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Dramatic | 1988 | Jerry
Dramatic | 1988 | Jerry
Outstanding Animated Program | 1988 | Joe
Childrens Entertainment Special or Series 8 and Younger | 1989 | Thomas L.
Original Score | 1989 | David
Childrens Entertainment Special or Series and Younger | 1989 | Willard
Budget 2,300,000 USD
In a 2010 interview at Cal State, Northridge, Deanna Oliver revealed that at her son's deployment ceremony to Afghanistan, some of the soldiers who were fans of the film had brought their toasters with them for her to autograph.
The hanging lamp (voiced by Phil Hartman) is based on Peter Lorre in both voice and appearance. The Air Conditioner, also voiced by Hartman, is based on the voice and intense acting style of Jack Nicholson.
During pre-production, Jon Lovitz was cast in Saturday Night Live (1975). Jerry Rees, who had been writing the character of Radio with Lovitz in mind, pleaded with him to stay in Los Angeles long enough to record his voice tracks. Lovitz agreed, despite protests from his agency. Rees quickly finished the screenplay and hustled Lovitz into the recording studio. Lovitz's entire performance was then captured in one, marathon session.
Halfway through filming, Donald Kushner thought that the nightmare scene should be cut from the film; due to the clown being extremely frightening to younger children. He also stated that the junkyard scene should be cut from the film too, due to one of the cars driving into a crusher on purpose, using a suicide reference. For unknown reasons, the scenes were left in the film.
Art-house distributor Skouras Pictures was in the process of buying the film for a potential theatrical release in America sometime after its Sundance premiere, though the Disney Channel planned a television debut for February 1988. Faced with the prospect of having the film released simultaneously in theaters and television, Skouras dropped the deal.
"Air Conditioner: You guys really have an attachment for that kid, don't you? Blanky: Yes. He was our master. Air Conditioner: Well, that's real nice, and any day now, he might come romping back, huh? He'll just come whistling through that door, and everything will be the same. Real peachy-keen-like. Blanky: Uh-huh. Lampy: It's a possibility. Toaster: Well, at least we try to be optimistic. Air Conditioner: [shouts] Optimistic? Somebody try to untie the knot in this guy's cord! Kirby: Why don't you just shut off? Air Conditioner: Hey, I'm really scared there, Kirby. What are you going to do, suck me to death?"
"The Radio: Things could be worse, you know. Lampy: How? The Radio: How what? Lampy: How could they be worse? The Radio: They couldn't; I lied."
