Sometimes I just have to step in and say, "No, I wasn't high on anything." If you knew how much work went into this you'd realize how impossible that would be. And I was never a drug user.
your great...so is kim deitch....everyone thinks you took loads of DMT to inspire you..but being a artist myself i know how much work goes into these masterpieces..
Terence mckenna mentioned you and quasi at the quackadero as the nearest thing to a DMT trip he ever saw...so in one way hes turned alot of people on to you..he was a good intelligent man.
ever since watching this when I was 18 I ve always said "my plea-s-ure" like anita does. People usually give me a weird look, but it always makes me smile and think of this awesome work
Fell into that trap. My ideas are much more interesting now I've achieved sobriety. It's a myth propelled by those who believe Hendrix was only good due to acid use etc.
Hey, thanks Nadine. I'll be moving this and many other films of mine over to Vimeo in months ahead so if you can't find it here look there. TH-cam is most unkind to artists. (More than 2 million views, less than $200)
you are probably one of, if not the biggest inspirations to me. i love how you believe that animation is limitless in the sense that anything can happen at all. i want to create worlds and characters similar to yours one day, and bring them to life.
Dear Sally, I first saw this when I was 9, the year it was made. At the time I was lucky enough to be under the care and influence of Freude Bartlett who showed it to us kids in her living room on a film projector, a few yards from the Serious Business Company building where she taught me to edit film with razors and tape. I was so inspired, many flip books were to follow and eventually became a film maker. I loved this piece so much and it is even better than I remember. One surprise as an adult is that I missed the seemingly obvious plot parallel to Sephen Kings Carrie, so popular at the time and now again. Also, only now do I see the influence on your work from pre code musicals from Berkely to DeMille! Ub Iwerks and Max Fleisher aren't exactly rolling in their graves either! More like dancing with the dancing daisies. Thanks for being brilliant and inspiring so many modern animator e with the freedom and imagination of your work.
Thanks for this interesting and nice message. Freude did so much for independent animators, and for kids too! So sad that she's gone. And oh yeah I love those pre code musicals. Good Luck to you and thanks for sharing this memory of Freude.
It amazes me everytime I see these how influenced I was by you. Like not just art but like ideas about life all kinds of things. it feels good like Im home whenever I come here. Thank you
This is a wonderful, strange thing for me to read. I wish I had experienced something like that when .I was working in animation. Thank you. Makes me think of a lot of things. Stay inspired.
Hi- I think Quasi's eyeball outfit predates the Residents- correct me if I'm wrong- wikipedia puts the eyeball head dress for Residents in the 80's, and this was 1978.
Good chance. And I absolutely could imagine you collaborating with them aesthetically, though I don't see evidence of that on your wiki page. Have you?
I don't get it.....why doesn't this woman have a million or more viewers/subscribers? Why is there no documentary on her? Once we lose people like her.....they are gone. Let's appreciate at them NOW so they know their appreciated while we are fortunate enough to have them still with us.
Oh, no problem, I wasn't complaining. I just meant you could ignore that question now since you already answered it here. I have an interest in voice acting and I really enjoyed the voices in these two. I did also ask what Quasi and Anita's relationship is exactly.
Thanks AeonsOld. In fact it's almost impossible even to make hand drawn animation anymore- the camera services have quit the business, theatres run digital and there's no revenue source.
I'm so glad I found this! As a kid, I remember seeing this short featured on a segment of some evening news show, heralding the arrival of 'Nu-Wave Animation". Just from that quick glimpse, the imagery and music were unforgettable. Nothing I searched for over the years seemed to click until just today, out of the blue, I finally remember the name of the short, 'Make Me Psychic' ! I had always wanted to see more of this series, your work is very colorful, quirky, and just a hint of playful subversiveness ;)
Hi, Sally. I'm glad to hear that you created this without being under the influence of anything. You are a true artistic creator and genius! This is one of my favorite things; a true work of art! Thank you for sharing your gift with the rest of humanity,
Years later and the creator of this short is still commenting on this TH-cam video. Amazing, Sally! I just accidentally stumbled upon this after watching videos of psychics being wrong, lol!
Beautiful animation Sally. I can understand your situation, as I too make bizarre animation which is often misunderstood. I think it's unfortunate that our culture is so quick to associate imagination with drug use.
Hey Sally ! this work is timeless. A friend of mine showed me your cartoons and i got impressed , just like a child, I felt the same things that i used to feel when I was younger, I really believe we all keep a child in us, i just like to remember that it is right here. Thank you for your art . A big hug from México.
wow, i saw these on "Night Flight" in the early 80s and they've been festering in the back of my brain ever since. great to see these! now i don't have to fumble when people ask: "what artists are you influenced by?" thanks Sal!!
Hello Sally, i must say this is amazing. I absolutely love this animation for the fact of how unique the design is and how much fun it is (i can imagine it was pretty fun making it as well.) Although i know this wasn't made for trippy purposes, you have to admit, this is pretty damn trippy and i like watching it on a lazy sunday after a good bowl of greenery. Thank you for this creation, i promise i will show my kids "Make me Psychic" if i have any. Once again, splendid work, much praise
My hat off to you, Sally Cruikshank for an image sticking in my head ever since I was a young kid!! My family was watching a PBS animation show once in the 70s and they utilized the clip of Anita getting asked out and having the heart arrows in her eyes and that was so amusing to me I wanted to see more! My kind of kookiness for sure! Now that we have everything at our fingertips in this day and age I Googled it and found not only the character but your channel too!!
Sally i am back once and again and discover something new every time. This is classic, acid, funny, real, fantastic, such a great style!!!! you make me travel to the past , to the future, to those secrets place in the mind....
He was just a kid then, and did some inking and painting. We had a very jolly time and Tom was fond of practical jokes. I hadn't heard of yer art school before.
I just saw this film at an Other Cinema screening at Artists' Television Access in San Francisco. Standout favorite, and a very welcome introduction to your work. Hilarious, fantastical dream-logic psychedelia
Sally, I love how your cartoons are like the old Fleischers, with a crazy-cool 70's-Cruikshank twist! By the way, I noticed the flapper girl at 4:51, and a cute one at 4:26 that bears a striking resemblance to Mary Pickford!
Sally, you never cease to amaze me with your stuff. People might think you're on drugs, but everyone says that about mind-bending art. You're like David Lynch or Dali (also non-users who made cool, weird stuff)
Wow I think I last saw this at least 20 years ago, or probably more, and I can't believe how many of the images came back to me as I watched. Thanks for posting this!
Thank you so much for sharing this-and for creating it! I saw this film short on HBO in the middle of the night sometime around 1981 and have since tried to remember what this was! Mystery FINALLY solved!
Wow. I didn't knew you help did the traditional animation sequence for that SpongeBob Halloween special. (Unrelated to this cartoon. This is pretty unique too.)
I think the eyeball was one of those simultaneous thinking along same lines things. I didn't know who they were at the time, but we were both in San Fran.
Thanks so much for the nifty write-up on your blog. I bookmarked it because it looks as if it's fully of good posts. Loved those Danish animal pictures.
Hi Rick, I do look back and wonder, but I don't want to look at this one now. As I recall I bought some kind of zipatone ray pattern, like orange slices or pie wedges with many black slices, printed on clear acetate. I had two of them overlapping slightly and turned one frame by frame.
I remember seeing this in one of my Cinema classes and it being an immediate inspiration to me; I ended up basing my final project in that class on your style though it didn't turn out anywhere near as good. Really appreciate your work!
I really like your animation style here, Sally! It reminds me of the animated segments on Sesame Street I'd see as a kid; they were always my favorites, especially the pinball segments. Musically, there's definitely shades of Spongebob in here as well. Lovely work!
I Know how it feels with the trouble Hand-Drawn Animation faces. even after the success of The Princess and the Frog, it needs further support from those who care about it.
![(1930) The creepiest stop-motion cartoon ever: Hearts and Flowers. [4k, 60fps, colorized]](/img/n.gif)
Sometimes I just have to step in and say, "No, I wasn't high on anything." If you knew how much work went into this you'd realize how impossible that would be. And I was never a drug user.
What a brilliant piece of creativity Sally!
your great...so is kim deitch....everyone thinks you took loads of DMT to inspire you..but being a artist myself i know how much work goes into these masterpieces..
Terence mckenna mentioned you and quasi at the quackadero as the nearest thing to a DMT trip he ever saw...so in one way hes turned alot of people on to you..he was a good intelligent man.
How much work has gone into this? It looks old and in the style of early Sesame Street animation (1970s). I really like this.
@@Zinwaq A lot of work, trust me!
ever since watching this when I was 18 I ve always said "my plea-s-ure" like anita does. People usually give me a weird look, but it always makes me smile and think of this awesome work
Vanessa, that makes me laugh!
Thanks, Phoenix. It's kind of depressing how many people think it takes drugs to come up with unusual ideas. Blame it on what? I'm not sure.
I'm sorry did you say unusual? Life keeps on flashing before your eyes.
Fell into that trap. My ideas are much more interesting now I've achieved sobriety. It's a myth propelled by those who believe Hendrix was only good due to acid use etc.
Unusual ideas don't always have a real message.
@@junkachu4919 agreed
I can't stop watching these. New cartoons just don't compare. This is so creative and artistic. I show these to my three-year-old!
Hey, thanks Nadine. I'll be moving this and many other films of mine over to Vimeo in months ahead so if you can't find it here look there. TH-cam is most unkind to artists. (More than 2 million views, less than $200)
Sally Cruikshank
Thanks for the heads up!
@@sallycruikshank Still up to this day. And it is very beautiful.
Nah new ones aren't this funny
That's scary.
I watched this high. I laugh hysterically for the first 5 mins then spent the next 3 mins curled up in a ball crying and confused in a state of panic.
because high is a mast... not as a novice of 420dew
MiguelMValentine
I'm with you on that Miguel-
Whoa! What are you getting high on, dude?
@B0omer96 makes sense. Congrats on 7 years.
Because the person who came up with this not a good person. Black face is not a good thing, even in the guise of a drug trip.
you are probably one of, if not the biggest inspirations to me. i love how you believe that animation is limitless in the sense that anything can happen at all. i want to create worlds and characters similar to yours one day, and bring them to life.
Thanks for your thoughtful and encouraging post. Stay inspired!!
Dear Sally, I first saw this when I was 9, the year it was made. At the time I was lucky enough to be under the care and influence of Freude Bartlett who showed it to us kids in her living room on a film projector, a few yards from the Serious Business Company building where she taught me to edit film with razors and tape. I was so inspired, many flip books were to follow and eventually became a film maker. I loved this piece so much and it is even better than I remember. One surprise as an adult is that I missed the seemingly obvious plot parallel to Sephen Kings Carrie, so popular at the time and now again. Also, only now do I see the influence on your work from pre code musicals from Berkely to DeMille! Ub Iwerks and Max Fleisher aren't exactly rolling in their graves either! More like dancing with the dancing daisies. Thanks for being brilliant and inspiring so many modern animator e with the freedom and imagination of your work.
Thanks for this interesting and nice message. Freude did so much for independent animators, and for kids too! So sad that she's gone. And oh yeah I love those pre code musicals. Good Luck to you and thanks for sharing this memory of Freude.
I just always get such a weird, happy feeling from this cartoon. I have been coming back to this animation since i was 16 and am 25 now
I have always enjoyed this weird wonderful little universe of characters. They are so crazy. I really love "Don't Go In the Basement" too.
Thanks, so nice.
Whoa… the music video to don’t go in the basement is really similar to this… Surreal and liminal
the world needs more stuff like this . . . .
Thanks, Keisha
Quasi looks pretty good for being millions of years old now.
Funny!
Especially love the opening-- it's an animated Johnson & Smith catalog!
Exactly!
Took a peek at my spam comments and discovered internet "psychics" have tried to lure customers through this video's comment section. Yikes.
This is fabulous! Thanks, Sally.
Incredible
Sally Cruikshank Sally, you're the best ever, I hope the rest of your years are kind and wonderous!
Mark Aziz Mark, thanks for all your kind comments! All best wishes to you too, Sally
Incredible irony, love all your animation!
I love the sound Anita makes when she laughs :)
Yo this is the kinda trippy stuff cartoons are too scared to do. Well done this is great
+Syna Rapaver thank you thank you Syna!
It amazes me everytime I see these how influenced I was by you. Like not just art but like ideas about life all kinds of things. it feels good like Im home whenever I come here. Thank you
This is a wonderful, strange thing for me to read. I wish I had experienced something like that when .I was working in animation. Thank you. Makes me think of a lot of things. Stay inspired.
i just found out about you today and your creations are delightful, showing these to my friends, amazingly strange
Ha ha thanks. Welcome to my world!
I feel like a child watching cartoons for first time ❤
Ah gee that must be a nice feeling!
Hi- I think Quasi's eyeball outfit predates the Residents- correct me if I'm wrong- wikipedia puts the eyeball head dress for Residents in the 80's, and this was 1978.
Good chance. And I absolutely could imagine you collaborating with them aesthetically, though I don't see evidence of that on your wiki page. Have you?
@@paranormalvideo4599 never collaborated with them though we were all San Francisco based.
Snozzy: is this your idea of a joke!?
Anita: LMAO
I don't get it.....why doesn't this woman have a million or more viewers/subscribers? Why is there no documentary on her? Once we lose people like her.....they are gone. Let's appreciate at them NOW so they know their appreciated while we are fortunate enough to have them still with us.
I hope someone does do a documentary on her!
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This video changed my life 5 years ago. I love it!
My favourite short animation, your style is so captivating
thanks so much!
Memory is so strange, isn't it? I remember jingles for tv ads from the 50's. "Stronger than Dirt"
Oh, no problem, I wasn't complaining. I just meant you could ignore that question now since you already answered it here. I have an interest in voice acting and I really enjoyed the voices in these two.
I did also ask what Quasi and Anita's relationship is exactly.
I kinda... want a show of this! Thought I recognized this style from the Spongebob Halloween special! Love the weird silliness!
Yoou've got a good eye to recognize this from the Spongebob Halloween special.
Im constantly returning to this. This is easily one of the greatest things ive seen
wow, thank you.
I love you Sally so much I love your works I love them soo much. You really inspire me !!!! Your style is everything I LOVE IT!!!!! ♥️
Thanks so much! Stay inspired!!
oh god, I've stumbled over a fever dream
Thanks AeonsOld. In fact it's almost impossible even to make hand drawn animation anymore- the camera services have quit the business, theatres run digital and there's no revenue source.
phenomenal! marvelous! don't know where all the artists unafraid of getting a little noodley like this ran off to, glad your work's here at least! :^)
Thanks Elijah
love anita's manic laugh
eee ha!
everytime i watch it the story changes...
+yashouberry I know! I watch this video everytime I'm high and always changes
For some reason these films really spooked me as a little kid when they aired on Swedish TV. These days I can appreciate them more. :)
Pretty amazed they even aired them in Sweden.
Back then, Swedish public TV had a flair for the unusual and delightfully weird. Especially for childrens' shows. :)
I don't think it's possible to watch this too many times. It's just perfect in every way.
I think you might enjoy an interview with me in "The Comics Journal" #307 Winter-Spring 2021
@@sallycruikshank Thank you! I'll look for that.
i love love loooove these cartoons!! I've watched these before almost 27 years ago, imagine that...
I'm so glad I found this! As a kid, I remember seeing this short featured on a segment of some evening news show, heralding the arrival of 'Nu-Wave Animation". Just from that quick glimpse, the imagery and music were unforgettable. Nothing I searched for over the years seemed to click until just today, out of the blue, I finally remember the name of the short, 'Make Me Psychic' ! I had always wanted to see more of this series, your work is very colorful, quirky, and just a hint of playful subversiveness ;)
Hi, Sally. I'm glad to hear that you created this without being under the influence of anything. You are a true artistic creator and genius! This is one of my favorite things; a true work of art! Thank you for sharing your gift with the rest of humanity,
Thanks Emmyboo!
Just tripping... just tripping.
6:25 this is one remake of "Carrie" I am all down for. Thumbs up lady!
I love this cartoon so much! I've watched it a lot over the years & always recommend it to friends. You're work is brilliantly fantastic!
This video is a piece of art. One of the best trippiest things in the world. Thank you for create this!
I absolutely love your world and characters! so funny and whimsical! Great!
Years later and the creator of this short is still commenting on this TH-cam video. Amazing, Sally! I just accidentally stumbled upon this after watching videos of psychics being wrong, lol!
This is sooooo trippy😛
no shit
This is great! I think I may have seen this, years ago, on KQED back in San Francisco. Great animation, great style!
I'm really not sure who did it first-- we were all in San Francisco at that time.
But the only time I cooked turducken it was pretty weird!
Beautiful animation Sally. I can understand your situation, as I too make bizarre animation which is often misunderstood. I think it's unfortunate that our culture is so quick to associate imagination with drug use.
Wonderful stuff. It's nice to see friends having fun.
Hey Sally ! this work is timeless.
A friend of mine showed me your cartoons and i got impressed , just like a child, I felt the same things that i used to feel when I was younger, I really believe we all keep a child in us, i just like to remember that it is right here.
Thank you for your art .
A big hug from México.
I wish I could visit that novelty shop here, they look like they have the coolest stuff :)
You could have bought your hat there.
wow, i saw these on "Night Flight" in the early 80s and they've been festering in the back of my brain ever since. great to see these! now i don't have to fumble when people ask: "what artists are you influenced by?" thanks Sal!!
Sally thanks for signing my fan mail, love your work. All the best Paul Todd UK
+Paul Todd You're welcome, Paul. Most of the autograph requests don't seem to quite know who I am, but not you. Cheers,
Sally is the greatest! These Anita & Fozzy films still hold up for pure crazed fun!
They were a san fran band at the same time I was a san fran cartoonist, but I didn't go out at night much and never saw them.
Hello Sally, i must say this is amazing. I absolutely love this animation for the fact of how unique the design is and how much fun it is (i can imagine it was pretty fun making it as well.) Although i know this wasn't made for trippy purposes, you have to admit, this is pretty damn trippy and i like watching it on a lazy sunday after a good bowl of greenery. Thank you for this creation, i promise i will show my kids "Make me Psychic" if i have any. Once again, splendid work, much praise
Amazing cartoon.Snozzy in his car looks like a Snapping Turk from Yellow Submarine.
Yeah, that style has always unnerved me... which I like.
"Snapping Turtle Turks"!
This is such a cool cartoon. It really makes me want to animate.
This is AMAZING!!!!!!! Coming back to watch again in 2021
Come back again in 2022!
My hat off to you, Sally Cruikshank for an image sticking in my head ever since I was a young kid!! My family was watching a PBS animation show once in the 70s and they utilized the clip of Anita getting asked out and having the heart arrows in her eyes and that was so amusing to me I wanted to see more! My kind of kookiness for sure! Now that we have everything at our fingertips in this day and age I Googled it and found not only the character but your channel too!!
Hey, that's great! Glad you found it!
@@sallycruikshank also the part of Anita staring daggers is a gif as well! I knew I had also seen that one!!
Sally i am back once and again and discover something new every time. This is classic, acid, funny, real, fantastic, such a great style!!!! you make me travel to the past , to the future, to those secrets place in the mind....
Kim Ditech worked on this? Wow, i thought he only did comics!
He was just a kid then, and did some inking and painting. We had a very jolly time and Tom was fond of practical jokes. I hadn't heard of yer art school before.
Very well made. Like the abstract meaning it shows to the audience. A very clever cartoon. Sally is amazing.
+Cele Larrain Thank you, Cele. Nice comments like yours are such a confidence booster.
i like the way you worked with Rose like Kim worked with Simon...family are great
this is now my anti-drug
I just saw this film at an Other Cinema screening at Artists' Television Access in San Francisco. Standout favorite, and a very welcome introduction to your work. Hilarious, fantastical dream-logic psychedelia
Nifty, thanks.
Have you ever considered about getting your old animated shorts remastered and restored in High Quality? They would look even better!
Maybe someday. It costs a lot of money. I still have pristine prints stored at the Academy.
Sally,
I love how your cartoons are like the old Fleischers, with a crazy-cool 70's-Cruikshank twist! By the way, I noticed the flapper girl at 4:51, and a cute one at 4:26 that bears a striking resemblance to Mary Pickford!
Sally, you never cease to amaze me with your stuff. People might think you're on drugs, but everyone says that about mind-bending art. You're like David Lynch or Dali (also non-users who made cool, weird stuff)
I'm starting to think this is where "Adventure Time" got some of its inspiration. I love it!
Yay!!! Another masterpiece! Thanks, Sally
I read an article in Comics Scene about these cartoons years ago. Now I can finally see them. Thanks for sharing!
Returning to this after a few years. I still really love this lol
Thanks. Happy New Year! Come back next year!
Sally Cruikshank
Thank you, happy new year! :)
This was so settling and relaxing. Best time to watch it when you want to go to sleep. :3
Watching this tired at 1 AM is an experience. I don't know what is happening in this if anything coherent even is happening, but I love it
Just another dream
Wow I think I last saw this at least 20 years ago, or probably more, and I can't believe how many of the images came back to me as I watched. Thanks for posting this!
This is really silly and I like it. It makes me feel silly too, but of course I won't go buying a thing to make me phsychic.
Thank you so much for sharing this-and for creating it! I saw this film short on HBO in the middle of the night sometime around 1981 and have since tried to remember what this was! Mystery FINALLY solved!
Dustin, Always so much fun when you remember something for a long time but can't find it, and then you do...
Wow. I didn't knew you help did the traditional animation sequence for that SpongeBob Halloween special.
(Unrelated to this cartoon. This is pretty unique too.)
I wish they'd run the Halloween special again. Thanks.
I think the eyeball was one of those simultaneous thinking along same lines things. I didn't know who they were at the time, but we were both in San Fran.
Me tonight whilst intoxicated: dude...what?
Two weeks later after rediscovering this: damn, this is stupid. Kind of reminds me of Carrie
Thanks Sally...I about DIED when she pulled his toupee off....
Thanks so much for the nifty write-up on your blog. I bookmarked it because it looks as if it's fully of good posts. Loved those Danish animal pictures.
1:30 ....yo that a Koopa?
Hi Rick, I do look back and wonder, but I don't want to look at this one now.
As I recall I bought some kind of zipatone ray pattern, like orange slices or pie wedges with many black slices, printed on clear acetate. I had two of them overlapping slightly and turned one frame by frame.
This is great stuff! Brings back my childhood
i loooooooove this!! used to watch these shorts on a cable station (wht)in new york city back in the days!!!
LOL! Look at the story! It's a trippier version of Carrie
I remember seeing that cartoon on USA's Night Flight program back around '83. I defintely think that it's great. Thanks!
I remember seeing this in one of my Cinema classes and it being an immediate inspiration to me; I ended up basing my final project in that class on your style though it didn't turn out anywhere near as good. Really appreciate your work!
Thank you, Spollywood.
Oh boy. If this were a cartoon with a whole series, I'd watch the shit out of it. xD
I love these videos,possibly some of the trippiest stuff I've ever seen.
Sally to Sally thanks so much, on same wavelength!
I really like your animation style here, Sally! It reminds me of the animated segments on Sesame Street I'd see as a kid; they were always my favorites, especially the pinball segments. Musically, there's definitely shades of Spongebob in here as well. Lovely work!
thanks, you're right. It was on KQED long ago.
Equal in anarchy and invention to the early Fleischer Bros. cartoons: wonderful!
Wow that's quite a compliment, thank you
That's so amazing! I knew I recognized your work. Awesome job!
I Know how it feels with the trouble Hand-Drawn Animation faces. even after the success of The Princess and the Frog, it needs further support from those who care about it.
Omg OMG!!! i love it!! and other cartoons too btw..
this cartoon is very relaxing