STAY TUNED [1992] Animation storyboards by Chuck Jones

Chuck Jones Productions. Other. Fine. Studio City, CA: Chuck Jones Productions, [1992]. Vintage original 11 x 8 1/2" (29 x 22 cm) storyboards, 338 pp., in a loose leaf three-ring binder. Title page is detached but present. Inner front cover has affixed Chuck Jones Productions card with holograph note indicating collection as "copy #5". A few pages are hand-colored in ink, overall fine. Stay Tuned is a fantasy comedy movie directed by Peter Hyams. Chuck Jones Productions produced the film's animated sequence in which the two lead characters (Roy and Helen) are turned into cartoon mice. Chuck Jones himself designed the models for the mice versions of Roy and Helen and provided character pose layouts. The sequence was produced in the United States at a cost of about $800,000 and took six months and a team of five full-time and seven freelance animators. Segment producer and Chuck Jones Productions executive Steven Leiva said when they were coordinating with Hyams, they requested their team have the freedom to design appealing cartoon mice with the mannerisms and movements of Roy and Helen rather than capturing the likenesses of actors John Ritter and Pam Dawber, to which Hyams agreed and the team was allowed a high level of autonomy. During test screenings, audiences routinely singled out the animated segment as their favorite part of the movie. (Wikipedia) Needless to say, Chuck Jones storyboards are very scarce, especially an enormous collection such as this one.