Name that show! Who, what, when, where, why, and how was it made?

Question

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqi5F5MqqTQ&feature=related

What is this show? How can I obtain more?

Answer 1

The film was called 'The Adventures Of Mark Twain' in US and 'Comet Quest' in the UK. It was made in 1985 and directed by Will Vinton (who also did 'The Californian Raisins' animation. There's more inforation about it on Wikipedia.

The rest of the film is on youtube in about 8 parts,here's the first and the others are in related videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxIe2206o...

It's available on dvd at a reasonable price on ebay;

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V...

I had completely forgotten about this animation, it's fantastic and satan freaked me out as a kid.so Thanks for posting the question!