Hornswiggle

An encounter with Hornswiggle could be hazardous to your health - and this one ends up in a hospital.

When my friend Cheryl Chase asked me if there were any parts for women in my short Hornswiggle I told her that their weren’t. But I had forgotten we had a super-small part for a Nurse at the end of the film.

So I called Cheryl back and offered her the part of the Nurse without an audition. No need to. Cheryl has been one of my best friends for 17 years and she’s best known as the voice of “Angelica” on Nickelodeon’s RUGRATS.

I met Cheryl in 1988 when I was casting for voices for the original English dub of Miyazaki’s MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (I was a producer of the dub). Cheryl got the part of Mai, and we’ve been buddies ever since. After TOTORO, I introduced Cheryl to John K. when he was doing the pilot of REN & STIMPY, and she was soon cast as the fast-talking little girl who adopts the pair. She went on to become the original casting coordinator for Spumco (and thus she provided all female voices on those classic early episodes of the series).

Being “Angelica” has consumed her time for the last 15 years, but she’s recently started her own company - a professional match making service, Creative Mates (http://www.creativemates.com).

I’d like to think that having Cheryl on my soundtrack is a “good luck charm”.

P.S. Cheryl looks nothing like that drawing above.