The Electric Piper (found Nickelodeon animated TV film; 2003)

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Screenshot of found footage.

Status: Partially Found

The Electric Piper is an animated TV adaptation of The Pied Piper that aired on Nickelodeon in February 2003. The film was directed by Raymie Muzquiz and written by Bill Burnett, the creator of ChalkZone, and was voiced by Rodney Dangerfield, Rob Schneider, and George Segal.

Set in the 1960s, it's about a guitarist named Sly (modeled after Jimi Hendrix) who uses his music to get rid of rats who are invading a suburban town called Hamlin. When the mayor doesn't give Sly his reward, a Harley Davidson motorcycle, he takes his revenge by convincing the children of the town to run away and join him in a mountain.

The movie hasn't been seen since its few initial airings on Nickelodeon, as it was never released onto VHS or DVD. Only three clips of it have resurfaced onto the internet, one of which has since been taken down. The film has not resurfaced on the Internet, and no complete TV recordings are known to exist. However the director Raymie Muzquiz confirmed he has a copy but for some reason isn't allowed to release it. He hopes to one day find a way to release it online but ha confirmed that Nickelodeon's legal department decided that it did not have enough documentation on the music rights to re-release the movie safely. He also said that before the movie was aired originally they had to re-do the music because Nickelodeon legal at the time thought the songs were too close to the songs they were referencing.

Surviving Footage

Clip from the film featuring a musical number from Sly.

Bill Burnett's Cartoon Music Reel, in which 2 clip from "The Electric Piper" appears (at 3:34).

Photo Gallery

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  A gif Raymie Muzquiz made of a previously unseen section of a clip.