Derek Lamb: The UPA Connection

A couple of days ago I tried to make a conection between Tim Burton`s Vincent and Ted Parmelee`s UPA masterpiece The Tell-Tale Heart.

At the time I was writing that piece I had this connection in the back of my head. Something that had always stuck in my head connection Tell-Tale Heart with another animaiton.

Look at the images below. Do they strangely seem to come from the same production?



This is an image from the beginning of Ted Parmelee`s Tell-Tale Heart.



And this is an image from the beginning of the Edward Gorey / Derek Lamb opening for PBS Mystery Theatre.

At last month`s ASIFA-Hollywood UPA Comic Con panel Fred Crippen said that he always thought that the Canadian Film Board was going to be the next UPA. Maybe he was right.