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'''''Mess O' Blues''''' was the original thesis short for ''Johnny Bravo'' created by Van Partible in 1993.  
'''''Mess O' Blues''''' is an original short film about an "over the hill ageing rock star who thinks he's Elvis" created by Van Partible in 1993 for his senior thesis project that would serve as a basis for the Cartoon Network original show ''Johnny Bravo''.  


==Origins==
==Origins==
[[File:Mess O' Blues Concept Art.png|thumb|250px|right|Concept art.]]
[[File:Mess O' Blues Concept Art.png|thumb|250px|right|Concept art.]]
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 entitled ''Mess O' Blues''.


Partible started with the concept of three Elvis Presley impersonators who fought crime. However, due to his time constraints and the fact that he was doing all of the work himself, it was cut down to one Elvis impersonator.  
Partible started with the concept of three Elvis Presley impersonators (or "Elvi," as Van Partible puts it) who fought crime. However, due to his time constraints and the fact that he was doing all of the work himself, the idea was cut down to just one Elvis impersonator.  


==Becoming Johnny Bravo==
==Becoming Johnny Bravo==
[[File:Johnny-Bravo-tv-01.jpg|thumb|215px|left|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.
Dan McLaughlin (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 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.  
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."<ref>[https://archive.org/details/bringingupjohnnybravo The ''Bringing Up Johnny Bravo'' mini-documentary.] Retrieved 16 Oct '19</ref>
 
Other changes include his hair color, name, physical appearance, and personality.  


This new pilot was later aired on ''World Premiere Toons'' (also known as ''What a Cartoon!'').
This new pilot was later aired on ''World Premiere Toons'' (also known as ''What a Cartoon!'').
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Despite its success, ''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''.
Despite its success, ''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''.


The only footage that has ever been made available are a few short, mute clips in a mini-documentary on the ''Johnny Bravo Season 1 DVD'' entitled ''Bringing Up Johnny Bravo.''
The only footage that has ever been made available are a few short, mute clips from a short mini-documentary that was included as a bonus feature on the ''Johnny Bravo: Season 1 (Cartoon Network Hall of Fame)'' DVD entitled ''Bringing Up Johnny Bravo''.


==Footage==
==Footage==
In January 2017, Lost Media Wiki user [[User:YoshiKiller2S|YoshiKiller2S]] got ahold of the ''Johnny Bravo Season 1 DVD'' and uploaded ''Bringing Up Johnny Bravo'' to YouTube and then later to Archive.org and with it, was a total of 15 mute seconds of ''Mess O' Blues'' footage. YoshiKiller2S also discovered four Mess O' Blues animation cels from a YouTube video which was uploaded by the official Loyola Marymount University channel.
In January 2017, Lost Media Wiki user [[User:YoshiKiller2S|YoshiKiller2S]] got ahold of the ''Johnny Bravo Season 1'' DVD and preceded to rip and upload ''Bringing Up Johnny Bravo'' to YouTube and then later to Archive.org and with it, was a total of 15 mute seconds of ''Mess O' Blues'' footage. YoshiKiller2S also discovered four animation cels from ''Mess O' Blues'' in a YouTube video that was uploaded by the official Loyola Marymount University YouTube channel.
 
On a podcast in January 2022, Partible revealed that he owns the only VHS copy of the short film and a digital copy on his hard drive, but has no plans to release it online due to its internal value of his growth as an animation artist. He chooses to only show the film to either close colleagues or students participating in his animation classes.<ref>https://youtu.be/OetTpIA-Jto</ref>


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==Gallery==
===Videos===
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   |description1 =''How Van Partible ’93 Gave Life to Johnny Bravo'' which includes the four animation cels.
   |description1 =A Speech Bubble interview with Van Partible where he talks about ''Mess O' Blues''.
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   |description2 =LSuperSonicQ's first video on the subject.
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==Animation Cels==
 
===Animation Cels and Photos===
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File:Mob 1.png
File:Mob 1.png|Animation cels (1/4)
File:Mob 2.png
File:Mob 2.png|(2/4)
File:Mob 3.png
File:Mob 3.png|(3/4)
File:Mob 4.png
File:Mob 4.png|(4/4)
The Original Mess O' Blues Snapshot.png|The original snapshot of ''Mess O' Blues''.
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</gallery>
==See Also==
===Johnny Bravo===
*[[JBVO, Toon FM & Viva Las Bravo (partially found interstitials from Cartoon Network channel blocks; early-mid 2000s)]]
===Anthology Series===
*[[Cartoon Network "Cartoon Network Responds!" (partially found interstitials from TV channel; 1997-1999)]]
*[[Big Bag (partially found Cartoon Network live-action/animated/puppet series; 1996-1998)]]
*[[The Moxy Show (partially found episodes of Cartoon Network CGI animated anthology series; 1993-2000)]]
*[[Sunday Pants (partially lost Cartoon Network animated anthology series; 2005)]]
*[[ToonHeads (partially lost Cartoon Network animation anthology series; 1996-2003)]]
*[[ToonHeads "A Night of Independent Animation" (partially lost special of Cartoon Network animation anthology series; 1996)]]
*[[What A Cartoon! (found Cartoon Network animated anthology series; 1995-1997)]]
===Bumpers and Interstitials===
*[[The Big Game XXVI: Tom vs. Jerry (found Cartoon Network marathon special; 1998)]]
*[[Cartoon Network (partially found "High Noon Toons" bumpers from TV channel block; 1994-1996)]]
*[[Cartoon Network (partially lost "Nood" bumpers from TV channel; 2008-2010)]]
*[[Cartoon Network NBA All-Star Slam (partially found interviews of marathon; 2003)]]
*[[Cartoon Planet (partially found bumpers of revival block of Cartoon Network animated variety series; 2012)]]
*[[Codename: Kids Next Door Mission Weekend (partially found marathon bumpers for Cartoon Network animated series; 2003)]]
*[[Fridays aka "Cartoon Cartoon Fridays" (partially found interstitials from Cartoon Network channel block; 1999–2007)]]
*[[Hotdog TV (partially found Cartoon Network interstitial series; 2010)]]
*[[Tickle-U (partially found Cartoon Network preschool block; 2005-2006)]]
===Pilots===
*[[Ben 10 (partially found unaired pilot of Cartoon Network animated series; early-mid 2000s) ]]
*[[Billy and Mandy in Trepanation of the Skull and You (found prototype short of "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy" Cartoon Network animated series; 1995)]]
*[[Camp Lazlo "Monkey See, Camping Doo" (lost unaired pilot of Cartoon Network animated series; 2004)]]
*[[Captain Sturdy (found Cartoon Network animated pilot; 2001)]]
*[[Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (found unaired pilot of Cartoon Network animated series; 2003)]]
*[[IMP, Inc. (found Cartoon Network animated pilot; 2001)]]
*[[A Kitty Bobo Show (found storyboard of cancelled second animated pilot for Cartoon Network; 2002)]]
*[[Major Flake in "Soggy Sales" (found Cartoon Network animated pilot; 2001)]]
*[[My Gym Partner's a Monkey (lost unaired pilots of Cartoon Network animated series; 2003/2004)]]
*[[Project Gilroy (lost Cartoon Network animated pilot; 2007)]]
*[[Regular Show (non-existent Flash pilot of Cartoon Network animated series; late 2000s-2010)]]
*[[Squirrel Boy "Kite Makes Right" (lost unaired pilot of Cartoon Network animated series; 2004)]]
*[[Uncle Gus (partially found original English audio of Cartoon Network animated pilots; 2000-2001)]]
===Live-Action===
*[[Bobb'e Says (partially found Cartoon Network live-action clip series; 2009)]]
*[[BrainRush (partially found Cartoon Network live-action game show; 2009)]]
*[[Track Rats (partially found Cartoon Network reality short series; 2010)]]
*[[The Othersiders (found Cartoon Network paranormal reality series; 2009)]]
*[[Out of Jimmy's Head (partially lost original English dub of Cartoon Network teen sitcom; 2007-2008)]]
===Other Cartoon Network Series===
*[[Ben 10 (partially found pop-up trivia version of episodes of Cartoon Network animated series; 2008)]]
*[[Chowder (lost production material of cancelled Cartoon Network TV film; 2009)]]
*[[Class of 3000 (found original English dub of Cartoon Network animated musical series; 2006-2008)]]
*[[Codename: Kids Next Door (lost production material of cancelled episodes of Cartoon Network animated series; 2002-2008)]]
*[[Dexter's Laboratory "Rude Removal" (found unaired episode of Cartoon Network animated series; 1997)]]
*[[Droopy's Guide to the Cartoon Network (found launch preview of TV channel special; 1992)]]
*[[Ed, Edd n Eddy "Luck Be an Ed Tonight"/"A Room with an Ed" (rumored/lost unfinished episodes of Cartoon Network animated series; existence unconfirmed; 2005)]]
*[[Ed, Edd n Eddy "Special Ed" (non-existent unproduced episode of Cartoon Network animated series; late 1990s/early 2000s)]]
*[[I Heart Tuesdays (lost production material of cancelled Cartoon Network animated series; 2011-2012)]]
*[[I-10: The Ben 10 User Generated Experience (found Cartoon Network TV special; 2008)]]
*[[OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes "Crossover Nexus" (partially found original 22-minute version of Cartoon Network animated series episode; 2010s)]]
*[[Skatoony (found original British version of Cartoon Network quiz show; 2006-2008)]]
*[[Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? (partially lost unreleased original voice audio and unfinished/unknown episodes of Cartoon Network animated series; 2002-2003)]]
==Reference==
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Revision as of 03:26, 20 November 2022

Mess O' Blues.png

The direct quality version of the original snapshot.

Status: Partially Found

Mess O' Blues is an original short film about an "over the hill ageing rock star who thinks he's Elvis" created by Van Partible in 1993 for his senior thesis project that would serve as a basis for the Cartoon Network original show Johnny Bravo.

Origins

Concept art.

While working at Loyola Marymount University, Partible decided to pursue a career in animation, and so he started working on a senior thesis project entitled Mess O' Blues.

Partible started with the concept of three Elvis Presley impersonators (or "Elvi," as Van Partible puts it) who fought crime. However, due to his time constraints and the fact that he was doing all of the work himself, the idea was cut down to just one Elvis impersonator.

Becoming Johnny Bravo

Johnny Bravo.

Dan McLaughlin (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."[1]

Other changes include his hair color, name, physical appearance, and personality.

This new pilot was later aired on World Premiere Toons (also known as What a Cartoon!).

Resurfacing

Despite its success, 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.

The only footage that has ever been made available are a few short, mute clips from a short mini-documentary that was included as a bonus feature on the Johnny Bravo: Season 1 (Cartoon Network Hall of Fame) DVD entitled Bringing Up Johnny Bravo.

Footage

In January 2017, Lost Media Wiki user YoshiKiller2S got ahold of the Johnny Bravo Season 1 DVD and preceded to rip and upload Bringing Up Johnny Bravo to YouTube and then later to Archive.org and with it, was a total of 15 mute seconds of Mess O' Blues footage. YoshiKiller2S also discovered four animation cels from Mess O' Blues in a YouTube video that was uploaded by the official Loyola Marymount University YouTube channel.

On a podcast in January 2022, Partible revealed that he owns the only VHS copy of the short film and a digital copy on his hard drive, but has no plans to release it online due to its internal value of his growth as an animation artist. He chooses to only show the film to either close colleagues or students participating in his animation classes.[2]

Gallery

Videos

All Mess O' Blues clips from Bringing Up Johnny Bravo.

How Van Partible ’93 Gave Life to Johnny Bravo which includes the four animation cels.

The Bringing Up Johnny Bravo mini-documentury.

A Speech Bubble interview with Van Partible where he talks about Mess O' Blues.

LSuperSonicQ's first video on the subject.

LSuperSonicQ's second video on the subject.

Animation Cels and Photos

See Also

Johnny Bravo

Anthology Series

Bumpers and Interstitials

Pilots

Live-Action

Other Cartoon Network Series

Reference