''Off His Rockers'' is an animated

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produced by

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and released in 1992. It was released theatrically accompanying the film ''

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid ''Honey, I Blew Up the Kid'' is a 1992 American science fiction comedy family film, and the second installment of the ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids'' film series. Directed by Randal Kleiser and released by Walt Disney Pictures, it stars Rick Moran ...

''. It was the first Disney animated short film to use

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via

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process. The short was included on the laserdisc release of ''Honey, I Blew Up the Kid''. It has not received any other home video release, but it can be shown on YouTube.

Plot

A boy plays a video game on a console, ignoring everything around him. His wooden horse, with which he used to play, tries to make him regain his desire to play with him by doing things such as a two-legged dance, but to no avail. The horse unintentionally unplugs the video game, so the boy angrily turns it back on. However, the boy sees a picture of him with the horse on the ground and regains his desire to play with him. Thus, the child plays cowboys with the horse, riding around the room with him.

Credits

Staff

* Director:

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* Producer: Tad Gielow * Music:

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* Film editor: Chuck Williams * Art director: Ric Sluiter * Supervising animators: Rob Bekuhrs, James R. Tooley, Alex Kupershmidt * Animators: Tom Bancroft, Linda Bel, Paul McDonald * Story development:

, Paul Steele, Peter Cook, Alex Kupershmidt * Visual development: Tony Bancroft, Rob Bekuhrs, Lou Dellarosa, Trey Finney, Levi Lewis, Steve Goldberg * Layout sketch: Bob Walker, Davy Liu * Background paintings: Kevin Turcotte, Robert Stanton * Animation check: Laurie Sacks * Animation camera: Mary E. Lescher, Gary W. Smith * Digital film recording: Ariel Shaw, Christopher Gee, Chuck Warren, Christine Beck * Florida Animation Studio Ink & Paint: Fran Kirsten, Pam Darley, Suzie Ewing, Mike Lusby, Monica Murdock, Lynn Rippberger, Joanne Tzuanos * Digitizing camera: Robyn Roberts, Jo Ann Breuer, Karen China, Bob Cohen, Lynnette Cullen, Gareth Fishbaugh, Cindy Garcia, Kent Gordon, Gina Wootten * Production management: Tim O'Donnell, David F. Wolf, Suzi Vissotzky * Sound design:

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* CG production system coordinator: Don Gworek * CG systems administration: Brad Lowman, Michael Bolds, Carlos Quinonez, Grace Shirado, Michael Sullivan, Mark M. Tokunaga * Computer rendering on: Silicon Graphics Computer Systems * Computer graphics software:

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* Special thanks: Wendy Aylsworth, Paul Curasi, Joe Jiuliano, Dan Philips, Maureen Donley * Animation production services provided:

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, Disney/MGM Studios,

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Creation process

The film started as a side project of director

, who, at the time, was working at

. Starting with a core of six people, the project ended up involving most of the Florida studio's staff of 73 (and some in California), all of whom "donated" their time to the project beyond their official duties.

References

External links

* 1992 animated short films 1992 films 1990s Disney animated short films Walt Disney Pictures short films Films scored by Bruce Broughton Films directed by Barry Cook Animated films without speech {{Disney-animation-film-stub