"The Critic" (1994) TV series 1994-1995

Creators:

Al Jean
Mike Reiss
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

26 January 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Jay Sherman is a New York film critic who has to review films he doesn't like for a living.

Plot Keywords:

Critic | Jay Sherman | Spoof | Insult | Film Critic

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Jon Lovitz	...	Jay Sherman (23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Margo Sherman / ... (23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Christine Cavanaugh	...	Marty Sherman / ... (23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Gerrit Graham	...	Franklin Sherman (23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Doris Grau	...	Doris Grossman (23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Judith Ivey	...	Eleanor Sherman (23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Nick Jameson	...	Vlada / ... (23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Maurice LaMarche	...	Jeremy Hawke / ... (23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Charles Napier	...	Duke Phillips (23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Kath Soucie	...	Various Characters (23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Park Overall	...	Alice Tompkins (10 episodes, 1995)
Russi Taylor	...	Penny Tompkins (10 episodes, 1995)

Series Directed by
Bret Haaland		(5 episodes, 1994-1995)
Lauren MacMullan		(3 episodes, 1994-1995)
Dan Jeup		(3 episodes, 1994)
Alan Smart		(3 episodes, 1994)
Rich Moore		(2 episodes, 1994-1995)
Brian Sheesley		(2 episodes, 1994-1995)

Series Writing credits
Al Jean		(6 episodes, 1994-1995)
Mike Reiss		(6 episodes, 1994-1995)
Tom Brady		(3 episodes, 1994-1995)
Ken Keeler		(3 episodes, 1994-1995)
Patric Verrone		(3 episodes, 1994-1995)
Jon Vitti		(3 episodes, 1994-1995)
Richard Doctorow		(3 episodes, 1995)
Judd Apatow		(2 episodes, 1994-1995)
Steve Tompkins		(2 episodes, 1994-1995)
Steven Levitan		(2 episodes, 1994)
Joshua Sternin		(2 episodes, 1995)
Jeffrey Ventimilia		(2 episodes, 1995)

Series Produced by
Judd Apatow	....	consulting producer (21 episodes, 1994-1995)
Rich Moore	....	producer (14 episodes, 1994-1995)
Tom Gammill	....	consulting producer (13 episodes, 1994)
James L. Brooks	....	executive producer (7 episodes, 1994-1995)
Jeffrey L. Goldstein	....	associate producer (7 episodes, 1994-1995)
Al Jean	....	executive producer (7 episodes, 1994-1995)
J. Michael Mendel	....	co-producer / producer (7 episodes, 1994-1995)
Richard Raynis	....	producer (7 episodes, 1994-1995)
Mike Reiss	....	executive producer (7 episodes, 1994-1995)
Phil Roman	....	animation executive producer (7 episodes, 1994-1995)
Richard Sakai	....	producer (7 episodes, 1994-1995)
Steve Tompkins	....	co-producer / supervising producer (7 episodes, 1994-1995)
Miles Lewis Horst	....	animation associate producer / animation producer (6 episodes, 1994-1995)
Bill Schultz	....	animation producer (6 episodes, 1994-1995)
Nikki Vanzo	....	producer: overseas (6 episodes, 1994-1995)
Barbara Cordova	....	animation associate producer (4 episodes, 1994)
Max Pross	....	consulting producer (2 episodes, 1994)
Tom Brady	....	co-producer (2 episodes, 1995)
David Cutler	....	co-producer (2 episodes, 1995)
Ken Keeler	....	co-producer (2 episodes, 1995)
Anne Luiting	....	animation producer (2 episodes, 1995)
Ken Tsumura	....	animation co-producer / animation co-producer: Gracie Films (2 episodes, 1995)
Patric Verrone	....	co-producer (2 episodes, 1995)

Series Original Music by
Alf Clausen		(15 episodes, 1994-1995)

Series Film Editing by
Michael Bridge		(7 episodes, 1994-1995)
Lee Harting		(7 episodes, 1994-1995)

Series Casting by
Juel Bestrop		(7 episodes, 1994-1995)

Series Art Direction by
David Cutler		(5 episodes, 1994)

Series Production Management
Melissa Cheek	....	post-production supervisor: animation (7 episodes, 1994-1995)
Lolee Aries	....	studio production manager (5 episodes, 1994-1995)
Anne Luiting	....	production director / studio production manager (5 episodes, 1994)
Ken Tsumura	....	animation production manager (5 episodes, 1994)
Michelle Robinson	....	production manager (4 episodes, 1994)
Stephanie Elliott	....	production manager (2 episodes, 1995)
Barbara Cordova	....	production supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Chuck Sheetz	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1994-1995)
Steve Markowski	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1994)
Mike Milo	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1994)
Juli Hashiguchi	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1995)

Series Art Department
David Cutler	....	visual designer (6 episodes, 1994-1995)
Sean Edberg	....	prop designer (6 episodes, 1994-1995)
Rich Moore	....	visual designer (6 episodes, 1994-1995)
Everett Peck	....	visual designer (6 episodes, 1994-1995)
David Silverman	....	visual designer (6 episodes, 1994-1995)
Don Watson	....	background painter / background color stylist (4 episodes, 1994-1995)
Casey Clayton	....	color designer / models (4 episodes, 1994)
Samantha Harrison	....	color design supervisor (4 episodes, 1994)
Joe Horne	....	storyboard artist (4 episodes, 1994)
Brian Mark	....	color designer (4 episodes, 1994)
Bari Kumar	....	color designer (3 episodes, 1994-1995)
John Rice	....	storyboard artist / storyboard revisionist (3 episodes, 1994)
Bari Greenberg	....	background painter (2 episodes, 1994)
Shigeko Doyle	....	painter (2 episodes, 1995)
Belle Norman	....	painter (2 episodes, 1995)
Cookie Tricarico	....	painter (2 episodes, 1995)
Nathan Chew	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
Marty Scully	....	background layout (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Travis Powers	....	sound effects editor / sound effects designer (23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Michael Bridge	....	sound editor: dialogue (7 episodes, 1994-1995)
Ronny Cox	....	production sound mixer / production mixer (7 episodes, 1994-1995)
Robert Mackston	....	supervising sound editor (7 episodes, 1994-1995)
John Chalfant	....	sound editor (5 episodes, 1994)
Lewis Goldstein	....	sound editor (5 episodes, 1994)
Zane D. Bruce	....	foley artist (4 episodes, 1994)
David Jobe	....	foley mixer (4 episodes, 1994)
Alicia Stevenson	....	foley artist (4 episodes, 1994)
Marti D. Humphrey	....	sound re-recording mixer (3 episodes, 1994)
Neil Brody	....	sound re-recording mixer (2 episodes, 1994)
Ray O'Reilly	....	sound re-recording mixer (2 episodes, 1994)
Gary D. Rogers	....	sound re-recording mixer (2 episodes, 1994)
Anthony D'Amico	....	sound re-recording mixer (2 episodes, 1995)
Greg Orloff	....	sound re-recording mixer (2 episodes, 1995)
R. Russell Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer (2 episodes, 1995)
Tony Cappelli	....	sound (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Brian Hutchings	....	telecine (1 episode, 1995)
Adam Howard	....	digital compositor: Digital Magic (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Patrick Buchanan	....	animation camera supervisor / animation camera (5 episodes, 1994)
Gregory Hinde	....	animation camera / animation camera operator (5 episodes, 1994)
John Alexander Reed	....	animation camera (3 episodes, 1994)
Robert Ingram	....	animation camera / animation camera operator (2 episodes, 1994)

Series Animation Department
Genndy Tartakovsky	....	animation timer (13 episodes, 1994)
Philip A. Cruden	....	layout artist (11 episodes, 1994)
Steve Smith	....	background layout artist / character layout artist (9 episodes, 1994-1995)
Phyllis Craig	....	ink and paint supervisor (8 episodes, 1994-1995)
Juli Hashiguchi	....	animation timer (8 episodes, 1994-1995)
Kent Holaday	....	lip sync (8 episodes, 1994-1995)
Dan Larsen	....	animation checker (8 episodes, 1994-1995)
Becca Ramos	....	background layout artist / animation checker / ... (8 episodes, 1994-1995)
Joe Suggs	....	character layout artist / layout artist (8 episodes, 1994-1995)
Russell Calabrese	....	animation timer (7 episodes, 1994-1995)
David Fulp	....	character layout artist (6 episodes, 1994-1995)
Craig Kellman	....	character designer (6 episodes, 1994-1995)
Eric Keyes	....	character layout artist / character designer (6 episodes, 1994-1995)
Karen Shaffer	....	animation checker (6 episodes, 1994)
Neil Affleck	....	animation timer (5 episodes, 1994-1995)
Edgar Duncan	....	background designer (5 episodes, 1994-1995)
Sandra Frame	....	character layout artist (5 episodes, 1994-1995)
Stephen Lee	....	background painter / background color stylist (5 episodes, 1994-1995)
Deke Wightman	....	character layout artist (5 episodes, 1994-1995)
Enzo Baldi	....	background designer / background layout artist (5 episodes, 1994)
Michael Diederich	....	character designer (5 episodes, 1994)
Gavin Dell	....	character layout artist (4 episodes, 1994-1995)
Brad Forbush	....	character layout artist (4 episodes, 1994-1995)
James Hull	....	character layout artist (4 episodes, 1994-1995)
Dean Thompson	....	background designer (4 episodes, 1994-1995)
Brad Vangergrift	....	character layout artist (4 episodes, 1994-1995)
Cristi Lyon	....	clean-up artist: character design / character cleanup (4 episodes, 1994)
John McIntyre	....	animation timer (4 episodes, 1994)
Patty Shinagawa	....	character layout artist (4 episodes, 1994)
Lance Wilder	....	background designer (4 episodes, 1994)
Nathan Chew	....	character designer / background design cleanup (3 episodes, 1994-1995)
Mary M. Dowd	....	character layout artist (3 episodes, 1994-1995)
Samantha Harrison	....	color designer / color design supervisor (3 episodes, 1994-1995)
Michael Lester	....	character layout artist (3 episodes, 1994-1995)
Howy Parkins	....	animation timer / character layout artist (3 episodes, 1994-1995)
Charles Payne	....	background designer (3 episodes, 1994-1995)
Don Watson	....	background painter / background color stylist (3 episodes, 1994-1995)
Bert Klein	....	character layout artist (3 episodes, 1994)
Maria Mariotti	....	background designer (3 episodes, 1994)
Tom Mazzocco	....	animation timer (3 episodes, 1994)
Mike Milo	....	character layout artist (3 episodes, 1994)
Art Roman	....	clean-up artist: character design / character cleanup (3 episodes, 1994)
Chris Sonnenberg	....	character layout artist (3 episodes, 1994)
Cliff Voorhees	....	background layout artist (3 episodes, 1994)
Salene Weatherwax	....	clean-up artist: character design / character cleanup (3 episodes, 1994)
Thomas Winkler	....	character layout artist (3 episodes, 1994)
Debbie Baber	....	animation timer (3 episodes, 1995)
Rick Bugental	....	animation timer (3 episodes, 1995)
Al Budnick	....	background color stylist / background painter (2 episodes, 1994-1995)
Robert Boyle	....	character designer (2 episodes, 1994)
Mark Colangelo	....	character layout artist (2 episodes, 1994)
Susie Dietter	....	animation timer (2 episodes, 1994)
Bari Greenberg	....	background painter (2 episodes, 1994)
Robert Haverland	....	background layout artist / background designer (2 episodes, 1994)
David House	....	character layout artist (2 episodes, 1994)
Robert Hughes	....	animation timer (2 episodes, 1994)
John Lindauer	....	background layout artist (2 episodes, 1994)
Bob Logan	....	character layout artist (2 episodes, 1994)
Steve Lyons	....	background designer (2 episodes, 1994)
Brian Mark	....	color designer (2 episodes, 1994)
Cynthia Petrovic	....	character layout artist (2 episodes, 1994)
Brian Sheesley	....	animation timer / character layout artist (2 episodes, 1994)
Peter Shin	....	character layout artist (2 episodes, 1994)
Kirk Tingblad	....	animation timer (2 episodes, 1994)
Martin Ansolabehere	....	character designer (2 episodes, 1995)
Nollan Obena	....	character designer (2 episodes, 1995)
Marty Scully	....	background layout artist (2 episodes, 1995)
Amber Tornquist	....	character layout artist (2 episodes, 1995)
Mark Walsh	....	character designer (2 episodes, 1995)
Michael Wolf	....	animation consultant (2 episodes, 1995)
Susan M. Zytka	....	character layout artist (2 episodes, 1995)
Cyndi Tang-Loveland	....	animation timer (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Monika Mikkelsen	....	casting assistant (5 episodes, 1994)
Tracy Lukas	....	casting associate (2 episodes, 1995)
Matt Brubaker	....	casting intern (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Kurtis Kunsak	....	assistant film editor (13 episodes, 1994-1995)
Don Barrozo	....	supervising editor (5 episodes, 1994)
Eric B. Gregory	....	post-production assistant (5 episodes, 1994)
Michelle Berman	....	post-production coordinator / post-production assistant (3 episodes, 1994-1995)
Richard Chung	....	post-production assistant (2 episodes, 1995)
Mike Kadlec	....	post-production coordinator (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Chris Ledesma	....	music editor (23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Alf Clausen	....	conductor / orchestrator (13 episodes, 1994)
Hans Zimmer	....	composer: theme music (6 episodes, 1994-1995)

Series Other crew
Jon Vitti	....	creative consultant (23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Katy Ballard	....	executive assistant: Al Jean and Mike Reiss / assistant: Messrs. Jean & Reiss / ... (7 episodes, 1994-1995)
Brad Bird	....	executive consultant (7 episodes, 1994-1995)
James L. Brooks	....	executive creative consultant (7 episodes, 1994-1995)
Dee Cappelli	....	executive assistant: Al Jean and Mike Reiss / assistant: Messrs. Jean & Reiss (7 episodes, 1994-1995)
Maria Kavanaugh	....	executive assistant: James L. Brooks / assistant: Mr. Brooks (7 episodes, 1994-1995)
Allison Orr	....	production associate (7 episodes, 1994-1995)
Stacia Sekuler Miehe	....	production accountant (7 episodes, 1994-1995)
Richard Kevin Stith	....	assistant to producer (7 episodes, 1994-1995)
Gregg Vanzo	....	overseas supervisor / overseas creative director / ... (7 episodes, 1994-1995)
Cul-yea Byung	....	production team (6 episodes, 1994-1995)
Anthony Lewis Garcia	....	production associate (6 episodes, 1994-1995)
Kenneth T. Ito	....	manager of foreign production (6 episodes, 1994-1995)
Jin-oh Jae	....	production team (6 episodes, 1994-1995)
Chul-ho Kim	....	production team (6 episodes, 1994-1995)
Felicia Nalivansky	....	assistant: Richard Sakai / production coordinator / ... (6 episodes, 1994-1995)
Bonnie Prendergast	....	script supervisor (6 episodes, 1994-1995)
Troy Stauffer	....	assistant to producer (6 episodes, 1994-1995)
Hyejoon Yun	....	production team (6 episodes, 1994-1995)
Bung Chul Yea	....	production team (5 episodes, 1994-1995)
Tom Brady	....	story editor (5 episodes, 1994)
Trixie Flynn	....	executive assistant: James L. Brooks / assistant: Mr. Brooks (5 episodes, 1994)
Robin Haislip	....	production associate (5 episodes, 1994)
Ken Keeler	....	story editor (5 episodes, 1994)
Keiji Kishi	....	production associate (5 episodes, 1994)
Anthony R. Reyes	....	production accountant (5 episodes, 1994)
Michael Tyau	....	production associate (5 episodes, 1994)
Patric Verrone	....	story editor (5 episodes, 1994)
Steve Walby	....	production associate (5 episodes, 1994)
Bev Chapman	....	background design cleanup (4 episodes, 1994)
Vanessa Cropper	....	assistant to producer (4 episodes, 1994)
David Felix	....	background design cleanup (4 episodes, 1994)
Jane Mackie	....	assistant: Richard Sakai / assistant: Mr. Sakai (4 episodes, 1994)
Michelle Berman	....	assistant to producer (3 episodes, 1994)
Richard Chung	....	assistant to producer (3 episodes, 1994)
Jacqueline Sillo	....	production coordinator (2 episodes, 1994)
Marlene Williams	....	production coordinator (2 episodes, 1994)
Neil Alsip	....	assistant to producer (2 episodes, 1995)
Sandra Contreras	....	production accountant (2 episodes, 1995)
Richard Doctorow	....	story editor (2 episodes, 1995)
Eric Duncan	....	production associate (2 episodes, 1995)
Joanne Garibay	....	production associate (2 episodes, 1995)
Gregory Hinde	....	production associate (2 episodes, 1995)
Mike Kadlec	....	production associate (2 episodes, 1995)
Joel Kuwahara	....	assistant to producer (2 episodes, 1995)
Anne Osbourne	....	production associate (2 episodes, 1995)
David Singer	....	production associate (2 episodes, 1995)
Joshua Sternin	....	story editor (2 episodes, 1995)
Jeffrey Ventimilia	....	story editor (2 episodes, 1995)
Jean Wong	....	assistant: Messrs. Jean & Reiss / executive assistant: Al Jean and Mike Reiss (2 episodes, 1995)
Sarah Baisley	....	publicist (unknown episodes)
Dan Doran	....	publicist (unknown episodes)
Anne Luiting	....	production executive (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Television
• Film Roman Productions
• Gracie Films

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1994)
• Fox Network (1995) (USA)
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-)

Other Companies

• Broughton/Winicki  track reading
• Productions West  negative cutting

Runtime:

30 min (23 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:PG | Argentina:13 | USA:TV-14 | USA:TV-PG | Singapore:PG | Canada:G (Québec) (DVD release) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) (DVD release)

Company:

Columbia Pictures Television

Trivia:

The restaurant that Jay dines at, L'ane Riche, is French for "The Rich Ass".

Quotes:

Duke Phillips: I'm giving you five days of my time to turn you around.
Jay Sherman: What if five days isn't enough?
Duke Phillips: Son, I spent just three days with a young man named Bill Clinton, and look at him now!
Jay Sherman: Maybe you should've taken four.
Duke Phillips: Yeah...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: The Ziff Who Came to Dinner (#15.14)" (2004)

Well, like most of America's cultural elite, I worship Pan, goat god.

Like most Simpsons watching fanatics that are also latched tightly to the Family Guy, I couldn't help but walk (never run) to buy this series when it came out. Jay Sherman is my inspiration for my excessive amounts of film reviews. He was never afraid to speak his mind about the garbage distributed by Hollywood ever week. His classic line, 'It stinks' inspired me to find those horrible films and make sure I warned others before it was too late. He is a God among Gods in my book!

Created by the same team that did The Simpsons, Sherman great to life through not only the witty banter that leapt from his mouth, but also his surrounding characters. Parodying some of cinema's finest, you cannot help but laugh at this obese critic that wants nothing more than to have respect and eat his Charleston Chew. Duke Phillips is one of the funniest characters created and provides some of the funniest social commentary on the extremely wealthy in our country. Sherman, in my eyes, represents the little man. While making $270,000 a year, he doesn't rise above anyone else. He reminds all of us of who we are, whether it would be running a marathon or trying to clean-up his hometown of New York, Sherman represents our desires and wants. One of our biggest desires is to see good cinema. We pay top dollar to see good movies, why does Hollywood continually fill our plate with all the bread we can eat before giving us the main course? Suddenly, we are too full to enjoy it.

I would like to applaud Jay Sherman for his fight against a repetitive and uncreative Hollywood. As an avid film-goer it is nice to see the battle being fought in the animated world. Sadly, I only wish this series could have lasted long enough to endure some of the garbage released today. We need a new Jay Sherman to help us wade through and poke fun of today's Hollywood.

I HIGHLY recommend this series to anyone that is as upset with Hollywood as I. This series will make you laugh at a large man that loves food and life.

He is our, and especially my, hero!

Grade: ***** out of *****