Buzzco Associates, Inc.
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Buzzco Associates, Inc. is a New York-based animation studio which has supplied several inserts for Sesame Street in 1988 and 1989. Named "Buzzco" after animation producer Buzz Potamkin, who founded the concern in 1982, the company was turned over to lead directors/designers Candy Kugel and Vincent Cafarelli and renamed Buzzco Associates in 1985. The studio, most of whose shorts are a collaboration between Kugel and Cafarelli, focuses on independent films and educational/industrial work, and also produced segments for CTW's Square One TV. The studio renewed its Sesame Street association in 2005, with the short "I Eat the Colors of the Rainbow."
Filmography
The following shorts are all co-directed by Kugel and Cafarelli, generally with designs by Kugel.
- Jake the Snake (1988)- Jake the Snake, a John Wayne sound-alike (voiced by Jim Thurman) demonstrates the parts of the body. The segment was a finalist for Best Animated Short at the Ottawa International, and won an ASIFA-East award for Best Design.
- Calcutta Joe (1988)- Calcutta Joe (Thurman again) teaches the "oh" sound, joined by Flo and two crows.
- Redwood Tree (1988)- A banjo playing turtle folksinger demonstrates the concept of a round to his three nephews.
- It's Hip to Be a Square (1989)- In a spoof of the Huey Lewis song "It's Hip to Be Square", a band of cut-out style squares sing about their uniqueness, but stress the fact that they still get along with the other shapes.
- Little Red Riding Hood (1989)- Little Red Riding Hood (voiced by Fran Brill) can't find Grandma's house without a map. With Jim Martin as the Big Bad Wolf.
- Animal Elevator (1989) - A mob of animals crowd in and out of an elevator, demonstrating subtraction.
- I Eat the Rainbow (2006)- In a new short produced as part of Season 35's "Healthy Habits for Life" mandate, a boy (voiced by Nolan Marsh) sings about the different colors of fruit. Lyrics by Candy Kugel, music by Lanny Myers.
