"The Critic" Marathon Mensch (1994)

Director:

Susie Dietter

Writers:

Al Jean (creator) and
Mike Reiss (creator) ...
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TV Series:

"The Critic" (1994)

Original Air Date:

8 June 1994 (Season 1, Episode 8)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

After being mocked for his poor physical condition, Jay decides to run the New York Marathon to prove he is a man. |

Plot Keywords:

Elvis Impersonator | Reference To Harvey Fierstein | Critic | Jay Sherman | Parody

Cast

Jon Lovitz	...	Jay Sherman (voice)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Margo (voice)
Christine Cavanaugh	...	Marty Sherman (voice)
Gerrit Graham	...	Franklin Sherman (voice)
Doris Grau	...	Doris Grossman (voice)
Judith Ivey	...	Eleanor Sherman (voice)
Nick Jameson	...	Vlada Veramirovich (voice)
Maurice LaMarche	...	Jeremy Hawke (voice)
Charles Napier	...	Duke Phillips (voice)
Kath Soucie	...	(voice)
Bob Costas	...	Himself (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Greg Berg	...	Additional Voices

Directed by
Susie Dietter		(as Susan Dietter)

Writing credits
Al Jean		(creator) and
Mike Reiss		(creator)
Judd Apatow		(written by)
Ken Keeler		(story editor) and
Patric M. Verrone		(story editor) and
Tom Brady		(story editor)

Produced by
Judd Apatow	....	consulting producer
James L. Brooks	....	executive producer
Barbara Cordova	....	animation associate producer (as Barbara J. Cordova)
Tom Gammill	....	consulting producer
Jeffrey L. Goldstein	....	associate producer (as Jeffrey Goldstein)
Miles Lewis Horst	....	animation associate producer
Al Jean	....	executive producer
J. Michael Mendel	....	co-producer
Rich Moore	....	producer
Richard Raynis	....	producer
Mike Reiss	....	executive producer
Phil Roman	....	animation executive producer
Richard Sakai	....	producer
Bill Schultz	....	animation producer
Steve Tompkins	....	co-producer
Nikki Vanzo	....	producer: overseas

Original Music by
Alf Clausen

Film Editing by
Michael Bridge
Lee Harting

Casting by
Juel Bestrop

Art Direction by
David Cutler

Production Management
Lolee Aries	....	studio production manager
Melissa Cheek	....	post-production supervisor: animation
Anne Luiting	....	production director
Michelle Robinson	....	production manager
Ken Tsumura	....	animation production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Cyndi Tang-Loveland	....	assistant director (as Cyndi Tang)

Art Department
Casey Clayton	....	color designer
David Cutler	....	visual designer
Susie Dietter	....	storyboard artist (as Susan Dietter)
Bari Greenberg	....	background painter
Samantha Harrison	....	color design supervisor
Brian Hogan	....	storyboard artist
Brian Mark	....	color designer
Rich Moore	....	visual designer
Kevin O'Brien	....	storyboard artist
Everett Peck	....	visual designer
John Rice	....	storyboard artist
Jeff Riche	....	background painter
David Silverman	....	visual designer
Don Watson	....	background painter

Sound Department
Michael Bridge	....	sound editor: dialogue (as Mike Bridge)
Neil Brody	....	sound re-recording mixer
Zane D. Bruce	....	foley artist (as Zane Bruce)
John Chalfant	....	sound editor
Ronny Cox	....	production sound mixer
Lewis Goldstein	....	sound editor
David Jobe	....	foley mixer
Bobby Mackston	....	supervising sound editor
Ray O'Reilly	....	sound re-recording mixer
Travis Powers	....	sound effects designer
Alicia Stevenson	....	foley artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Patrick Buchanan	....	animation camera supervisor
Gregory Hinde	....	animation camera
Robert Ingram	....	animation camera
John Alexander Reed	....	animation camera

Animation Department
Enzo Baldi	....	background designer
Robert Boyle	....	character designer
Phyllis Craig	....	ink and paint supervisor
Philip A. Cruden	....	layout artist
Michael Diederich	....	character designer
Sandra Frame	....	character layout artist
David Fulp	....	character layout artist
Kent Holaday	....	lip sync
David House	....	character layout artist
Craig Kellman	....	character designer
Andrea Klein	....	character layout artist
Dan Larsen	....	animation checker (as Dan Larsen)
Cristi Lyon	....	clean-up artist: character design
Mary Ann Malcomb	....	character layout artist
Maria Mariotti	....	background designer
Tom Mazzocco	....	animation timer (as Tom Mazzocco)
Sarge Morton	....	character layout artist
Juli Murphy	....	animation timer (as Juli Murphy-Hashiguchi)
Charles Payne	....	background designer
Ric Quiroz	....	background designer
Becca Ramos	....	background designer
Dexter Reed	....	character layout artist
Art Roman	....	clean-up artist: character design
Karen Shaffer	....	animation checker
Chris Sonnenberg	....	character layout artist (as Chris Sonnenburg)
Genndy Tartakovsky	....	animation timer
Dean Thompson	....	background designer
Kirk Tingblad	....	animation timer
Salene Weatherwax	....	clean-up artist: character design
Lance Wilder	....	background designer

Casting Department
Monika Mikkelsen	....	casting assistant

Editorial Department
Don Barrozo	....	supervising editor
Eric B. Gregory	....	post-production assistant
Kurtis Kunsak	....	assistant film editor

Music Department
Alf Clausen	....	conductor
Alf Clausen	....	orchestrator
Chris Ledesma	....	music editor
Frank Macchia	....	music preparation
Hans Zimmer	....	composer: theme music

Other crew
Katy Ballard	....	assistant to writer
Michelle Berman	....	assistant to producer
Brad Bird	....	executive consultant
Tom Brady	....	executive story editor
James L. Brooks	....	executive creative consultant
Cul-yea Byung	....	production team
Dee Cappelli	....	executive assistant: Al Jean and Mike Reiss
Bev Chapman	....	background design cleanup
Yong Hwan Choi	....	department supervisor: Rough Draft
Richard Chung	....	assistant to producer
Vanessa Cropper	....	assistant to producer
David Felix	....	background design cleanup
Trixie Flynn	....	executive assistant: James L. Brooks
Anthony Lewis Garcia	....	production associate
Robin Haislip	....	production associate
Ock Ki Ham	....	department supervisor: Rough Draft
Hye Ryung Hong	....	department supervisor: Rough Draft
Kenneth T. Ito	....	manager of foreign production
Jin-oh Jae	....	production team: Rough Draft
Myung Nam Jang	....	department supervisor: Rough Draft
Mee Suk Jeon	....	department supervisor: Rough Draft (as Mee Suk Jeong)
Maria Kavanaugh	....	executive assistant: James L. Brooks
Ken Keeler	....	story editor
Bae-guen Kim	....	department supervisor: Rough Draft
Byung Sun Kim	....	department supervisor: Rough Draft
Chul-ho Kim	....	production team: Rough Draft
Keiji Kishi	....	production associate
Allison Orr	....	production associate
Jin Suk Pae	....	department supervisor: Rough Draft
Yong Nam Park	....	department supervisor: Rough Draft
Bonnie Prendergast	....	script supervisor
Anthony R. Reyes	....	production accountant
Stacia Sekuler	....	production accountant
Troy Stauffer	....	assistant to producer
Richard Kevin Stith	....	assistant to producer
Michael Tyau	....	production associate
Gregg Vanzo	....	overseas supervisor
Patric M. Verrone	....	story editor
Jon Vitti	....	creative consultant
Steve Walby	....	production associate
Marlene Williams	....	production coordinator
Bung Chul Yea	....	production team: Rough Draft (as Byung Cul Yea)
Ji Yeun You	....	department supervisor: Rough Draft
Hyejoon Yun	....	production team: Rough Draft (as Hey Joon Yun)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Al Jean		creator
Mike Reiss		creator
Steve Tompkins		(episodes "Every Doris Has Her Day" 1994, "Uneasy Rider" 1994, "From Chunk to Hunk" 1995 and "I Can't Believe It's a Clip Show" 1995)

Production Management
Barbara Cordova	....	production supervisor

Art Department
Nathan Chew	....	storyboard artist
Marty Scully	....	background layout

Sound Department
Tony Cappelli	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Adam Howard	....	digital compositor: Digital Magic

Casting Department
Matt Brubaker	....	casting intern

Editorial Department
Mike Kadlec	....	post-production coordinator (season 2)

Other crew
Sarah Baisley	....	publicist
Dan Doran	....	publicist
Anne Luiting	....	production executive

Distributors

• Your Family Entertainment (2009) (worldwide) (all media)

Other Companies

• Rough Draft Korea  overseas production (as Rough Draft)

Quotes:

Marty Sherman:Dad, watching you run that marathon was the proudest two and a half days of my life.

Movie Connections:

References Last Action Hero (1993)