When I first started working at the Adler's Gallery several years ago, they specialized in vintage animation art. Cynde got a call one day from a colleague who had "unearthed" a bunch of production art from the School House Rock Series. Mind you, this is very rare. School House Rock was produced in the early 1970s. Like much animation from it's day, and before, most of the art work was destroyed or disposed of after production. No one thought to keep it as a form of "fine art". Anyhow, Jim and Cynde were a little too old to know what the whole School House Rock phenomenom was. When they mentioned it to me I told them all about it, and I was certain that we'd be able to sell several pieces. After all, it's a pop icon from so many of our childhoods! Long story short, we sold a ton. it was a very exciting time. I LOVED it - it made me happy to reunite so many people with a piece of their childhood.
Of course, I walked away from the whole thing with a cel of my own. It's quite special. My favorite episode was always "Unpack Your Adjectives" - the one with the little girl who goes camping with a turtle, and they post little signs with adjectives everywhere. Remember it? Most people's favorites are a little more obvious like "I'm Just a Bill" or "Conjunction Junction". While I have fond memories of most, my favorite was always "Unpack your Adjectives". Must've been the turtle.Anyhow, here's a picture of my cel. It's actually much more than just that; it's a cel set-up on it's original Production Background. Meaning: this is a series of cels (3 or 4 layers) that were filmed together on this background. Isn't that cool? This piece, and a piece that I bought for my sister were shown last year at The San Francisco Cartoon Art Museum.
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