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The "Sheep in the Big City" BAAH-chive
An unoffical blog dedicated to archiving SITBC stuff - For any findings or suggestions, please DM me - Not affiliated with Cartoon Network, Curious Pictures, or Mo Willems - Ran by @thatanonymoususer8518
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So, I've created an Archive.org account to, well, archive stuff here, so expect that from time to time.
I want to quickly point out that it will NOT be replacing my @sitbc-archive blog with it.
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SITBC Station ID - Logo as Magnet (Pencil Test Variant)
Context:
Just recently, David M Strandquest had uploaded high-quality (and possibly upscaled) as well as drafts of Powerhouse bumpers that he had made for Cartoon Network and Primal Screens, including ones of SITBC, onto his YouTube channel.
I decided to upload them onto this blog (as well as my Archive.org account, which you can find here. Though will make a proper post about the account soon.) for archival purposes.
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youtube
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SITBC Station ID - Logo as Magnet (Higher Quality Variant)
Context:
Just recently, David M Strandquest had uploaded high-quality (and possibly upscaled) as well as drafts of Powerhouse bumpers that he had made for Cartoon Network and Primal Screens, including ones of SITBC, onto his YouTube channel.
I decided to upload them onto this blog (as well as my Archive.org account, which you can find here. Though will make a proper post about the account soon.) for archival purposes.
Source:
youtube
#sheep in the big city#sitbc#cartoon network#production art#powerhouse#station id#Youtube#primal screen
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SITBC CN Powerhouse Bumper - "Experimental Sneeze" (Higher Quality Variant)
Context:
Just recently, David M Strandquest had uploaded high-quality (and possibly upscaled) as well as drafts of Powerhouse bumpers that he had made for Cartoon Network and Primal Screens, including ones of SITBC, onto his YouTube channel.
I decided to upload them onto this blog (as well as my Archive.org account, which you can find here. Though will make a proper post about the account soon.) for archival purposes.
Source:
youtube
#sheep in the big city#sitbc#cartoon network#primal screen#bumper#Youtube#powerhouse#powerhouse bumper
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The Instagram variant of the model sheet.
UPDATE: I found a higher quality version of the model sheet after giving a quick look at Brian A. Miller's Twitter/X account (as Mo's post mentioned that it came from there). The Instagram variant will be replaced by the Twitter/X one, but I will make a reblog of this post which contains the former.
Literally just today, Mo Willems had uploaded a SITBC model sheet of himself from 2000, as well as a bunch of info regarding the series' press on "The Critic's Tour" in The Ritz Carlton, Los Angeles.
Mo's Description:
Baa-ck in the Day.
Here’s a model sheet from 23 years ago when Cartoon Network was launching my short-lived series, SHEEP IN THE BIG CITY.
The gag for the press was that the show was created by myself and an actual sheep with whom I’d been a writing partner for years. We even had a live sheep share the stage with me when we presented the show at Up Fronts in LA in early 2001. Wonderfully, some reporters fell for it. To be fair to them, the sheep bleated at all the right times and was such a great performer he literally ate the scenery.
The image of me w/ the puppet was from actual model sheets. I wanted Sheep to be animated as if he were a puppet, which would make him look all the more alien and oblivious.
The show was fun and a flop, but I’m surprisingly touched by how often a fan lets me know how much they enjoyed the show.
Brain's Description:
Creator self model sheets from 2000. SHEEP had just premiered. PPG & EEE were in production and on air. I don’t believe Genndy or John D ever did one. I like how everything about these reflect the man behind them.
Sources:
instagram
#Just putting this here in case if there are any differences.#sheep in the big city#sitbc#cartoon network#sheep#model sheets#mo willems#curious pictures#production art
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UPDATE: I found a higher quality version of the model sheet after giving a quick look at Brian A. Miller's Twitter/X account (as Mo's post mentioned that it came from there). The Instagram variant will be replaced by the Twitter/X one, but I will make a reblog of this post which contains the former.
Literally just today, Mo Willems had uploaded a SITBC model sheet of himself from 2000, as well as a bunch of info regarding the series' press on "The Critic's Tour" in The Ritz Carlton, Los Angeles.
Mo's Description:
Baa-ck in the Day.
Here’s a model sheet from 23 years ago when Cartoon Network was launching my short-lived series, SHEEP IN THE BIG CITY.
The gag for the press was that the show was created by myself and an actual sheep with whom I’d been a writing partner for years. We even had a live sheep share the stage with me when we presented the show at Up Fronts in LA in early 2001. Wonderfully, some reporters fell for it. To be fair to them, the sheep bleated at all the right times and was such a great performer he literally ate the scenery.
The image of me w/ the puppet was from actual model sheets. I wanted Sheep to be animated as if he were a puppet, which would make him look all the more alien and oblivious.
The show was fun and a flop, but I’m surprisingly touched by how often a fan lets me know how much they enjoyed the show.
Brain's Description:
Creator self model sheets from 2000. SHEEP had just premiered. PPG & EEE were in production and on air. I don’t believe Genndy or John D ever did one. I like how everything about these reflect the man behind them.
Sources:
instagram
#sheep in the big city#sitbc#cartoon network#sheep#model sheets#production art#curious pictures#Instagram#Brian. A Miller#mo willems
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SITBC CN Powerhouse Bumper - "Wrong Target"
Note: Since these bumpers don't have an official name, I decided to give them names of my own, based on the context of each one, to make them easier to find and identify.
Note 2: The audio gain has been increased for viewing convenience as the original was extremely quiet.
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youtube
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SITBC CN Powerhouse Bumper - "Unplugged Ray-Gun" (Alt)
Note: Since these bumpers don't have an official name, I decided to give them names of my own, based on the context of each one, to make them easier to find and identify.
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youtube
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SITBC CN Powerhouse Bumper - "Unplugged Ray-Gun"
Note: Since these bumpers don't have an official name, I decided to give them names of my own, based on the context of each one, to make them easier to find and identify.
Note 2: The audio gain has been increased for viewing convenience as the original was extremely quiet.
Source:
youtube
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SITBC CN Powerhouse Bumper - "Liquid Nitrogen" (Alt)
Note: Since these bumpers don't have an official name, I decided to give them names of my own, based on the context of each one, to make them easier to find and identify.
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youtube
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SITBC CN Powerhouse Bumper - "Liquid Nitrogen"
Note: Since these bumpers don't have an official name, I decided to give them names of my own, based on the context of each one, to make them easier to find and identify.
Source:
youtube
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SITBC CN Powerhouse Bumper - "Coffee"
Note: Since these bumpers don't have an official name, I decided to give them names of my own, based on the context of each one, to make them easier to find and identify.
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youtube
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SITBC CN Powerhouse Bumper - "Experimental Sneeze"
Note: Since these bumpers don't have an official name, I decided to give them names of my own, based on the context of each one, to make them easier to find and identify.
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youtube
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SITBC CN Powerhouse Bumper - "Puddle Splash"
Note: Since these bumpers don't have an official name, I decided to give them names of my own, based on the context of each one, to make them easier to find and identify.
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youtube
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UNEXPECTED AND CONFUSING NEW FIND
So, I literally just found a film slide (specifically 35mm) containing the SITBC logo that Cartoon Network sold in the early 2000s. Similar film slides were also made for Cartoon Network's other shows. The seller doesn't provide any info regarding the film slide other than it was produced in the early 2000s.
If you have any info regarding these strange products that Cartoon Network sold, please me and fellow CN archive blogs know about this! It would be very appreciated!
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Random SITBC Production art
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A random fact about SITBC - Fact #8
A recent clip from "Is this Finished? In Conversation with Mo Willems" that reveals that Cartoon Network had stop reading the scripts for SITBC due to its failure. To test it, Mo Willems added a skit of an Oxymoron commercial all about chewing gum with the whole punch line being it obviously extra mint.
As much as an expert on SITBC Mo Willems is, I have to (unfortunately) correct him. The skit he was referring to was from Season 1, not Season 2.
The skit in question (See 15:30-16:27):
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