut). One is the DVD rips and the other is made up of old VHS rips that have been on the net forever.

As I mentioned, a couple of Games episodes were cut in re-runs on Nick.

 

[CWCissey]

There are many stories about John that go beyond the absurd. If you ever heard the story about him and his driving habits...

Go on...

 

[GhostButt]

the way they'd animate flying objects and vehicles (a lost art thanks to crappy CGI!)

Got DAMN do I love 80s/90s vehicle animation, those two vibrating frames with a static camera do more for my brain chemicals than is reasonable.

Why is cg so good nowadays, but in the hands of a jap all they can manage is cellshaded barbies with clipping fabric. [insert guts-walking-away.gif here]

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

Go on...

Well, since you wanted to know...

The story I heard about his driving habits (I will mention I heard it on Facebook, but I won't mention who to protect their privacy) was that for a long while he had to have people drive him. When he was asked why he wouldn't learn how, he said that it was because of all those little Elmer Fudds he kept seeing.

Later, he somehow managed to get a license and bought a big fucking pickup truck. You can guess how his driving was like - he was the archetypal bad driver. Imagine every bad driver you've ever met combined into one - that was how he drove.