lauren@RAND-UNIX.ARPA (08/28/84)
From: Lauren Weinstein <vortex!lauren@RAND-UNIX.ARPA> "Mad Monster Party" was produced in 1967 using the so-called "Animagic" process--stop action filming of "puppets" combined with a minor amount of animation. "Mad" Magazine's Harvey Kurtzman co-authored the script, which is sort of a combination comedy/horror/spoof. Several famous people provided voices for characters which looked much as they did, including Boris Karloff, Phyllis Diller (who keeps referring to the Frankenstein monster as "Fang") and several others. Not really great, but it certainly qualifies as "interesting" viewing and is really one of a kind. As far as I know, no other projects where produced by these same people, though similar animation techniques have been fairly widely used, of course. --Lauren--