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'''''Mess O' Blues''''' was the original thesis short for ''Johnny Bravo'' created by Van Partible in 1993. | '''''Mess O' Blues''''' was the original thesis short for ''Johnny Bravo'' created by Van Partible in 1993. | ||
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While working at Loyola Marymount University, Partible decided to pursue a career in animation and so he started working on a senior thesis project called ''Mess O' Blues''. | While working at Loyola Marymount University, Partible decided to pursue a career in animation and so he started working on a senior thesis project called ''Mess O' Blues''. | ||
The short about an Elvis Presley impersonator, (originally three impersonators, before it was shortened to one due to time constraints and lack of a budget), who would later become Johnny Bravo. | |||
==Becoming Johnny Bravo== | ==Becoming Johnny Bravo== | ||
[[File:Johnny-Bravo-tv-01.jpg|thumb|215px|left|Johnny Bravo.]]Dan McLaughin (Partible's animation professor) showed the short to a friend working at Hanna-Barbera Productions. | [[File:Johnny-Bravo-tv-01.jpg|thumb|215px|left|Johnny Bravo.]]Dan McLaughin (Partible's animation professor) showed the short to a friend working at Hanna-Barbera Productions. | ||
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Despite the success it spawned, ''Mess O' Blues'' has never been released or even seen publicly, unlike the widely available and similarly made ''What a Cartoon'' predecessor ''The Whoopass Girls'' (which would later become ''The Powerpuff Girls''). Or the recently found "Billy and Mandy in trepanation of the skull and YOU." | Despite the success it spawned, ''Mess O' Blues'' has never been released or even seen publicly, unlike the widely available and similarly made ''What a Cartoon'' predecessor ''The Whoopass Girls'' (which would later become ''The Powerpuff Girls''). Or the recently found "Billy and Mandy in trepanation of the skull and YOU." | ||
The only footage that has ever been made available was | The only footage that has ever been made available was some short, mute clips in a ''Johnny Bravo Documentary'' on the season one DVD. | ||
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A user by the name of YoshiKiller2S uploaded the Johnny Bravo Documentary that contains footage of ''Mess O' Blues.'' | |||
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Revision as of 17:54, 11 January 2017
Screencap from the short.
Status: Partially Found
Mess O' Blues was the original thesis short for Johnny Bravo created by Van Partible in 1993.
Origins
While working at Loyola Marymount University, Partible decided to pursue a career in animation and so he started working on a senior thesis project called Mess O' Blues.
The short about an Elvis Presley impersonator, (originally three impersonators, before it was shortened to one due to time constraints and lack of a budget), who would later become Johnny Bravo.
Becoming Johnny Bravo
Dan McLaughin (Partible's animation professor) showed the short to a friend working at Hanna-Barbera Productions.
The studio saw the short and loved it so much they asked Partible if he could do a pitch for a seven-minute short cartoon, with Mess O' Blues as the inspiration. This became the original Johnny Bravo short.
The character was changed so that, as Partible put it, " he would be more of this '50's iconic James Dean-looking character that talked like Elvis."
Other changes include his hairstyle, name, physical appearance and personality.
This new pilot was later aired on World Premiere Toons (also known as What a Cartoon!).
Resurfacing
Despite the success it spawned, Mess O' Blues has never been released or even seen publicly, unlike the widely available and similarly made What a Cartoon predecessor The Whoopass Girls (which would later become The Powerpuff Girls). Or the recently found "Billy and Mandy in trepanation of the skull and YOU."
The only footage that has ever been made available was some short, mute clips in a Johnny Bravo Documentary on the season one DVD.
Update
A user by the name of YoshiKiller2S uploaded the Johnny Bravo Documentary that contains footage of Mess O' Blues.
