Jump to content

Buzzco Associates

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Perpetual Motion Pictures)
Buzzco Associates, Inc.
Formerly
  • Perpetual Motion Pictures (1968–1982)
  • Perpetual Animation (1982–1984)
  • Buzzco Productions, Inc. (1982–1984)
Company typePrivate
IndustryAnimated commercials and short films
Founded1968
Founder
Headquarters
New York City, New York
,
U.S.
Key people
Candy Kugel
Marilyn Kraemer
Websitebuzzzco.com

Buzzco Associates, Inc. is an animation studio that was founded in 1968 (as Perpetual Motion Pictures) by Buzz Potamkin[1] with Candy Kugel and Vincent Cafarelli as co-creative directors and Marilyn Kraemer as executive producer.

History

[edit]

Early work of the studio included the "I Want My MTV" campaign, and the "Top of the Hour" network ID for Paramount's MTV.[2][3] The spots mixed live action with rock stars along music and animation. In 1982, Perpetual Motion Pictures split into Perpetual Animation and Buzzco Productions, Inc., and Vincent Cafarelli and Candy Kugel joined Buzzco. Potamkin left New York in 1984 to form Southern Star Productions[4] in Los Angeles. As part of the continuing partners' agreement in forming Buzzco Associates, Cafarelli, Kugel and Kraemer decided it was important for them to make independent films.

Buzzco continued with production of commercials, titles, insert programming, sales films and segments for such clients as Nickelodeon, Sesame Workshop, MTV, HBO Family and ABC, as well as for educational shows such as PBS's Sesame Street, Between the Lions and Square One Television. Commercial clients often come to Buzzco because of its ability to integrate different print styles into motion. They have often worked with humorous illustrator Norm Bendell, a designer of commercials for First Morris Bank and the flea-control program CIBA.

Planned Parenthood: Talking About Sex, created and produced for Planned Parenthood won the Grand Prize for an Educational Film at Annecy in 1997.

In 2009, It's Still Me: A Guide for People with Aphasia & Their Loved Ones is a 17-minute film which explains aphasia and offers ways of communicating without words. It was inspired by Kugel's mother, who was aphasic for twelve years after a massive stroke.

Filmography

[edit]
Title Year(s) Notes Client
Scratch Harry 1969 animation Cannon Film Distributors
Weekend 1974–1979 animated sequences NBC
The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree 1979 TV special Joseph Cates Company
The Dough Nuts 1980–1981 interstitial series Greengrass Productions
The Berenstain Bears Meet Bigpaw 1980 TV special Joseph Cates Company
Strawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City 1981 TV special Muller Rosen Productions
The Berenstain Bears' Easter Surprise 1981 TV special Joseph Cates Company
The Berenstain Bears' Comic Valentine 1982 TV special Joseph Cates Company
Willie Survive 1982 interstitial series Greengrass/Olin/Lawrence Productions
USA Cartoon Express 1982–1991 openings and bumpers USA Network
Calliope 1982–1983 animation USA Network
The Berenstain Bears Play Ball 1983 TV special Joseph Cates Company
Playboy's Hot Rocks 1983 graphics The Playboy Channel
Deck the Halls with Wacky Walls 1983 TV special NBC
Computer Critters 1984 interstitial series ABC
Zack Of All Trades 1984 interstitial series ABC
Sunday Showdown 1984 opening titles USA Network
Teen Wolf 1986 opening and end credits[5] Southern Star Productions
Munchies 1987 title sequence New Concorde
ABC Fun Facts 1988–1989 interstitial series ABC
Sesame Street 1988–1991
2005		 animated sequences Sesame Workshop
Playboy Late Night 1992 animation Playboy TV
Square One Television 1992 "The Further Adventures of Zook & Alison" Children's Television Workshop
Sports Illustrated for Kids: TV Sports Quiz 1993 Buzz Beamer animation HBO
Money Made Easy: The ABC Kids' Guide to Dollars and Sense 1994 animation Greengrass Productions
Square One TV Math Talk 1995–1996 animation Children's Television Workshop
Talking About Sex: A Guide for Families 1996 direct-to-video Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.
AGTV 1998 opening, closing and bumpers American Girl
Nick Jr. Show and Tell 1998 interstitial series Nick Jr. Channel
Elmo's World 2001 "Birthdays, Games, & More!" segue sequences Sesame Workshop
Maya & Miguel 2004–2007 creative checking Scholastic
Between the Lions 2006–2010 animation WGBH/Sirius Thinking
Schoolhouse Rock: Earth 2009 "The Rainforest" ABC
TED-Ed 2012–2013 seven videos TED

Short films

[edit]
  • Woman: Who Is Me? (1976)
  • Inbetweening America (1977)
  • Confessions of a Starmaker (technical assistance, 1978)
  • So What If It Rains? (1979) (animation; produced by Manno Productions and Alternate Choice)
  • Audition (1980)
  • My Film, My Film, My Film (1983)
  • A Warm Reception in L.A. (1987)[6]
  • Animated Self-Portrait (1988)
  • Snowie and the Seven Dorps (1990)
  • Fast Food Matador (1991)[7][8]
  • We Love It (1992)[9][10]
  • The Ballad of Archie Foley (1995)[11]
  • KnitWits (1997)
  • KnitWits Revisited (1999)
  • Life: A New York Ani-Jam (animated contribution, 1999)
  • (it was . . .) Nothing At All (2000)
  • Piscis (2001)
  • Juan Bobo's Birthday Party (2002)
  • Command-Z (2005)
  • What I Want (music video, 2005)
  • Right (2007)
  • dEVOLUTION (2008)
  • It's Still Me! A Guide For People With Aphasia & Their Loved Ones (2009)
  • The Last Time (2012)
  • iHeed: Two Simple Ways To Treat Water (2012)
  • iHeed: Access to Family Planning is a Human Right (2013)
  • Blessings of the Season (2013)
  • My Depression (The Up and Down and Up of It) (2014) (animation)
  • Vashti (2018)
  • I, Candy (2018)

Commercials

[edit]

Commissioned short films

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Variety Staff (May 8, 2012). "Marshall 'Buzz' Potamkin dies at 66". Variety.com. Reed Elsevier. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  2. ^ Award-Winning Animator Candy Kugel Joins The Black Maria Film Festival at the Madison Public Library - BroadwayWorld.com
  3. ^ I Want My MTV|MoMA
  4. ^ BCDB[dead link]
  5. ^ “I Was A Guy Because I Used A Pencil”: The Candy Kugel Interview|Cartoon Brew
  6. ^ The International Tournee of Animation. Volume 4 : featuring the best of the 22nd International Tournee of Animation - WorldCat.org
  7. ^ MOVIES - The Washington Post
  8. ^ The 23rd Tournee of Animation Film Festival - Box Office Mojo
  9. ^ Mixed Bag of Animation Shorts - CSMonitor.com
  10. ^ Featuring the best of the 24th International Tournee of Animation. - WorldCat.org
  11. ^ "Northampton Film Festival Schedule". Daily Hampshire Gazette. November 1, 1995. p. 19. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Buzzco_Associates&oldid=1222045344"